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Bumps actions/checkout from 6 to 7.

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v7.0.0

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v6.0.3

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Bumps [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) from 6 to 7.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](actions/checkout@v6...v7)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/checkout
  dependency-version: '7'
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
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Technical Summary of Pull Request:

Title: chore(ci): bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7


Overview

This pull request updates the GitHub Action dependency actions/checkout from major version 6 to 7. The update includes multiple changes in the actions/checkout action itself, with improvements affecting security, module format, dependency updates, and feature restrictions corresponding to GitHub Actions workflows.


Technical Requirements and Constraints

  • Node.js Version: The action has updated underlying dependencies and module formats (moving to ESM) likely requiring compatibility with Node.js 24 (as per recent changelog entries in v6 and v7). Systems using older Node.js versions may face compatibility issues.
  • GitHub Actions Workflow Compatibility: Version 7 introduces restrictions on checking out forked pull requests for certain event types such as pull_request_target and workflow_run. This is a security measure but may limit some use cases.
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Reviewed the v7 changelog carefully because it carries a real behavioural change, not just the usual ESM migration.

The one that matters: actions/checkout#2454 blocks checking out a fork PR under pull_request_target and workflow_run. We do have a workflow_run trigger — pages.yml fires on "📦 Build Image" completion — so I checked that step specifically. It calls actions/checkout with no ref:, so it takes the default branch rather than a PR head, and the new guard does not apply. Our only pull_request_target user was ai-issue-summary.yml, which was removed earlier today.

Scope: .github/workflows/build.yml and .github/workflows/pages.yml, three call sites, all plain checkouts without ref, repository or token overrides.

Rest of the release: ESM migration and dependency bumps — no input or output surface changed.

CI: GitGuardian and AI summary green. As on #13, 📦 Build Image does not run here because build.yml has paths-ignore: .github/**, so this bump is not exercised by CI on the PR. Validating on main with a dispatched build once all three are in.

Related: #13 (cache v6) is merged; #14 (setup-python v7) follows.

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