feat!: upgrade GitHub Actions runtime from node20 to node24 (#160)

* feat!: upgrade to node24 runtime and remove deprecated input

BREAKING CHANGE: Updated GitHub Actions runtime from node20 to node24.
Bumped major version to v4.
Removed deprecated append-work-item-title input - use add-work-item-table instead.

* chore: sync copilot-instructions.md with reference template

* chore: update actions/checkout to v6 in README

* chore: update publish-github-action to v3

* chore: update npm-version-check-action to v2

Author: joshjohanning

.github/copilot-instructions.md

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ const { functionToTest } = await import('../src/index.js');
 
 ### Node Runtime
 
-- Use the same Node.js runtime version configured in this repo's `action.yml` (currently `node20`) for `runs.using`
+- Only use Node.js runtimes officially supported by GitHub Actions (see [GitHub Actions documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/sharing-automations/creating-actions/metadata-syntax-for-github-actions#runs-for-javascript-actions) for current supported versions)
+- Use the same Node.js runtime version configured in this repo's `action.yml` for `runs.using`
 - When updating Node.js support, update `runs.using` in `action.yml`, the `engines.node` range in `package.json`, and CI/test matrices together to stay consistent
 
 ### Input Handling

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version: '24'
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Check npm version compatibility
-        uses: joshjohanning/npm-version-check-action@v1
+        uses: joshjohanning/npm-version-check-action@v2

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: joshjohanning/publish-github-action@v2
+      - uses: joshjohanning/publish-github-action@v3
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           npm_package_command: npm run package

README.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 This action validates that pull requests and commits contain Azure DevOps work item links (e.g. `AB#123`), and **automatically links the GitHub Pull Request to work items found in commit messages**.
 
+## What's new
+
+Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/joshjohanning/azdo_commit_message_validator/releases) for the latest release notes.
+
 ## Key Features
 
 1. **Validates Pull Requests** - Ensures PR title or body contains an Azure DevOps work item link (e.g. `AB#123`)
@@ -51,9 +55,9 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Azure DevOps Commit Validator and Pull Request Linker
-        uses: joshjohanning/azdo_commit_message_validator@v2
+        uses: joshjohanning/azdo_commit_message_validator@v4
         with:
           check-pull-request: true
           check-commits: true
@@ -74,7 +78,6 @@ jobs:
 | `link-commits-to-pull-request`         | Only if `check-commits=true`, link the work items found in commits to the pull request                                                                                                   | `false`  | `true`                |
 | `validate-work-item-exists`            | Validate that the work item(s) referenced in commits and PR exist in Azure DevOps (requires `azure-devops-token` and `azure-devops-organization`)                                        | `false`  | `true`                |
 | `add-work-item-table`                  | Add a "Linked Work Items" table to the PR body showing titles for `AB#xxx` references (original references are preserved). Requires `azure-devops-token` and `azure-devops-organization` | `false`  | `false`               |
-| `append-work-item-title`               | **Deprecated** - use `add-work-item-table` instead. Will be removed in a future major version.                                                                                           | `false`  | `false`               |
 | `azure-devops-organization`            | Only if `check-commits=true`, link the work items found in commits to the pull request                                                                                                   | `false`  | `''`                  |
 | `azure-devops-token`                   | Only required if `link-commits-to-pull-request=true`, Azure DevOps PAT used to link work item to PR (needs to be a `full` PAT)                                                           | `false`  | `''`                  |
 | `github-token`                         | The GitHub token that has contents-read and pull_request-write access                                                                                                                    | `true`   | `${{ github.token }}` |

__tests__/index.test.js

@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ describe('Azure DevOps Commit Validator', () => {
         'github-token': 'github-token',
         'comment-on-failure': 'true',
         'validate-work-item-exists': 'false',
-        'append-work-item-title': 'false',
         'add-work-item-table': 'false'
       };
       return defaults[name] || '';
@@ -846,34 +845,6 @@ describe('Azure DevOps Commit Validator', () => {
       );
     });
 
-    it('should support deprecated append-work-item-title input as alias', async () => {
-      mockGetInput.mockImplementation(name => {
-        if (name === 'check-commits') return 'false';
-        if (name === 'check-pull-request') return 'true';
-        if (name === 'github-token') return 'github-token';
-        if (name === 'comment-on-failure') return 'false';
-        if (name === 'validate-work-item-exists') return 'false';
-        if (name === 'append-work-item-title') return 'true';
-        if (name === 'azure-devops-token') return 'azdo-token';
-        if (name === 'azure-devops-organization') return 'my-org';
-        return '';
-      });
-
-      mockOctokit.rest.pulls.get.mockResolvedValue({
-        data: {
-          title: 'feat: new feature',
-          body: 'This PR implements AB#12345'
-        }
-      });
-
-      mockGetWorkItemTitle.mockResolvedValue({ title: 'Fix login bug', type: 'Bug' });
-
-      await run();
-
-      expect(mockSetFailed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-      expect(mockOctokit.rest.pulls.update).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    });
-
     it('should update section when work item titles section already exists', async () => {
       mockGetInput.mockImplementation(name => {
         if (name === 'check-commits') return 'false';

action.yml

@@ -44,16 +44,11 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Validate that the work item(s) referenced in commits and PR exist in Azure DevOps. Requires azure-devops-token and azure-devops-organization to be set.'
     required: false
     default: 'true'
-  append-work-item-title:
-    description: 'Deprecated: Use add-work-item-table instead. This input will be removed in a future major version.'
-    deprecationMessage: 'The append-work-item-title input is deprecated. Use add-work-item-table instead.'
-    required: false
-    default: 'false'
   add-work-item-table:
     description: 'Add a Linked Work Items table to the PR body showing titles for AB#xxx references (original AB# references are preserved). Requires azure-devops-token and azure-devops-organization to be set.'
     required: false
     default: 'false'
 
 runs:
-  using: 'node20'
+  using: 'node24'
   main: 'dist/index.js'

badges/coverage.svg

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "azure-devops-work-item-link-enforcer-and-linker",
-  "version": "3.2.2",
+  "version": "4.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "description": "GitHub Action to enforce that each commit in a pull request be linked to an Azure DevOps work item and automatically link the pull request to each work item ",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=24"
+  },
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "format": "npx prettier --write .",

package-lock.json

@@ -43,10 +43,7 @@ export async function run() {
     const githubToken = core.getInput('github-token');
     const commentOnFailure = core.getInput('comment-on-failure') === 'true';
     const validateWorkItemExistsFlag = core.getInput('validate-work-item-exists') === 'true';
-    const addWorkItemTableRaw = core.getInput('add-work-item-table');
-    const appendWorkItemTitleRaw = core.getInput('append-work-item-title');
-    const addWorkItemTable =
-      addWorkItemTableRaw === 'true' || (addWorkItemTableRaw !== 'true' && appendWorkItemTitleRaw === 'true');
+    const addWorkItemTable = core.getInput('add-work-item-table') === 'true';
 
     // Warn if an invalid scope value was provided
     if (checkPullRequest && pullRequestCheckScopeRaw && !validScopes.includes(pullRequestCheckScopeRaw)) {