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ci(scorecard): drop SCORECARD_TOKEN — let Branch-Protection go inconclusive
Passing repo_token unlocked the Branch-Protection check, but our branch protection is intentionally weak (solo maintainer, no required approvals, enforce_admins:false to keep auto-merge-on-green working) so it only scores ~4. OSSF aggregates by mean and OMITS inconclusive (-1) checks while INCLUDING scored ones — so folding a 4 into otherwise ~7 checks drags the aggregate down (observed 6.9->6.7 when the token was added; now 7.2 with BP=4 included). Removing the token reverts Branch-Protection to inconclusive (the default state for any repo that doesn't grant Scorecard a privileged PAT), so it stops counting and the aggregate should rise (~7.5). Not strengthening branch protection instead: enforce_admins:true would block admin merges and break the auto-merge flow. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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with:
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results_file: results.sarif
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results_format: sarif
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# Read-only PAT (Administration: read) so Scorecard can evaluate the
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# Branch-Protection check, which the default GITHUB_TOKEN cannot read.
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# Falls back gracefully (check stays inconclusive) if the secret is unset.
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repo_token: ${{ secrets.SCORECARD_TOKEN }}
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publish_results: true
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- name: Upload artifact
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uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2

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