fix: restore PyPI token publish and limit non-main CI

.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v*"
 
-# Least privilege at the workflow level; the publish job widens `id-token` only.
+# Least privilege at the workflow level.
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
@@ -54,12 +54,18 @@ jobs:
     environment:
       name: pypi
       url: https://pypi.org/project/deepdefend/
-    permissions:
-      # Trusted Publishing (OIDC). No long-lived API token is stored.
-      id-token: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333 # v8.0.2
         with:
           name: dist
           path: dist/
+      # Trusted Publishing (OIDC) is not registered for this project on PyPI,
+      # so uploads use the existing PYPI_API_TOKEN secret (as 0.1.x releases did).
+      # Attestations require OIDC, so they stay off.
       - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@7245906fb61fa33a13554f9d5fb856fe61758086 # release/v1
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          packages-dir: dist
+          skip-existing: true
+          attestations: false

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [master, main]
   pull_request:
+    branches: [master, main]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        # Full interpreter matrix only on master/main. PRs and other refs
+        # run 3.12 so each branch does not spawn three test jobs.
+        python-version: ${{ (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') && fromJSON('["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]') || fromJSON('["3.12"]') }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
@@ -55,6 +58,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Build distribution
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [lint, test]
+    # Packaging is verified on the default branches; PRs already lint and test.
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ attacks and defenses changes, the minor version was bumped.
   probe directions, `delta=epsilon/5`.
 - `median_smoothing` is documented as an alias of `spatial_smoothing`.
 - The publish workflow uses SHA-pinned actions, a tag/version consistency check,
-  a test gate, `python -m build`, `twine check`, PyPI Trusted Publishing (OIDC)
-  and a protected `pypi` environment.
+  a test gate, `python -m build`, `twine check`, the `PYPI_API_TOKEN` secret and
+  a `pypi` environment. CI runs the full Python matrix only on `master`/`main`.
 
 ### Removed
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ Thank you for considering contributing to **DeepDefend**! Contributions, whether
    ruff check .    # lint
    ```
 
-   Both run in CI on every pull request (Python 3.10 – 3.12). New behaviour
-   should come with a test; bug fixes should come with a test that fails
-   before the fix.
+   Pull requests run lint and the Python 3.12 test job. The full 3.10 – 3.12
+   matrix runs on `master`/`main`. New behaviour should come with a test; bug
+   fixes should come with a test that fails before the fix.
 
 > [!TIP]
 > The test-suite uses a tiny synthetic dataset and a small CNN, so the whole

readme.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ either crashed on every call or returned silently wrong results. See
 - Fixed `randomized_smoothing`, `pixel_deflection` and the text helpers being non-reproducible and destroying whitespace/newlines.
 - Fixed silent `NaN`s from invalid parameters such as `bit_depth=0` or `num_bins=0`.
 - Fixed `pip install .` from a checkout, which failed because the version was a placeholder.
-- Fixed the release pipeline: SHA-pinned actions, a tag/version check, a test gate, and PyPI Trusted Publishing instead of a long-lived API token.
+- Fixed the release pipeline: SHA-pinned actions, a tag/version check, a test gate, and PyPI upload via `PYPI_API_TOKEN`.
 
 **Added** — `deepdefend.__version__`, lazy imports, `smooth_predict()` with a
 certified-radius estimate, a 170-test suite, CI, `SECURITY.md`,