OSAC-4049: Extract GitHub Actions workflow job/needs/uses under --code-only

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What

graphify has zero YAML support -- .yaml/.yml are DOC_EXTENSIONS with no extractor, so .github/workflows/*.yaml content is invisible to the graph regardless of corpus scope. Our CI's first-run path (graphify extract --code-only) has no LLM backend configured, so it can't even give these files the semantic-pass reading other doc-classified files get.

Adds a scoped GitHub Actions workflow extractor: job nodes, needs -> depends_on edges (scalar and list forms), job-level and step-level uses -> action/reusable-workflow edges, with cross-file shared-action hub collapsing (actions/checkout@<sha> referenced by 10 workflows becomes one node, not ten).

Why this needed more than "add an extractor"

An unmerged upstream PR, Graphify-Labs/graphify#2541, already has a real, well-tested extractor for this shape (plus Docker Compose). Read its diff via the GitHub API for reference -- did not check out or execute that branch (unreviewed third-party code). Its own PR description states the deliberate design tradeoff: "The extensions stay in DOC_EXTENSIONS... registering the extractor is enough to get the structural pass without removing YAML from the semantic one." That's fine for its purpose, but it means YAML never leaves DOC_EXTENSIONS, so --code-only skips it regardless of whether that PR merges -- --code-only filters by detect.classify_file()'s output, not by whether an extractor is registered.

The actual fix has two halves:

1. graphify/extractors/github_actions.py (new) -- the extractor itself. Traversal helpers (_descend, _pairs, _string_items, etc.) and the two-pass define-then-reference extraction approach are adapted, with attribution in the module docstring, from PR feat(yaml): extract Docker Compose services and GitHub Actions jobs Graphify-Labs/graphify#2541 -- ported, not blindly copied. The Docker Compose branch is deliberately not ported; out of this ticket's scope, and folding in a second, unrelated shape would widen this file's surface with no requirement driving it.
2. graphify/detect.py's classify_file() -- a new carve-out routing .github/workflows/*.yml|yaml to FileType.CODE, mirroring the existing package-manifest precedent (apm.yml/pyproject.toml/Cargo.toml are already special-cased to CODE by path/filename before the generic DOC_EXTENSIONS bucket claims the extension, for the identical reason: real, parseable structure that shouldn't go through the LLM path). This is the piece that actually makes --code-only work -- everything else is necessary but not sufficient without it.

Scoped narrowly to GitHub Actions workflow paths specifically (path-only check, no content sniffing, zero-I/O at classify time) -- every other .yaml/.yml (Helm values, k8s manifests, OpenAPI specs, docker-compose.yml, composite action.yml files) keeps its existing, correct semantic-pass classification untouched. Verified empirically, not just by reading the code (see Test plan).

