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Problem

mise asks mise-versions for GitHub release data first, but whenever mise-versions did not answer it asked api.github.com instead. Without a token that budget is 60 requests an hour, and it ran out in routine cases:

  • Guessed tag spellings. A github: tool is tried as v14.1.1 and then 14.1.1. The wrong spelling was a 404 from mise-versions and then a second 404 from GitHub.
  • Releases without assets. kubernetes, terraform, vault and others publish binaries elsewhere. Resolving latest for aqua:kubernetes/kubectl or terraform@latest went to GitHub on every latest, outdated, upgrade and lock, and a 24h cache then skipped mise-versions for them entirely.
  • Any mise-versions hiccup. A 5xx, a timeout or an unexpected answer sent the whole release list to GitHub.
$ MISE_DEBUG=1 mise outdated   # terraform and kubectl in mise.toml, no token
DEBUG GET https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/releases/latest
DEBUG GET https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/releases/latest 403 Forbidden
DEBUG GET https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/latest

Change

When mise-versions applies (the default), it is the only source of GitHub release data:

  • A mise-versions failure is an error that names mise-versions and the way out, instead of a retry against GitHub:
    failed to read GitHub release cli/cli@v2.62.0 from mise-versions.jdx.dev, which mise asks instead of api.github.com. Try again later, or set use_versions_host = false to ask GitHub directly.
    
  • A 404 for a tag of a repository that mise-versions lists is a plain "not found", so tag-spelling guesses never reach GitHub.
  • GitHub is asked only when mise-versions doesn't list the repository at all and the user has GitHub credentials (a token or a ~/.netrc entry for api.github.com). That is the private-repository case, which mise-versions never serves. Without a token the 404 stands, with a hint to set one.
  • Releases with no assets from mise-versions are used as they are, and the 24h cache that skipped mise-versions for them is gone.
  • The use_versions_host setting docs now describe this.
  • Listings past the 10 pages mise-versions serves (only reached with MISE_LIST_ALL_VERSIONS) end there instead of refetching everything from GitHub.

The direct API is still used with use_versions_host = false, with url_replacements that reroute GitHub, and with GitHub Enterprise or any other custom api_url. Attestations, tags, self-update and packslip have their own PRs.

mise-versions endpoints

This relies on mise-versions serving releases without assets (jdx/mise-versions#378) and repository directory listings for packslip skills (#379). Both are deployed:

$ curl -s https://mise-versions.jdx.dev/api/github/repos/hashicorp/terraform/releases/latest
{"tag_name":"v1.16.6", …, "assets":[]}

With no GitHub token, mise install fnox@1.39.0 reads the skill's listing from mise-versions and SKILL.md from raw.githubusercontent.com. mise latest aqua:hashicorp/vault reads the asset-less release from mise-versions. backend/test_github_api_not_used and backend/test_packslip pass locally against the live endpoints.

Validation

  • New e2e backend/test_github_api_not_used runs with every GitHub token unset and fails on any request to api.github.com. It covers ls-remote github:jdx/communique, install github:BurntSushi/ripgrep@14.1.1 (the v14.1.1 guess is a mise-versions 404) and latest aqua:hashicorp/terraform.
  • Unit tests cover the pagination contract: a failed page, a page vanishing mid-listing, and the 10-page limit.
  • test_github, test_ubi, test_aqua_version_listing_fetch_failure, test_github_versions_host_url_replacements and test_github_url_tracking pass.

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Changes default GitHub metadata routing, 404 handling, caching, and packslip fetch paths—easy to break installs, version listing, or rate-limit assumptions if edge cases are wrong.

Overview
Treats mise-versions as the sole source for public GitHub release metadata when it applies, instead of silently retrying api.github.com on misses, bad pages, or transient mirror failures—protecting the 60/hour anonymous API budget.

Release and list behavior: Mirror pagination no longer hands off to GitHub mid-list or past served pages; a vanished page is an error. Asset-less releases from the mirror are accepted (removing the 24h “skip mise-versions for latest-without-assets” cache). 404 semantics: unknown repo on the mirror may still hit GitHub only with credentials (GITHUB_TOKEN / netrc); a 404 for a tag on a known public repo stays a mise-versions 404 (no tag-guessing against GitHub). Resilience: cached_or_stale / VersionsHostUnavailable let stale disk cache stand in for temporary mirror outages (429/5xx), not for 403 or invalid payloads.

Packslip skills: Adds list_repo_dir / github_contents—listings from mise-versions, file bodies from raw.githubusercontent.com unless the repo is private or url_replacements reroutes the contents API.

Docs, settings.toml, e2e (test_github_api_not_used), and error-display expectations are updated accordingly.

