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This PR syncs security hardening changes from the release-5.12 branch. The primary changes involve pinning GitHub Actions and Go dependencies to specific commit SHAs to improve supply chain security and ensure reproducible builds. A new dep-guard workflow has been added as a security gate for all pull requests.

Files Changed Analysis

The changes are concentrated in GitHub Actions workflows (.github/workflows/) and Taskfile.yml files. All 14 modified workflow files now use commit SHAs for their uses: clauses instead of branches or tags. A new dep-guard job has been added to most PR-triggered workflows, making it a prerequisite for other jobs like lint and test. The 11 modified Taskfile.yml files and the ci-tests.yml workflow also pin Go and Python dependencies to specific versions or commit hashes.

Architecture & Impact Assessment

• What this PR accomplishes: This PR hardens the CI/CD pipeline against supply chain attacks and improves build reproducibility by ensuring that the exact same versions of actions and tools are used in every run.
• Key technical changes introduced:
  • Dependency Pinning: All GitHub Actions are now pinned to full-length commit SHAs (e.g., actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 instead of actions/checkout@v4). This mitigates the risk of a compromised tag or branch introducing malicious code. Similarly, Go tools installed via go install in Taskfiles are also pinned to SHAs.
  • New Security Gate: A reusable workflow, dependency-guard.yml, is introduced as a dep-guard job. This job now runs at the beginning of most CI workflows, acting as a mandatory check before linting, testing, or building.
  • Stricter Python Installs: The pip install commands in the ci-tests.yml workflow now use the --no-deps flag to prevent the installation of potentially untrusted transitive dependencies.
• Affected system components: The changes primarily affect the project's CI/CD and development environment infrastructure. There are no changes to the application's runtime code. The main impact is on the security and reliability of the build and test processes.

CI Workflow Enhancement

graph TD
    subgraph "CI Workflow (e.g., ci-tests.yml)"
        A[PR Trigger] --> B(dep-guard);
        B --> C(lint);
        B --> D(test);
        C --> E(sonar-scan);
        D --> E;
    end

Scope Discovery & Context Expansion

• The changes indicate a repository-wide security initiative to harden the development lifecycle. By modifying all workflow files, the PR enforces a consistent security posture across all automated checks.
• The use of a centralized, reusable workflow (TykTechnologies/github-actions/.github/workflows/dependency-guard.yml) suggests a strategy to manage security policies across multiple repositories within the TykTechnologies organization, rather than implementing checks on a per-repository basis.
• The pinning of dependencies in Taskfile.yml files extends this security and reproducibility practice to the local developer environment, ensuring that developers use the same tool versions as the CI pipeline. This helps prevent "works on my machine" issues.

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✅ Security Check Passed

No security issues found – changes LGTM.

✅ Security Check Passed

No security issues found – changes LGTM.

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