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v9.0.0

New features:

• getOctokit factory function — Available directly in the script context. Create additional authenticated Octokit clients with different tokens for multi-token workflows, GitHub App tokens, and cross-org access. See Creating additional clients with getOctokit for details and examples.
• Orchestration ID in user-agent — The ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID environment variable is automatically appended to the user-agent string for request tracing.

Breaking changes:

• require('@actions/github') no longer works in scripts. The upgrade to @actions/github v9 (ESM-only) means require('@actions/github') will fail at runtime. If you previously used patterns like const { getOctokit } = require('@actions/github') to create secondary clients, use the new injected getOctokit function instead — it's available directly in the script context with no imports needed.
• getOctokit is now an injected function parameter. Scripts that declare const getOctokit = ... or let getOctokit = ... will get a SyntaxError because JavaScript does not allow const/let redeclaration of function parameters. Use the injected getOctokit directly, or use var getOctokit = ... if you need to redeclare it.
• If your script accesses other @actions/github internals beyond the standard github/octokit client, you may need to update those references for v9 compatibility.

What's Changed

• Add ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID to user-agent string by @​Copilot in actions/github-script#695
• ci: use deployment: false for integration test environments by @​salmanmkc in actions/github-script#712
• feat!: add getOctokit to script context, upgrade @​actions/github v9, @​octokit/core v7, and related packages by @​salmanmkc in actions/github-script#700

New Contributors

• @​Copilot made their first contribution in actions/github-script#695

Full Changelog: actions/github-script@v8.0.0...v9.0.0

v8.0.0

What's Changed

• Update Node.js version support to 24.x by @​salmanmkc in actions/github-script#637
• README for updating actions/github-script from v7 to v8 by @​sneha-krip in actions/github-script#653

⚠️ Minimum Compatible Runner Version

v2.327.1
Release Notes

Make sure your runner is updated to this version or newer to use this release.

New Contributors

• @​salmanmkc made their first contribution in actions/github-script#637
• @​sneha-krip made their first contribution in actions/github-script#653

Full Changelog: actions/github-script@v7.1.0...v8.0.0

v7.1.0

What's Changed

• Upgrade husky to v9 by @​benelan in actions/github-script#482
• Add workflow file for publishing releases to immutable action package by @​Jcambass in actions/github-script#485
• Upgrade IA Publish by @​Jcambass in actions/github-script#486
• Fix workflow status badges by @​joshmgross in actions/github-script#497
• Update usage of actions/upload-artifact by @​joshmgross in actions/github-script#512
• Clear up package name confusion by @​joshmgross in actions/github-script#514
• Update dependencies with npm audit fix by @​joshmgross in actions/github-script#515
• Specify that the used script is JavaScript by @​timotk in actions/github-script#478
• chore: Add Dependabot for NPM and Actions by @​nschonni in actions/github-script#472

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• 3a2844b Merge pull request #700 from actions/salmanmkc/expose-getoctokit + prepare re...
• ca10bbd fix: use @​octokit/core/types import for v7 compatibility
• 86e48e2 merge: incorporate main branch changes
• c108472 chore: rebuild dist for v9 upgrade and getOctokit factory
• afff112 Merge pull request #712 from actions/salmanmkc/deployment-false + fix user-ag...
• ff8117e ci: fix user-agent test to handle orchestration ID
• 81c6b78 ci: use deployment: false to suppress deployment noise from integration tests
• 3953caf docs: update README examples from @​v8 to @​v9, add getOctokit docs and v9 brea...
• c17d55b ci: add getOctokit integration test job
• a047196 test: add getOctokit integration tests via callAsyncFunction
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