Update distributables

Co-authored-by: James M. Greene <JamesMGreene@github.com>

.github/workflows/check-dist.yml

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Setup Node.JS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: npm

.github/workflows/check-formatting.yml

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Setup Node.JS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: npm

.github/workflows/check-linter.yml

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Setup Node.JS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: npm

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL

.github/workflows/draft-release.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ jobs:
   draft-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@09c613e259eb8d4e7c81c2cb00618eb5fc4575a7 # v5.25.0
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@569eb7ee3a85817ab916c8f8ff03a5bd96c9c83e # v5.23.0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/rebuild-dependabot-prs.yml

@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAGES_AUTOMATION_PAT }}
 
       - name: Setup Node.JS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: npm

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Setup Node.JS
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version-file: '.node-version'
           cache: npm

.node-version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-20.10.0
+18.9.0

README.md

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ This action is used to deploy [Actions artifacts][artifacts] to [GitHub Pages](h
 
 ## Usage
 
-See [action.yml](action.yml) for the various `inputs` this action supports (or [below](#inputs-📥)).
+See [action.yml](action.yml) for the various `inputs` this action supports.
 
 For examples that make use of this action, check out our [starter-workflows][starter-workflows] in a variety of frameworks.
 
-This action deploys a Pages site previously uploaded as an artifact (e.g. using [`actions/upload-pages-artifact`][upload-pages-artifact]).
+This action expects an artifact named `github-pages` to have been created prior to execution. This is done automatically when using [`actions/upload-pages-artifact`][upload-pages-artifact].
 
