Node.js 12 deprecation warning in semantic-pull-request

[MikeMcC399]

Problem description

Workflow .github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml produces a deprecation warning, for example in 6294797314

"Lint Title
The following actions uses node12 which is deprecated and will be forced to run on node16: cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request@v4. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-13-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node16-instead-of-node12-by-default/"

Analysis

.github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml

- uses: cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request@v4

https://github.com/cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request/blob/v4/action.yml v4

runs:
  using: 'node12'
  main: 'dist/index.js'

This is the latest available version on cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request so there is no version of this fork available which specifies node16.

The parent repository amannn/action-semantic-pull-request has however been updated and there is a v5 version available which uses node20 and resolves deprecations. See CHANGELOG.

Suggestion

1. Make v5 available on cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request
2. Update .github/workflows/semantic-pull-request.yml to - uses: cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request@v5 when this is made available.

[MikeMcC399]

I opened the issue here, because issues are not enabled on the https://github.com/cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request repo. The next step would be to create a PR on https://github.com/cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request repo to sync to v5. I am not planning to do this personally and I would rather leave this critical step to the Cypress.io team.

[MikeMcC399]

The deprecation warning has been re-instated:

The following actions uses node12 which is deprecated and will be forced to run on node16: cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request@v4. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-13-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node16-instead-of-node12-by-default/

so I'm re-opening the issue.

Both Node.js 12 and Node.js 16 are now in end-of-life status.

Edit: GitHub's supported strategy for Node.js versions in JavaScript actions however is not well documented at this time, so it is unclear if and when the action cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request might stop working. It can only be identified as a risk at the moment if nothing is done to update the action. outdated

[MikeMcC399]

There is a new announcement on https://github.blog/changelog/2023-09-22-github-actions-transitioning-from-node-16-to-node-20/

At this time node12 actions are forced to run under node16.
By early next year 2024 all actions will be forced to run under node20.

The least-effort strategy is to monitor deprecation warnings and to make no changes unless / until something breaks.

[MikeMcC399]

The workflow semantic-pull-request.yml currently provokes two deprecation warnings, here displayed first as a screenshot:

and here as text with hyperlinks:

1. Lint Title
   Node.js 16 actions are deprecated. Please update the following actions to use Node.js 20: cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request@v4. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-09-22-github-actions-transitioning-from-node-16-to-node-20/.

2. Lint Title
   The following actions uses node12 which is deprecated and will be forced to run on node16: cypress-io/action-semantic-pull-request@v4. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-13-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node16-instead-of-node12-by-default/

[MikeMcC399]

The GitHub blog post GitHub Actions; All Actions will run on Node20 instead of Node16 by default announces that all actions are forced to run under Node.js 20 starting on May 13, 2024.