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  • New Features

    • Repository directory listings can use the configured mirror. Private repositories and repositories not listed by the mirror can use GitHub access when available.
    • Public repository files can be downloaded directly, while configured GitHub API URL replacements are respected for repository contents requests.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Release lookups now report mirror failures and missing releases in listed repositories instead of silently switching to GitHub.
    • Release listings no longer mix GitHub results into incomplete mirror pages; pagination stops at defined limits or when a stable release is found.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified when version and release lookups use the mirror or require GitHub credentials.

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GitHub release lists and releases come from mise-versions whenever it
applies. A failure there is now an error naming mise-versions and
`use_versions_host = false`, not a retry against api.github.com. A 404 goes
to GitHub only for a repository mise-versions doesn't list, and only with a
token (a private repository). Releases without assets are accepted from
mise-versions, replacing the 24h "skip mise-versions" cache for them.

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GitHub release metadata and repository directory listings now use mise-versions when applicable. Mirror request and validation failures propagate as errors. Direct GitHub requests depend on repository eligibility, URL replacement rules, and credentials. Packslip uses shared directory listing logic and selects file download sources based on repository visibility.

Changes: GitHub metadata and repository listings

Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate versions-host responses
crates/mise-util/src/versions_host.rs
Versions-host release fetches return None for HTTP 404 or an inapplicable repository. Request failures, other HTTP errors, invalid JSON, and invalid release data return errors. The API adds repository contents entries and lookup, URL replacement detection, and encoded contents URLs.
Route GitHub metadata lookups
crates/mise-util/src/github.rs
Release listing and single-release lookup apply mirror eligibility and credential checks. Pagination propagates failures and ends at served pages or configured limits. Repository identity lookups use a shared fetch helper, and directory listings use the mirror unless a URL replacement applies.
Fetch repository-sourced skill files
src/packslip.rs, e2e/backend/test_packslip_skill_url_replacements
Packslip gets directory listings through github::list_repo_dir and recursively fetches entries. It downloads public files from raw.githubusercontent.com and uses the GitHub Contents API when the listing is private or the API URL is replaced. The end-to-end test checks contents API URL replacement.
Test and document metadata routing
crates/mise-util/src/github/tests/*, e2e/backend/test_github_api_not_used, e2e/cli/test_error_display, settings.toml
Tests cover pagination results and failures, GitHub API avoidance, and credential-free not-found errors. Settings documentation describes metadata-source behavior.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant packslip
  participant github as github.rs
  participant versions as versions_host.rs
  participant api as GitHub API
  packslip->>github: Request repository directory
  github->>versions: Fetch mirrored contents
  alt Mirror does not list the repository and credentials are available
    github->>api: Request directory contents
    api-->>github: Return directory entries
  else Mirror returns contents or an error
    versions-->>github: Return entries, not found, or error
  end
  github-->>packslip: Return directory entries or error
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Installing fnox cannot retrieve its required skill directory, so verification fails the install. Ensure the contents endpoint serves this path before merging.

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[High impact] The PR appears safe to merge; the documentation update matches the release-list behavior.

Summary

Makes mise-versions the default source for public GitHub release data, without silently retrying GitHub when the mirror fails.

  • Public release lookups stay with mise-versions unless a private repo needs GitHub.
  • Release lists end with the pages mise-versions serves.
  • Cached release data can stand in during temporary mirror outages.
  • Public packslip skills use mirror listings and raw file downloads.
  • Repository identity lookups share one GitHub request helper.

The only change since the previous review is documentation. No new actionable issues were found, and the fixes described in the previous threads remain present.

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…ent.com, not the GitHub API (#14462)

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## Problem

Installing a packslip tool that declares a skill living in its
repository (fnox, usage, and others) listed the skill's directory and
downloaded every file through `api.github.com`'s contents API. That's at
least two requests per install against the 60-an-hour budget users
without a token get. Once that budget ran out, the install failed:

```console
$ mise install fnox@1.39.0
WARN  fnox@1.39.0: could not fetch skill skills/fnox from the source repository: HTTP status client error (403 Forbidden) for url (https://api.github.com/repos/jdx/fnox/contents/skills/fnox/SKILL.md?ref=cc06c75…)
mise ERROR Failed to install packslip:github.com/jdx/fnox@latest: fnox@1.39.0: declared skill(s) fnox are not installed
```

## Change

- **Skills from the source repository:** the directory listing comes
from mise-versions
(`/api/github/repos/{o}/{r}/contents/{path}?ref={commit}`). The listing
is pinned to the commit, so mise-versions can cache it for good. The
files come from `raw.githubusercontent.com/{o}/{r}/{commit}/{path}`,
which isn't API-rate-limited.
- **A `url_replacements` rule** for a repository's contents API
(`https://api.github.com/repos/{o}/{r}/contents`) is the source of its
skill listings, as it was before.
- **Private repositories:** mise-versions doesn't know them, so they are
still listed and fetched through the contents API with the user's token.
Without a token the error says to set one, or to set `use_versions_host
= false`.