 We recommend this action to be used in a dedicated job:
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4 # or specific "vX.X.X" version tag for this action
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v2 # or the latest "vX.X.X" version tag for this action
 ```
 
 ### Inputs 📥
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
 | `token` | `true` | `${{ github.token }}` | The GitHub token used to create an authenticated client - Provided for you by default! |
 | `timeout` | `false` | `"600000"` | Time in milliseconds after which to timeout and cancel the deployment (default: 10 minutes) |
 | `error_count` | `false` | `"10"` | Maximum number of status report errors before cancelling a deployment (default: 10) |
-| `reporting_interval` | `false` | `"5000"` | Time in milliseconds between two deployment status reports (default: 5 seconds) |
+| `reporting_interval` | `false` | `"5000"` | Time in milliseconds between two deployment status report (default: 5 seconds) |
 | `artifact_name` | `false` | `"github-pages"` | The name of the artifact to deploy |
 | `preview` | `false` | `"false"` | Is this attempting to deploy a pull request as a GitHub Pages preview site? (NOTE: This feature is only in alpha currently and is not available to the public!) |
 
@@ -67,11 +67,15 @@ jobs:
 | -------- | ----------- |
 | `GITHUB_PAGES` | This environment variable is created and set to the string value `"true"` so that framework build tools may choose to differentiate their output based on the intended target hosting platform. |
 
+## Scope
+
+⚠️ Official support for building Pages with Actions is in public beta at the moment.
+
 ## Security Considerations
 
 There are a few important considerations to be aware of:
 
-1. The artifact being deployed must have been uploaded in a previous step, either in the same job or a separate job that doesn't execute until the upload is complete. See [`actions/upload-pages-artifact`][upload-pages-artifact] for more information about the format of the artifact we expect.
+1. The artifact being deployed must have been uploaded in a previous step, either in the same job or a separate job that doesn't execute until the upload is complete.
 
 2. The job that executes the deployment must at minimum have the following permissions:
    - `pages: write`
@@ -85,18 +89,16 @@ There are a few important considerations to be aware of:
 
 ## Compatibility
 
-This action is primarily designed for use with GitHub.com's Actions workflows and Pages deployments. However, certain releases should also be compatible with GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) `3.7` and above.
+This action is primarily design for use with GitHub.com's Actions workflows and Pages deployments. However, certain releases should also be compatible with GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) `3.7` and above.
 
 | Release | GHES Compatibility |
 |:---|:---|
-| [`v4`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v4) | :warning: Incompatible at this time |
+| [`v2`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v2) | 🛑 Incompatible. Anticipating compatibility with `>= 3.9`. |
-| [`v3`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v3) | `>= 3.9` |
+| [`v2.0.1`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v2.0.1) | 🛑 Incompatible. Anticipating compatibility with `>= 3.9`. |
-| `v3.x.x` | `>= 3.9` |
+| [`v2.0.0`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v2.0.0) | 🛑 Incompatible. Anticipating compatibility with `>= 3.9`. |
-| [`v2`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v2) | `>= 3.9` |
-| `v2.x.x` | `>= 3.9` |
 | [`v1`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v1) | `>= 3.7` |
 | [`v1.2.8`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v1.2.8) | `>= 3.7` |
-| [`v1.2.7`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v1.2.7) | :warning: `>= 3.9` [Incompatible with prior versions!](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/issues/137) |
+| [`v1.2.7`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v1.2.7) | :warning: [Incompatible](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/issues/137). Anticipating compatibility with `>= 3.9`. |
 | [`v1.2.6`](https://github.com/actions/deploy-pages/releases/tag/v1.2.6) | `>= 3.7` |
 | `v1.x.x` | `>= 3.7` |
 
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ In order to release a new version of this Action:
 
 2. Publish the draft release from the `main` branch with semantic version as the tag name, _with_ the checkbox to publish to the GitHub Marketplace checked. :ballot_box_with_check:
 
-3. After publishing the release, the [`release` workflow][release] will automatically run to create/update the corresponding major version tag such as `v1`.
+3. After publishing the release, the [`release` workflow][release] will automatically run to create/update the corresponding the major version tag such as `v1`.
 
