Disable deployment record for release workflow

Set deployment: false on the publish environment so the release
job accesses environment protection rules and secrets without
creating a deployment record.

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 * @actions/actions-vscode-reviewers
+
+# Owners maintaining https://github.com/actions/runner-images
+/languageservice/src/value-providers/default.ts @actions/runner-images-writers @actions/actions-vscode-reviewers

.github/workflows/buildtest.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18.x, 20.x, 22.x]
+        node-version: [20.x, 22.x, 24.x]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Use Node.js 22.x
+    - name: Use Node.js 24.x
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: 22.x
+        node-version: 24.x
         cache: 'npm'
         registry-url: 'https://npm.pkg.github.com'
     - run: npm ci

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: 24.x
 
       - name: Bump version and push
         run: |

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ jobs:
             return true;
 
   release:
-    environment: publish
+    environment:
+      name: publish
+      deployment: false
 
     needs: check-version-change
     if: ${{ needs.check-version-change.outputs.changed == 'true' }}
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
     permissions:
       contents: write
-      packages: write
+      id-token: write
 
     env:
       PKG_VERSION: "" # will be set in the workflow
@@ -69,9 +71,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 22.x
+          node-version: 24.x
           cache: "npm"
-          scope: '@actions'
 
       - name: Parse version from lerna.json
         run: |
@@ -97,13 +98,6 @@ jobs:
             core.summary.addLink(`Release v${{ env.PKG_VERSION }}`, release.data.html_url);
             await core.summary.write();
 
-      - name: setup authentication
-        run: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> .npmrc
-        env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Publish packages
         run: |
-          lerna publish ${{ env.PKG_VERSION }} --yes --no-git-reset --no-git-tag-version
-        env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          npx lerna publish ${{ env.PKG_VERSION }} --yes --no-git-reset --no-git-tag-version

.prettierignore

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ dist
 *.md
 *.js
 *.json
-*.d.ts
+*.d.ts
+/.nx/workspace-data

expressions/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/expressions",
-  "version": "0.3.42",
+  "version": "0.3.47",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
   "source": "./src/index.ts",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "watch": "tsc --build tsconfig.build.json --watch"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 18"
+    "node": ">= 20"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist/**/*"

expressions/src/features.test.ts

@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ describe("FeatureFlags", () => {
       expect(flags.getEnabledFeatures()).toEqual([
         "missingInputsQuickfix",
         "blockScalarChompingWarning",
-        "allowCaseFunction"
+        "allowCaseFunction",
+        "allowCronTimezone",
+        "allowCopilotRequestsPermission"
       ]);
     });
   });

expressions/src/features.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ export interface ExperimentalFeatures {
    * @default false
    */
   allowCaseFunction?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Enable the timezone input in cron schedule mappings.
+   * @default false
+   */
+  allowCronTimezone?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Enable the copilot-requests permission in workflow permissions.
+   * @default false
+   */
+  allowCopilotRequestsPermission?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -48,7 +60,9 @@ export type ExperimentalFeatureKey = Exclude<keyof ExperimentalFeatures, "all">;
 const allFeatureKeys: ExperimentalFeatureKey[] = [
   "missingInputsQuickfix",
   "blockScalarChompingWarning",
-  "allowCaseFunction"
+  "allowCaseFunction",
+  "allowCronTimezone",
+  "allowCopilotRequestsPermission"
 ];
 
 export class FeatureFlags {

languageserver/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/languageserver",
-  "version": "0.3.42",
+  "version": "0.3.47",
   "description": "Language server for GitHub Actions",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
     "actions-languageserver": "./bin/actions-languageserver"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/languageservice": "^0.3.42",
-    "@actions/workflow-parser": "^0.3.42",
+    "@actions/languageservice": "^0.3.47",
+    "@actions/workflow-parser": "^0.3.47",
     "@octokit/rest": "^21.1.1",
     "@octokit/types": "^9.0.0",
     "vscode-languageserver": "^8.0.2",
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "yaml": "^2.1.3"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 18"
+    "node": ">= 20"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist/**/*",
@@ -73,9 +73,10 @@
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.2.1",
     "fetch-mock": "^9.11.0",
     "jest": "^29.0.3",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "prettier": "^2.8.3",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "ts-jest": "^29.0.3",
-    "typescript": "^4.8.4"
+    "typescript": "^5.8.3"
   }
 }

languageservice/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/languageservice",
-  "version": "0.3.42",
+  "version": "0.3.47",
   "description": "Language service for GitHub Actions",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@
     "watch": "tsc --build tsconfig.build.json --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/expressions": "^0.3.42",
-    "@actions/workflow-parser": "^0.3.42",
+    "@actions/expressions": "^0.3.47",
+    "@actions/workflow-parser": "^0.3.47",
     "vscode-languageserver-textdocument": "^1.0.7",
     "vscode-languageserver-types": "^3.17.2",
     "vscode-uri": "^3.0.8",
     "yaml": "^2.1.1"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 18"
+    "node": ">= 20"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist/**/*"
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "ts-jest": "^29.0.3",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
-    "typescript": "^4.8.4"
+    "typescript": "^5.8.3"
   }
 }

languageservice/src/complete.test.ts

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ describe("completion", () => {
     const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input));
 
     expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
-    // 12 runner labels + 2 escape hatches (switch to list, switch to full syntax)
-    expect(result.length).toEqual(14);
+    // 28 runner labels + 2 escape hatches (switch to list, switch to full syntax)
+    expect(result.length).toEqual(30);
     const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
     expect(labels).toContain("macos-latest");
     expect(labels).toContain("(switch to list)");
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input));
 
     expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(result.length).toEqual(11);
+    expect(result.length).toEqual(27);
 