Test plan

• tests/test_github_actions.py (20 tests): job nodes, needs scalar/list -> depends_on, job-level and step-level uses, path-detection without an on: key, run: steps not becoming nodes, shared-action cross-file merge, data YAML (k8s/OpenAPI) and Docker Compose stay empty, classify_file() carve-out (workflow paths -> CODE; nested workflows/ subdirs, composite action.yml, and every other yaml -> unchanged DOCUMENT), end-to-end extract() under the same code path --code-only uses.
• Full suite: uv run --frozen --extra yaml python -m pytest -q -- 4355 passed, 0 failures (4 unrelated pre-existing failures needing the [ollama] extra confirmed passing separately with --extra ollama: 4359 passed).
• Full suite with the yaml extra absent (the default case for most installs): 4335 passed, 65 skipped (new tests skip via importorskip), 0 failures -- confirms graceful degradation.
• ruff check clean.
• Empirical, against real files -- copied 5 real workflow files from osac-project/osac's .github/workflows/ (nightly-build.yaml, check-pull-request.yaml, e2e-caas-full-install.yml, pre-commit.yaml, unit-tests.yml) into a scratch corpus and ran graphify extract --code-only for real:
  • [graphify extract] found 5 code, 0 docs, 0 papers, 0 images -- all 5 correctly reclassified.
  • Real output: 34 nodes, 54 edges. Confirmed actual job nodes (e2e-test, publish, tag-and-notify, notify-failure, ...), real depends_on edges matching the files' actual needs: (both needs: publish scalar and needs: [e2e-test, publish, tag-and-notify] list forms), real uses edges to external actions (pinned by SHA), local composite actions (./.github/actions/vault-slack-webhook), and cross-repo reusable workflows (osac-project/osac-test-infra/.github/workflows/e2e-vmaas-full-install.yml@main) -- not just "ran without erroring."
  • actions/checkout@<sha> referenced by 5 separate jobs across 2 files correctly collapsed to one shared node.
  • Added a Helm values.yaml and an openapi.yaml to the same scratch corpus and re-ran: --code-only: skipping 2 non-code file(s) (2 docs...) -- confirmed untouched, zero regression to existing classification.
  • Re-ran with the yaml extra uninstalled: the existing #1745 missing-dependency warning correctly names exactly the 5 reclassified workflow files (3 .yaml file(s)... 2 .yml file(s)...) and says nothing about the 2 untouched data-YAML files -- confirms the warning path is scoped to files actually routed through code extraction, not every .yaml/.yml in the corpus.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added GitHub Actions workflow extraction from supported YAML files.
  • Captures workflow jobs, dependencies, referenced actions, reusable workflows, and relationships between them.
  • Non-workflow YAML files remain treated as documents.
• Bug Fixes
  • Invalid UTF-8 cache entries are now safely treated as corrupted cache misses.
  • Improved handling of unsupported filesystem objects across platforms.
• Documentation
  • Updated architecture guidance for the current extraction pipeline and workflow support.
• Chores
  • Updated the release version and added optional YAML parsing support.

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Walkthrough

The change adds GitHub Actions workflow extraction for YAML files. It updates classification, extractor routing, graph generation, optional dependencies, cache corruption handling, architecture documentation, and platform-specific test behavior.

Changes

GitHub Actions workflow extraction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Workflow recognition and extraction routing pyproject.toml, graphify/detect.py, graphify/extract.py, graphify/extractors/github_actions.py, tests/test_github_actions.py	Workflow-shaped YAML files under recognized workflow paths are classified as code and routed to the GitHub Actions extractor. The optional YAML grammar dependency is registered.
Workflow parsing and graph construction graphify/extractors/github_actions.py, tests/test_github_actions.py	The extractor parses workflows, creates file and job nodes, and emits contains, depends_on, and uses edges. It handles size limits, parse failures, missing grammars, and non-workflow YAML.
Release and architecture documentation pyproject.toml, ARCHITECTURE.md	The project version changes to 0.9.42. Architecture documentation describes workflow extraction, pipeline contracts, and extract() side effects.

Cache and platform test maintenance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Corrupt cache handling graphify/cache.py, tests/test_cache.py	Invalid UTF-8 cache entries are treated as corrupt cache misses and emit warnings.
Platform-safe filesystem validation tests/test_install_references.py, tests/test_non_regular_files.py	Installation tests perform a write-and-delete probe. Filesystem tests skip unsupported FIFO, socket, and symlink operations.
CI documentation formatting README.md	The CI parity notes gain spacing between platform sections.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5880e

The PR adds structural extraction for GitHub Actions workflows, but the current implementation can create incorrect dependency edges, miss workflows named apm.yml, and still contains reported validation and non-regular-file safety concerns. These bounded correctness and runtime risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Extract as extract()
  participant Classifier as classify_file
  participant Workflow as extract_github_actions
  participant Graph as workflow graph
  Extract->>Classifier: classify workflow YAML
  Classifier->>Workflow: route recognized workflow
  Workflow->>Graph: add jobs, contains, needs, and uses edges
  Workflow-->>Extract: return extracted entities and diagnostics

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Possibly related PRs

• eliorerz/graphify#3: Both changes modify YAML classification and extraction routing.

Suggested reviewers: safishamsi, oleksii-tumanov

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801-820: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Check the file type before dispatching format-specific readers.