    ⚠️ Environment approval is required. Check the [Release workflow run list][release-workflow-runs].
 

action.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: 'Deploy GitHub Pages site'
 description: 'A GitHub Action to deploy an artifact as a GitHub Pages site'
 author: 'GitHub'
 runs:
-  using: 'node20'
+  using: 'node16'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
 inputs:
   token:

coverage_badge.svg

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="116" height="20" role="img" aria-label="Coverage: 81.13%"><title>Coverage: 81.13%</title><linearGradient id="s" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><clipPath id="r"><rect width="116" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></clipPath><g clip-path="url(#r)"><rect width="63" height="20" fill="#555"/><rect x="63" width="53" height="20" fill="#dfb317"/><rect width="116" height="20" fill="url(#s)"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Verdana,Geneva,DejaVu Sans,sans-serif" text-rendering="geometricPrecision" font-size="110"><text aria-hidden="true" x="325" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="530">Coverage</text><text x="325" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" fill="#fff" textLength="530">Coverage</text><text aria-hidden="true" x="885" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="430">81.13%</text><text x="885" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" fill="#fff" textLength="430">81.13%</text></g></svg>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="116" height="20" role="img" aria-label="Coverage: 80.18%"><title>Coverage: 80.18%</title><linearGradient id="s" x2="0" y2="100%"><stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/><stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/></linearGradient><clipPath id="r"><rect width="116" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/></clipPath><g clip-path="url(#r)"><rect width="63" height="20" fill="#555"/><rect x="63" width="53" height="20" fill="#dfb317"/><rect width="116" height="20" fill="url(#s)"/></g><g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="Verdana,Geneva,DejaVu Sans,sans-serif" text-rendering="geometricPrecision" font-size="110"><text aria-hidden="true" x="325" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="530">Coverage</text><text x="325" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" fill="#fff" textLength="530">Coverage</text><text aria-hidden="true" x="885" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(.1)" textLength="430">80.18%</text><text x="885" y="140" transform="scale(.1)" fill="#fff" textLength="430">80.18%</text></g></svg>

package.json

@@ -4,22 +4,21 @@
   "description": "Deploy an actions artifact to GitHub Pages",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/artifact": "^2.0.0",
+    "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
-    "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
+    "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",
-    "@actions/github": "^6.0.0",
+    "@actions/http-client": "^2.1.0",
-    "@octokit/request-error": "^5.0.1",
+    "@octokit/request-error": "^4.0.1",
     "http-status-messages": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.1",
+    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.36.1",
-    "eslint": "^8.55.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.42.0",
-    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
+    "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.8.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-github": "^4.10.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-github": "^4.8.0",
-    "jest": "^29.7.0",
+    "jest": "^29.5.0",
-    "make-coverage-badge": "^1.2.0",
+    "nock": "^13.3.1",
-    "nock": "^13.4.0",
+    "prettier": "^2.8.8",
-    "prettier": "^3.1.0",
+    "make-coverage-badge": "^1.2.0"
-    "undici": "^6.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "all": "npm run format && npm run lint && npm run prepare && npm run test && npm run coverage-badge",

src/__tests__/index.test.js

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ const path = require('path')
 
 describe('with all environment variables set', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
+    process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL = 'http://my-url'
     process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID = '123'
+    process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN = 'a-token'
     process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY = 'actions/is-awesome'
     process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN = 'gha-token'
     process.env.GITHUB_SHA = '123abc'
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ describe('with all environment variables set', () => {
 
 describe('with variables missing', () => {
   it('execution fails if there are missing variables', done => {
