ci(release): fix binary upload broken since v30

[dimiandre]

Problem

No GitHub release since v29 has the junod binary attached. The release binary workflow runs on every release but fails at the Copy binary step (runs for v30.0.0 and v31.0.0):

Error response from daemon: No such container: juno-node-1

The Dockerfile/compose rework in 55d7cbd changed two things release.yml relied on:

	v29	since v30
container name	juno-node-1	juno-development-node-1 (compose name: juno-development)
binary path in image	/usr/bin/junod	/bin/junod

The build itself succeeds and produces a static binary; only the extraction breaks.

Fix

• Build the image with docker build and extract the binary with docker create + docker cp. No dependency on compose project or container names, and no node is started.
• Verify before upload: binary is statically linked, print junod version --long and junod query wasm libwasmvm-version.
• Add a workflow_dispatch trigger with a tag input to attach the binary to an existing release. The source is always checked out from the tag; only the workflow file comes from the branch.
• Narrow permissions from write-all to contents: write.
• Asset names are unchanged (junod, junod_sha256.txt).

This PR only touches .github/workflows/release.yml: no chain code or consensus change. It is split out of #1229 so the v31.0.0 binary can be published before v31 lands on main.

After merge

gh workflow run release.yml -f tag=v31.0.0

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Release artifacts can now be built from a published release or from a manually selected existing release tag.
  • Release builds verify that the application binary runs and reports its version before uploading it.
  • Release uploads continue to include SHA-256 checksums.

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Walkthrough

The release workflow now supports release-created events and manual dispatch with a required tag. It checks out the selected tag, builds and validates the junod binary, and uploads release assets using that tag.

Changes

Release workflow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build and publish selected release .github/workflows/release.yml	The workflow selects a tag from the release event or manual input, checks out that tag, and builds an image to extract /bin/junod. It verifies static linking and runs the binary’s version and WasmVM version commands. The release action uses the selected tag. Workflow permissions are set to contents: write.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8928a

The release workflow now builds, verifies and attaches junod to the selected tag. One hardening fix remains: pass the tag to shell commands as a quoted variable, not as an inline expression. Only users who can already create tags or run the workflow can exploit this. It is a small follow-up rather than a serious blocker.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8928a

Selected release tags now enter executable shell commands in a job that can publish repository assets, creating a path to tamper with trusted release binaries. Permissions are narrower than before, and exploitation requires a usable ref and a release or manual trigger, but those constraints do not prevent shell injection.

Retained concerns

• Medium · security · observed: The selected release or manual ref is inserted directly into docker build and docker create shell commands. A resolving Git ref containing command-substitution syntax can execute commands on the runner before Docker validates the image name. That execution can alter the build or files subsequently published with repository contents-write authority. The base workflow used static commands and did not expose this path.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The demonstrated boundary is the release runner and its repository publication pipeline, not merely one image name. Injected execution could alter the binary and checksum consumed by the publisher, affecting users who trust those release assets. The configured token has repository contents-write scope; actual credential accessibility and exposure beyond this repository are not established.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• observed — The retained injection finding is introduced by the PR: release/manual ref data passes checkout and is rendered into executable shell syntax at lines 34 and 38. Successful checkout is a precondition, not sanitization. An attacker must influence a resolving ref and cause an authorized trigger; the repository-specific actor permissions and tag protections are unavailable.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Permissions narrowing, resolvable checkout, stopped-container extraction, static-link checking, and version commands are meaningful constraints. They do not keep interpolated ref data out of shell syntax or authenticate the executable's provenance. Version output is printed rather than compared with the intended release identity.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• inferred — Repetition and concurrency can target the same release and filenames, while the workflow contains no explicit commit-identity recheck or upload reconciliation. Whether interruption leaves inconsistent assets depends on the external publishing action and repository policy. This is a recovery coverage gap, not evidence that the PR introduced an atomicity failure.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Keep release identity out of executable expressions: use quoted shell variables and a fixed internal image name. Independently validate that the selected ref is an approved release tag and resolve it to an immutable commit before building.
• proposed — Separate selected-source build and executable validation from contents-write publication authority. Use credential-free build inputs, exclude checkout metadata from the Docker context, and have the publisher verify approved commit and release identity before accepting the resulting assets.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the release CI change and the binary upload failure it fixes. It matches the main objective of the pull request.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Line 34: Update the Docker commands in the release workflow to use the
existing RELEASE_TAG environment variable as a quoted shell variable instead of
interpolating it into the run script; apply this to both the docker build and
docker create commands.

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