v5.4.0

.github/workflows/ApplicationTesting.yml

@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.wheel }}' from 'Package' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.wheel }}
           path: install

.github/workflows/BuildTheDocs.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         run: printf "::warning title=%s::%s\n" "Deprecated" "'BuildTheDocs.yml' is not maintained anymore. Please switch to 'SphinxDocumentation.yml', 'LaTeXDocumentation.yml' and 'ExtractConfiguration.yml'."
 
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 🛳️ Build documentation
         uses: buildthedocs/btd@v0

.github/workflows/CheckDocumentation.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-${{ inputs.ubuntu_image_version }}"
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 🐍 Setup Python ${{ inputs.python_version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5

.github/workflows/CompletePipeline.yml

@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ jobs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
       - UnitTesting
+    if: success() || failure()
     with:
 #      coverage_sqlite_artifact:       ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).codecoverage_sqlite }}
 #      coverage_xml_artifact:          ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).codecoverage_xml }}
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ jobs:
       - ConfigParams
       - UnitTestingParams
       - UnitTesting
+    if: success() || failure()
     with:
       testsuite-summary-name: ${{ needs.ConfigParams.outputs.package_fullname }}
       merged_junit_filename:  ${{ needs.ConfigParams.outputs.unittest_merged_report_xml_filename }}
@@ -291,6 +293,7 @@ jobs:
       - PublishTestResults
       - PublishCoverageResults
 #      - VerifyDocs
+    if: success() || failure()
     with:
       python_version:                 ${{ needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.python_version }}
       coverage_report_json_directory: ${{ needs.ConfigParams.outputs.coverage_report_json_directory }}
@@ -305,7 +308,7 @@ jobs:
       - UnitTestingParams
       - PublishCoverageResults
       - PublishTestResults
-    if: inputs.cleanup  == 'true'
+    if: ( success() || failure() ) && inputs.cleanup  == 'true'
     with:
       sqlite_coverage_artifacts_prefix: ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).codecoverage_sqlite }}-
       xml_unittest_artifacts_prefix:    ${{ fromJson(needs.UnitTestingParams.outputs.artifact_names).unittesting_xml }}-
@@ -343,7 +346,7 @@ jobs:
 #      - StaticTypeCheck
       - Package
       - PublishToGitHubPages
-    if: needs.Prepare.outputs.is_release_commit
+    if: needs.Prepare.outputs.is_release_commit && github.event_name != 'schedule'
     permissions:
       contents: write  # required for create tag
       actions:  write  # required for trigger workflow

.github/workflows/CoverageCollection.yml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         run: printf "::warning title=%s::%s\n" "Deprecated" "'CoverageCollection.yml' is not maintained anymore. Please switch to 'UnitTesting.yml', 'PublishCoverageResults.yml' and 'PublishTestResults.yml'."
 
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           lfs: true
           submodules: true

.github/workflows/ExtractConfiguration.yml

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 🐍 Setup Python ${{ inputs.python_version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5

.github/workflows/InstallPackage.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.wheel }}' from 'Package' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.wheel }}
           path: install

.github/workflows/LaTeXDocumentation.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-${{ inputs.ubuntu_image_version }}"
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.latex_artifact }}' from 'SphinxDocumentation' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.latex_artifact }}
           path: latex

.github/workflows/NightlyRelease.yml

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           # The command 'git describe' (used for version) needs the history.
           fetch-depth: 0

.github/workflows/Package.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           lfs: true
           submodules: true