-    delete process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID
+    delete process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL
     const ip = path.join(__dirname, '../index.js')
     cp.exec(`node ${ip}`, { env: process.env }, (err, stdout) => {
       expect(stdout).toBe('')

src/internal/api-client.js

@@ -1,118 +1,119 @@
 const core = require('@actions/core')
 const github = require('@actions/github')
-const { DefaultArtifactClient } = require('@actions/artifact')
+const hc = require('@actions/http-client')
 const { RequestError } = require('@octokit/request-error')
 const HttpStatusMessages = require('http-status-messages')
 
-function wrapTwirpResponseLikeOctokit(twirpResponse, requestOptions) {
+// All variables we need from the runtime are loaded here
+const getContext = require('./context')
+
+async function processRuntimeResponse(res, requestOptions) {
+  // Parse the response body as JSON
+  let obj = null
+  try {
+    const contents = await res.readBody()
+    if (contents && contents.length > 0) {
+      obj = JSON.parse(contents)
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Invalid resource (contents not json); leaving resulting obj as null
+  }
+
   // Specific response shape aligned with Octokit
   const response = {
-    url: requestOptions.url,
+    url: res.message?.url || requestOptions.url,
-    status: 200,
+    status: res.message?.statusCode || 0,
     headers: {
-      ...requestOptions.headers
+      ...res.message?.headers
     },
-    data: twirpResponse
+    data: obj
   }
+
+  // Forcibly throw errors for negative HTTP status codes!
+  // @actions/http-client doesn't do this by default.
+  // Mimic the errors thrown by Octokit for consistency.
+  if (response.status >= 400) {
+    // Try to get an error message from the response body
+    const errorMsg =
+      (typeof response.data === 'string' && response.data) ||
+      response.data?.error ||
+      response.data?.message ||
+      // Try the Node HTTP IncomingMessage's statusMessage property
+      res.message?.statusMessage ||
+      // Fallback to the HTTP status message based on the status code
+      HttpStatusMessages[response.status] ||
+      // Or if the status code is unexpected...
+      `Unknown error (${response.status})`
+
+    throw new RequestError(errorMsg, response.status, {
+      response,
+      request: requestOptions
+    })
+  }
+
   return response
 }
 
-// Mimic the errors thrown by Octokit for consistency.
+async function getSignedArtifactMetadata({ runtimeToken, workflowRunId, artifactName }) {
-function wrapTwirpErrorLikeOctokit(twirpError, requestOptions) {
+  const { runTimeUrl: RUNTIME_URL } = getContext()
-  const rawErrorMsg = twirpError?.message || twirpError?.toString() || ''
+  const artifactExchangeUrl = `${RUNTIME_URL}_apis/pipelines/workflows/${workflowRunId}/artifacts?api-version=6.0-preview`
-  const statusCodeMatch = rawErrorMsg.match(/Failed request: \((?<statusCode>\d+)\)/)
-  const statusCode = statusCodeMatch?.groups?.statusCode ?? 500
 
-  // Try to provide the best error message
+  const httpClient = new hc.HttpClient()
-  const errorMsg =
+  let data = null
-    rawErrorMsg ||
-    // Fallback to the HTTP status message based on the status code
-    HttpStatusMessages[statusCode] ||
-    // Or if the status code is unexpected...
-    `Unknown error (${statusCode})`
-
-  // RequestError is an Octokit-specific class
-  return new RequestError(errorMsg, statusCode, {
-    response: {
-      url: requestOptions.url,
-      status: statusCode,
-      headers: {
-        ...requestOptions.headers
-      },
-      data: rawErrorMsg ? { message: rawErrorMsg } : ''
-    },
-    request: requestOptions
-  })
-}
-
-function getArtifactsServiceOrigin() {
-  const resultsUrl = process.env.ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL
-  return resultsUrl ? new URL(resultsUrl).origin : ''
-}
-
-async function getArtifactMetadata({ artifactName }) {
-  const artifactClient = new DefaultArtifactClient()
-
-  // Primarily for debugging purposes, accuracy is not critical
-  const requestOptions = {
-    method: 'POST',
-    url: `${getArtifactsServiceOrigin()}/twirp/github.actions.results.api.v1.ArtifactService/ListArtifacts`,
-    headers: {
-      'content-type': 'application/json'
-    },
-    body: {}
-  }
 
   try {
-    core.info(`Fetching artifact metadata for "${artifactName}" in this workflow run`)
+    const requestHeaders = {
-
+      accept: 'application/json',
-    let response
+      authorization: `Bearer ${runtimeToken}`
-    try {
+    }
-      const twirpResponse = await artifactClient.listArtifacts()
+    const requestOptions = {
-      response = wrapTwirpResponseLikeOctokit(twirpResponse, requestOptions)
+      method: 'GET',
-    } catch (twirpError) {
+      url: artifactExchangeUrl,
-      core.error('Listing artifact metadata failed', twirpError)
+      headers: {