Repository identity lookups (`repository_identity` / `canonical_repo`)
stay on GitHub on purpose. They decide whether a renamed repository's
attestations or packslip are trusted, and an answer from a mirror could
vouch for any repository. Only renamed or transferred repositories reach
them.

As in #14460, a mise-versions failure is reported as an error rather
than retried against GitHub. `use_versions_host = false` and
`url_replacements` for GitHub still use the API directly.

## Merge order

Stacked on #14460. It needs mise-versions to serve the `contents`
endpoint first. Until then mise-versions answers 404, which this PR
reads as "private repository" and turns into an error without a token.
I'll confirm it with curl before marking this ready.

## Validation

- `backend/test_github_api_not_used` now also runs `mise use
fnox@1.39.0` with no token and checks `mise skills ls`. It fails on any
`api.github.com` request. It can only pass once the endpoints are live.
- New e2e `backend/test_packslip_skill_url_replacements` checks that a
contents `url_replacements` rule is used instead of mise-versions.
- Unit tests cover the response shape and the URL encoding of contents
paths.
- `test_plugins_packslip_forge`, `test_plugins_packslip_unprefixed` and
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> Packslip installs that pull **skills from the source repo** no longer
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> 
> **Directory listings** go through mise-versions (`github_contents` /
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pinned commit. A **`url_replacements`** rule on
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A mise-versions 404 for a skill directory reaches GitHub only when
mise-versions doesn't list the repository at all, as for release tags. A
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#14471)

## Problem

When mise compiles Ruby with ruby-build (`ruby.ruby_install = false`,
with ruby-build already installed), it checks whether ruby-build is
current on every `mise ls-remote ruby` and before every source install.
The check fetched
`api.github.com/repos/rbenv/ruby-build/releases/latest` directly. It was
the only GitHub release lookup that skipped mise-versions, so each run
spent one of the 60 GitHub API requests an hour that users without a
token get.

## Change

The check now goes through mise's normal GitHub release lookup, which
asks mise-versions, so it no longer spends the GitHub API budget.
Nothing else about how ruby-build is updated changes.

ruby-build's GitHub releases have no assets. This lookup stops reaching
GitHub only once #14460 (the client accepts asset-less releases from
mise-versions) and the mise-versions change that serves them have both
landed. Until then it ends up at GitHub on `main`, as before.

A failed check now just warns and leaves the installed ruby-build in
place. Before, it went on to delete and reinstall ruby-build, so a
rate-limited lookup cost a full `git clone` on every check.

## Validation

Builds and passes clippy. This path needs an installed ruby-build with
`ruby.ruby_install = false`, so it has no e2e test. #14460's mirror-only
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* **Bug Fixes**
* If checking for a newer ruby-build release fails, an existing
installation is left in place instead of being removed or reinstalled,
avoiding unexpected disruption.
* **Refactor**
* Updated how the latest ruby-build release version is retrieved.
Version numbers continue to be returned without a leading “v,” so the
displayed format remains unchanged.

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Per jdx/mise-versions' client contract, a 429, 5xx or connection failure
from mise-versions serves the release list or release mise cached
earlier, however old, instead of failing; a 403 (mirror disabled or
restricted) still reports the error. Neither ever reaches api.github.com.
Skill directory entries are handled by their listed type, with tests for
dir, file, symlink and submodule.

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…t depth

The stale-cache wrapper added two future layers to every release lookup,
which pushed ruby's async lock-info future past rustc 1.94's query depth
limit. The fetches are boxed. A response body lost mid-read now counts as
mise-versions being unavailable, so the cached copy stands in for it too.

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## Problem

Git tags were always read from `api.github.com`, with no mirror in
between. That covers the 32 aqua packages with `version_source:
github_tag` (tomcat, ant, aws-cli, blender, …), ubi's tag listing for
repositories without releases, and go's dated tag list. Without a GitHub
token, `ls-remote`, `latest`, `install`, `exec` and `lock` for those
tools spend the 60-requests-an-hour budget, and fail once it's gone:

```console
$ MISE_DEBUG=1 mise latest aqua:apache/tomcat@10
DEBUG GET https://api.github.com/repos/apache/tomcat/tags?per_page=100
DEBUG GET https://api.github.com/repos/apache/tomcat/tags?per_page=100 403 Forbidden
```

## Change

Tags now come from mise-versions' tags endpoint
(`/api/github/repos/{owner}/{repo}/tags?page=N`, jdx/mise-versions#369),
on the same terms as release lists in #14460:

- Without `MISE_LIST_ALL_VERSIONS` mise reads the first page, as it did
from GitHub. With it, mise reads every page mise-versions serves (up to
10).
- go's dated listing asks for `dates=1`, which replaces one GitHub
request per tag with the dates mise-versions includes.
- A mise-versions failure is an error naming mise-versions and
`use_versions_host = false`. GitHub is asked only for a repository
mise-versions doesn't list, and only with a token (a private
repository).

