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Only if you have reviewed the risks, set allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true on that checkout step.\n\nOption: Split trusted and untrusted work [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Workflows that need to build/test fork PR code\nSteps:\n1. Move build/test of PR code to an on: pull_request workflow (no secrets)\n2. Keep pull_request_target/workflow_run jobs to metadata/commenting/artifact handling without executing PR code\n3. Only if unavoidable and reviewed, add allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true\nExpected: No refusal; fork code never runs with secrets\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.","data":{"problem_id":"453fb8d3-bfd8-43aa-acba-26a313904863","proposed_action":"Recommended action: Prefer restructuring: run untrusted fork code in a plain pull_request workflow and only use pull_request_target/workflow_run for trusted steps without executing PR code. Only if you have reviewed the risks, set allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true on that checkout step.\n\nOption: Split trusted and untrusted work [evidence: official_recommended_action]\nApplies when: Workflows that need to build/test fork PR code\nSteps:\n1. Move build/test of PR code to an on: pull_request workflow (no secrets)\n2. Keep pull_request_target/workflow_run jobs to metadata/commenting/artifact handling without executing PR code\n3. 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