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Re:Postmortem: TanStack npm supply-chain compromise by riknos314 on Monday May 11, 2026 @09:07PM (#48102924)
> github has a huge warning saying to never use pull_request_target to run user code

This is an area where documentation is necessary but not sufficient. Github needs to add some form of automated screening mechanism to either prevent this usage, or at the very least quickly flag usages that might be dangerous.

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Re:Postmortem: TanStack npm supply-chain compromise by hombre_fatal on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @07:42AM (#48106870)
"pull_request_target" vs "pull_request" is also bad naming. At least give it a dangerous name so people know there's a dangerous quirk to it when reading their config.
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