     const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
     expect(labels).toContain("macos-latest");
@@ -925,3 +925,121 @@ jobs:
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("schedule timezone completion", () => {
+  it("includes timezone when allowCronTimezone is enabled", async () => {
+    const input = `on:
+  schedule:
+    - |`;
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input), {
+      featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCronTimezone: true})
+    });
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
+    const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
+    expect(labels).toContain("cron");
+    expect(labels).toContain("timezone");
+  });
+
+  it("excludes timezone when allowCronTimezone is disabled", async () => {
+    const input = `on:
+  schedule:
+    - |`;
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input), {
+      featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCronTimezone: false})
+    });
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
+    const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
+    expect(labels).toContain("cron");
+    expect(labels).not.toContain("timezone");
+  });
+
+  it("excludes timezone when no feature flags are provided", async () => {
+    const input = `on:
+  schedule:
+    - |`;
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input));
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
+    const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
+    expect(labels).toContain("cron");
+    expect(labels).not.toContain("timezone");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("permissions copilot-requests completion", () => {
+  it("includes copilot-requests when allowCopilotRequestsPermission is enabled", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+permissions:
+  |`;
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input), {
+      featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCopilotRequestsPermission: true})
+    });
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
+    const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
+    expect(labels).toContain("actions");
+    expect(labels).toContain("copilot-requests");
+  });
+
+  it("excludes copilot-requests when allowCopilotRequestsPermission is disabled", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+permissions:
+  |`;
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input), {
+      featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCopilotRequestsPermission: false})
+    });
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
+    const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
+    expect(labels).toContain("actions");
+    expect(labels).not.toContain("copilot-requests");
+  });
+
+  it("excludes copilot-requests when no feature flags are provided", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+permissions:
+  |`;
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input));
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
+    const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
+    expect(labels).toContain("actions");
+    expect(labels).not.toContain("copilot-requests");
+  });
+
+  it("includes copilot-requests in job-level permissions when allowCopilotRequestsPermission is enabled", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      |`;
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input), {
+      featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCopilotRequestsPermission: true})
+    });
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
+    const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
+    expect(labels).toContain("actions");
+    expect(labels).toContain("copilot-requests");
+  });
+
+  it("excludes copilot-requests from job-level permissions when allowCopilotRequestsPermission is disabled", async () => {
+    const input = `on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      |`;
+    const result = await complete(...getPositionFromCursor(input), {
+      featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCopilotRequestsPermission: false})
+    });
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
+    const labels = result.map(x => x.label);
+    expect(labels).toContain("actions");
+    expect(labels).not.toContain("copilot-requests");
+  });
+});

languageservice/src/complete.ts

@@ -163,6 +163,19 @@ export async function complete(
     values = filterActionRunsCompletions(values, path, parsedTemplate.value);
   }
 
+  // Filter `timezone` from schedule completions when the feature flag is disabled
+  if (!config?.featureFlags?.isEnabled("allowCronTimezone") && parent?.definition?.key === "schedule") {
+    values = values.filter(v => v.label !== "timezone");
+  }
+
+  // Filter `copilot-requests` from permissions completions when the feature flag is disabled
+  if (
+    !config?.featureFlags?.isEnabled("allowCopilotRequestsPermission") &&
+    parent?.definition?.key === "permissions-mapping"
+  ) {
+    values = values.filter(v => v.label !== "copilot-requests");
+  }
+
   // Offer "(switch to list)" / "(switch to mapping)" when the schema allows alternative forms
   const escapeHatches = getEscapeHatchCompletions(token, keyToken, indentString, newPos, schema);
   values.push(...escapeHatches);

languageservice/src/hover.test.ts

@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ jobs:
 `;
     const result = await hover(...getPositionFromCursor(input));
     expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(result?.contents).toEqual("");
+    expect(result?.contents).toEqual(
+      "A cron expression that represents a schedule. A scheduled workflow will run at most once every 5 minutes."
+    );
   });
 
   it("on an invalid cron schedule", async () => {
@@ -130,7 +132,9 @@ jobs:
 `;
     const result = await hover(...getPositionFromCursor(input));
     expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(result?.contents).toEqual("");
+    expect(result?.contents).toEqual(
+      "A cron expression that represents a schedule. A scheduled workflow will run at most once every 5 minutes."
+    );
   });
 
   it("shows context inherited from parent nodes", async () => {
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
     const result = await hover(...getPositionFromCursor(input), testHoverConfig("uses", "step-uses", undefined));
     expect(result).not.toBeUndefined();
     expect(result?.contents).toEqual(
-      "Selects an action to run as part of a step in your job. An action is a reusable unit of code. You can use an action defined in the same repository as the workflow, a public repository, or in a published Docker container image."
+      "Selects an action to run as part of a step in your job. An action is a reusable unit of code. You can use an action defined in the same repository as the workflow, a public repository, a [private repository with access enabled](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/enabling-features-for-your-repository/managing-github-actions-settings-for-a-repository#allowing-access-to-components-in-a-private-repository), or in a published Docker container image."
     );
   });
 });