`use_versions_host = false`, `url_replacements` for GitHub and custom
`api_url`s still read tags from the API directly.

## Merge order

Stacked on #14460, which adds the mirror-only rules this reuses. The
tags endpoint is live on mise-versions:

```console
$ MISE_DEBUG=1 mise latest aqua:apache/tomcat@10   # no GitHub token
DEBUG GET https://mise-versions.jdx.dev/api/github/repos/apache/tomcat/tags?page=1
10.1.61
```

## Validation

- Unit tests cover the response shape from jdx/mise-versions#369,
single-page vs. all-pages listing, a 404 on the first page vs. a later
one, and the page limit.
- `backend/test_github_api_not_used` now also runs `mise latest
aqua:apache/tomcat@10` with no token, and fails on any `api.github.com`
request. It passes locally against the live endpoint.

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> Changes version resolution for many aqua/ubi/go tag-based tools and
adds mirror pagination/error semantics; misconfiguration or mirror gaps
could affect installs, though behavior mirrors the already-shipped
release mirror path.
> 
> **Overview**
> **Public GitHub tag lists now come from mise-versions** (same rules as
mirrored releases), so tools that resolve versions from git tags—e.g.
aqua `github_tag` packages like apache/ant—no longer burn
unauthenticated `api.github.com` quota.
> 
> `list_tags`, `list_tags_from_url`, and dated tag listing call the new
`/api/github/repos/.../tags` endpoint with pagination capped like
releases; optional `dates=1` avoids per-tag commit fetches on GitHub.
Tag caches use source-aware keys and **`cached_or_stale`**, so temporary
mise-versions outages can fall back to an older cached list.
**`url_replacements`** on the tags URL still bypass the mirror; GitHub
is only used when the mirror returns 404 on the first page and
credentials are present (private repo path).
> 
> Docs and e2e cover tag-based `latest` without GitHub API traffic and
tag URL replacement routing.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Eligible public GitHub tag listings can use mirrored metadata,
including dates when requested. By default, listings include the first
page; listing all versions follows additional pages up to the host’s
limit.
* **Compatibility**
* Configured URL replacements continue to route tag requests instead of
using mirrored metadata.
* **Reliability**
* If the first mirrored page is unavailable, GitHub fallback is limited
to private-repository lookups. If a later page is unavailable, listing
all versions returns an error.
* **Documentation**
* Clarified that public GitHub tags, as well as release data, come from
mise-versions when enabled.
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## Problem

mise reads GitHub artifact attestations from mise-versions, but several
cases still went to `api.github.com`, which allows 60 requests an hour
without a token:

- **Attestations filtered by predicate type** always went to GitHub.
That covers aqua packages whose `github_artifact_attestations` sets
`predicate_type`, such as foundry and gleam (SPDX): every install and
`mise lock` of them spent the API budget.
- **Any mise-versions hiccup** (an error, a missing bundle) sent the
check to GitHub.
- **A cached set that didn't verify** was re-checked against GitHub. The
set came from mise's 7-day local copy of an earlier mise-versions
answer.
- **A set signed under another repository name** went to GitHub too.

## Change

When mise-versions applies (the default), attestation checks don't fall
back to GitHub:

- **Predicate types:** mise-versions returns every attestation for a
digest, and mise now applies the filter itself the way GitHub's
`predicate_type` parameter does: an exact type, or the `provenance` /
`sbom` families. The filter only chooses which attestations to verify,
and verification still covers the whole signed statement.
- **A set that doesn't verify:** mise asks mise-versions once more,
skipping its local copy, in case GitHub added an attestation since. If
that still doesn't verify, the failure is reported. mise-versions itself
refreshes a release's attestations within 30 minutes.
- **A mise-versions failure** is an error naming mise-versions and
`use_versions_host = false`.
- **Attestations made by another repository** that isn't the same one
renamed are a verification error.
- **What still asks GitHub:** paranoid mode, which confirms
mise-versions' answers there by design, and private repositories (a 404
from mise-versions) when the user has a token. Without a token the 404
is reported with a hint.

## Merge order

Stacked on #14460, which makes mise-versions requests report failures
instead of passing them off as "not found".

