Skip to content

Add SPDX license header checker and missing headers - #894

Draft
shreyah963 wants to merge 2 commits into
opensearch-project:mainfrom
shreyah963:add-spdx-license-header-checker
Draft

Add SPDX license header checker and missing headers#894
shreyah963 wants to merge 2 commits into
opensearch-project:mainfrom
shreyah963:add-spdx-license-header-checker

Conversation

@shreyah963

@shreyah963 shreyah963 commented Aug 26, 2026

Copy link
Copy Markdown
Contributor

Description

Add SPDX license header validation to PR/push workflows using @kt3k/license-checker.

Changes:

  • Add .github/workflows/license-header-checker.yml
  • Add .licenserc.json
  • Add missing SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 headers to source files

Related Issues

#6445

Check List

  • New functionality includes testing.
  • New functionality has been documented.
  • API changes companion pull request created.
  • Commits are signed per the DCO using --signoff.
  • Public documentation issue/PR created.

By submitting this pull request, I confirm that my contribution is made under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license.
For more information on following Developer Certificate of Origin and signing off your commits, please check here.

Signed-off-by: shreyah963 <shreyab963@gmail.com>
@github-actions

github-actions Bot commented Aug 26, 2026

Copy link
Copy Markdown

PR Code Analyzer ❗

AI-powered 'Code-Diff-Analyzer' found issues on commit 2a333b0.

Hard block: Issues at High severity or above will block this PR from merging.

PathLineSeverityDescription
.github/workflows/license-header-checker.yml12highCI workflow executes an npm package via npx (`@kt3k/license-checker@3.2.2`) without any integrity verification beyond the version pin. Per mandatory rules, any dependency/package addition in a build pipeline must be flagged. A malicious or compromised version of this package would execute with full CI runner privileges, with access to secrets and the ability to exfiltrate them.
.github/workflows/license-header-checker.yml10highThe comment `# v6` on the `actions/checkout` step is misleading — `actions/checkout` v6 does not exist (current stable is v4). The annotated commit hash `de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd` should be independently verified against the official `actions/checkout` repository. A mismatched or forged comment could mask a substituted commit pointing to a malicious fork. Per mandatory rules, all GitHub Action dependency changes must be flagged for maintainer verification.

The table above displays the top 10 most important findings.

Total: 2 | Critical: 0 | High: 2 | Medium: 0 | Low: 0


Pull Requests Author(s): Please update your Pull Request according to the report above.

Repository Maintainer(s): You can bypass diff analyzer by adding label skip-diff-analyzer after reviewing the changes carefully, then re-run failed actions. To re-enable the analyzer, remove the label, then re-run all actions.


⚠️ Note: The Code-Diff-Analyzer helps protect against potentially harmful code patterns. Please ensure you have thoroughly reviewed the changes beforehand.

Thanks.

Signed-off-by: shreyah963 <shreyab963@gmail.com>
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

None yet

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

1 participant