diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarkoor-smoke.yaml b/.github/workflows/benchmarkoor-smoke.yaml
index 1f7b8f0b..7e5da05d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarkoor-smoke.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarkoor-smoke.yaml
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 25
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yaml
index 9f6ad745..2d308163 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yaml
@@ -38,18 +38,18 @@ jobs:
       - self-hosted-ghr
       - size-l-x64
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
-      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@06116385d9baf250c9f4dcb4858b16962ea869c3 # v4.1.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@96fe6ef7f33517b61c61be40b68a1882f3264fb8 # v4.2.0
 
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@d7f5e7f509e45cec5c76c4d5afdd7de93d0b3df5 # v4.1.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c # v4.2.0
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@650006c6eb7dba73a995cc03b0b2d7f5ca915bee # v4.2.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@af1e73f918a031802d376d3c8bbc3fe56130a9b0 # v4.4.0
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7a9acb71..f29aeae1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
-      - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@82606bf257cbaff209d206a39f5134f0cfbfd2ee # v9.2.1
+      - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@ba0d7d2ec06a0ea1cb5fa41b2e4a3ab91d21278a # v9.3.0
 
       - name: Structure lint
         run: ./scripts/lint-structure.sh
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ jobs:
   govulncheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ jobs:
           --health-timeout 3s
           --health-retries 20
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 93a24f50..d4a3beb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -39,20 +39,20 @@ jobs:
   goreleaser-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
-      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@06116385d9baf250c9f4dcb4858b16962ea869c3 # v4.1.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@96fe6ef7f33517b61c61be40b68a1882f3264fb8 # v4.2.0
 
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@d7f5e7f509e45cec5c76c4d5afdd7de93d0b3df5 # v4.1.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c # v4.2.0
 
       - name: GoReleaser dry-run
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@5daf1e915a5f0af01ddbcd89a43b8061ff4f1a89 # v7.2.2
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@f06c13b6b1a9625abc9e6e439d9c05a8f2190e94 # v7.2.3
         with:
           version: '~> v2'
           # Skip sign/sbom in the dry-run: keyless signing needs OIDC (only on
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
   build-sandbox:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
       - name: Build sandbox image
         run: docker build -f sandbox/Dockerfile .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/eval-smoke.yaml b/.github/workflows/eval-smoke.yaml
index 7f2a0922..57a2d9f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eval-smoke.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eval-smoke.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 35
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
       - name: Resolve report identity (branch / commit / publish target)
         id: ident
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "measuring $BRANCH@$SHA (publish=$PUBLISH)"
 
       - name: Set up Go (module + build cache)
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: true
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"   # put `panda` on PATH for the CLI route
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b # v8.1.0
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@11f9893b081a58869d3b5fccaea48c9e9e46f990 # v8.3.2
         with:
           # Keep in sync with the uv pinned in sandbox/Dockerfile.
           version: "0.11.17"
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
         run: uv sync
 
       - name: Set up Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
         with:
           node-version: '22'
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
         # read them off disk instead — server start drops to seconds. Rolling snapshot:
         # run_id key always saves; restore-keys pulls the latest (incl. master's, which
         # every branch can read), so only genuinely-new chunks re-fetch.
-        uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
         with:
           path: ~/.panda/data/cache
           key: panda-embed-cache-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish smoke results check
         # Check run only — the PR comment below carries the results, the report
         # link, and the trace links in one place.
-        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@c950f6fb443cb5af20a377fd0dfaa78838901040 # v2.23.0
+        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@d0a4676d0e0b938bc201470d88276b7c74c712b3 # v2.24.0
         if: always()
         with:
           files: tests/eval/reports/junit.xml
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Comment smoke results (report link + per-question results + traces)
         if: ${{ always() && github.event_name == 'pull_request' && hashFiles('tests/eval/reports/ci/pr_comment.md') != '' }}
-        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@0ea0beb66eb9baf113663a64ec522f60e49231c0 # v3.0.4
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@5770ad5eb8f42dd2c4f34da00c94c5381e49af88 # v3.0.5
         with:
           header: eval-smoke
           path: tests/eval/reports/ci/pr_comment.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/eval.yaml b/.github/workflows/eval.yaml
index c2eb674e..04c0683b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eval.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eval.yaml
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
       - name: Set up Go (module + build cache)
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: true
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"   # put `panda` on PATH for the CLI route
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b # v8.1.0
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@11f9893b081a58869d3b5fccaea48c9e9e46f990 # v8.3.2
         with:
           # Keep in sync with the uv pinned in sandbox/Dockerfile.
           version: "0.11.17"
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
         run: uv sync
 
