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Open Source Security

How to publish a secure Python package: signing, SBOMs, and trusted publishing

PyPI enforced two-factor authentication for all users on January 1, 2024 — but 2FA alone doesn't stop a stolen API token. Here's the full secure-publishing stack.

Jul 8, 20267 min read
DevSecOps

npm Trusted Publishing walkthrough: retiring long-lived publish tokens

npm Trusted Publishing replaces long-lived publish tokens with short-lived OIDC-issued credentials tied to a specific CI workflow. Here is the 2026 rollout state, what the migration actually looks like, and where the rough edges still are.

May 14, 20269 min read
Supply Chain

NuGet's September 2025 Trusted Publishing Launch and the 2026 Signing Roadmap

NuGet became the fifth major registry to ship Trusted Publishing in September 2025, with .NET package signing and ID prefix reservation forming a complete trust-signal stack for the ecosystem.

May 12, 20266 min read
Engineering

Ruby Gems Security: Signing, Yanking and Trusted Publishing

Gem signing never took off, yanking is weaker than people assume, and trusted publishing finally fixes the credential problem. What to actually rely on in a Ruby pipeline.

Mar 20, 20266 min read
Incident Analysis

PyPI Trusted Publishing Token Leaks in 2025

Trusted Publishing made PyPI safer, but leaked short-lived OIDC tokens in CI logs kicked off a credential-replay campaign that PyPI, GitHub, and Sonatype all tracked in 2025.

Mar 19, 20268 min read
Supply Chain

Trusted Publishing Across Every Major Registry: The 2026 State of OIDC-Backed Publishing

By end of 2025, Trusted Publishing landed on PyPI, RubyGems, npm, crates.io, and NuGet. PyPI alone crossed one million Trusted-Publisher uploads. Here is the defender view of the cross-ecosystem rollout.

Mar 3, 20266 min read
Open Source Security

PyPI Trusted Publishing Common Pitfalls

PyPI trusted publishing removed a whole class of token leaks, but teams keep tripping over the same half-dozen configuration mistakes. Here is what to watch for.

Jan 28, 20267 min read
Open Source Security

PyPI Trusted Publishing: An Adoption Guide

Trusted Publishing replaces long-lived PyPI tokens with OIDC-issued short-lived credentials. A practical guide to adoption, pitfalls, and what it changes for your threat model.

Aug 30, 20246 min read
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