languageservice/src/validate-action.test.ts

@@ -1011,4 +1011,255 @@ runs:
       expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.code === "format-arg-count-mismatch")).toBe(true);
     });
   });
+
+  describe("if condition context validation", () => {
+    it("warns on unknown context in composite step if", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown context in if
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - if: foo == bar
+      run: echo hi
+      shell: bash
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized named-value"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("warns on unknown context in pre-if for node action", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown context in pre-if
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: index.js
+  pre: setup.js
+  pre-if: foo == bar
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized named-value"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("warns on unknown context in post-if for node action", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown context in post-if
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: index.js
+  post: cleanup.js
+  post-if: foo == bar
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized named-value"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("warns on unknown context in pre-if for docker action", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown context in pre-if
+runs:
+  using: docker
+  image: Dockerfile
+  pre-entrypoint: /setup.sh
+  pre-if: foo == bar
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized named-value"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("warns on unknown context in post-if for docker action", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown context in post-if
+runs:
+  using: docker
+  image: Dockerfile
+  post-entrypoint: /cleanup.sh
+  post-if: foo == bar
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized named-value"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("allows valid contexts in composite step if", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Valid context in if
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - if: github.event_name == 'push'
+      run: echo hi
+      shell: bash
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized named-value"))).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("allows valid contexts in pre-if", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Valid context in pre-if
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: index.js
+  pre: setup.js
+  pre-if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized named-value"))).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("allows valid contexts in post-if", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Valid context in post-if
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: index.js
+  post: cleanup.js
+  post-if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized named-value"))).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("allows hashFiles function in composite step if", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: hashFiles in if
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - if: hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') != ''
+      run: echo hi
+      shell: bash
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized"))).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("allows success, failure, always, cancelled functions in composite step if", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Status functions in if
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - if: success() && !cancelled()
+      run: echo success
+      shell: bash
+    - if: failure()
+      run: echo failure
+      shell: bash
+    - if: always()
+      run: echo always
+      shell: bash
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized"))).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("allows hashFiles function in pre-if", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: hashFiles in pre-if
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: index.js
+  pre: setup.js
+  pre-if: hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') != ''
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized"))).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("allows status functions in post-if", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Status functions in post-if
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: index.js
+  post: cleanup.js
+  post-if: always() || failure()
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized"))).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("errors on unknown function in composite step if", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown function in if
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - if: unknownFunc()
+      run: echo hi
+      shell: bash
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized function"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("errors on unknown function in pre-if for node action", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown function in pre-if
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: index.js
+  pre: setup.js
+  pre-if: unknownFunc()
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized function"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("errors on unknown function in post-if for node action", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown function in post-if
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: index.js
+  post: cleanup.js
+  post-if: unknownFunc()
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized function"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("errors on unknown function in pre-if for docker action", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown function in pre-if
+runs:
+  using: docker
+  image: Dockerfile
+  pre-entrypoint: /setup.sh
+  pre-if: unknownFunc()
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized function"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("errors on unknown function in post-if for docker action", async () => {
+      const doc = createActionDocument(`
+name: My Action
+description: Unknown function in post-if
+runs:
+  using: docker
+  image: Dockerfile
+  post-entrypoint: /cleanup.sh
+  post-if: unknownFunc()
+`);
+      const diagnostics = await validate(doc);
+      expect(diagnostics.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized function"))).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
 });

languageservice/src/validate-action.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 
 import {Lexer, Parser} from "@actions/expressions";
 import {Expr} from "@actions/expressions/ast";
-import {isBasicExpression, isMapping, isString} from "@actions/workflow-parser";
+import {isMapping, isString} from "@actions/workflow-parser";
 import {isActionStep} from "@actions/workflow-parser/model/type-guards";
 import {ErrorPolicy} from "@actions/workflow-parser/model/convert";
+import {ActionTemplate} from "@actions/workflow-parser/actions/action-template";
 import {ensureStatusFunction} from "@actions/workflow-parser/model/converter/if-condition";
 import {splitAllowedContext} from "@actions/workflow-parser/templates/allowed-context";
 import {BasicExpressionToken} from "@actions/workflow-parser/templates/tokens/basic-expression-token";
@@ -75,7 +76,15 @@ export async function validateAction(textDocument: TextDocument, config?: Valida
       return [];
     }
 
-    // Get schema errors
+    // Convert the action template (this may add validation errors for pre-if/post-if)
+    let template: ActionTemplate | undefined;
+    if (result.value) {
+      template = getOrConvertActionTemplate(result.context, result.value, textDocument.uri, {
+        errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.TryConversion
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Get schema and conversion errors (must be after conversion to include conversion errors)
     const schemaErrors = result.context.errors.getErrors();
 
     // Run custom runs key validation, which also filters redundant schema errors in place
@@ -103,13 +112,9 @@ export async function validateAction(textDocument: TextDocument, config?: Valida
     }
 
     // Validate composite action steps if we have a parsed result
-    if (result.value) {
-      const template = getOrConvertActionTemplate(result.context, result.value, textDocument.uri, {
-        errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.TryConversion
-      });
-
+    if (result.value && template) {
       // Only composite actions have steps to validate
-      if (template?.runs?.using === "composite") {
+      if (template.runs?.using === "composite") {
         const steps = template.runs.steps ?? [];
 
         // Find the steps sequence token from the raw parsed result
@@ -125,22 +130,16 @@ export async function validateAction(textDocument: TextDocument, config?: Valida
               await validateActionReference(diagnostics, stepToken, step, config);
             }
 
-            // Validate step tokens (uses format, if conditions)
+            // Validate step uses format
             if (isMapping(stepToken)) {
-              validateCompositeStepTokens(diagnostics, stepToken);
+              validateStepUsesField(diagnostics, stepToken);
             }
           }
         }
       }
 
-      // Validate pre-if and post-if for node and docker actions
-      const runsMapping = findRunsMapping(result.value);
-      if (runsMapping) {
-        validateRunsIfConditions(diagnostics, runsMapping);
-      }
-
-      // Validate format() calls in all expressions throughout the action
-      validateAllExpressions(diagnostics, result.value);
+      // Single traversal for all expression validation (like workflow's additionalValidations)
+      validateAllTokens(diagnostics, result.value);
     }
   } catch (e) {
     error(`Unhandled error while validating action file: ${(e as Error).message}`);
@@ -150,93 +149,124 @@ export async function validateAction(textDocument: TextDocument, config?: Valida
 }
 
 /**
- * Validates tokens within a composite action step.
- * Checks `uses` format and `if` literal text detection.
+ * Validates the `uses` field format in a composite action step.
  */
-function validateCompositeStepTokens(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], stepToken: MappingToken): void {
+function validateStepUsesField(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], stepToken: MappingToken): void {
   for (let i = 0; i < stepToken.count; i++) {
     const {key, value} = stepToken.get(i);
     const keyStr = isString(key) ? key.value.toLowerCase() : "";
 
-    // Validate `uses` field format
     if (keyStr === "uses" && isString(value)) {
       validateStepUsesFormat(diagnostics, value);
     }
-
-    // Validate `if` field for literal text outside expressions
-    if (keyStr === "if" && value.range) {
-      if (isString(value)) {
-        // Plain string if condition (no ${{ }} markers)
-        validateIfCondition(diagnostics, value);
-      } else if (isBasicExpression(value)) {
-        // Expression token - check for format() with literal text
-        // This happens when the parser converts "push == ${{ expr }}" to format('push == {0}', expr)
-        validateIfConditionExpression(diagnostics, value);
-      }
-    }
   }
 }
 
 /**
- * Validates an `if` condition (StringToken).
- * Checks for literal text outside expressions and validates format() calls.
+ * Single traversal validation for all tokens in the action template.
+ * This follows the same pattern as workflow validation's additionalValidations:
+ * - For BasicExpressionToken: validate format() calls
+ * - For StringToken on if conditions: validate literal text detection and format() calls
+ * - For pre-if/post-if with explicit ${{ }}: report error (not supported by runner)
+ *
+ * Context validation (unknown named values) is handled by workflow-parser during conversion.
  */
-function validateIfCondition(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], token: StringToken): void {
+function validateAllTokens(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], root: TemplateToken): void {
+  for (const [parent, token] of TemplateToken.traverse(root)) {
+    const definitionKey = token.definition?.key;
+
+    // Validate all BasicExpressionToken instances for format() calls
+    if (token instanceof BasicExpressionToken && token.range) {
+      // Check for literal text in if conditions (format with literal text)
+      if (definitionKey === "step-if") {
+        validateIfLiteralText(diagnostics, token);
+      }
+
+      // Validate format() calls for all expressions
+      for (const expression of token.originalExpressions || [token]) {
+        validateExpressionFormatCalls(diagnostics, expression);
+      }
+
+      // Check for explicit ${{ }} in pre-if/post-if (not supported by runner)
+      if (definitionKey === "runs-if" && parent instanceof MappingToken) {
+        // Resolve the key name (pre-if or post-if) from parent mapping
+        let keyName: string | undefined;
+        for (let i = 0; i < parent.count; i++) {
+          const {key, value} = parent.get(i);
+          if (value === token) {
+            keyName = key.toString().toLowerCase();
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (keyName) {
+          diagnostics.push({
+            message: `Explicit expression syntax \${{ }} is not supported for '${keyName}'. Remove the \${{ }} markers and use the expression directly.`,
+            range: mapRange(token.range),
+            severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
+            code: "explicit-expression-not-allowed"
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Handle implicit if conditions (StringToken without ${{ }})
+    // These allow expression syntax without the markers
+    if (isString(token) && token.range) {
+      if (definitionKey === "step-if" || definitionKey === "runs-if") {
+        validateImplicitIfCondition(diagnostics, token);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const LITERAL_TEXT_IN_CONDITION_MESSAGE =
+  "Conditional expression contains literal text outside replacement tokens. This will cause the expression to always evaluate to truthy. Did you mean to put the entire expression inside ${{ }}?";
+const LITERAL_TEXT_IN_CONDITION_CODE = "expression-literal-text-in-condition";
+
+/**
+ * Validates an implicit if condition (StringToken without ${{ }}).
+ * Checks for literal text detection and validates format() calls.
+ */
+function validateImplicitIfCondition(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], token: StringToken): void {
   const condition = token.value.trim();
   if (!condition) {
     return;
   }
 
-  // Get allowed context for step-if from the token's definition
   const allowedContext = token.definitionInfo?.allowedContext || [];
   const {namedContexts, functions} = splitAllowedContext(allowedContext);
 
   // Ensure the condition has a status function, wrapping if needed
   const finalCondition = ensureStatusFunction(condition, token.definitionInfo);
 
-  // Create a BasicExpressionToken for validation
-  const expressionToken = new BasicExpressionToken(
-    token.file,
-    token.range,
-    finalCondition,
-    token.definitionInfo,
-    undefined,
-    token.source,
-    undefined,
-    token.blockScalarHeader
-  );
-
-  // Check for literal text in the expression (format with literal text)
   try {
-    const l = new Lexer(expressionToken.expression);
+    const l = new Lexer(finalCondition);
     const lr = l.lex();
     const p = new Parser(lr.tokens, namedContexts, functions);
     const expr = p.parse();
 
+    // Check for literal text in the expression (format with literal text)
     if (hasFormatWithLiteralText(expr)) {
       diagnostics.push({
-        message:
-          "Conditional expression contains literal text outside replacement tokens. This will cause the expression to always evaluate to truthy. Did you mean to put the entire expression inside ${{ }}?",
+        message: LITERAL_TEXT_IN_CONDITION_MESSAGE,
         range: mapRange(token.range),
         severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
-        code: "expression-literal-text-in-condition"
+        code: LITERAL_TEXT_IN_CONDITION_CODE
       });
     }
 
     // Validate format() function calls
     validateFormatCallsAndAddDiagnostics(diagnostics, expr, token.range);
   } catch {
-    // Ignore parse errors here - they'll be caught by schema validation
+    // Ignore parse errors - they'll be caught by schema validation or workflow-parser
   }
 }
 
 /**
- * Validates an `if` condition (BasicExpressionToken).
- * Checks for literal text outside expressions.
- * Called when the parser has converted "push == ${{ expr }}" to format('push == {0}', expr).
- * Note: format() validation is handled by validateAllExpressions for BasicExpressionTokens.
+ * Validates a BasicExpressionToken for literal text in if conditions.
  */
-function validateIfConditionExpression(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], token: BasicExpressionToken): void {
+function validateIfLiteralText(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], token: BasicExpressionToken): void {
   const allowedContext = token.definitionInfo?.allowedContext || [];
   const {namedContexts, functions} = splitAllowedContext(allowedContext);
 
@@ -248,16 +278,33 @@ function validateIfConditionExpression(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], token: BasicEx
 
     if (hasFormatWithLiteralText(expr)) {
       diagnostics.push({
-        message:
-          "Conditional expression contains literal text outside replacement tokens. This will cause the expression to always evaluate to truthy. Did you mean to put the entire expression inside ${{ }}?",
+        message: LITERAL_TEXT_IN_CONDITION_MESSAGE,
         range: mapRange(token.range),
         severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
-        code: "expression-literal-text-in-condition"
+        code: LITERAL_TEXT_IN_CONDITION_CODE
       });
     }
-    // Note: format() validation is done by validateAllExpressions() for all BasicExpressionTokens
   } catch {
-    // Ignore parse errors here - they'll be caught by schema validation
+    // Ignore parse errors - they'll be caught by schema validation or workflow-parser
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Validates format() function calls in an expression token.
+ */
+function validateExpressionFormatCalls(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], token: BasicExpressionToken): void {
+  const allowedContext = token.definitionInfo?.allowedContext || [];
+  const {namedContexts, functions} = splitAllowedContext(allowedContext);
+
+  try {
+    const l = new Lexer(token.expression);
+    const lr = l.lex();
+    const p = new Parser(lr.tokens, namedContexts, functions);
+    const expr = p.parse();
+
+    validateFormatCallsAndAddDiagnostics(diagnostics, expr, token.range);
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore parse errors - they'll be caught by schema validation
   }
 }
 
@@ -304,77 +351,6 @@ function findStepsSequence(root: TemplateToken): SequenceToken | undefined {
   return undefined;
 }
 
-/**
- * Find the runs mapping token from the raw action template.
- */
-function findRunsMapping(root: TemplateToken): MappingToken | undefined {
-  if (root instanceof MappingToken) {
-    for (let i = 0; i < root.count; i++) {
-      const {key, value} = root.get(i);
-      if (key.toString().toLowerCase() === "runs" && value instanceof MappingToken) {
-        return value;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return undefined;
-}
-
-/**
- * Validates pre-if and post-if conditions at the runs level (for node and docker actions).
- * Checks for literal text outside expressions that would always be truthy.
- */
-function validateRunsIfConditions(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], runsMapping: MappingToken): void {
-  for (let i = 0; i < runsMapping.count; i++) {
-    const {key, value} = runsMapping.get(i);
-    const keyStr = key.toString().toLowerCase();
-
-    // Validate pre-if and post-if fields for literal text
-    if ((keyStr === "pre-if" || keyStr === "post-if") && value.range) {
-      if (isString(value)) {
-        // Plain string condition (no ${{ }} markers)
-        validateIfCondition(diagnostics, value);
-      } else if (isBasicExpression(value)) {
-        // The runner doesn't support explicit ${{ }} syntax for pre-if/post-if
-        // Only implicit expressions are allowed
-        diagnostics.push({
-          message: `Explicit expression syntax \${{ }} is not supported for '${keyStr}'. Remove the \${{ }} markers and use the expression directly.`,
-          range: mapRange(value.range),
-          severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
-          code: "explicit-expression-not-allowed"
-        });
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * Validates format() function calls in all expressions throughout the action template.
- * This catches format string errors in any expression, not just if conditions.
- */
-function validateAllExpressions(diagnostics: Diagnostic[], root: TemplateToken): void {
-  for (const [, token] of TemplateToken.traverse(root)) {
-    if (token instanceof BasicExpressionToken) {
-      // Process original expressions if available (for combined expressions like "${{ a }} text ${{ b }}")
-      // This ensures error ranges point to the correct original expression location
-      for (const expression of token.originalExpressions || [token]) {
-        const allowedContext = expression.definitionInfo?.allowedContext || [];
-        const {namedContexts, functions} = splitAllowedContext(allowedContext);
-
-        try {
-          const l = new Lexer(expression.expression);
-          const lr = l.lex();
-          const p = new Parser(lr.tokens, namedContexts, functions);
-          const expr = p.parse();
-
-          validateFormatCallsAndAddDiagnostics(diagnostics, expr, expression.range);
-        } catch {
-          // Ignore parse errors - they'll be caught by schema validation
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Validates that the keys under `runs:` are valid for the specified `using:` type.
  * Also filters out schema errors (in place) that this validation replaces with more specific messages.

languageservice/src/validate.expressions-literal-text.test.ts

@@ -160,6 +160,21 @@ jobs:
         })
       );
     });
+
+    it("errors on unknown context in plain string if condition", async () => {
+      const input = `
+on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - if: foo == bar
+        run: echo hi
+`;
+      const result = await validate(createDocument("wf.yaml", input));
+
+      expect(result.some(d => d.message.includes("Unrecognized named-value"))).toBe(true);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("snapshot-if", () => {

languageservice/src/validate.ts

@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ async function validateWorkflow(textDocument: TextDocument, config?: ValidationC
       // Errors will be updated in the context. Attempt to do the conversion anyway in order to give the user more information
       const template = await getOrConvertWorkflowTemplate(result.context, result.value, textDocument.uri, config, {
         fetchReusableWorkflowDepth: config?.fileProvider ? 1 : 0,
-        errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.TryConversion
+        errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.TryConversion,
+        featureFlags: config?.featureFlags
       });
 
       // Validate expressions and value providers

languageservice/src/value-providers/default.ts

@@ -4,19 +4,36 @@ import {reusableJobInputs} from "./reusable-job-inputs.js";
 import {reusableJobSecrets} from "./reusable-job-secrets.js";
 import {stringsToValues} from "./strings-to-values.js";
 
+// Refer to: https://github.com/actions/runner-images?tab=readme-ov-file#available-images
 export const DEFAULT_RUNNER_LABELS = [
-  "ubuntu-latest",
-  "ubuntu-24.04",
-  "ubuntu-22.04",
-  "ubuntu-20.04",
-  "ubuntu-slim",
-  "windows-latest",
-  "windows-2022",
-  "windows-2019",
-  "macos-latest",
-  "macos-15",
+  "codespaces-prebuild",
+  "macos-13",
+  "macos-13-large",
+  "macos-13-xlarge",
   "macos-14",
-  "self-hosted"
+  "macos-14-large",
+  "macos-14-xlarge",
+  "macos-15",
+  "macos-15-intel",
+  "macos-15-large",
+  "macos-15-xlarge",
+  "macos-26",
+  "macos-26-large",
+  "macos-26-xlarge",
+  "macos-latest",
+  "macos-latest-large",
+  "macos-latest-xlarge",
+  "self-hosted",
+  "ubuntu-22.04",
+  "ubuntu-22.04-arm",
+  "ubuntu-24.04",
+  "ubuntu-24.04-arm",
+  "ubuntu-latest",
+  "ubuntu-slim",
+  "windows-2022",
+  "windows-2025",
+  "windows-2025-vs2026",
+  "windows-latest"
 ];
 
 const runsOnValueProvider = {

lerna.json

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
     "languageservice",
     "languageserver"
   ],
-  "version": "0.3.42"
+  "version": "0.3.47"
 }

package.json

@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@
     "./languageserver"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "lerna": "^8.2.2",
+    "lerna": "^9.0.0",
     "typescript": "5.8.3"
-  },
-  "overrides": {
-    "typescript": "$typescript"
   }
 }

workflow-parser/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/workflow-parser",
-  "version": "0.3.42",
+  "version": "0.3.47",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
   "source": "./src/index.ts",
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
     "watch": "tsc --build tsconfig.build.json --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/expressions": "^0.3.42",
+    "@actions/expressions": "^0.3.47",
     "cronstrue": "^2.21.0",
     "yaml": "^2.0.0-8"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">= 18"
+    "node": ">= 20"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist/**/*"
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@
     "prettier": "^2.8.3",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
     "ts-jest": "^29.0.3",
-    "typescript": "^4.8.4"
+    "typescript": "^5.8.3"
   }
 }

workflow-parser/src/actions/action-parser.test.ts

@@ -317,4 +317,53 @@ runs:
       }
     }
   });
+
+  it("reports error for invalid context in pre-if", () => {
+    const content = `
+name: Node Action
+description: A node action
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: dist/index.js
+  pre: dist/setup.js
+  pre-if: foo == bar`;
+
+    const result = parseAction({name: "action.yml", content}, nullTrace);
+    expect(result.value).toBeDefined();
+    if (!result.value) return;
+
+    // Should have no errors before conversion
+    expect(result.context.errors.count).toBe(0);
+
+    // Convert the template - this should add the validation error
+    convertActionTemplate(result.context, result.value);
+
+    // Should have an error now about invalid context
+    expect(result.context.errors.count).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    const errors = result.context.errors.getErrors();
+    expect(errors.some(e => e.rawMessage.includes("foo"))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts valid context in pre-if", () => {
+    const content = `
+name: Node Action
+description: A node action
+runs:
+  using: node20
+  main: dist/index.js
+  pre: dist/setup.js
+  pre-if: runner.os == 'Linux'`;
+
+    const result = parseAction({name: "action.yml", content}, nullTrace);
+    expect(result.value).toBeDefined();
+    if (!result.value) return;
+
+    const template = convertActionTemplate(result.context, result.value);
+
+    // Should have no errors
+    expect(result.context.errors.count).toBe(0);
+    if (template.runs.using === "node20") {
+      expect(template.runs.preIf).toBe("runner.os == 'Linux'");
+    }
+  });
 });

workflow-parser/src/actions/action-template.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {TemplateContext} from "../templates/template-context.js";
 import {isBoolean, isMapping, isScalar, isSequence, isString} from "../templates/tokens/type-guards.js";
 import {ErrorPolicy} from "../model/convert.js";
 import {Step} from "../model/workflow-template.js";
-import {convertToIfCondition} from "../model/converter/if-condition.js";
+import {convertToIfCondition, validateRunsIfCondition} from "../model/converter/if-condition.js";
 
 /**
  * Represents a parsed and converted action.yml file
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ function convertRuns(context: TemplateContext, token: TemplateToken): ActionRuns
 
       case "pre-if":
         if (isString(item.value)) {
-          preIf = item.value.value;
+          preIf = validateRunsIfCondition(context, item.value, item.value.value);
         }
         break;
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ function convertRuns(context: TemplateContext, token: TemplateToken): ActionRuns
 
       case "post-if":
         if (isString(item.value)) {
-          postIf = item.value.value;
+          postIf = validateRunsIfCondition(context, item.value, item.value.value);
         }
         break;
 

workflow-parser/src/model/convert.test.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion */
+import {FeatureFlags} from "@actions/expressions/features";
 import {nullTrace} from "../test-utils/null-trace.js";
 import {parseWorkflow} from "../workflows/workflow-parser.js";
 import {convertWorkflowTemplate, ErrorPolicy} from "./convert.js";
@@ -578,4 +579,140 @@ jobs:
       }
     });
   });
+
+  describe("schedule timezone with feature flags", () => {
+    it("allows timezone when allowCronTimezone is enabled", async () => {
+      const result = parseWorkflow(
+        {
+          name: "wf.yaml",
+          content: `on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+      timezone: America/New_York
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest`
+        },
+        nullTrace
+      );
+
+      const template = await convertWorkflowTemplate(result.context, result.value!, undefined, {
+        errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.TryConversion,
+        featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCronTimezone: true})
+      });
+
+      expect(result.context.errors.getErrors()).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(template.events?.schedule).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(template.events?.schedule?.[0]).toEqual({
+        cron: "0 0 * * *",
+        timezone: "America/New_York"
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("reports error when timezone is present but allowCronTimezone is disabled", async () => {
+      const result = parseWorkflow(
+        {
+          name: "wf.yaml",
+          content: `on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+      timezone: America/New_York
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest`
+        },
+        nullTrace
+      );
+
+      const template = await convertWorkflowTemplate(result.context, result.value!, undefined, {
+        errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.TryConversion,
+        featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCronTimezone: false})
+      });
+
+      // When timezone feature is disabled, error points at the timezone key
+      expect(result.context.errors.getErrors()).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(result.context.errors.getErrors()[0].message).toContain("Key 'timezone' is not supported");
+      // Schedule entry is dropped due to unsupported key
+      expect(template.events?.schedule).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it("reports error when timezone is present with no feature flags provided", async () => {
+      const result = parseWorkflow(
+        {
+          name: "wf.yaml",
+          content: `on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+      timezone: America/New_York
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest`
+        },
+        nullTrace
+      );
+
+      await convertWorkflowTemplate(result.context, result.value!, undefined, {
+        errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.TryConversion
+      });
+
+      // Default is timezone disabled, so error points at the timezone key
+      expect(result.context.errors.getErrors()).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(result.context.errors.getErrors()[0].message).toContain("Key 'timezone' is not supported");
+    });
+
+    it("reports error when cron is missing from schedule entry", async () => {
+      const result = parseWorkflow(
+        {
+          name: "wf.yaml",
+          content: `on:
+  schedule:
+    - timezone: America/New_York
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest`
+        },
+        nullTrace
+      );
+
+      const template = await convertWorkflowTemplate(result.context, result.value!, undefined, {
+        errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.TryConversion,
+        featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCronTimezone: true})
+      });
+
+      // Both schema validation and converter report the missing cron
+      expect(result.context.errors.getErrors().length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+      const errorMessages = result.context.errors
+        .getErrors()
+        .map(e => e.message)
+        .join(", ");
+      expect(errorMessages).toMatch(/Required property is missing: cron|Missing required key 'cron'/);
+      expect(template.events?.schedule).toHaveLength(0);
+    });
+
+    it("converts schedule without timezone when allowCronTimezone is enabled", async () => {
+      const result = parseWorkflow(
+        {
+          name: "wf.yaml",
+          content: `on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest`
+        },
+        nullTrace
+      );
+
+      const template = await convertWorkflowTemplate(result.context, result.value!, undefined, {
+        errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.TryConversion,
+        featureFlags: new FeatureFlags({allowCronTimezone: true})
+      });
+
+      expect(result.context.errors.getErrors()).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(template.events?.schedule).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(template.events?.schedule?.[0]).toEqual({
+        cron: "0 0 * * *"
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });

workflow-parser/src/model/convert.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {FeatureFlags} from "@actions/expressions/features";
 import {TemplateContext} from "../templates/template-context.js";
 import {TemplateToken, TemplateTokenError} from "../templates/tokens/template-token.js";
 import {FileProvider} from "../workflows/file-provider.js";
@@ -37,12 +38,18 @@ export type WorkflowTemplateConverterOptions = {
    * By default, conversion will be skipped if there are errors in the {@link TemplateContext}.
    */
   errorPolicy?: ErrorPolicy;
+
+  /**
+   * Optional feature flags to control which experimental features are enabled.
+   */
+  featureFlags?: FeatureFlags;
 };
 
 const defaultOptions: Required<WorkflowTemplateConverterOptions> = {
   maxReusableWorkflowDepth: 4,
   fetchReusableWorkflowDepth: 0,
-  errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.ReturnErrorsOnly
+  errorPolicy: ErrorPolicy.ReturnErrorsOnly,
+  featureFlags: new FeatureFlags()
 };
 
 export async function convertWorkflowTemplate(
@@ -54,6 +61,11 @@ export async function convertWorkflowTemplate(
   const result = {} as WorkflowTemplate;
   const opts = getOptionsWithDefaults(options);
 
+  // Store feature flags in context state so converters can access them
+  if (opts.featureFlags) {
+    context.state["featureFlags"] = opts.featureFlags;
+  }
+
   if (context.errors.getErrors().length > 0 && opts.errorPolicy === ErrorPolicy.ReturnErrorsOnly) {
     result.errors = context.errors.getErrors().map(x => ({
       Message: x.message
@@ -142,6 +154,7 @@ function getOptionsWithDefaults(options: WorkflowTemplateConverterOptions): Requ
       options.fetchReusableWorkflowDepth !== undefined
         ? options.fetchReusableWorkflowDepth
         : defaultOptions.fetchReusableWorkflowDepth,
-    errorPolicy: options.errorPolicy !== undefined ? options.errorPolicy : defaultOptions.errorPolicy
+    errorPolicy: options.errorPolicy !== undefined ? options.errorPolicy : defaultOptions.errorPolicy,
+    featureFlags: options.featureFlags ?? defaultOptions.featureFlags
   };
 }

workflow-parser/src/model/converter/events.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import {FeatureFlags} from "@actions/expressions/features";
 import {TemplateContext} from "../../templates/template-context.js";
 import {MappingToken} from "../../templates/tokens/mapping-token.js";
 import {SequenceToken} from "../../templates/tokens/sequence-token.js";
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ export function convertOn(context: TemplateContext, token: TemplateToken): Event
       // Schedule is the only event that can be a sequence, handle that separately
       if (eventName === "schedule") {
         const scheduleToken = item.value.assertSequence(`event ${eventName}`);
-        result.schedule = convertSchedule(context, scheduleToken);
+        const featureFlags = context.state["featureFlags"] as FeatureFlags | undefined;
+        result.schedule = convertSchedule(context, scheduleToken, featureFlags);
         continue;
       }
 
