Migrate from tibdex/github-app-token to actions/create-github-app-token

[rtibbles]

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Overview

Migrate all GitHub Actions workflows from the deprecated tibdex/github-app-token action to the official actions/create-github-app-token replacement.

Complexity: Low

Context

All 9 workflows in this repo use tibdex/github-app-token@v2 with the same pattern:

- uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2
  id: generate-token
  with:
    app_id: ${{ secrets.LE_BOT_APP_ID }}
    private_key: ${{ secrets.LE_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}

Affected workflows:

• community-contribution-label.yml
• contributor-issue-comment.yml
• contributor-pr-reply.yml
• holiday-message.yml
• is-contributor.yml
• manage-issue-header.yml
• pr-statistics.yml
• unassign-inactive-issues.yaml
• update-pr-spreadsheet.yml

The Change

Replace tibdex/github-app-token@v2 with actions/create-github-app-token@v2 in all 9 workflows. The migration involves updating the uses line and renaming two inputs from underscores to hyphens (app_id → app-id, private_key → private-key). The output name (token) is unchanged, so no downstream references need updating.

Acceptance Criteria

• All 9 workflows use actions/create-github-app-token@v2 instead of tibdex/github-app-token@v2
• Input parameters updated from app_id/private_key to app-id/private-key
• No remaining references to tibdex in the repository

References

• Replacement action: https://github.com/actions/create-github-app-token

🤖 This issue was written with AI assistance, under supervision, review and final edits by [@rtibbles] 🤖

[rtibblesbot]

Implementation Plan

Single-phase change — straightforward find-and-replace across all 9 workflow files.

Phase 1: Migrate all workflows

For each of the 9 affected workflow files:

1. Replace uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2 → uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
2. Rename input app_id: → app-id:
3. Rename input private_key: → private-key:

Files: community-contribution-label.yml, contributor-issue-comment.yml, contributor-pr-reply.yml, holiday-message.yml, is-contributor.yml, manage-issue-header.yml, pr-statistics.yml, unassign-inactive-issues.yaml, update-pr-spreadsheet.yml

No other changes needed — the output name (token) is identical between both actions, so all downstream ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }} references remain valid.

Verification

• Grep for any remaining tibdex references
• Run pre-commit (yamlfmt + actionlint) to validate YAML and workflow syntax

[rtibblesbot]

Phase 1 Complete: Migrate all 9 workflows

All 9 workflow files have been migrated from tibdex/github-app-token@v2 to actions/create-github-app-token@v2.

Changes made

• Action reference: tibdex/github-app-token@v2 → actions/create-github-app-token@v2
• Input parameters: app_id → app-id, private_key → private-key
• Output: No changes needed — both actions use token as the output name

Files modified (9/9)

1. community-contribution-label.yml
2. contributor-issue-comment.yml
3. contributor-pr-reply.yml
4. holiday-message.yml
5. is-contributor.yml
6. manage-issue-header.yml
7. pr-statistics.yml
8. unassign-inactive-issues.yaml
9. update-pr-spreadsheet.yml

Verification

• ✅ grep -r tibdex .github/ returns no matches — all references removed
• ✅ actionlint passed — all workflow YAML is syntactically valid
• ✅ check-yaml passed — YAML structure is valid
• ✅ Pre-existing eslint error in pr-statistics.js:32 (line length) confirmed unrelated to this change

[rtibblesbot]

Self-review summary

Performed self-review of commit ba75575 (migration of all 9 workflows from tibdex/github-app-token@v2 to actions/create-github-app-token@v2).

Findings

• No blocking issues found
• suggestion: pr-statistics.yml has extra formatting changes (blank line removal, comment indentation shift) beyond the token migration. Confirmed these are produced by yamlfmt (project's configured formatter) — the original file was not yamlfmt-compliant, so the formatter brought it into compliance during the commit process. Acceptable.
• nitpick: Comment # Allow manual triggering for testing changed semantic association from workflow_dispatch: to on: block due to yamlfmt — cosmetic only.

Verification

• All 9 workflows confirmed using actions/create-github-app-token@v2
• All inputs confirmed using app-id/private-key (hyphenated)
• Zero remaining tibdex references in source files
• check-yaml, actionlint both pass
• All 3 acceptance criteria met ✓

No fixes needed

The implementation is clean. Ready for PR creation.

[rtibblesbot]

Implementation Plan

Scope: Mechanical migration of tibdex/github-app-token@v2 → actions/create-github-app-token@v2 across all 9 workflows.

Phase 1: Update all 9 workflow files

For each file, update 3 lines:

• uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2 → uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
• app_id: → app-id:
• private_key: → private-key:

The step id: generate-token and output reference (token) are unchanged.

Files: community-contribution-label.yml, contributor-issue-comment.yml, contributor-pr-reply.yml, holiday-message.yml, is-contributor.yml, manage-issue-header.yml, pr-statistics.yml, unassign-inactive-issues.yaml, update-pr-spreadsheet.yml

Phase 2: Verify and lint

• Grep for tibdex to confirm zero remaining references
• Run pre-commit run --all-files (actionlint, yamlfmt, check-yaml) to validate
• Fix any lint issues if needed

[rtibblesbot]

Phase 1 & 2 Complete: Migration and verification done

All 9 workflow files migrated from tibdex/github-app-token@v2 to actions/create-github-app-token@v2.

Evidence

Grep verification — zero remaining tibdex references in source files:

$ grep -r tibdex .github/workflows/
(no output — all references removed)

Pre-commit hooks all passing:

trim trailing whitespace.................................................Passed
check yaml...............................................................Passed
check for added large files..............................................Passed
debug statements (python)................................................Passed
fix end of files.........................................................Passed
yamlfmt..................................................................Passed
Lint GitHub Actions workflow files.......................................Passed

Diff summary (9 workflow files, 3 lines changed each):

.github/workflows/community-contribution-label.yml |  6 +++---
.github/workflows/contributor-issue-comment.yml    |  6 +++---
.github/workflows/contributor-pr-reply.yml         |  6 +++---
.github/workflows/holiday-message.yml              |  6 +++---
.github/workflows/is-contributor.yml               |  6 +++---
.github/workflows/manage-issue-header.yml          |  6 +++---
.github/workflows/pr-statistics.yml                | 15 ++++-----------
.github/workflows/unassign-inactive-issues.yaml    |  6 +++---
.github/workflows/update-pr-spreadsheet.yml        |  6 +++---

(pr-statistics.yml has additional changes from yamlfmt normalizing blank lines and comment indentation)

Changes per file

• uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2 → uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
• app_id: → app-id:
• private_key: → private-key:
• Output reference ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }} unchanged (compatible)

Commit: 7c95cc9

[rtibblesbot]

Self-review progress update:

Found and fixed:

• pr-statistics.yml had out-of-scope formatting changes (blank line removal, comment indentation change) beyond the token migration. Reverted to match the clean 3-line migration pattern used in all other 8 workflows.

Remaining (non-blocking):

• 6 issue template files and dependabot.yml have minor hygiene changes (EOF newlines, trailing whitespace, blank line removal) unrelated to the migration. These are trivially correct but expand the PR scope slightly. A reviewer may request they be split out.

All acceptance criteria verified:

• All 9 workflows migrated to actions/create-github-app-token@v2
• Input parameters updated (app_id→app-id, private_key→private-key)
• No remaining tibdex references in committed files