Consider adopting npm trusted publishing

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github-actions, javascript
Domain
ci-cd, security

Research direction

Locate the repository's GitHub Actions workflow and npm package-publishing configuration, then compare them with npm's trusted publishing and provenance guidance. Configure the trusted publisher, grant id-token: write, and remove NODE_AUTH_TOKEN; done means the package publishes successfully with provenance and no long-lived npm token.

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Description

Recent supply chain attacks on npm have highlighted the need for stronger package publishing security. The September 2025 Shai-Hulud worm compromised 500+ packages through stolen maintainer tokens, showing the risks of token-based publishing.

Trusted publishing helps by eliminating long-lived tokens that can be stolen or accidentally exposed; generating automatic provenance provides cryptographic proof of where/how packages are built; and is an industry standard adopted by PyPI, RubyGems, crates.io, NuGet, etc.

Here's the short version:

  1. Configure a trusted publisher on npmjs.com
  2. Add id-token: write permission to your workflow
  3. Remove NODE_AUTH_TOKEN from your workflow

npm is planning to deprecate legacy tokens and make trusted publishing the preferred method.

Would you consider adopting trusted publishing to help secure the npm ecosystem?

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