## Overview
This PR introduces granular permission controls for Gitea Actions tokens
(`GITEA_TOKEN`), aligning Gitea's security model with GitHub Actions
standards while maintaining compatibility with Gitea's unique repository
unit system.
It addresses the need for finer access control by allowing
administrators and repository owners to define default token
permissions, set maximum permission ceilings, and control
cross-repository access within organizations.
## Key Features
### 1. Granular Token Permissions
- **Standard Keyword Support**: Implements support for the
`permissions:` keyword in workflow and job YAML files (e.g., `contents:
read`, `issues: write`).
- **Permission Modes**:
- **Permissive**: Default write access for most units (backwards
compatible).
- **Restricted**: Default read-only access for `contents` and
`packages`, with no access to other units.
- ~~**Custom**: Allows defining specific default levels for each unit
type (Code, Issues, PRs, Packages, etc.).~~**EDIT removed UI was
confusing**
- **Clamping Logic**: Workflow-defined permissions are automatically
"clamped" by repository or organization-level maximum settings.
Workflows cannot escalate their own permissions beyond these limits.
### 2. Organization & Repository Settings
- **Settings UI**: Added new settings pages at both Organization and
Repository levels to manage Actions token defaults and maximums.
- **Inheritance**: Repositories can be configured to "Follow
organization-level configuration," simplifying management across large
organizations.
- **Cross-Repository Access**: Added a policy to control whether Actions
workflows can access other repositories or packages within the same
organization. This can be set to "None," "All," or restricted to a
"Selected" list of repositories.
### 3. Security Hardening
- **Fork Pull Request Protection**: Tokens for workflows triggered by
pull requests from forks are strictly enforced as read-only, regardless
of repository settings.
- ~~**Package Access**: Actions tokens can now only access packages
explicitly linked to a repository, with cross-repo access governed by
the organization's security policy.~~ **EDIT removed
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/36173#issuecomment-3873675346**
- **Git Hook Integration**: Propagates Actions Task IDs to git hooks to
ensure that pushes performed by Actions tokens respect the specific
permissions granted at runtime.
### 4. Technical Implementation
- **Permission Persistence**: Parsed permissions are calculated at job
creation and stored in the `action_run_job` table. This ensures the
token's authority is deterministic throughout the job's lifecycle.
- **Parsing Priority**: Implemented a priority system in the YAML parser
where the broad `contents` scope is applied first, allowing granular
scopes like `code` or `releases` to override it for precise control.
- **Re-runs**: Permissions are re-evaluated during a job re-run to
incorporate any changes made to repository settings in the interim.
### How to Test
1. **Unit Tests**: Run `go test ./services/actions/...` and `go test
./models/repo/...` to verify parsing logic and permission clamping.
2. **Integration Tests**: Comprehensive tests have been added to
`tests/integration/actions_job_token_test.go` covering:
- Permissive vs. Restricted mode behavior.
- YAML `permissions:` keyword evaluation.
- Organization cross-repo access policies.
- Resource access (Git, API, and Packages) under various permission
configs.
3. **Manual Verification**:
- Navigate to **Site/Org/Repo Settings -> Actions -> General**.
- Change "Default Token Permissions" and verify that newly triggered
workflows reflect these changes in their `GITEA_TOKEN` capabilities.
- Attempt a cross-repo API call from an Action and verify the Org policy
is enforced.
## Documentation
Added a PR in gitea's docs for this :
https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/318
## UI:
<img width="1366" height="619" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-24 174112"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bfa29c9a-4ea5-4346-9410-16d491ef3d44"
/>
<img width="1360" height="621" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-24 174048"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d5ec46c8-9a13-4874-a6a4-fb379936cef5"
/>
/fixes #24635
/claim #24635
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Signed-off-by: Excellencedev <ademiluyisuccessandexcellence@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: ChristopherHX <christopher.homberger@web.de>
Signed-off-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Signed-off-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: ChristopherHX <christopher.homberger@web.de>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-authored-by: Zettat123 <zettat123@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
Fixes: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/36152
Enable the `nilnil` linter while adding `//nolint` comments to existing
violations. This will ensure no new issues enter the code base while we
can fix existing issues gradually.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Implements runner apis based on
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/self-hosted-runners?apiVersion=2022-11-28#list-self-hosted-runners-for-an-organization
- Add Post endpoints for registration-token, google/go-github revealed
this as problem
- We should deprecate Get Endpoints, leaving them for compatibility
- Get endpoint of admin has api path /admin/runners/registration-token
that feels wrong, /admin/actions/runners/registration-token seems more
consistent with user/org/repo api
- Get Runner Api
- List Runner Api
- Delete Runner Api
- Tests admin / user / org / repo level endpoints
Related to #33750 (implements point 1 and 2)
Via needs discovered in #32461, this runner api is needed to allow
cleanup of runners that are deallocated without user interaction.
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Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
- Find the runner before deleting
- Move the main logic from `routers/web/repo/setting/runners.go` to
`routers/web/shared/actions/runners.go`.
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- Find the variable before updating or deleting
- Move the main logic from `routers/web/repo/setting/variables.go` to
`routers/web/shared/actions/variables.go`.
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Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Giteabot <teabot@gitea.io>
In history (from some legacy frameworks), both `:name` and `name` are
supported as path path name, `:name` is an alias to `name`.
To make code consistent, now we should only use `name` but not `:name`.
Also added panic check in related functions to make sure the name won't
be abused in case some downstreams still use them.
This PR only does "renaming":
* `Route` should be `Router` (and chi router is also called "router")
* `Params` should be `PathParam` (to distingush it from URL query param, and to match `FormString`)
* Use lower case for private functions to avoid exposing or abusing
Since `modules/context` has to depend on `models` and many other
packages, it should be moved from `modules/context` to
`services/context` according to design principles. There is no logic
code change on this PR, only move packages.
- Move `code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context` to
`code.gitea.io/gitea/services/context`
- Move `code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/contexttest` to
`code.gitea.io/gitea/services/contexttest` because of depending on
context
- Move `code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/upload` to
`code.gitea.io/gitea/services/context/upload` because of depending on
context
Partially Fix#25041
This PR redefined the meaning of column `is_active` in table
`action_runner_token`.
Before this PR, `is_active` means whether it has been used by any
runner. If it's true, other runner cannot use it to register again.
In this PR, `is_active` means whether it's validated to be used to
register runner. And if it's true, then it can be used to register
runners until it become false. When creating a new `is_active` register
token, any previous tokens will be set `is_active` to false.
The JSONRedirect/JSONOK/JSONError functions were put into "Base" context
incorrectly, it would cause abuse.
Actually, they are for "web context" only, so, move them to the correct
place.
And by the way, use them to simplify old code: +75 -196
close#24540
related:
- Protocol: https://gitea.com/gitea/actions-proto-def/pulls/9
- Runner side: https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/pulls/201
changes:
- Add column of `labels` to table `action_runner`, and combine the value
of `agent_labels` and `custom_labels` column to `labels` column.
- Store `labels` when registering `act_runner`.
- Update `labels` when `act_runner` starting and calling `Declare`.
- Users cannot modify the `custom labels` in edit page any more.
other changes:
- Store `version` when registering `act_runner`.
- If runner is latest version, parse version from `Declare`. But older
version runner still parse version from request header.