## Validation

- `backend/test_github_api_not_used` now also installs
`aqua:goreleaser/goreleaser@2.14.1` and `aqua:foundry-rs/foundry@1.8.5`
with no token, and fails on any `api.github.com` request. Locally,
foundry's install logs `got 3 GitHub attestations … from mise-versions`
and `✓ GitHub artifact attestations verified`.
- A unit test covers `matches_predicate_type`: exact types, the
`provenance` / `sbom` families, and attestations without a bundle.
- `test_aqua_github_attestations`, `test_github_registry_attestations`
and `test_lockfile_provenance` pass.

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> [!NOTE]
> **High Risk**
> Changes attestation sourcing, caching, and failure semantics for
installs and lockfiles—security-sensitive provenance paths with new
404/listing heuristics and stricter mirror errors.
> 
> **Overview**
> **GitHub artifact attestation checks now stay on mise-versions by
default**, avoiding unauthenticated `api.github.com` calls that were
burning the 60/hour rate limit—especially for aqua tools that filter by
`predicate_type` (e.g. SPDX SBOMs).
> 
> mise-versions returns **all** attestations for a digest; mise now
applies GitHub’s `predicate_type` semantics locally (`provenance` /
`sbom` families and exact types) via new
`Attestation::matches_predicate_type`, then cryptographically verifies
only the selected bundles.
> 
> Mirror handling is centralized in **`verify_with_mirror` /
`detect_with_mirror`**: incomplete cached sets (missing inline bundles)
are not persisted; a failed verification triggers **one fresh
mise-versions fetch** before failing instead of silently falling back to
GitHub. mise-versions **non-404 failures** surface as errors
(attestation fetch switched to `fetch_json_unless_not_found`).
Attestation **404s** are interpreted using the repo’s release listing
(public + none vs private/unknown vs lookup failure), with **paranoid
mode** and **GITHUB_TOKEN** still routing edge cases to GitHub.
> 
> E2E **`test_github_api_not_used`** now covers predicate-filtered
installs (goreleaser, foundry); settings docs mention attestations on
the versions host.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* When enabled, GitHub attestation checks for public repositories can
use mise-versions, with predicate filters applied to retrieved
attestations.
* Predicate filters support exact values and recognized SLSA provenance,
SPDX, and CycloneDX prefixes.
* In paranoid mode, GitHub may be queried when mise-versions cannot
determine an attestation result.
* **Bug Fixes**
* Attestation lookups report offline, network, and invalid-response
failures instead of treating them as missing results.
* Incomplete mirrored results are not cached; misses and failed
verification prompt a fresh lookup.
* **Documentation**
  * Clarified attestation data sourcing and paranoid-mode behavior.
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## Problem

Listing a GitHub-hosted tool's versions meant paging through its
releases or tags, 100 at a time. That took several requests per tool,
and the mise-versions paged endpoints stop at 10 pages, so the oldest
versions of repositories like zed-industries/zed (14 pages) and
openai/codex weren't listed at all. The paged endpoints also run
mise-versions' Worker on every request.

aqua's `latest` for packages whose GitHub releases carry no assets
(kubectl, terraform, vault) needs GitHub's "latest" mark. mise-versions
doesn't serve asset-less releases, so `latest` fell back to the newest
listed version. And aqua sent kubectl's lookups straight to
`api.github.com`, because the package reads `kubernetes/kubernetes`, not
a repository named like its id:

```console
$ MISE_DEBUG=1 mise latest aqua:kubernetes/kubectl   # no token
DEBUG GET https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/latest
```

## Change

mise-versions now publishes each public repository's whole release and
tag list as a static file (jdx/mise-versions#370):
`/data/github/{owner}/{repo}/releases.json`, `tags.json`, and
`assets/{asset}/releases.json`. It lists up to 2,000 entries, newest
first in GitHub's order. mise reads these first:

- **`github:` tools** (`ls-remote`, `latest`, `outdated`, `upgrade`)
list versions from `releases.json`. Releases without assets are still
dropped unless the tool has a `url`.
- **aqua packages:** release-based ones read `releases.json`, and
`version_source: github_tag` ones read `tags.json`. So do ubi's tag
listing and go's dated tag listing.
- **packslip vendors** read `assets/<bundle>/releases.json`, the
releases that carry a packslip bundle.
- **aqua's `latest`:** when GitHub's "latest" mark can't be read (a
release without assets), it comes from the newest stable release in
`releases.json`, as long as mise-versions read that list from GitHub
within the last 7 hours (its documented refresh interval for quiet
repositories, plus a deploy). GitHub's own mark is still used whenever
it can be read.
- **aqua asks mise-versions for every public repository a package
reads**, not only one named like the package. kubectl's
`kubernetes/kubernetes`, a checksum file or a signer in another
repository all count. Release data from mise-versions is pinned to the
repository asked for, and downloads and attestations are verified, so
that restriction protected nothing.

```console
$ MISE_DEBUG=1 mise ls-remote github:cli/cli
DEBUG GET https://mise-versions.jdx.dev/data/github/cli/cli/releases.json
$ MISE_DEBUG=1 mise latest aqua:kubernetes/kubectl   # no token
DEBUG GET https://mise-versions.jdx.dev/data/github/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases.json
1.37.1
```

**When the whole list can't be used** (an error, a 404 for a repository
mise-versions doesn't know, or a list marked `truncated` because it's
still being crawled or is longer than the crawl allows), mise falls back
to the paged mise-versions endpoints, never to GitHub. Those keep the
rules from #14460: GitHub only for an unknown repository, and only with
credentials. **Callers that need asset names** (picking a download,
packslip's bundle lookup, build revisions) still read full releases.

## Merge order

Stacked on #14461 (tags through mise-versions), which is stacked on
#14460. All three endpoints this uses are live:

```bash
curl https://mise-versions.jdx.dev/data/github/cli/cli/releases.json
```

## Validation

- New e2e test `backend/test_github_whole_release_list` checks that
`ls-remote github:cli/cli` reads `releases.json` and doesn't page.
- `backend/test_github_api_not_used` gains `latest
aqua:kubernetes/kubectl` with no token.
- Unit tests cover the list URLs (lowercased, invalid names and assets
rejected) and the response shapes from jdx/mise-versions'
`docs/github-versions.md`.
- Traced with no token: `latest aqua:hashicorp/terraform` → 1.16.5,
`aqua:hashicorp/vault` → 2.1.2, `aqua:kubernetes/kubectl` → 1.37.1, and
`install aqua:kubernetes/kubectl@1.31.0`. None of them made a request to
`api.github.com`.
- `test_aqua_version_listing_fetch_failure`,
`test_aqua_github_attestations` and `test_lockfile_provenance` pass.
- `test_github_api_not_used` and `test_packslip` still fail on this
branch, as they do on #14460's branch. Installing a packslip tool that
declares a skill in its repository (packslip, fnox) needs mise-versions
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> [!NOTE]
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> Changes how remote versions and aqua `latest` are resolved across
github, aqua, and packslip; mis-trusted or stale whole lists could
affect version picks until fallback or cache refresh, though
attestations and downloads remain verified separately.
> 
> **Overview**
> Version listing for GitHub-backed tools now prefers **mise-versions’
static whole-list JSON** (`releases.json`, `tags.json`, and per-asset
`releases.json`) in a single request, with a new lightweight
**`ReleaseVersion`** type and cached **`list_release_versions`** /
**`list_release_versions_with_asset`** APIs. Truncated, undated, or
failed whole lists still fall back to the existing paged mise-versions
endpoints—not `api.github.com`.
> 
> **`github:`**, **aqua** (release dates), and **packslip** vendors are
wired to these paths; tag listing also tries whole `tags.json` when
every tag has a date.
> 
> For **aqua `latest`**, a 404 on GitHub’s “latest” release (common when
releases have no assets) can use the **newest stable entry** from a
fresh whole release list (7h `fetched_at` window). Aqua now uses
mise-versions for **any public repo** a package references (e.g.
`kubernetes/kubernetes` for kubectl), including attestations—not only
repos named like the package id.
> 
> E2e coverage adds whole-list `ls-remote` for `github:cli/cli` and
`latest aqua:kubernetes/kubectl` without hitting the GitHub API.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Performance**
* GitHub release and tag listings can use mirrored metadata, reducing
reliance on paginated requests.
* Version checks use compact release details, including asset
availability, to identify eligible versions.
* Listings for releases containing a specific asset can use mirrored
metadata as well.

* **Bug Fixes**
* Latest-release lookup can fall back to the newest stable release when
the marked release is unavailable.
* Incomplete or outdated mirrored data falls back to paginated results;
dated listings use paginated results when mirrored entries lack dates.
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### 🚀 Features

- **(bootstrap)** add --upgrade to upgrade packages and tools by @jdx in
[#14433](#14433)
- **(env)** add --paths to list the PATH entries mise manages by @jdx in
[#14429](#14429)
- **(install)** download pinned versions from mise.jdx.dev with GitHub
fallback by @jdx in [#14446](#14446)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **(aqua)** read GitHub-hosted aqua registries from
raw.githubusercontent.com by @jdx in
[#14470](#14470)
- **(backend)** build packslip after versions_host_applies was removed
by @jdx in
[8bdf9ae](8bdf9ae)
- **(backend)** resolve packslip prefixes like `latest` by @jdx in
[#14467](#14467)
- **(bootstrap)** render incoming direction for ufw interface rules by
@jdx in [#14480](#14480)
- **(dotfiles)** show planned file actions before the apply prompt by
@jdx in [#14430](#14430)
- **(dotfiles)** speed up flaky objects_at test by @jdx in
[#14439](#14439)
- **(dotfiles)** capture changed files of copy-mode groups with dot add
--changed by @jdx in [#14436](#14436)
- **(exec)** ask mise-versions for GitHub releases when auto-installing
from exec and shims by @jdx in
[#14458](#14458)
- **(github)** stop falling back to api.github.com when mise-versions
misses by @jdx in [#14460](#14460)
- **(github)** read the checksum-mismatch hint's digest from
mise-versions by @jdx in
[#14481](#14481)
- **(github)** list git tags from mise-versions instead of
api.github.com by @jdx in
[#14461](#14461)
- **(github)** verify attestations from mise-versions without
api.github.com fallbacks by @jdx in
[#14469](#14469)
- **(lock)** ignore the host's implicit compile default for other lock
platforms by @jdx in [#14432](#14432)
- **(lock)** download artifacts for provenance checks from github.com,
not the API by @jdx in [#14465](#14465)
- **(oci)** require root for apt bootstrap packages and show dpkg output
on failure by @jdx in [#14447](#14447)
- **(pipx)** preserve uv graph locking during global upgrades by
@wislertt in [#14426](#14426)
- **(ruby)** look up the latest ruby-build release through mise-versions
by @jdx in [#14471](#14471)
- **(self-update)** read mise releases from mise-versions and download
from github.com by @jdx in
[#14464](#14464)
- **(shim)** allow a few repeated fallback handoffs in one process by
@jdx in [#14475](#14475)
- **(upgrade)** leave lazy tools that are not installed to their first
run by @ryanrhughes in [#14422](#14422)
- **(upgrade)** skip version lookups for lazy tools a bare upgrade
leaves alone by @jdx in [#14444](#14444)
- avoid false "stack limit reached" on musl builds by @jdx in
[#14450](#14450)

### 📚 Documentation

- recommend committing mise.lock so CI and Docker skip version lookups
by @jdx in [#14453](#14453)

### ⚡ Performance

- **(backend)** take release tags from the versions host instead of
listing or guessing them by @jdx in
[#14442](#14442)
- **(backend)** read the registry tool's version list for an explicit
backend arg by @jdx in [#14459](#14459)
- **(backend)** stop re-downloading what packslip resolution already
verified by @jdx in [#14466](#14466)
- **(github)** reuse mirrored attestations and skip mise-versions for
asset-less latest releases by @jdx in
[#14443](#14443)
- **(github)** list releases and tags from mise-versions' whole lists by
@jdx in [#14477](#14477)
- **(install)** skip refetching version lists a cached copy already
answers by @jdx in [#14457](#14457)
- **(install)** reuse cached version lists for the tool's release-age
window by @jdx in [#14484](#14484)
- **(install)** keep the versions index and pipx's latest release for
the release-age window by @jdx in
[#14485](#14485)
- **(outdated)** resolve `latest` without refetching the version list by
@jdx in [#14456](#14456)
- **(outdated)** resolve many registry tools with one request to the
mise-versions index by @jdx in
[#14473](#14473)
- **(python)** list python versions from mise-versions instead of
cloning pyenv by @jdx in
[#14455](#14455)
- **(versions-host)** send install tracking and python lists to static
assets by @jdx in [#14441](#14441)

### 📦️ Dependency Updates

- bump jactionlint to 2.2.0 and mbx to 1.24.0 by @jdx in
[#14448](#14448)

### 📦 Registry

- install native-sdk from npm so the native command works by @jdx in
[#14431](#14431)
- add gdal (conda:libgdal-core) by @ivan-ivkovic in
[#14440](#14440)

### Ci

- prune unused release folders from the mise.jdx.dev CDN bucket by @jdx
in [#14445](#14445)
- check R2 credentials on every prune run by @jdx in
[#14451](#14451)
- stop aube-lock from re-committing on Cargo-only Renovate PRs by @jdx
in [#14482](#14482)

### Security

- **(deps)** update rustls to 0.23.46 by @jdx in
[#14434](#14434)
- **(task)** require trust before rendering a remote task file by
@JamBalaya56562 in [#14416](#14416)

### New Contributors

- @ivan-ivkovic made their first contribution in
[#14440](#14440)

## 📦 Aqua Registry Updates

### New Packages (2)

- [`btwld/fvm`](https://github.com/btwld/fvm)
- [`tailscale/tailcat`](https://github.com/tailscale/tailcat)

### Updated Packages (1)

- [`k1LoW/tbls`](https://github.com/k1LoW/tbls)
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## Problem

mise reads public GitHub metadata (release lists, single releases and
`latest`, tags, repository contents for packslip skills, attestations,
the checksum-mismatch hint, and `mise self-update`'s release) from
[mise-versions](https://mise-versions.jdx.dev). Since #14460, #14461 and
#14469 it never asked `api.github.com` instead, so a mise-versions
outage failed installs outright, even for users with a `GITHUB_TOKEN`
who could have asked GitHub. The only way out was turning
`use_versions_host` off.

