🔧 Repository: Warnings of deprecated Node.js versions in various GitHub Actions

[awanlin]

📜 Description

There are Warnings of deprecated Node.js versions in various GitHub Actions being used by this repo.

👍 Expected behavior

There are no warnings about deprecated Node.js versions in various GitHub Actions being used by this repo.

👎 Current Behavior

The following GitHub Actions have warnings:

• Release workspace: The following actions uses node12 which is deprecated and will be forced to run on node16: backstage/changesets-action@291bfc1f76d1dcfbf967f5810dc0423592eae09a. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-13-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node16-instead-of-node12-by-default/
• Automated changeset feedback: The following actions use a deprecated Node.js version and will be forced to run on node20: backstage/actions/changeset-feedback@v0.6.10. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-03-07-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node20-instead-of-node16-by-default/
• Automated Renovate changeset: The following actions use a deprecated Node.js version and will be forced to run on node20: backstage/actions/renovate-changesets@v0.6.13. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-03-07-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node20-instead-of-node16-by-default/
• Cron: The following actions use a deprecated Node.js version and will be forced to run on node20: backstage/actions/cron@v0.6.10. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-03-07-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node20-instead-of-node16-by-default/
• PR: The following actions use a deprecated Node.js version and will be forced to run on node20: backstage/actions/pr-sync@v0.6.10. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-03-07-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node20-instead-of-node16-by-default/
• Release all workspaces: The following actions uses node12 which is deprecated and will be forced to run on node16: backstage/changesets-action@291bfc1f76d1dcfbf967f5810dc0423592eae09a. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-13-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node16-instead-of-node12-by-default/
• Renovate Cron: The following actions use a deprecated Node.js version and will be forced to run on node20: actions/checkout@v3, dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2, actions/upload-artifact@v3. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-03-07-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node20-instead-of-node16-by-default/

👟 Reproduction steps

Look at any of the listed actions under Current Behavior, these will all have the warning. You can run them again to see the warning is there.

📃 Provide the context for the Bug.

In some cases these are using a very old version of Node, we should stay up to date to avoid any issues.

👀 Have you spent some time to check if this bug has been raised before?

• [X] I checked and didn't find similar issue

🏢 Have you read the Code of Conduct?

• [X] I have read the Code of Conduct

Are you willing to submit PR?

Yes I am willing to submit a PR!

[awanlin]

Some of these should be resolved by this PR https://github.com/backstage/actions/pull/156 and then updating the actions here to use the updated version.

[awanlin]

This PR will address the Renovate Cron action: https://github.com/backstage/community-plugins/pull/1195

[awanlin]

Looks like if we can update this fork with the latest that would get us the needed Node 20 upgrade as well: https://github.com/backstage/changesets-action