Skip CLA check for bot accounts

.github/workflows/cla.yml

@@ -23,36 +23,65 @@ jobs:
           private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           owner: blacklanternsecurity
 
-      - name: Check org membership
-        id: membership
+      - name: Check all committers against org and allowlist
+        id: cla-check
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
         run: |
           if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "pull_request_target" ]; then
-            AUTHOR="${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login }}"
+            PR_NUM="${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}"
           else
             PR_NUM="${{ github.event.issue.number }}"
-            AUTHOR=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/$PR_NUM" --jq '.user.login' 2>/dev/null)
-          fi
-          if [ -n "$AUTHOR" ] && gh api "orgs/blacklanternsecurity/members/$AUTHOR" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-            echo "is_member=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "is_member=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
+          COMMITTERS=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/pulls/$PR_NUM/commits" --paginate --jq '.[].author.login' | sort -u)
+          ALL_EXEMPT=true
+
+          for LOGIN in $COMMITTERS; do
+            # treat commits with no associated GitHub login as non-exempt
+            if [ -z "$LOGIN" ] || [ "$LOGIN" = "null" ]; then
+              echo "Unknown committer (no GitHub login) — not exempt"
+              ALL_EXEMPT=false
+              break
+            fi
+
+            EXEMPT=false
+
+            # check if account type is Bot (GitHub App accounts)
+            AUTHOR_TYPE=$(gh api "users/${LOGIN}" --jq '.type' 2>/dev/null || echo "Unknown")
+            if [ "$AUTHOR_TYPE" = "Bot" ]; then
+              echo "$LOGIN is a Bot account — exempt"
+              EXEMPT=true
+            fi
+
+            # check org membership
+            if [ "$EXEMPT" = "false" ]; then
+              if gh api "orgs/blacklanternsecurity/members/$LOGIN" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "$LOGIN is an org member — exempt"
+                EXEMPT=true
+              fi
+            fi
+
+            if [ "$EXEMPT" = "false" ]; then
+              echo "$LOGIN is not exempt — CLA required"
+              ALL_EXEMPT=false
+              break
+            fi
+          done
+          echo "all_exempt=$ALL_EXEMPT" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - name: Skip CLA for org members
-        if: steps.membership.outputs.is_member == 'true' && github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
+      - name: Skip CLA when all committers are exempt
+        if: steps.cla-check.outputs.all_exempt == 'true' && github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           gh api --method POST "repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}" \
             -f state=success \
             -f context="CLAAssistant" \
-            -f description="CLA check skipped — author is an org member"
+            -f description="CLA check skipped — all committers are org members or bots"
 
       - name: "CLA Assistant"
         if: |
-          (steps.membership.outputs.is_member != 'true') &&
+          (steps.cla-check.outputs.all_exempt != 'true') &&
           ((github.event.comment.body == 'recheck' || github.event.comment.body == 'I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA') || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target')
         uses: contributor-assistant/github-action@v2.6.1
         env: