Github actions - node 20 being deprecated

[DavidBurela]

Issue

Github actions are deprecating support for node 20. ipfs/ipfs-deploy-action@v1 seems to be using older action versions that are deprecated.
https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/

This warning message is appearing in the workflow

Node.js 20 actions are deprecated. The following actions are running on Node.js 20 and may not work as expected: actions/cache/restore@v4, actions/github-script@v7, actions/upload-artifact@v4. Actions will be forced to run with Node.js 24 by default starting June 2nd, 2026. Please check if updated versions of these actions are available that support Node.js 24. To opt into Node.js 24 now, set the FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24=true environment variable on the runner or in your workflow file. Once Node.js 24 becomes the default, you can temporarily opt out by setting ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION=true. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/

Investigation

Checking the dependencies that the action uses, I can see a couple that may need to have their versions bumped
https://github.com/ipshipyard/ipfs-deploy-action/blob/main/action.yml

• actions/github-script@v7
  

  ipfs-deploy-action/action.yml

  Line 318 in 6ce76b7

  uses: actions/github-script@v7

  
  Currently uses v7, which is on node 7.
  Would want to bump to v8 which uses node 24
  https://github.com/actions/github-script?tab=readme-ov-file#breaking-changes

• actions/upload-artifact@v4
  

  ipfs-deploy-action/action.yml

  Line 170 in 6ce76b7

  uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4

  
  Currently uses v4 which is on node 20
  Would want to bump to v6 which uses node 24

• actions/cache/restore@v4
v4 is node 20
  need to bump to v5
  https://github.com/actions/cache?tab=readme-ov-file#v5

I can't find a direct reference to using the cache action, I think it is being used by actions/upload-artifact@v4. Bumping that to v6 may resolve this one also.

[DavidBurela]

Didn't raise a PR, as I wasn't sure what else the maintainers may want to bump at the same time.

But tried to make it easier with direct links to the lines that would need to be updated.

[DavidBurela]

Update:
I looked deeper, and it seems that the warning from the dependency is coming from ipfs/download-ipfs-distribution-action@v1

ipfs-deploy-action/action.yml

Line 116 in 6ce76b7

uses: ipfs/download-ipfs-distribution-action@v1

it is using the older cache@v4
https://github.com/ipfs/download-ipfs-distribution-action/blob/d4c797595cc51a3fabb10e9ce541c8d5eed67b76/action.yml#L71

I have raised an issue in that repo also: ipfs/download-ipfs-distribution-action#46

[lidel]

Let's continue in ipfs/download-ipfs-distribution-action#46