Lines 804-809 call PDF, DOCX, and XLSX readers before Line 817 checks for a regular file. A direct count_words(Path("pipe.pdf")) call can open a FIFO and block indefinitely.

Move the _is_regular_file(path) check before extension dispatch.

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In `@graphify/detect.py` around lines 801 - 820, Update count_words to validate
that path is a regular file using the existing _is_regular_file check before
dispatching to the PDF, DOCX, or XLSX readers; return 0 immediately for
non-regular files, then retain the extension-specific and plain-text counting
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Inline comments:
In `@ARCHITECTURE.md`:
- Line 11: Revise the architecture description around the stage communication
contract to state that dictionaries and NetworkX graphs are the public boundary,
rather than claiming stages have no shared state or external side effects.
Document that graphify.extract.extract() may adjust the recursion limit, clear
module-level caches, and emit warnings to stderr, while retaining the
graphify-out/ output description.

In `@graphify/cache.py`:
- Around line 921-928: Update the cache-entry parsing exception handling around
read_text/json.loads to catch UnicodeDecodeError alongside json.JSONDecodeError,
incrementing _corrupt_cache_entries and returning None for invalid UTF-8
entries. Add a regression test that writes invalid UTF-8 cache bytes and
verifies they are treated as corrupt entries.

In `@graphify/detect.py`:
- Around line 511-525: The GitHub Actions path classification must not
permanently route non-workflow YAML away from document extraction. Update the
logic around is_github_actions_workflow_path and extract_github_actions so
rejected workflow-shaped paths fall back to DOCUMENT when not running in
--code-only mode, while preserving CODE behavior for valid workflows and
code-only semantics; add coverage for non-workflow YAML under
.github/workflows/.

In `@graphify/export.py`:
- Around line 184-187: Update the subprocess invocation in the Git revision
lookup to use an approved, resolved executable path instead of the partial “git”
command, or add a narrowly scoped documented suppression if PATH lookup is
intentional. Preserve the existing arguments, timeout, and cwd behavior.

In `@graphify/extract.py`:
- Around line 4847-4848: Update the YAML dispatch entries in extract() so .yml
and .yaml invoke extract_github_actions only when
is_github_actions_workflow_path(path) is true; return None for other YAML paths
to avoid recording non-workflow documents as failed sources.

In `@graphify/extractors/github_actions.py`:
- Around line 211-227: The YAML setup in the extractor should distinguish an
absent tree_sitter_yaml module from failures loading it or initializing Language
and Parser. Use importlib.util.find_spec("tree_sitter_yaml") in the ImportError
path, returning “not installed” only when absent and “failed to load: ...” when
present but unloadable; classify Language(tsyaml.language()) and Parser failures
likewise, while keeping path.open/read errors separate.

In `@README.md`:
- Around line 865-866: Update the macOS note blockquote in the README to remove
the blank line that triggers markdownlint MD028, or replace it with a blockquote
marker while preserving the note’s content.

In `@tests/test_extract.py`:
- Around line 3261-3262: Update the test setup assignments for s1 and s2 so each
assignment and write_text call is on its own line, removing the E702 semicolon
violations while preserving the existing paths and SQL contents.

In `@tests/test_install_references.py`:
- Around line 541-548: Update the installation test around the refs directory
assertion to verify writability through an actual filesystem operation rather
than os.access. Create a temporary probe file inside refs, then remove it, while
preserving the existing directory and content checks and ensuring cleanup occurs
even if the write succeeds.

In `@tests/test_non_regular_files.py`:
- Around line 37-74: Gate the special-file tests before creating unsupported
filesystem objects: update test_fifo_is_rejected for os.mkfifo,
test_unix_socket_is_rejected for socket.AF_UNIX, and the symlink tests for
symlink creation capability. Use existing capability fixtures where available or
skip explicitly when the operation is unsupported, while preserving the current
assertions on capable platforms.