.github/workflows/PrepareJob.yml

@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ jobs:
       version:           ${{ steps.Classify.outputs.version || steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_version }}
 #      release_version:   ${{ steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.release_version }}
       pr_title:          ${{ steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_title }}
-      pr_number:         ${{ steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_number }}
+      pr_number:         ${{ steps.Classify.outputs.pr_number || steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_number }}
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           # The command 'git describe' (used for version) needs the history.
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ jobs:
           ref_kind="unknown"
           branch=""
           tag=""
+          pr_number=""
           version=""
 
           if [[ "${ref:0:11}" == "refs/heads/" ]]; then
@@ -225,6 +226,13 @@ jobs:
               printf "::error title=RexExpCheck::Tag name '%s' doesn't conform to regexp '%s' nor '%s'.\n" "${tag}" "${NIGHTLY_TAG_PATTERN}" "${RELEASE_TAG_PATTERN}"
               exit 1
             fi
+          elif [[ "${ref:0:10}" == "refs/pull/" ]]; then
+            ref_kind="pullrequest"
+            pr_number=${ref:11}
+            pr_number=${pr_number%%/*}
+
+            printf "Pull Request check:\n"
+            printf "  Number: %s\n" "${pr_number}"
           else
             printf "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Unknown Git reference '%s'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "${{ github.ref }}"
             printf "::error title=Classify Commit::Unknown Git reference '%s'.\n" "${{ github.ref }}"
@@ -243,6 +251,7 @@ jobs:
           ref_kind=${ref_kind}
           branch=${branch}
           tag=${tag}
+          pr_number=${pr_number}
           version=${version}
           EOF
 
@@ -327,8 +336,10 @@ jobs:
           printf "ref_kind:          %s\n" "${{ steps.Classify.outputs.ref_kind }}"
           printf "branch:            %s\n" "${{ steps.Classify.outputs.branch }}"
           printf "tag:               %s\n" "${{ steps.Classify.outputs.tag }}"
-          printf "version from tag:  %s\n" "${{ steps.Classify.outputs.version }}"
-          printf "version from pr:   %s\n" "${{ steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_version }}"
           printf "version:           %s\n" "${{ steps.Classify.outputs.version || steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_version }}"
+          printf "  from tag:        %s\n" "${{ steps.Classify.outputs.version }}"
+          printf "  from pr:         %s\n" "${{ steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_version }}"
           printf "pr title:          %s\n" "${{ steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_title }}"
-          printf "pr number:         %s\n" "${{ steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_number }}"
+          printf "pr number:         %s\n" "${{ steps.Classify.outputs.pr_number || steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_number }}"
+          printf "  from merge:      %s\n" "${{ steps.Classify.outputs.pr_number }}"
+          printf "  from pr:         %s\n" "${{ steps.FindPullRequest.outputs.pr_number }}"

.github/workflows/PublishCoverageResults.yml

@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           lfs: true
           submodules: true
 
       - name: 📥 Download Artifacts
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           pattern: ${{ inputs.coverage_artifacts_pattern }}
           path: artifacts

.github/workflows/PublishOnPyPI.yml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.artifact }}' from 'Package' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.artifact }}
           path: dist

.github/workflows/PublishReleaseNotes.yml

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           # The command 'git describe' (used for version) needs the history.
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ jobs:
           # Inline description
           if [[ -s __DESCRIPTION__.md ]]; then
             NOTES="${NOTES//%%DESCRIPTION%%/$(<__DESCRIPTION__.md)}"
+          else
+            NOTES="${NOTES//%%DESCRIPTION%%/}"
           fi
 
           # Inline PullRequest and increase headline levels
@@ -310,11 +312,17 @@ jobs:
                   ;;
               esac
             done
+          else
+            while [[ "${NOTES}" =~ %%(PULLREQUEST(\+[0-3])?)%% ]]; do
+              NOTES="${NOTES//${BASH_REMATCH[0]}/}"
+            done
           fi
 
           # inline Footer
           if [[ -s __FOOTER__.md ]]; then
             NOTES="${NOTES//%%FOOTER%%/$(<__FOOTER__.md)}"
+          else
+            NOTES="${NOTES//%%FOOTER%%/}"
           fi
 
           # Apply replacements
@@ -525,6 +533,8 @@ jobs:
           declare -A downloadedArtifacts
           # A dictionary to check for duplicate asset files in release
           declare -A assetFilenames
+          # A dictionary of SHA256 checksums
+          declare -A sha256Checksums
           while IFS=$'\r\n' read -r assetLine; do
             if [[ "${assetLine}" == "" || "${assetLine:0:1}" == "#" ]]; then
               continue
@@ -552,7 +562,7 @@ jobs:
             asset="$(Replace "${asset}")"
             title="$(Replace "${title}")"
 
