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Depends on #185, merge after.

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  • Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
  • Documentation Update (if none of the other choices apply)

No linked issue. Last PR of the compact-lint stack: how the binary reaches users. After this, two PRs in compact-contracts wire check into checks.yml and fill-constraints into prepare-release.yml.

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  • The npm package is @openzeppelin/compact-linter under packages/linter, matching the other four package names; the crate, binary and release assets keep the compact-lint name. The rename is the second and third commit; squash on merge.
  • The npm package is a thin bin, not a bundle. It downloads the host binary from the GitHub release compact-linter/v<version> on first run and verifies it against the release checksums.txt. Install stays offline-safe and --ignore-scripts safe because nothing runs at install time. COMPACT_LINT_BINARY bypasses the download.
  • The publish workflow now creates the GitHub release itself for this package, with the four assets, before npm publish. For the other four packages nothing changes except that detection moved into its own detect job, which the binary matrix and the publish both read. Detection and the binary build therefore run before the compact-npm-prod approval; the tag, the release and the npm publish stay behind it.
  • Only the x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu leg was built here. The ubuntu-24.04-arm, macos-15-intel and macos-15 legs, and the always() gate on publish, are exercised the first time the workflow runs.
  • @openzeppelin/compact-linter must be registered once as an npm Trusted Publisher before the first release. RELEASING.md says how.
  • refactor(release): extract package resolution into a tested script #151 moves the same case statements into a script. This PR adds one arm to each, so whichever lands second re-applies three lines.
  • Verified locally end to end against a local HTTP server standing in for the release: cold cache downloads and caches with mode 755, a second run makes no request, a corrupted checksums.txt exits 2 and leaves no cache file.

Start with RELEASING.md (the compact-lint section), then packages/linter/src/binary.ts, then release-publish.yml.

PR Checklist

  • I have read the Contributing Guide
  • I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
  • I have added documentation of new methods and any new behavior or changes to existing behavior
  • CI Workflows Are Passing

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added @openzeppelin/compact-linter, a Node.js CLI for running the Compact linter without installing Rust.
    • Automatically downloads, verifies, caches, and executes native binaries for supported platforms.
    • Supports custom binary locations and configurable release sources.
    • Provides clear errors for unsupported platforms, download failures, and checksum mismatches.
  • Documentation

    • Added installation, usage, platform, environment-variable, and source-build guidance.
    • Documented the linter in the project overview and changelog.
  • Release Improvements

    • Added automated multi-platform binary publishing with checksums and prerelease support.

Adds the @openzeppelin/compact-lint npm package, a Node bin that
fetches the prebuilt compact-lint binary for the host from the GitHub
release of the same version, verifies it against checksums.txt, caches
it inside the package, and passes arguments and exit codes through.
COMPACT_LINT_BINARY skips the download for source builds and
air-gapped CI.

* release.yml: compact-lint bumps package.json and the crate version
  together and refreshes Cargo.lock.
* release-publish.yml: detection becomes its own job; a four-runner
  matrix builds the Linux and macOS binaries and the publish job
  creates the GitHub release with the assets before npm publish, so
  the package never points at a release that is not there yet.
* Cargo.toml: stripped, thin-LTO release profile (3.3 MiB binary).
* tests: target mapping, checksum verification, the download path
  against a local server, pass-through, and a guard that the npm and
  crate versions agree.
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The PR adds the @openzeppelin/compact-linter package. It resolves and verifies native binaries, forwards CLI execution, tests the behavior, synchronizes npm and Cargo versions, and automates multi-platform GitHub and npm releases.

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Compact linter package

Layer / File(s) Summary
Package and binary resolution
packages/linter/*, crates/compact-lint/README.md, Cargo.toml, .gitignore
Adds the npm package, CLI wrapper, platform target mapping, checksum verification, caching, download handling, release settings, and installation documentation.
Validation coverage
packages/linter/test/*, packages/linter/vitest.config.ts
Tests target mapping, checksum parsing, overrides, downloads, caching, errors, argument forwarding, exit codes, and npm-to-Cargo version matching.

Release automation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Synchronized versioning
.github/workflows/release.yml
Adds compact-linter release selection, Rust setup, Cargo version synchronization, validation, and a combined npm/Cargo commit.
Native binary publishing
.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
Adds package detection outputs, four-target binary builds, smoke tests, artifact handling, checksum generation, GitHub release creation, and npm publishing.
Release documentation
README.md, RELEASING.md
Documents package installation, Node.js requirements, release ordering, binary assets, version synchronization, release notes, and publishing setup.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

