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Install the breakglass caller - #235
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Nineteen lines, no logic. The mechanism is kernel/security-workflows .github/workflows/breakglass-merge.yml; this only routes a /breakglass comment to it, so changes to the mechanism need no PR here. Hosted in a public repo because this one is public, and a public repository cannot call a reusable workflow stored in a private one. See kernel/infra docs/breakglass.md.
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reviewed the shared breakglass caller rollout — looks good.
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Nineteen lines, no logic — the whole per-repo install for breakglass.
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/breakglass <reason>on a PR here and it merges without its required approval, recording the reason on the PR. The mechanism lives in kernel/security-workflows and is shared, so changes to it need no PR here.This repo is public, which is why the mechanism is hosted in a public repo — a public repository cannot call a reusable workflow stored in a private one, and the failure is silent (run created, zero jobs, nothing on the PR).
Why a file per repo:
issue_commentfires in the repo where the comment is left, and GitHub only runs a workflow if the file is on that repo's default branch. Reusable workflows share logic, not triggers.Docs: kernel/infra docs/breakglass.md
Depends on kernel/security-workflows#18 landing first. Requires the org-level
BREAKGLASS_APP_ID/BREAKGLASS_APP_PRIVATE_KEYsecrets shared with this repo, and thekernel-breakglassapp installed on it.Note
Medium Risk
Introduces an approval-bypass merge path tied to org breakglass app credentials; impact is limited by the thin caller and narrowly scoped secrets, but misuse or misconfiguration could merge PRs without normal review gates.
Overview
Adds a minimal Breakglass GitHub Actions workflow so reviewers can comment
/breakglass <reason>on a PR to merge without required approvals, with the reason recorded on the PR.The new
.github/workflows/breakglass.ymlonly wires the trigger: it runs onissue_commentwhen the comment is on a PR and starts with/breakglass, then calls the shared reusable workflowkernel/security-workflows/.github/workflows/breakglass-merge.yml@main. Workflow-levelpermissionsare empty, and onlyBREAKGLASS_APP_IDandBREAKGLASS_APP_PRIVATE_KEYare passed (notsecrets: inherit) so the external workflow does not receive this repo’s other secrets.Reviewed by Cursor Bugbot for commit 3f88d13. Bugbot is set up for automated code reviews on this repo. Configure here.