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In `@graphify/detect.py`:
- Around line 801-820: Update count_words to validate that path is a regular
file using the existing _is_regular_file check before dispatching to the PDF,
DOCX, or XLSX readers; return 0 immediately for non-regular files, then retain
the extension-specific and plain-text counting behavior for regular files.

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[eliorerz]

Question from review: can we make this generic enough to cover all YAML, not just GitHub Actions -- k8s manifests included?

Worth being precise about why this extractor is scoped to GH Actions specifically, since "generic YAML support" isn't actually one well-defined technical target the way this one was:

GitHub Actions works because it's one narrow, well-known schema. jobs/needs/uses map cleanly onto graph concepts (job = node, needs = depends_on edge, uses = external reference edge). That's exactly why a scoped AST traversal is cheap and high-value here -- same pattern as graphify's existing --cargo (Cargo.toml → crate deps) and --postgres (DB schema → table/FK relationships) extractors. None of those are "generic," they're each one specific, well-known schema.

A truly generic YAML AST parse produces low-value nodes. We already tested this exact failure mode for JSON during the investigation that led here: converting a workflow file to JSON and running it through graphify's existing JSON extractor produced zero nodes, because that extractor only recognizes specific known schemas (MCP configs, package manifests) -- a structural parse with no domain semantics just doesn't know what a "job" or "container" or "selector" means. The same logic applies to raw tree-sitter-yaml parsing without domain-specific traversal on top: you'd get generic key/value nodes, not something like Deployment X → selects → Service Y.

k8s manifests specifically are a real, valuable, and achievable follow-up -- but as their own scoped extractor, not "generic YAML." They have a real, known-enough schema (apiVersion/kind/metadata/spec) with genuinely useful relationships to extract: owner references, ConfigMap/Secret mounts, label selectors matching Services to pods, CRD cross-references (directly relevant to this repo -- VirtualNetwork/SecurityGroup/etc.). Same pattern as this PR: one more scoped extractor for one more known-valuable dialect. Worth its own ticket if wanted.

Helm values.yaml is the one that genuinely can't get this treatment. It has no fixed schema at all -- it's fully freeform per chart. There's no AST traversal to write because there's nothing consistent to traverse for. That one either stays on the semantic/LLM pass (already works today, just costs tokens) or stays unindexed under --code-only.

So: not "no," but "not generic" -- if k8s manifest extraction is valuable enough to prioritize, that's a real, comparably-scoped follow-up worth its own ticket, following the same extractor-per-dialect pattern as this PR and graphify's own existing --cargo/--postgres. Helm values and other truly schemaless YAML would stay out of scope regardless.

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Reply to the outside-diff finding on graphify/detect.py:801-820 (count_words() calling PDF/DOCX/XLSX readers before the _is_regular_file() check, so a FIFO named e.g. pipe.pdf could block indefinitely):

Confirmed real as described, but out of scope for this PR: verified via git diff origin/v8...HEAD -- graphify/detect.py that count_words() is not touched by this PR's diff at all -- it's pre-existing code, unrelated to the GitHub Actions extractor this PR adds. Not fixing it here to keep this PR scoped to what it's actually about; worth its own follow-up ticket.

Separately, replying to @eliorerz's question above about generalizing this to all YAML: that's already being addressed as its own scoped effort in PR #3 (k8s-manifest-specific extraction plus a generic structural fallback for everything else), following the same one-extractor-per-known-schema pattern as this PR rather than folding a second, unrelated shape into this one.

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In `@graphify/extract.py`:
- Around line 5025-5037: Update extract() so the GitHub Actions workflow check
using is_github_actions_workflow_path and looks_like_workflow_shape runs before
the package-manifest routing check, ensuring .github/workflows/apm.yml is
dispatched to extract_github_actions rather than manifest extraction. Add a
regression test covering a valid workflow named apm.yml and verifying its
workflow job nodes are preserved.

In `@graphify/extractors/github_actions.py`:
- Around line 138-149: Update _item_value to skip children whose node type is
comment when selecting the first named child of a block_sequence_item, ensuring
comments before the actual value cannot be returned as dependencies while
preserving the existing fallback behavior.

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