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  participant User
  participant compactLinter
  participant BinaryResolver
  participant ReleaseAssets
  participant NativeBinary
  User->>compactLinter: run compact-linter arguments
  compactLinter->>BinaryResolver: resolve version and host target
  BinaryResolver->>ReleaseAssets: fetch binary and checksum manifest
  ReleaseAssets-->>BinaryResolver: return release assets
  BinaryResolver->>NativeBinary: verify, cache, and execute binary
  NativeBinary-->>User: return output and exit status
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0xisk added this pull request to stack #183 September 15, 2026 09:33
The published packages are compact-builder, compact-cli,
compact-deployer and compact-simulator, so the wrapper follows the
same shape as @openzeppelin/compact-linter under packages/linter,
with a compact-linter bin and a compact-linter/v<version> release
tag. The crate, its binary and the release asset names stay
compact-lint.
@0xisk 0xisk changed the title build(compact-lint): ship prebuilt binaries through npm build(compact-linter): ship prebuilt binaries through npm Sep 15, 2026
Carries the content half of the rename: manifest name and bin,
release tag path, stderr prefix, workflows, docs and the lockfile.
The previous commit only moved the directory.
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In @.github/workflows/release-publish.yml:
- Line 214: Separate dependency installation and build steps from publishing
into a credential-free build job that uploads an artifact, then have a dedicated
publish job consume it and perform npm publishing. Set persist-credentials:
false on all cited actions/checkout steps, remove write and OIDC permissions
from build jobs, and defer GitHub App token creation to trusted release
operations; authenticate tag pushes explicitly while preserving the existing
GH_TOKEN and verified-bot-commit consumers.
- Around line 250-255: Update the existing-tag branch in the release workflow to
resolve the tag’s peeled commit for annotated tags and direct object for
lightweight tags, then compare that commit with the checked-out HEAD. Fail the
workflow when an existing tag points elsewhere; only retain it without
publishing changes when it resolves to HEAD, including the compact-linter
asset-upload path.

In `@packages/linter/src/binary.ts`:
- Around line 13-14: Update the platform-target selection around the Linux
mappings so it detects the host libc before choosing the GNU targets, rejecting
musl systems with a specific error if musl assets are unsupported. Preserve the
existing x64 and arm64 GNU mappings for glibc-based hosts, and document the GNU
libc requirement.
- Line 87: Update the cacheDir initialization in the binary runtime flow to use
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variable or platform/XDG cache directory instead of options.packageDir. Keep the
cache path scoped consistently for this linter and preserve the existing cache
creation and file-writing behavior.

In `@RELEASING.md`:
- Line 84: Update the dependency graph description in the release documentation
to state that compact-cli depends on compact-builder and compact-deployer, while
compact-simulator and compact-linter are independent npm packages. Replace the
inaccurate “one-step dependency chain across the five published packages”
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contents: write # push the version tag and create the GitHub release
id-token: write # mint the npm OIDC credential and the provenance statement

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Keep release credentials out of dependency installation and build steps.

actions/checkout persists its token by default. In release.yml and the publish job, checkout writes the write-capable GitHub App token to .git/config before dependency installation and build. Project or dependency code can read and use that token. The binaries job is separate and has only contents: read, so it does not expose publishing credentials. Its checkout still persists a read token before Cargo runs.

id-token: write does not mint an npm credential by itself. It lets any step request an OIDC token. The publish job grants this permission while installation and build code run, before the explicit yarn npm publish consumer.

Build packages in a job without write or OIDC permissions, then upload an artifact. Run npm publishing in a separate job that consumes the artifact. Set persist-credentials: false on all cited checkouts. Create the GitHub App token only for trusted release operations, and authenticate the tag push explicitly instead of relying on checkout persistence. Keep the existing explicit GH_TOKEN and verified-bot-commit consumers.

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In @.github/workflows/release-publish.yml at line 214, Separate dependency
installation and build steps from publishing into a credential-free build job
that uploads an artifact, then have a dedicated publish job consume it and
perform npm publishing. Set persist-credentials: false on all cited
actions/checkout steps, remove write and OIDC permissions from build jobs, and
defer GitHub App token creation to trusted release operations; authenticate tag
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git push origin "$TAG"
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Reject an existing tag that points to another commit.

A manual dispatch checks out github.ref, which can be any branch. If that ref has the same package version as an existing tag but points to a different commit, the workflow accepts the tag and publishes the package from the checked-out HEAD. For compact-linter, gh release upload "$TAG" ... --clobber can also replace assets attached to that tag.

Fail when the existing tag does not resolve to HEAD. The workflow creates lightweight tags, but an existing tag can be annotated. Compare the peeled commit for annotated tags and the direct object for lightweight tags:

Proposed validation
 if git ls-remote --tags --exit-code origin "refs/tags/$TAG" >/dev/null; then
-  echo "tag $TAG already on origin, leaving it in place"
+  REMOTE_SHA=$(git ls-remote --tags origin "refs/tags/$TAG" |
+    awk '/\^\{\}$/ { print $1; found=1; exit } { first=$1 } END { if (!found) print first }')
+  HEAD_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+  if [[ "$REMOTE_SHA" != "$HEAD_SHA" ]]; then
+    echo "::error::tag $TAG points to $REMOTE_SHA, expected $HEAD_SHA"
+    exit 1
+  fi
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The --clobber path at line 293 has a second effect: checksums.txt is uploaded to the same release, so the launcher accepts the replaced binaries. Immutable releases are off for this repository, and the npm package does not hold the digests.