-      const octokitError = wrapTwirpErrorLikeOctokit(twirpError, requestOptions)
+        ...requestHeaders
-      throw octokitError
+      },
+      body: null
     }
 
-    const filteredArtifacts = response.data.artifacts.filter(artifact => artifact.name === artifactName)
+    core.info(`Artifact exchange URL: ${artifactExchangeUrl}`)
+    const res = await httpClient.get(artifactExchangeUrl, requestHeaders)
 
-    const artifactCount = filteredArtifacts.length
+    // May throw a RequestError (HttpError)
-    core.debug(`List artifact count: ${artifactCount}`)
+    const response = await processRuntimeResponse(res, requestOptions)
 
-    if (artifactCount === 0) {
+    data = response.data
-      throw new Error(
+    core.debug(JSON.stringify(data))
-        `No artifacts named "${artifactName}" were found for this workflow run. Ensure artifacts are uploaded with actions/artifact@v4 or later.`
-      )
-    } else if (artifactCount > 1) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Multiple artifacts named "${artifactName}" were unexpectedly found for this workflow run. Artifact count is ${artifactCount}.`
-      )
-    }
-
-    const artifact = filteredArtifacts[0]
-    core.debug(`Artifact: ${JSON.stringify(artifact)}`)
-
-    if (!artifact.size) {
-      core.warning('Artifact size was not found. Unable to verify if artifact size exceeds the allowed size.')
-    }
-
-    return artifact
   } catch (error) {
-    core.error(
+    core.error('Getting signed artifact URL failed', error)
-      'Fetching artifact metadata failed. Is githubstatus.com reporting issues with API requests, Pages, or Actions? Please re-run the deployment at a later time.',
-      error
-    )
     throw error
   }
+
+  const artifact = data?.value?.find(artifact => artifact.name === artifactName)
+  const artifactRawUrl = artifact?.url
+  if (!artifactRawUrl) {
+    throw new Error(
+      'No uploaded artifact was found! Please check if there are any errors at build step, or uploaded artifact name is correct.'
+    )
+  }
+
+  const signedArtifactUrl = `${artifactRawUrl}&%24expand=SignedContent`
+
+  const artifactSize = artifact?.size
+  if (!artifactSize) {
+    core.warning('Artifact size was not found. Unable to verify if artifact size exceeds the allowed size.')
+  }
+
+  return {
+    url: signedArtifactUrl,
+    size: artifactSize
+  }
 }
 
-async function createPagesDeployment({ githubToken, artifactId, buildVersion, idToken, isPreview = false }) {
+async function createPagesDeployment({ githubToken, artifactUrl, buildVersion, idToken, isPreview = false }) {
   const octokit = github.getOctokit(githubToken)
 
   const payload = {
-    artifact_id: artifactId,
+    artifact_url: artifactUrl,
     pages_build_version: buildVersion,
     oidc_token: idToken
   }
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ async function cancelPagesDeployment({ githubToken, deploymentId }) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  getArtifactMetadata,
+  getSignedArtifactMetadata,
   createPagesDeployment,
   getPagesDeploymentStatus,
   cancelPagesDeployment

src/internal/context.js

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ const core = require('@actions/core')
 // Load variables from Actions runtime
 function getRequiredVars() {
   return {
+    runTimeUrl: process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL,
     workflowRun: process.env.GITHUB_RUN_ID,
+    runTimeToken: process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN,
     repositoryNwo: process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY,
     buildVersion: process.env.GITHUB_SHA,
     buildActor: process.env.GITHUB_ACTOR,

src/internal/deployment.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const core = require('@actions/core')
 // All variables we need from the runtime are loaded here
 const getContext = require('./context')
 const {
-  getArtifactMetadata,
+  getSignedArtifactMetadata,
   createPagesDeployment,
   getPagesDeploymentStatus,
   cancelPagesDeployment
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const temporaryErrorStatus = {
 
 const finalErrorStatus = {
   deployment_failed: 'Deployment failed, try again later.',
-  deployment_perms_error: 'Deployment failed. Please ensure that the file permissions are correct.',
   deployment_content_failed:
     'Artifact could not be deployed. Please ensure the content does not contain any hard links, symlinks and total size is less than 10GB.',
   deployment_cancelled: 'Deployment cancelled.',
@@ -31,7 +30,9 @@ const SIZE_LIMIT_DESCRIPTION = '1 GB'
 class Deployment {
   constructor() {
     const context = getContext()
+    this.runTimeUrl = context.runTimeUrl
     this.repositoryNwo = context.repositoryNwo
+    this.runTimeToken = context.runTimeToken
     this.buildVersion = context.buildVersion
     this.buildActor = context.buildActor
     this.actionsId = context.actionsId
@@ -44,26 +45,41 @@ class Deployment {