@@ -147,25 +149,47 @@ function convertFilter<T extends TypesFilterConfig & WorkflowFilterConfig & Vers
   return result;
 }
 
-function convertSchedule(context: TemplateContext, token: SequenceToken): ScheduleConfig[] | undefined {
+function convertSchedule(
+  context: TemplateContext,
+  token: SequenceToken,
+  featureFlags?: FeatureFlags
+): ScheduleConfig[] | undefined {
+  const flags = featureFlags ?? new FeatureFlags();
+  const allowTimezone = flags.isEnabled("allowCronTimezone");
   const result = [] as ScheduleConfig[];
+
   for (const item of token) {
     const mappingToken = item.assertMapping(`event schedule`);
-    if (mappingToken.count == 1) {
-      const schedule = mappingToken.get(0);
-      const scheduleKey = schedule.key.assertString(`schedule key`);
-      if (scheduleKey.value == "cron") {
-        const cron = schedule.value.assertString(`schedule cron`);
-        // Validate the cron string
+    const config: ScheduleConfig = {cron: ""};
+    let valid = true;
+
+    for (const entry of mappingToken) {
+      const key = entry.key.assertString(`schedule key`);
+
+      if (key.value === "cron") {
+        const cron = entry.value.assertString(`schedule cron`);
         if (!isValidCron(cron.value)) {
           context.error(cron, "Invalid cron expression. Expected format: '* * * * *' (minute hour day month weekday)");
         }
-        result.push({cron: cron.value});
+        config.cron = cron.value;
+      } else if (key.value === "timezone") {
+        if (allowTimezone) {
+          const timezone = entry.value.assertString(`schedule timezone`);
+          config.timezone = timezone.value;
+        } else {
+          context.error(key, `Key 'timezone' is not supported`);
+          valid = false;
+        }
       } else {
-        context.error(scheduleKey, `Invalid schedule key`);
+        context.error(key, `Invalid schedule key`);
+        valid = false;
       }
-    } else {
-      context.error(mappingToken, "Invalid format for 'schedule'");
+    }
+
+    if (valid && config.cron) {
+      result.push(config);
+    } else if (valid && !config.cron) {
+      context.error(mappingToken, "Missing required key 'cron' in schedule entry");
     }
   }
 

workflow-parser/src/model/converter/if-condition.ts

@@ -136,3 +136,32 @@ function walkTreeToFindStatusFunctionCalls(tree: Expr | undefined): boolean {
 
   return false;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Validates a pre-if or post-if condition string.
+ * Unlike step if conditions, pre-if and post-if are evaluated as-is by the runner
+ * (they default to always() only when the field is missing entirely).
+ * This function validates the expression and reports errors through the context.
+ *
+ * @param context The template context for error reporting
+ * @param token The token containing the condition
+ * @param condition The condition string to validate
+ * @returns The validated condition string, or undefined on error
+ */
+export function validateRunsIfCondition(
+  context: TemplateContext,
+  token: TemplateToken,
+  condition: string
+): string | undefined {
+  const allowedContext = token.definitionInfo?.allowedContext || [];
+
+  // Validate the expression directly - no wrapping needed for pre-if/post-if
+  try {
+    ExpressionToken.validateExpression(condition, allowedContext);
+  } catch (err) {
+    context.error(token, err as Error);
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  return condition;
+}

workflow-parser/src/model/workflow-template.ts

@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ export type SecretConfig = {
 
 export type ScheduleConfig = {
   cron: string;
+  timezone?: string;
 };
 
 export type WorkflowFilterConfig = {

workflow-parser/src/workflow-v1.0.json

@@ -1602,6 +1602,10 @@
             "type": "permission-level-any",
             "description": "Repository contents, commits, branches, downloads, releases, and merges."
           },
+          "copilot-requests": {
+            "type": "permission-level-write-or-no-access",
+            "description": "GitHub Copilot requests."
+          },
           "deployments": {
             "type": "permission-level-any",
             "description": "Deployments and deployment statuses."
@@ -2172,7 +2176,7 @@
       }
     },
     "step-uses": {
-      "description": "Selects an action to run as part of a step in your job. An action is a reusable unit of code. You can use an action defined in the same repository as the workflow, a public repository, or in a published Docker container image.",
+      "description": "Selects an action to run as part of a step in your job. An action is a reusable unit of code. You can use an action defined in the same repository as the workflow, a public repository, a [private repository with access enabled](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/enabling-features-for-your-repository/managing-github-actions-settings-for-a-repository#allowing-access-to-components-in-a-private-repository), or in a published Docker container image.",
       "string": {
         "require-non-empty": true
       }
@@ -2620,14 +2624,25 @@
     "cron-mapping": {
       "mapping": {
         "properties": {
-          "cron": "cron-pattern"
+          "cron": {
+            "type": "cron-pattern",
+            "required": true
+          },
+          "timezone": "timezone-string"
         }
       }
     },
     "cron-pattern": {
+      "description": "A cron expression that represents a schedule. A scheduled workflow will run at most once every 5 minutes.",
+      "string": {
+        "require-non-empty": true
+      }
+    },
+    "timezone-string": {
+      "description": "A string that represents the time zone a scheduled workflow will run relative to in IANA format (e.g. 'America/New_York' or 'Europe/London'). If omitted, the workflow will run relative to midnight UTC.",
       "string": {
         "require-non-empty": true
       }
     }
   }
-}
+}