Failed activation step in staged mode

A user has reported a failing activation pipieline step when using frontmatter such as:

steps:
  - uses: actions/github-script@v8

safe-outputs:
  staged: true`

Error message:

Lockdown mode not explicitly enabled, skipping validation
Repository visibility: unknown
Compiled with strict mode: true
ReferenceError: core is not defined
    at logStagedPreviewInfo (/opt/gh-aw/actions/staged_preview.cjs:43:3)
    at main (/opt/gh-aw/actions/generate_aw_info.cjs:101:5)
    at async eval (eval at callAsyncFunction (/home/runner/work/_actions/actions/github-script/ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd/dist/index.js:36187:16), <anonymous>:4:1)
    at async main (/home/runner/work/_actions/actions/github-script/ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd/dist/index.js:36285:20)
Error: Unhandled error: ReferenceError: core is not defined

Set tools.github.lockdown: false

This will be fixed in future version

fixed in latest release.

What aw version do you have?

What aw version do you have?

gh aw version v0.61.0

Use v0.61.1

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pelikhan commented on Mar 18, 2026

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