fix(ci): avoid persisted credentials for public submodules

[YOMXXX]

Summary

• Stops PR/test checkout jobs from persisting the current repository token before recursively fetching public submodules.
• Grants packages: read to PR-facing workflows that use the shared GHCR CI image.
• Addresses the checkout-layer and job-container failures seen while babysitting fix: harden workspace routing and local-first gates #2445, fix(memory): clarify missing ollama embedding model #2533, and fix(security): allow bare date in default autonomy policy #2534.

Problem

• Several CI jobs fetch public submodules with actions/checkout@v5 and submodules: recursive.
• The checkout step can inject the current repository token as a Git extraheader for https://github.com/*.
• In failing PR runs, submodule clones for tinyhumansai/tauri-cef and tinyhumansai/tauri-plugin-notification failed before build/test code ran with fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled.
• Appium E2E also failed before running code because the job container could not log into ghcr.io to pull ghcr.io/tinyhumansai/openhuman_ci:latest from a fork PR token with no package scope.

Solution

• Set persist-credentials: false on recursive submodule checkout steps in PR-facing build/test workflows.
• Add packages: read to workflows that use the shared GHCR CI image.
• Keep release/signing workflows unchanged so their dedicated credential chain is not affected.
• Verified the underlying access pattern locally: anonymous git ls-remote works for both public submodules; a bad GitHub extraheader reproduces failure exit 128.

Submission Checklist

• Tests added or updated (happy path + at least one failure / edge case) per Testing Strategy. N/A: GitHub Actions checkout/container-permission configuration change; validated via YAML parse and git access repro.
• Diff coverage >= 80% — changed lines (Vitest + cargo-llvm-cov merged via diff-cover) meet the gate enforced by .github/workflows/coverage.yml. N/A: workflow-only change; CI gate will still run.
• Coverage matrix updated — added/removed/renamed feature rows in docs/TEST-COVERAGE-MATRIX.md reflect this change. N/A: CI infrastructure only.
• All affected feature IDs from the matrix are listed in the PR description under ## Related. N/A: no feature ID changed.
• No new external network dependencies introduced (mock backend used per Testing Strategy)
• Manual smoke checklist updated if this touches release-cut surfaces (docs/RELEASE-MANUAL-SMOKE.md). N/A: PR CI checkout only; release workflows left unchanged.
• Linked issue closed via Closes #NNN in the ## Related section. N/A: no dedicated issue exists; discovered while babysitting PR CI.

Impact

• CI-only impact.
• PR jobs should fetch public vendored submodules anonymously instead of with a repository-scoped extraheader that can be rejected for sibling repositories.
• PR jobs using ghcr.io/tinyhumansai/openhuman_ci:* receive explicit package read permission.
• Release/signing workflows are unchanged.

Related

• Follow-up PR(s)/TODOs: rerun or retrigger affected PRs after this CI fix lands if their only remaining failures are submodule checkout or GHCR container auth failures.

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Linear Issue

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Commit & Branch

• Branch: fix/ci-public-submodule-checkout
• Commit SHA: 88ae50ff

Validation Run

• pnpm --filter openhuman-app format:check — N/A: no app/source formatting changed.
• pnpm typecheck — N/A: no TypeScript changed.
• Focused tests: git ls-remote anonymous vs bad-extraheader repro for tinyhumansai/tauri-cef and tinyhumansai/tauri-plugin-notification; docker manifest inspect ghcr.io/tinyhumansai/openhuman_ci:latest
• Rust fmt/check (if changed): N/A: no Rust changed.
• Tauri fmt/check (if changed): N/A: no Tauri source changed.

Validation Blocked

• command: N/A
• error: N/A
• impact: N/A

Behavior Changes

• Intended behavior change: PR CI recursive submodule checkouts avoid persisted repository credentials; PR workflows can read shared GHCR CI images.
• User-visible effect: none at runtime; CI reliability improvement.

Parity Contract

• Legacy behavior preserved: recursive submodule checkout remains enabled in the same jobs; GHCR image names are unchanged.
• Guard/fallback/dispatch parity checks: release/signing workflows are not modified.

Duplicate / Superseded PR Handling

• Duplicate PR(s): N/A
• Canonical PR: N/A
• Resolution (closed/superseded/updated): N/A

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Tightened CI security across pipelines: workflows now grant explicit package read access and disable credential persistence during repository checkouts. Changes applied to build, coverage, test, reusable test/E2E, E2E, PR quality, and typecheck pipelines to reduce token exposure without altering job logic or test behavior.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Workflow-level packages: read permission was added across multiple GitHub Actions workflows, and several actions/checkout@v5 steps were updated to persist-credentials: false to prevent GITHUB_TOKEN from being persisted in job containers.

Changes

CI workflow updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add packages: read to workflow permissions .github/workflows/build.yml, .github/workflows/coverage.yml, .github/workflows/e2e-reusable.yml, .github/workflows/e2e.yml, .github/workflows/pr-quality.yml, .github/workflows/test-reusable.yml, .github/workflows/test.yml, .github/workflows/typecheck.yml	Added permissions.packages: read at workflow level in multiple workflows to grant package read scope to GITHUB_TOKEN.
Disable credential persistence in checkout .github/workflows/build.yml, .github/workflows/coverage.yml, .github/workflows/e2e-reusable.yml, .github/workflows/test-reusable.yml	Set persist-credentials: false on actions/checkout@v5 in build, coverage (rust-core, rust-tauri), e2e (linux, rust-linux, macOS, windows), and rust test jobs to avoid persisting GitHub credentials in job containers.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• tinyhumansai/openhuman#1887: Modifies reusable CI workflows and actions/checkout@v5 configuration (persist-credentials: false) similar to this PR.

Poem

🥕 A rabbit tidies workflows with care,
Permissions set and tokens spared,
Checkouts close the credential door,
CI hops safe forevermore. 🐇

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change: adding persist-credentials: false to checkout steps for public submodules and granting packages: read permission to workflows.
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[YOMXXX]

@graycyrus @senamakel Ready for review.

This PR is green on 88ae50ff (22 success, 2 skipped) and directly addresses the CI infra failures currently blocking other fork PRs:

• fix: harden workspace routing and local-first gates #2445/fix(memory): clarify missing ollama embedding model #2533: Build Tauri App failed during checkout/submodule fetch because the injected GitHub extraheader could not read public sibling submodules.
• fix(security): allow bare date in default autonomy policy #2534: Linux Appium failed before tests because the job container could not log into GHCR without package read permission.

The new run confirms the fix path: Build Tauri, Test, E2E, and Coverage all passed with the workflow changes, and there are no unresolved review threads.

[YOMXXX]

Status update: this CI infrastructure fix is now the blocker for several otherwise-ready PRs. The current failures on #2533/#2544 come from checkout/fetch or vendored submodule auth before tests run, and #2534's E2E failure stops at GHCR job-container login with no secrets. This PR is green and CodeRabbit-approved, so merging it first should unblock reruns for those PRs without duplicating workflow changes into each feature branch.

[YOMXXX]

Updated this branch with latest upstream/main to satisfy the up-to-date branch-protection path. The PR diff is still limited to the CI workflow credential/package-read changes, and checks are rerunning now.

[YOMXXX]

@graycyrus @senamakel Required checks are all green now, and there are no unresolved review threads. The remaining non-required Windows secrets ACL job is marked cancelled after successful checkout/submodule setup and passing test output in the log. Please review/merge this CI fix first so #2534/#2544 can be updated and rerun on the fixed workflows.