GitHub Actions expiration check — check action expiry dates

Flags GitHub Actions lines that stop working on a date - retired runner images, shut-down action versions, Node runtimes past end-of-life. Checked against any 'as of' date. Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

name: build-and-release

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: ['18.20.4', '20.x', '21']
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      - uses: actions/cache@v3
        with:
          path: ~/.npm
          key: npm-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
      - run: npm ci && npm test
      - name: publish coverage
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
        with:
          name: coverage
          path: coverage/

docs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: '3.12'
      - name: export the version
        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(cat VERSION)"
      - name: remember the cache hit
        run: echo "::save-state name=cachehit::true"

mac:
    runs-on: macos-13
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '22'
      - run: echo "::add-path::$HOME/.local/bin"

win:
    runs-on: windows-2019
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@master

release:
    needs: [test, docs]
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
      - uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

as of

Free here: Check the workflow file open in your editor against all 13 dated checks. In the editor: Sweep every workflow in the repo and write a dated actions-expiry-report.md you keep — that part asks for a licence key.

Same engine as the VS Code extension, byte for byte.