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[client] Ship a legacy GTK3 UI package for distros without WebKitGTK 6.0 - #7040
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request adds GTK3 build stubs, cursor fallback handling, a dedicated GoReleaser configuration, and a release workflow job. The workflow packages, signs, uploads, reports, and gates signing for GTK3 artifacts. ChangesGTK3 UI release
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ReleaseWorkflow
participant GoReleaser
participant ArtifactStore
participant ReleaseComment
participant Signer
ReleaseWorkflow->>GoReleaser: Run GTK3 release configuration
GoReleaser-->>ReleaseWorkflow: Produce GTK3 DEB and RPM artifacts
ReleaseWorkflow->>ArtifactStore: Upload release-ui-gtk3 artifact
ReleaseWorkflow->>ReleaseComment: Add GTK3 artifact status and URL
ReleaseWorkflow->>Signer: Trigger signing after GTK3 release completes
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478-482: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winConsider adding a least-privilege
permissions:block torelease_ui_gtk3.Static analysis flags this job for using default (broader) permissions because no
permissions:block is set, unlikecomment_release_artifactswhich explicitly declarescontents: read. Since this job checks out code, runs GoReleaser withsecrets.GITHUB_TOKEN, and uploads artifacts, scope theGITHUB_TOKENpermissions explicitly (for examplecontents: read, adjusted if GoReleaser needs write access for this config).🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In @.github/workflows/release.yml around lines 478 - 482, Add a job-level permissions block to release_ui_gtk3, granting only the scopes required by checkout, GoReleaser, and artifact uploads; include contents: read and add write access only if this job’s GoReleaser configuration requires it. Keep the permission scope limited to this job.Source: Linters/SAST tools
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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 513-543: Update the “Cache Go modules” step to use the pinned
actions/cache/restore action instead of actions/cache, preserving its existing
paths and key configuration so it only restores caches. Also replace the
floating actions/setup-node@v4 reference in “Set up Node.js” with a pinned
commit SHA consistent with the rest of the workflow.
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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 478-482: Add a job-level permissions block to release_ui_gtk3,
granting only the scopes required by checkout, GoReleaser, and artifact uploads;
include contents: read and add write access only if this job’s GoReleaser
configuration requires it. Keep the permission scope limited to this job.
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547-553: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick winDo not expose the RPM signing key to pull-request builds.
This condition permits
GPG_RPM_PRIVATE_KEYfor same-repository pull requests. The job then builds pull-request-controlled code and runs GoReleaser hooks. A malicious branch can read/tmp/gpg-rpm-signing-key.ascand exfiltrate the signing key. GitHub’s fork protection does not cover this same-repository path. (docs.github.com)Load the key only for the official stable-tag release path. Apply the same restriction to the existing GTK4 release job.
🔐 Proposed guard
- if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository + if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.repository == 'netbirdio/netbird' && steps.semver_parser.outputs.prerelease == '' }}🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In @.github/workflows/release.yml around lines 547 - 553, Restrict the “Decode GPG signing key” step to the official stable-tag release condition only, removing the same-repository pull-request allowance so pull-request-controlled code never receives GPG_RPM_PRIVATE_KEY. Apply the identical guard to the corresponding GTK4 release job’s signing-key decode step, preserving key loading for stable-tag releases.
579-581: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winReplace the EOL Fedora verifier image.
Fedora 41 reached end of life on December 15, 2025, and its repositories are unavailable from the normal Fedora metadata paths. The
dnf installin the RPM verification job can fail before signature verification runs. Use a maintained image or replace thefedora:41container repo config with the Fedora archivebaseurl.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In @.github/workflows/release.yml around lines 579 - 581, Update the RPM verification container invocation in the workflow to use a maintained Fedora image, or configure Fedora 41 repositories to use the Fedora archive baseurl before the existing dnf install. Preserve the current rpm-sign installation and signature-verification commands.
577-587: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winRequire a valid RPM signature before publishing GTK3 artifacts.
rpm -Kcan accept an unsigned package when package digests are valid. Use verbose output and fail the release when the package does not show signature validation with an allowed public key imported from the GTK3 repository target.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In @.github/workflows/release.yml around lines 577 - 587, Update the “Verify RPM signatures” step to invoke rpm verification in verbose mode and require each GTK3 RPM’s output to explicitly show a valid signature from an allowed imported GTK3 repository key. Make the loop fail the workflow when verification reports no signature or an untrusted/invalid key, while preserving the existing package iteration and key import flow.
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 547-553: Restrict the “Decode GPG signing key” step to the
official stable-tag release condition only, removing the same-repository
pull-request allowance so pull-request-controlled code never receives
GPG_RPM_PRIVATE_KEY. Apply the identical guard to the corresponding GTK4 release
job’s signing-key decode step, preserving key loading for stable-tag releases.
