Configure OIDC trusted publishing from GitHub Actions to PyPI to eliminate long-lived API tokens
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Steps
On PyPI, add a trusted publisher to the project (or register a pending publisher for a not-yet-created project) specifying the GitHub owner/repo, workflow filename, and optional environment name.
In the GitHub Actions workflow, grant the job id-token: write permission and remove any stored PyPI API token secrets.
Use an OIDC-aware publish action (e.g. pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish) which exchanges the GitHub Actions OIDC token for a short-lived PyPI token automatically.
Restrict the trusted publisher to a specific GitHub environment and require reviewers on that environment as an extra approval gate before publish.
Verify publishes in PyPI's project history show the trusted-publisher identity rather than a manually created token.
Known gotchas
The workflow filename and repo/owner registered on PyPI must exactly match the workflow that runs, or the OIDC exchange is rejected.
Trusted publishing tokens are short-lived and scoped to a single publish action only — they cannot be reused for other API calls such as deleting releases.
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