## Change

mise-versions stays the first source, but when it **errors** (a timeout,
a lost connection, a `429`, or any `5xx`), mise now retries the same
lookup on `api.github.com`, with the user's GitHub token if one is set.
Anything mise-versions *answers* is still trusted and never reaches
GitHub: a `404` (a missing release, tag or repository), an empty list, a
`403` (the mirror disabled), and an answer that fails mise's checks. So
normal usage still doesn't spend GitHub's 60 anonymous requests an hour.

With mise-versions answering `503` and a valid token, `mise ls-remote
github:jdx/communique` now lists the versions from GitHub. With a
rejected token, both failures are reported:

```text
Error:
   0: failed to read GitHub releases of jdx/communique from mise-versions.jdx.dev (HTTP status server error (503 Service Unavailable)), and from api.github.com after it
   1: HTTP status client error (401 Unauthorized) for url (https://api.github.com/repos/jdx/communique/releases?per_page=100)
      github auth: yes (token from MISE_GITHUB_TOKEN)
```

GitHub's error stays in the chain, so the "no GitHub token was found"
rate-limit hint still appears, and a version list cached earlier still
stands in when both sources fail.

**Attestations** follow the same rule. A failed mise-versions
attestation lookup, or a failed repository listing after an attestation
`404`, is retried on GitHub's attestation API, and
[`provenance_api_failures_fatal`](https://mise.jdx.dev/configuration/settings.html#provenance_api_failures_fatal)
applies to GitHub's answer. Nothing else about attestations changes:
bundles are still verified against Sigstore's own trust root,
attestations made by another repository are still rejected, the
predicate filter still reads the signed payload, and paranoid mode works
as before.

`use_versions_host = false`, `url_replacements` for GitHub, GitHub
Enterprise or other custom API URLs, and private repositories with a
token still go to their API directly, as before.

## Implementation

One helper, `github::mirror_or_github`, makes the decision for every
call site, using `versions_host::retries_on_github` to classify the
mirror's failure. Attestations, which return verdicts rather than
results, use the same classifier through a new `RetryGithub` verdict.
The `use_versions_host` docs, the GitHub tokens, errors, paranoid and
github backend pages, and the error messages that said mise asks
mise-versions "instead of api.github.com" are updated.

The matching client contract change in mise-versions'
`docs/github-versions.md` is jdx/mise-versions#381.

## Validation

- New unit tests for the helper: no connection, `429` and each `5xx` go
to GitHub; a hit, a `404`, an empty answer, a `403`, another `4xx` and a
bad answer don't; a failed retry names both failures, keeps GitHub's
`403` text for the rate-limit hint, and still allows the stale cache.
Attestation verdict tests cover retriable and non-retriable listing
failures and the combined error, which stays an API failure.
- `e2e/backend/test_github_api_not_used` still asserts no
`api.github.com` requests while mise-versions is healthy, and now also
points mise-versions at a local server: on `503` mise asks
`api.github.com`, and on `404` it does not.
- `test_aqua_github_attestations`, `test_github_registry_attestations`
and the `test_lockfile_provenance*` tests pass; clippy and the 1.95 MSRV
check are clean.

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> [!NOTE]
> **Medium Risk**
> Changes when installs hit GitHub’s API and how errors propagate across
releases, tags, attestations, and caching; behavior on mirror outages
improves but dual-source failures and rate limits need careful review.
> 
> **Overview**
> When **mise-versions** fails with a timeout, connection error,
**429**, or **5xx**, mise now retries the same GitHub metadata lookup on
**api.github.com** (with a token when set). Trusted mirror
answers—**404**, empty lists, **403**, and validation failures—still
never hit GitHub, preserving the anonymous rate-limit budget.
> 
> A shared **`mirror_or_github`** / **`MirrorAnswer`** path applies this
to release lists, tags, repo contents, single releases, and checksum
hints. **`retries_on_github`** classifies mirror errors;
**`GithubRetryFailed`** reports both failures when GitHub also fails,
while stale cache fallback still applies. **Attestations** use a
**`RetryGithub`** verdict and the same combined-error behavior.
> 
> Docs, settings copy, and **`e2e/backend/test_github_api_not_used`**
are updated to describe fallback vs. trusted 404s, with new unit tests
for retry rules.
> 
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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* GitHub release, tag, repository, and attestation lookups now retry
through GitHub when mise-versions encounters a timeout, connection
failure, HTTP 429, or HTTP 5xx response. Not-found responses and other
authoritative answers are used directly.
  * If both sources fail, the error reports both failures.

* **Documentation**
* Updated settings and guidance to describe fallback behavior, including
for attestation checks.
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