     this.isPreview = context.isPreview === true
     this.timeout = MAX_TIMEOUT
     this.startTime = null
+    this.maxErrorCount = null
   }
 
-  // Call GitHub api to fetch artifacts matching the provided name and deploy to GitHub Pages
+  setOptionalUserInput() {
-  // by creating a deployment with that artifact id
+    const timeoutInput = Number(core.getInput('timeout'))
-  async create(idToken) {
+    if (timeoutInput > MAX_TIMEOUT) {
-    if (Number(core.getInput('timeout')) > MAX_TIMEOUT) {
       core.warning(
         `Warning: timeout value is greater than the allowed maximum - timeout set to the maximum of ${MAX_TIMEOUT} milliseconds.`
       )
     }
-
-    const timeoutInput = Number(core.getInput('timeout'))
     this.timeout = !timeoutInput || timeoutInput <= 0 ? MAX_TIMEOUT : Math.min(timeoutInput, MAX_TIMEOUT)
 
+    const maxErrorCountInput = Number(core.getInput('error_count'))
+    if (!maxErrorCountInput || maxErrorCountInput <= 0) {
+      core.warning('Invalid error_count value will be ignored. Please ensure the value is a positive integer.')
+    } else {
+      this.maxErrorCount = maxErrorCountInput
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Ask the runtime for the unsigned artifact URL and deploy to GitHub Pages
+  // by creating a deployment with that artifact
+  async create(idToken) {
     try {
+      this.setOptionalUserInput()
+
       core.debug(`Actor: ${this.buildActor}`)
       core.debug(`Action ID: ${this.actionsId}`)
       core.debug(`Actions Workflow Run ID: ${this.workflowRun}`)
 
-      const artifactData = await getArtifactMetadata({ artifactName: this.artifactName })
+      const artifactData = await getSignedArtifactMetadata({
+        runtimeToken: this.runTimeToken,
+        workflowRunId: this.workflowRun,
+        artifactName: this.artifactName
+      })
 
       if (artifactData?.size > ONE_GIGABYTE) {
         core.warning(
@@ -73,7 +89,7 @@ class Deployment {
 
       const deployment = await createPagesDeployment({
         githubToken: this.githubToken,
-        artifactId: artifactData.id,
+        artifactUrl: artifactData.url,
         buildVersion: this.buildVersion,
         idToken,
         isPreview: this.isPreview
@@ -96,16 +112,19 @@ class Deployment {
     } catch (error) {
       core.error(error.stack)
 
+      // output raw error in debug mode.
+      core.debug(JSON.stringify(error))
+
       // build customized error message based on server response
       if (error.response) {
-        let errorMessage = `Failed to create deployment (status: ${error.status}) with build version ${this.buildVersion}.`
+        let errorMessage = `Failed to create deployment (status: ${error.status}) with build version ${this.buildVersion}. `
         if (error.status === 400) {
-          errorMessage += ` Responded with: ${error.message}`
+          errorMessage += `Responded with: ${error.message}`
         } else if (error.status === 403) {
-          errorMessage += ' Ensure GITHUB_TOKEN has permission "pages: write".'
+          errorMessage += 'Ensure GITHUB_TOKEN has permission "pages: write".'
         } else if (error.status === 404) {
           const pagesSettingsUrl = `${this.githubServerUrl}/${this.repositoryNwo}/settings/pages`
-          errorMessage += ` Ensure GitHub Pages has been enabled: ${pagesSettingsUrl}`
+          errorMessage += `Ensure GitHub Pages has been enabled: ${pagesSettingsUrl}`
           // If using GHES, add a special note about compatibility
           if (new URL(this.githubServerUrl).hostname.toLowerCase() !== 'github.com') {
             errorMessage +=
@@ -113,7 +132,7 @@ class Deployment {
           }
         } else if (error.status >= 500) {
           errorMessage +=
-            ' Server error, is githubstatus.com reporting a Pages outage? Please re-run the deployment at a later time.'
+            'Server error, is githubstatus.com reporting a Pages outage? Please re-run the deployment at a later time.'
         }
         throw new Error(errorMessage)
       } else {
@@ -137,7 +156,6 @@ class Deployment {
 
     const deploymentId = this.deploymentInfo.id || this.buildVersion
     const reportingInterval = Number(core.getInput('reporting_interval'))
-    const maxErrorCount = Number(core.getInput('error_count'))
 
     let errorCount = 0
 
@@ -180,6 +198,9 @@ class Deployment {
       } catch (error) {
         core.error(error.stack)
 
+        // output raw error in debug mode.
+        core.debug(JSON.stringify(error))
+
         // build customized error message based on server response
         if (error.response) {
           errorStatus = error.status || error.response.status
@@ -193,7 +214,7 @@ class Deployment {
         }
       }
 
-      if (errorCount >= maxErrorCount) {
+      if (errorCount >= this.maxErrorCount) {
         core.error('Too many errors, aborting!')
         core.setFailed('Failed with status code: ' + errorStatus)