[PET-325] Restore npm publishing via GitHub Actions (npm OIDC)

[MykhailoTamarin]

Why

@flipdish/api-client-typescript has not published since 2025-08-18 because the CircleCI job fails (failing pipeline, PET-325). This migrates publishing to GitHub Actions using npm OIDC trusted publishing (same pattern as serverless-app-template / cdk-aspects), removing the long-lived NPM_TOKEN secret.

What

• Add .github/workflows/publish.yml:
  • On PR: npm install → npm run build → npm publish --dry-run (validates the package builds and packs; ships nothing)
  • On push to master: same build, then real npm publish --access public via OIDC (id-token: write, Node 24 / npm ≥ 11.5.1 — no registry token needed)
  • Versioning: reads current version from npm view, bumps minor (first release will be 1.2.0; avoids GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER collisions with the old 1.1.$CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM scheme)
  • Keeps the old rm -f api.ts step so the published tarball contents stay identical to previous releases
• Remove legacy circle.yml (1.0, Node 8.9.4) and .circleci/config.yml (2.0, Node 8.9.1) — publishing now happens in exactly one place
• Pin @types/node to ^18.19.0: @types/request pulls the latest @types/node via a floating *, and TypeScript 4.9.5 can no longer parse it — this is the actual root cause of the failing CircleCI build
• Ignore .github/ in the published package

Notes

• Requires a one-time npm Trusted Publisher entry for @flipdish/api-client-typescript (repo flipdishbytes/api-client-typescript, workflow .github/workflows/publish.yml) before the first publish to master.
• CircleCI project should be un-followed in the CircleCI UI to avoid racing this workflow.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Release and publishing
  • Replaced the previous release setup with an automated npm publishing workflow. Pull requests run a publish dry run, while pushes to the master branch publish the package.
  • Automated publishing now calculates the next patch version from the current npm version, using a fallback when unavailable.
• Package updates
  • Updated the package version to 1.2.0.

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Walkthrough

The pull request replaces CircleCI publishing configuration with a GitHub Actions workflow. The workflow calculates package versions, validates pull-request publishing with a dry run, and publishes on pushes to master. Package metadata and npm package exclusions also change.

Changes

npm package publishing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Workflow triggers and build setup .github/workflows/publish.yml, .circleci/config.yml, circle.yml	Adds GitHub Actions triggers, permissions, Node.js setup, dependency installation, and build steps. Removes both CircleCI configurations.
Version selection and package metadata .github/workflows/publish.yml, package.json	Looks up the published npm version, calculates the next version, and updates package.json. Changes the package version to 1.2.0 and adds @types/node.
Publish validation and release .github/workflows/publish.yml, .npmignore	Runs an npm publish dry run for pull requests and publishes on pushes to master. Excludes .github/ from the npm package.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Workflow as GitHub Actions publish workflow
  participant Registry as npm registry
  participant Manifest as package.json
  Workflow->>Registry: Read published package version
  Workflow->>Manifest: Write calculated version
  alt Pull request
    Workflow->>Registry: Run npm publish dry run
  else Push to master
    Workflow->>Registry: Publish package
  end

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 03965

Serialize releases and stop on registry lookup errors before merging. Otherwise, overlapping pushes or a temporary registry failure can prevent publication.

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @.github/workflows/publish.yml:
- Line 27: Update the CURRENT_VERSION lookup in the publish workflow to remove
the fallback that masks npm registry errors. Let npm view failures stop the
workflow, and reject empty or undefined output rather than treating it as
version 0.0.0.
- Around line 11-12: Add job-level concurrency to build-and-publish so version
selection and publication cannot overlap for the same ref. Use a group keyed by
github.ref and set cancel-in-progress to false so a new push does not interrupt
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