-            printf "Publish asset '%s' from artifact '%s' with title '%s'\n" "${asset}" "${artifact}" "${title}"
+            printf "${ANSI_LIGHT_BLUE}Publish asset '%s' from artifact '%s' with title '%s'${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "${asset}" "${artifact}" "${title}"
             printf "  Checked asset for duplicates ... "
             if [[ -n "${assetFilenames[$asset]}" ]]; then
               printf "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n"
@@ -566,7 +576,7 @@ jobs:
 
             # Download artifact by artifact name
             if [[ -n "${downloadedArtifacts[$artifact]}" ]]; then
-              printf "  downloading '%s' ... ${ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW}[SKIPPED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "${artifact}"
+              printf "  downloading artifact '%s' ... ${ANSI_LIGHT_YELLOW}[SKIPPED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "${artifact}"
             else
               echo    "  downloading '${artifact}' ... "
               printf "    gh run download $GITHUB_RUN_ID --dir \"%s\" --name \"%s\" " "${artifact}" "${artifact}"
@@ -701,6 +711,11 @@ jobs:
               continue
             fi
 
+            printf "  compute SHA256 checksum of '${uploadFile}' ... "
+            sha256=$(sha256sum -b ${uploadFile} | cut -d " " -f1)
+            sha256Checksums[$asset]="sha256:${sha256}"
+            printf "${ANSI_LIGHT_BLUE}${sha256}${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n"
+
             # Add asset to JSON inventory
             if [[ "${{ inputs.inventory-json }}" != "" ]]; then
               if [[ "${categories}" != "${title}" ]]; then
@@ -708,8 +723,9 @@ jobs:
                 category=""
                 jsonEntry=$(jq -c -n \
                   --arg title "${title}" \
+                  --arg sha256 "${sha256}" \
                   --arg file "${uploadFile#*/}" \
-                  '{"file": $file, "title": $title}' \
+                  '{"file": $file, "sha256": $sha256, "title": $title}' \
                 )
 
                 while [[ "${categories}" != "${category}" ]]; do
@@ -733,6 +749,20 @@ jobs:
             gh release upload ${{ inputs.tag }} "${uploadFile}#${title}" --clobber
             if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
               printf "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[OK]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n"
+
+              printf "  checking assets SHA256 checksum ... \n"
+              ghSHA256=$(gh release view --json assets --jq ".assets[] | select(.name == \"${asset}\") | .digest" ${{ inputs.tag }})
+              if [[ "${ghSHA256}" == "${sha256Checksums[$asset]}" ]]; then
+                printf "${ANSI_LIGHT_GREEN}[PASSED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n"
+              else
+                printf "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[FAILED]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n"
+                printf "    ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}SHA256 checksum compare failed.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n"
+                printf "      ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Local:  %s${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "${sha256Checksums[$asset]}"
+                printf "      ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}GitHub: %s${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "${ghSHA256}"
+                printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "ChecksumError" "SHA256 checksum compare failed. Local=${sha256Checksums[$asset]} GitHub=${ghSHA256}"
+                ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+                continue
+              fi
             else
               printf "${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}[ERROR]${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n"
               printf "    ${ANSI_LIGHT_RED}Couldn't upload asset '%s' from '%s' to release '%s'.${ANSI_NOCOLOR}\n" "${asset}" "${uploadFile}" "${{ inputs.tag }}"

