feat(tool_github): add GitHub App installation-token auth

[madhumitha-chandrasekaran-1]

Summary

• Adds authType (pat default / app) to tool_github, alongside the existing PAT field, for GitHub App installation-token auth (App ID + private key + installation ID).
• The node mints installation tokens itself (JWT signed with the App's private key, exchanged via /app/installations/{id}/access_tokens), caches them, and auto-refreshes shortly before expiry — no separate token-minting service needed for unattended/org pipelines.
• Fully backward compatible: existing configs with no authType set default to pat and are unaffected.

Closes #1854.

Test plan

• python -m ruff check / ruff format --check on nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/ and nodes/test/tool_github/
• python -m pytest nodes/test/tool_github/ — 38 passed, 22 skipped (live tests gated on env vars)
• node nodes/scripts/gen-credentials.mjs --check passes with the new github.privateKey credential entry
• Generated params block in README.md hand-verified to match what nodes:docs-generate would produce (that task only runs on main/stage/develop, not this feature branch)
• Manual: set GITHUB_APP_ID/GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY/GITHUB_APP_INSTALLATION_ID/GITHUB_TEST_REPO against a real GitHub App installation and run pytest nodes/test/tool_github/test_app_auth_live.py -v

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added GitHub App authentication alongside Personal Access Tokens.
  • Added configuration for App ID, private key, and installation ID.
  • Added automatic installation-token creation, caching, and refresh.
  • Added credential validation with clear errors for missing or invalid settings.
  • Updated credential settings and visibility for PAT and App authentication.

• Documentation

  • Updated GitHub tool documentation with setup, authentication, configuration, and testing guidance.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for App authentication, token handling, validation, and live API integration.

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• nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/github_client.py
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Changes

GitHub App authentication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
JWT signing and installation-token minting nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/github_client.py, nodes/test/tool_github/test_github_client.py, nodes/test/tool_github/test_app_auth_live.py	The client loads RSA private keys, signs RS256 JWTs, requests installation tokens, validates responses, and tests success and error paths.
Global authentication lifecycle nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/IGlobal.py, nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/IInstance.py, nodes/test/tool_github/test_iglobal_auth.py, nodes/test/tool_github/test_search_relax.py	IGlobal selects PAT or App authentication, validates credentials, caches and refreshes App tokens, and clears state during shutdown. IInstance obtains tokens through get_token().
Authentication configuration and documentation nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/services.json, packages/ai/src/ai/modules/mcp/credentials.json, nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/README.md	Configuration exposes PAT and GitHub App fields. Credentials, authentication behavior, schema, dependencies, and live-test instructions are documented.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f1022

The change is merge-ready after normal checks and review; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant IInstance
  participant IGlobal
  participant github_client
  participant GitHubAPI
  IInstance->>IGlobal: get_token()
  alt PAT authentication
    IGlobal-->>IInstance: configured PAT
  else GitHub App authentication
    IGlobal->>github_client: mint_installation_token(...)
    github_client->>GitHubAPI: POST installation access-token endpoint
    GitHubAPI-->>github_client: token and expires_at
    github_client-->>IGlobal: token and expiry epoch
    IGlobal-->>IInstance: cached or refreshed token
  end

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 17.65% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 34 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: GitHub App installation-token authentication for tool_github.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #1854 by adding App ID, private key, and installation ID configuration, JWT-based installation-token minting, caching, automatic refresh, and backward-compatible PAT authenti…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The implementation, configuration updates, documentation, credential definitions, and tests are directly related to GitHub App authentication in tool_github. No unrelated code changes are identified.

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Explanation

The changes satisfy issue #1854 by adding App ID, private key, and installation ID configuration, JWT-based installation-token minting, caching, automatic refresh, and backward-compatible PAT authentication.

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Explanation

Docstring coverage is 17.65% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 34 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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Inline comments:
In `@nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/github_client.py`:
- Around line 122-125: Update the JSON separator literals in the signing_input
construction to use single-quoted strings, preserving the existing compact JSON
serialization and signing behavior.
- Around line 99-106: Update load_app_private_key() to verify the parsed key is
an RSA private key before returning it, rejecting non-RSA keys with the existing
ValueError style so _sign_app_jwt() receives only RS256-compatible keys. Add
coverage for an EC private key and ensure the invalid configuration is rejected
during pipeline initialization.

In `@nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/README.md`:
- Around line 261-272: Regenerate the parameter documentation block instead of
editing it directly. Update the source configuration in services.json as needed,
then run nodes:docs-generate so the generated content between the
ROCKETRIDE:GENERATED:PARAMS markers is recreated consistently.

In `@nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/services.json`:
- Around line 63-71: Mark the github.privateKey configuration field as secure by
adding the same secure setting used by github.token, while preserving its
existing type, format, defaults, and UI options.

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• nodes/src/nodes/tool_github/services.json
• nodes/test/tool_github/test_app_auth_live.py
• nodes/test/tool_github/test_github_client.py
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[nihalnihalani]

The red build first: Build / Ubuntu 22.04 and CI OK are red on a2f0934 while macOS and Windows are green. The job logs have expired, so I could not read the cause — a re-push would at least tell you whether it still fails. Ruff, gitleaks and Shell API contract are all green, so it is something inside the Ubuntu build itself.

Two smaller things:

• cryptography is imported in load_app_private_key and the JWT signer but is not in tool_github/requirements.txt, which is still just requests + tenacity. It does resolve at runtime — nodes/src/nodes/requirements.txt declares cryptography>=46.0.7,<47 in the engine baseline — so this is not a break. The visible cost is that the node's own generated ## Dependencies block, which gen-node-tables.mjs builds from requirements.txt, lists only requests and tenacity and so undersells what the node needs. db_mysql and text_output both redeclare cryptography for the same reason.
• feat(tool_github): add pr_review_context one-shot PR review preset #2019 changes the same three files, and its call() signature change in github_client.py sits a few lines below your inserted block, so whichever merges second needs a rebase.