- Around line 579-581: Update the RPM verification container invocation in the
workflow to use a maintained Fedora image, or configure Fedora 41 repositories
to use the Fedora archive baseurl before the existing dnf install. Preserve the
current rpm-sign installation and signature-verification commands.
- Around line 577-587: Update the “Verify RPM signatures” step to invoke rpm
verification in verbose mode and require each GTK3 RPM’s output to explicitly
show a valid signature from an allowed imported GTK3 repository key. Make the
loop fail the workflow when verification reports no signature or an
untrusted/invalid key, while preserving the existing package iteration and key
import flow.
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581-584: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winReplace the EOL Fedora 41 verifier image.
Fedora 41 reached end-of-life on December 15, 2025. This verifier installs
rpm-signandcurlfrom Fedora 41 repositories in lines 582, 584, and 587, so updatefedora:41to an unsupported EOL-compatible image or a supported, digest-pinned Fedora image.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In @.github/workflows/release.yml around lines 581 - 584, Update the verifier container image in the Docker command used by the release workflow, replacing the EOL fedora:41 reference with a supported Fedora image or an approved EOL-compatible digest-pinned image. Keep the existing rpm-sign and curl installation and verification flow unchanged.
580-592: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winMake the RPM verification step fail when commands or signatures fail.
The
bash -cshell runs withoutset -e, sodnf/curl/rpm --importfailures can be ignored by the>/dev/null 2>&1redirection. AfalseSKIP_PUBLISHshould fail when no files match/dist/*.rpm, andrpm -Kcan pass for digest-only checks; userpm --checksig --define '_pkgverify_level signature'for signed release artifacts.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In @.github/workflows/release.yml around lines 580 - 592, Update the “Verify RPM signatures” workflow step so its dockerized bash command enables fail-fast behavior, preserves errors from dnf, curl, and rpm import despite output redirection, and fails when no RPM files are found. Replace the rpm -K verification with rpm --checksig using the _pkgverify_level signature definition so artifacts require valid signatures rather than digest-only checks.
568-579: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftVerify RPM artifacts before publishing GTK3 packages.
When stable tag builds set
SKIP_PUBLISH=false, this GoReleaser step uploads Debian and YUM artifacts usingUPLOAD_DEBIAN_SECRETandUPLOAD_YUM_SECRET. Stable RPM publishing can therefore happen before the next “Verify RPM signatures” step. Run GoReleaser without uploads until RPM signatures pass, then publish to.goreleaser_ui_gtk3.yaml.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In @.github/workflows/release.yml around lines 568 - 579, Update the GTK3 GoReleaser step using the `.goreleaser_ui_gtk3.yaml` configuration so it runs without publishing or upload credentials before RPM signature verification. Ensure the later post-verification release step performs the actual publish after signatures pass, while preserving the existing stable-build behavior and configuration.
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 581-584: Update the verifier container image in the Docker command
used by the release workflow, replacing the EOL fedora:41 reference with a
supported Fedora image or an approved EOL-compatible digest-pinned image. Keep
the existing rpm-sign and curl installation and verification flow unchanged.
- Around line 580-592: Update the “Verify RPM signatures” workflow step so its
dockerized bash command enables fail-fast behavior, preserves errors from dnf,
curl, and rpm import despite output redirection, and fails when no RPM files are
found. Replace the rpm -K verification with rpm --checksig using the
_pkgverify_level signature definition so artifacts require valid signatures
rather than digest-only checks.
- Around line 568-579: Update the GTK3 GoReleaser step using the
`.goreleaser_ui_gtk3.yaml` configuration so it runs without publishing or upload
credentials before RPM signature verification. Ensure the later
post-verification release step performs the actual publish after signatures
pass, while preserving the existing stable-build behavior and configuration.
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couple of missed yaml values
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The gtk3 deb and rpm reused goreleaser's default nfpm file name, which is identical to the stable GTK4 packages'. The Debian pool is shared storage keyed by file name, so whichever release job ran last overwrote the other's artifact and both distributions indexed the same binary. Add a file_name_template with a -gtk3 suffix to both nfpms. package_name stays netbird-ui so legacy distros still install the same package.
The gtk3 config shares project_name with the GTK4 UI config, so both jobs emitted netbird-ui_<version>_checksums.txt and raced on the same asset name in the shared GitHub release. Name the gtk3 one explicitly, matching what the darwin config already does, and disable the redundant changelog.
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Name will become netbird-ui-gtk3_<ver>_linux_amd64.deb with "linux" in the way, the deb convention is <pkg>_<ver>_<arch>.deb
I'm approving but please check that we are ok with that, or in case I'll stamp it again
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Ship a legacy GTK3 UI package for distros without WebKitGTK 6.0
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