Use "release" sentinel value for release attestation verification #11991
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[WIP] Update gh release verify commands for sentinel value
Use "release" sentinel value for release attestation verification
Oct 22, 2025
Signed-off-by: Brian DeHamer <bdehamer@github.com>
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Pull Request Overview
This PR updates the gh release verify and gh release verify-asset commands to use the "release" sentinel value instead of the hardcoded predicate type URL when fetching attestations. This change makes the CLI version-agnostic and able to retrieve release attestations regardless of their predicate version (v0.1, v0.2, etc.) without requiring code changes for future versions.
Key Changes:
- Updated predicate type parameter from explicit URL to
"release"sentinel value in both verify commands - Removed the now-unused
ReleasePredicateTypeconstant - Updated mock client to simulate the API's sentinel value behavior
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| pkg/cmd/release/verify/verify.go | Changed predicate type from constant to "release" sentinel |
| pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset.go | Changed predicate type from constant to "release" sentinel |
| pkg/cmd/release/shared/attestation.go | Removed unused ReleasePredicateType constant |
| pkg/cmd/attestation/api/mock_client.go | Updated mock to handle "release" sentinel value |
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Per: #11993
What Changed
Updated both
gh release verifyandgh release verify-assetcommands to retrieve attestations using the release predicate sentinel value"release"instead of the explicit predicate type string"https://in-toto.io/attestation/release/v0.1".Why
The GitHub Attestation API supports a sentinel value
"release"for the predicate type parameter, which allows the API to return attestations with any release predicate version (v0.1, v0.2, etc.) in a single request. This makes the CLI more resilient to future predicate version updates without requiring code changes.Previously, the commands were hardcoded to fetch only v0.1 release predicates, which would miss any attestations created with newer predicate versions.
Changes
PredicateTypefromshared.ReleasePredicateTypeto"release"PredicateTypefromshared.ReleasePredicateTypeto"release""release"sentinel value in test mocksTesting
All existing tests pass, including:
pkg/cmd/release/verifytestspkg/cmd/release/verify-assettestspkg/cmd/attestation/apitestsThe mock client was updated to properly simulate the GitHub API's behavior when receiving the sentinel value.
Fixes the issue described in https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/pkg/cmd/release/verify/verify.go#L138 and https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/pkg/cmd/release/verify-asset/verify_asset.go#L150
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Fixes github/package-security#3724
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