Failure scenario: version 0.2.0 is published from commit X. Later commits change crates/compact-lint without a version bump. A maintainer runs the documented workflow_dispatch recovery from main. The binaries job builds the later commit, the tag stays at X, and gh release upload --clobber replaces all binaries and checksums.txt before yarn npm publish rejects the version. New installs of compact-linter@0.2.0 then run a binary that was not built from compact-linter/v0.2.0, and the checksum check passes.

Fix: when the tag exists, build from the tag commit (or fail when HEAD differs). Remove --clobber and fail if an existing asset has a different digest. Put checksums.txt in the npm package and read the expected digest from the installed package, not from the release.

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@pepebndc Thanks for the clarification. You are correct: replacing both the binaries and checksums.txt makes the checksum check pass. npm rejecting the existing version does not undo those replacements.

My earlier tag check addresses only part of the problem. Its git ls-remote command also needs to request "refs/tags/$TAG^{}" explicitly to retrieve an annotated tag’s peeled commit.

  • Validate the existing tag before building release binaries.
  • Preserve existing release assets and reject digest mismatches.
  • Include checksums.txt in the npm package and use it as the expected-digest source.
  • Add regression tests and update recovery documentation.

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Learning: For the Compact linter npm distribution, expected binary digests must come from `checksums.txt` bundled with the installed npm package, not from the same mutable GitHub release that supplies the binaries. Release recovery must preserve existing assets and reject digest mismatches; replacing both binaries and their release-hosted checksum manifest does not provide integrity for an already published npm version.

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Learning: In .github/workflows/release-publish.yml, the workflow_dispatch checkout should use github.ref intentionally so releases can be published from hotfix or release-prep branches (not only main). Do not require a main-branch-only checkout/rate-limiting change for this flow; the intended security control is the compact-npm-prod GitHub Actions environment approval gate.

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'linux-x64': 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu',
'linux-arm64': 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu',

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not map all Linux hosts to GNU binaries.

process.platform reports linux on musl systems such as Alpine Linux. These mappings download a glibc-linked binary, which cannot run without the GNU dynamic loader.

Detect the libc implementation before selecting the target. Alternatively, reject musl hosts with a specific error until musl release assets exist. Also document the GNU libc requirement.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@packages/linter/src/binary.ts` around lines 13 - 14, Update the
platform-target selection around the Linux mappings so it detects the host libc
before choosing the GNU targets, rejecting musl systems with a specific error if
musl assets are unsupported. Preserve the existing x64 and arm64 GNU mappings
for glibc-based hosts, and document the GNU libc requirement.

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const cacheDir = join(options.packageDir, '.cache');

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Store the runtime cache outside the installed package.

A global installation or a container can make packageDir read-only for the runtime user. The first execution then fails at mkdirSync or writeFileSync with EACCES.

Use a user-writable cache directory such as $XDG_CACHE_HOME, the platform cache directory, or an explicit cache environment variable.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@packages/linter/src/binary.ts` at line 87, Update the cacheDir initialization
in the binary runtime flow to use a user-writable cache location, preferring the
configured cache environment variable or platform/XDG cache directory instead of
options.packageDir. Keep the cache path scoped consistently for this linter and
preserve the existing cache creation and file-writing behavior.

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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

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This also fails in the default install mode of Yarn 4 (Plug'n'Play), not only for global or container installs. Under PnP the package stays inside a read-only zip archive, and package.json has no preferUnplugged. Every run downloads the binary again and then fails before it starts:

compact-linter: downloading compact-lint-aarch64-apple-darwin (v0.1.0)
compact-linter: EROFS: read-only filesystem, mkdir '/node_modules/@openzeppelin/compact-linter/.cache'
exit=2

Reproduced with the packed tarball in a Yarn 4.10.3 project with nodeLinker: pnp. The package README tells users to install with yarn add --dev. Adding "preferUnplugged": true makes the same project work. A per-user cache directory fixes both this case and the read-only case above.

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@pepebndc Thanks for the reproduction and guidance. This confirms that the cache location also breaks Yarn 4 Plug’n’Play installs, not just read-only global or container installs.

"preferUnplugged": true addresses the PnP case. A per-user cache is the broader fix because it also supports read-only package directories. The cache should remain scoped by linter, version, and target.


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Learning: In OpenZeppelin/compact-tools, the Node.js binary resolver in packages/linter/src/binary.ts must not require writes inside the installed package directory. Yarn 4 Plug’n’Play can store openzeppelin/compact-linter inside a read-only zip archive, so a package-local runtime cache fails with EROFS. Setting preferUnplugged to true addresses the PnP case, but a per-user cache also supports read-only global and container installations.

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## First-release order

There's a one-step dependency chain across the four published packages:
There's a one-step dependency chain across the five published packages:

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Describe the dependency graph accurately.

Only compact-cli depends on compact-builder and compact-deployer. compact-simulator and compact-linter are independent npm packages. Replace “one-step dependency chain across the five published packages” with wording that describes the package dependency relationships.

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In `@RELEASING.md` at line 84, Update the dependency graph description in the
release documentation to state that compact-cli depends on compact-builder and
compact-deployer, while compact-simulator and compact-linter are independent npm
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