       - name: Set up Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
         with:
           node-version: '22'
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
           EOF
 
       - name: Cache embedding vectors (server's local vector cache)
-        uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
         with:
           path: ~/.panda/data/cache
           key: panda-embed-cache-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 30
 
       - name: Publish Test Results
-        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@c950f6fb443cb5af20a377fd0dfaa78838901040 # v2.23.0
+        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@d0a4676d0e0b938bc201470d88276b7c74c712b3 # v2.24.0
         if: always()
         with:
           files: tests/eval/reports/junit.xml
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Comment Langfuse trace links
         if: ${{ always() && github.event_name == 'pull_request' && hashFiles('tests/eval/reports/langfuse_links.md') != '' }}
-        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@0ea0beb66eb9baf113663a64ec522f60e49231c0 # v3.0.4
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@5770ad5eb8f42dd2c4f34da00c94c5381e49af88 # v3.0.5
         with:
           header: langfuse-traces
           path: tests/eval/reports/langfuse_links.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
index c15b1741..b3d67708 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/goreleaser.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write        # keyless cosign signing + provenance via OIDC
       attestations: write    # actions/attest-build-provenance
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ jobs:
             echo "latest_tag=latest" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
 
       - name: Verify module checksums
         run: go mod verify
 
-      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@06116385d9baf250c9f4dcb4858b16962ea869c3 # v4.1.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@96fe6ef7f33517b61c61be40b68a1882f3264fb8 # v4.2.0
 
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@d7f5e7f509e45cec5c76c4d5afdd7de93d0b3df5 # v4.1.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c # v4.2.0
 
       # Sigstore cosign for keyless artifact + image signing. The cosign binary is
       # pinned independently of the installer action: cosign v3 defaults sign-blob
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@e22c389904149dbc22b58101806040fa8d37a610 # v0.24.0
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@650006c6eb7dba73a995cc03b0b2d7f5ca915bee # v4.2.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@af1e73f918a031802d376d3c8bbc3fe56130a9b0 # v4.4.0
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
             --push .
 
       - name: Run GoReleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@5daf1e915a5f0af01ddbcd89a43b8061ff4f1a89 # v7.2.2
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@f06c13b6b1a9625abc9e6e439d9c05a8f2190e94 # v7.2.3
         with:
           version: '~> v2'
           args: release --clean --parallelism 0
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
       # SLSA build provenance linking the release artifacts back to this
       # workflow run and source commit. Verify with `gh attestation verify`.
       - name: Attest release artifacts
-        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@a2bbfa25375fe432b6a289bc6b6cd05ecd0c4c32 # v4.1.0
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@0f67c3f4856b2e3261c31976d6725780e5e4c373 # v4.1.1
         with:
           subject-path: |
             dist/checksums.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-eval.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-eval.yaml
index 42327e36..7e2b1907 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-eval.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-eval.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 180
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
       - name: Derive tag
         id: meta
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Set up Go (module + build cache)
-        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
         with:
           go-version-file: go.mod
           cache: true
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ jobs:
           echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"   # put `panda` on PATH for the CLI route
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
 
       - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b # v8.1.0
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@11f9893b081a58869d3b5fccaea48c9e9e46f990 # v8.3.2
         with:
           # Keep in sync with the uv pinned in sandbox/Dockerfile.
           version: "0.11.17"
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         run: uv sync
 
       - name: Set up Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
+        uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
         with:
           node-version: '22'
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
           EOF
 
       - name: Cache embedding vectors (server's local vector cache)
-        uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
         with:
           path: ~/.panda/data/cache
           key: panda-embed-cache-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 90
 
       - name: Publish qualification results
-        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@c950f6fb443cb5af20a377fd0dfaa78838901040 # v2.23.0
+        uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@d0a4676d0e0b938bc201470d88276b7c74c712b3 # v2.24.0
         if: always()
         with:
           files: tests/eval/reports/junit.xml