.github/workflows/PublishTestResults.yml

@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: ''
         type: string
+      merge-input-dialect:
+        description: 'JUnit dialect used to load and parse inputs for merging.'
+        required: false
+        default: 'pyTest-JUnit'
+        type: string
+      merge-output-dialect:
+        description: 'JUnit dialect used for writing the merged report.'
+        required: false
+        default: 'pyTest-JUnit'
+        type: string
       additional_merge_args:
         description: 'Additional merging arguments.'
         required: false
@@ -92,10 +102,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 📥 Download Artifacts
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           pattern: ${{ inputs.unittest_artifacts_pattern }}
           path:    artifacts
@@ -116,13 +126,18 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: 🔁 Merge JUnit Unit Test Summaries
         run: |
-          pyedaa-reports -v unittest "--name=${{ inputs.testsuite-summary-name }}" "--merge=pyTest-JUnit:junit/*.xml" ${{ inputs.additional_merge_args }} "--output=pyTest-JUnit:${{ inputs.merged_junit_filename }}"
+          if [[ -n "${{ inputs.testsuite-summary-name }}" ]]; then
+            name="\"--name=${{ inputs.testsuite-summary-name }}\""
+          fi
+          pyedaa-reports -v unittest $name "--merge=${{ inputs.merge-input-dialect }}:junit/*.xml" ${{ inputs.additional_merge_args }} "--output=${{ inputs.merge-output-dialect }}:${{ inputs.merged_junit_filename }}"
           printf "%s\n" "cat ${{ inputs.merged_junit_filename }}"
           cat ${{ inputs.merged_junit_filename }}
 
       - name: 📊 Publish Unit Test Results
         uses: dorny/test-reporter@v2
+        id: test-reporter
         if: ( inputs.dorny  == 'true' || inputs.publish  == 'true' ) && inputs.report_title != ''
+        continue-on-error: true
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.report_title }}
           path: ${{ inputs.merged_junit_filename }}
@@ -140,14 +155,6 @@ jobs:
           flags: ${{ inputs.codecov_flags }}
           fail_ci_if_error: true
 
-      - name: Generate error messages
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ steps.codecov.outcome }}" == "failure" ]]; then
-            printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "Publish Unit Test Results / Codecov" "Failed to publish unittest results."
-          else
-            printf "Codecov: No errors to report.\n"
-          fi
-
       - name: 📤 Upload merged 'JUnit Test Summary' artifact
         uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
         if: inputs.merged_junit_artifact != ''
@@ -157,3 +164,24 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 1
           investigate: true
+
+      - name: Generate error messages
+        run: |
+          exitCode=0
+          if [[ "${{ steps.test-reporter.outcome }}" == "failure" ]]; then
+            printf "❌ Dorney/Test-Reporter: %s\n" "Failed to publish unittest results."
+            printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "Dorney/Test-Reporter" "Failed to publish unittest results."
+            exitCode=1
+          else
+            printf "✅ Dorney/Test-Reporter: No errors to report.\n"
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${{ steps.codecov.outcome }}" == "failure" ]]; then
+            printf "❌ CodeCov: %s\n" "Failed to publish unittest and code coverage results."
+            printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "CodeCov" "Failed to publish unittest and code coverage results."
+            exitCode=1
+          else
+            printf "✅ CodeCov: No errors to report.\n"
+          fi
+
+          exit $exitCode

.github/workflows/PublishToGitHubPages.yml

@@ -53,23 +53,23 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.doc }}' from 'SphinxDocumentation' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.doc }}
           path: public
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.coverage }}' from 'Coverage' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         if: ${{ inputs.coverage != '' }}
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage }}
           path: public/coverage
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.typing }}' from 'StaticTypeCheck' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         if: ${{ inputs.typing != '' }}
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.typing }}

.github/workflows/SphinxDocumentation.yml

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           lfs: true
           submodules: true
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.unittest_xml_artifact }}' from 'Unittesting' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.unittest_xml_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.unittest_xml_artifact }}
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
           investigate: true
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.coverage_json_artifact }}' from 'PublishCoverageResults' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.coverage_json_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage_json_artifact }}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           lfs: true
           submodules: true
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check ${{ inputs.requirements }}
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.unittest_xml_artifact }}' from 'Unittesting' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.unittest_xml_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.unittest_xml_artifact }}
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
           investigate: true
 
       - name: 📥 Download artifacts '${{ inputs.coverage_json_artifact }}' from 'PublishCoverageResults' job
-        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: pyTooling/download-artifact@v5
         if: inputs.coverage_json_artifact != ''
         with:
           name: ${{ inputs.coverage_json_artifact }}

.github/workflows/StaticTypeCheck.yml

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 🐍 Setup Python ${{ inputs.python_version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5

.github/workflows/TestReleaser.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Unai Martinez-Corral                                                                                               #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # ==================================================================================================================== #
-# Copyright 2020-2024 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
+# Copyright 2020-2025 The pyTooling Authors                                                                            #
 #                                                                                                                      #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");                                                      #
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.                                                     #
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - name: Build container image
       run: docker build -t ghcr.io/pytooling/releaser -f releaser/Dockerfile releaser
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
   Composite:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - run: printf "%s\n" "Build some tool and generate some (versioned) artifacts" > artifact-$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ").txt
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ jobs:
       - Composite
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     - run: printf "%s\n" "Build some tool and generate some (versioned) artifacts" > artifact-$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ").txt
 

.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yml

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           lfs: true
           submodules: true
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ jobs:
 # Run pytests
 
       - name: ✅ Run unit tests (Ubuntu/macOS)
+        id: pytest_bash
         if: matrix.system != 'windows'
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
@@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: ✅ Run unit tests (Windows)
+        id: pytest_posh
         if: matrix.system == 'windows'
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
@@ -376,16 +378,19 @@ jobs:
           }
 
       - name: Convert coverage to XML format (Cobertura)
+        id: convert_xml
         if: inputs.coverage_xml_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         run: coverage xml --data-file=.coverage
 
       - name: Convert coverage to JSON format
+        id: convert_json
         if: inputs.coverage_json_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         run: coverage json --data-file=.coverage
 
       - name: Convert coverage to HTML format
+        id: convert_html
         if: inputs.coverage_html_artifact != ''
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
@@ -427,7 +432,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage XML Report' artifact
-        if: inputs.coverage_xml_artifact != ''
+        if: inputs.coverage_xml_artifact != '' && steps.convert_xml.outcome == 'success'
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -437,7 +442,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage JSON Report' artifact
-        if: inputs.coverage_json_artifact != ''
+        if: inputs.coverage_json_artifact != '' && steps.convert_json.outcome == 'success'
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -447,7 +452,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: 📤 Upload 'Coverage HTML Report' artifact
-        if: inputs.coverage_html_artifact != ''
+        if: inputs.coverage_html_artifact != '' && steps.convert_html.outcome == 'success'
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: pyTooling/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -456,3 +461,17 @@ jobs:
           path: '*'
           if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 1
+
+      - name: Generate error messages
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          exitCode=0
+          if [[ "${{ steps.pytest_bash.outcome }}" == "failure" || "${{ steps.pytest_posh.outcome }}" == "failure" ]]; then
+            printf "❌ pytest: %s\n" "Error in pytest execution."
+            printf "::error title=%s::%s\n" "pytest" "Error in pytest execution."
+            exitCode=1
+          else
+            printf "✅ pytest: No errors.\n"
+          fi
+
+          exit $exitCode

.github/workflows/VerifyDocs.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: ⏬ Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: 🐍 Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5

doc/Action/Releaser.rst

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ The following block shows a minimal YAML workflow file:
        steps:
 
        # Clone repository
-       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
        # Build your application, tool, artifacts, etc.
        - name: Build

releaser/README.md

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     # Clone repository
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
     # Build your application, tool, artifacts, etc.
     - name: Build

tests/requirements.txt

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 -r ../requirements.txt
 
 # Coverage collection
-Coverage ~= 7.9
+Coverage ~= 7.10
 
 # Test Runner
 pytest ~= 8.4
 pytest-cov ~= 6.2
 
 # Static Type Checking
-mypy ~= 1.16
-typing_extensions ~= 4.13
-lxml ~= 5.4
+mypy ~= 1.17
+typing_extensions ~= 4.14
+lxml ~= 6.0