diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-community-extension.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/add-community-extension.lock.yml
index 35518ebe62..399c92049a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/add-community-extension.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-community-extension.lock.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
 #
 # Custom actions used:
-#   - actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+#   - actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 #   - actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
 #   - actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
 #   - actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           sparse-checkout: |
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH=${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/tools.json"
           } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT=/tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository for patch context
         if: needs.agent.outputs.has_patch == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       # --- Threat Detection ---
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ jobs:
             await main();
       - name: Checkout repository (trusted default branch for comment events)
         if: (!cancelled()) && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && contains(needs.agent.outputs.output_types, 'create_pull_request') && (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' || github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment')
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Checkout repository
         if: (!cancelled()) && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && contains(needs.agent.outputs.output_types, 'create_pull_request') && github.event_name != 'issue_comment' && github.event_name != 'pull_request_review_comment'
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.extract-base-branch.outputs.base-branch || github.base_ref || github.event.pull_request.base.ref || github.ref_name || github.event.repository.default_branch }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/add-community-preset.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/add-community-preset.lock.yml
index 9c6e78397d..9aec9914f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/add-community-preset.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/add-community-preset.lock.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
 #
 # Custom actions used:
-#   - actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+#   - actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 #   - actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
 #   - actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
 #   - actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           sparse-checkout: |
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH=${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/tools.json"
           } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT=/tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository for patch context
         if: needs.agent.outputs.has_patch == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       # --- Threat Detection ---
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ jobs:
             await main();
       - name: Checkout repository (trusted default branch for comment events)
         if: (!cancelled()) && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && contains(needs.agent.outputs.output_types, 'create_pull_request') && (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' || github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment')
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Checkout repository
         if: (!cancelled()) && needs.agent.result != 'skipped' && contains(needs.agent.outputs.output_types, 'create_pull_request') && github.event_name != 'issue_comment' && github.event_name != 'pull_request_review_comment'
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ steps.extract-base-branch.outputs.base-branch || github.base_ref || github.event.pull_request.base.ref || github.ref_name || github.event.repository.default_branch }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_AW_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bug-assess.lock.yml b/.github/workflows/bug-assess.lock.yml
index 002446c2d1..d6c84e9aab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bug-assess.lock.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bug-assess.lock.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #   - GITHUB_TOKEN
 #
 # Custom actions used:
-#   - actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+#   - actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 #   - actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
 #   - actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
 #   - actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Checkout .github and .agents folders
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           sparse-checkout: |
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "GH_AW_SAFE_OUTPUTS_TOOLS_PATH=${RUNNER_TEMP}/gh-aw/safeoutputs/tools.json"
           } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           fetch-depth: 0
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT=/tmp/gh-aw/agent_output.json" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Checkout repository for patch context
         if: needs.agent.outputs.has_patch == 'true'
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       # --- Threat Detection ---
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 34c3f3dc80..33f72006a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         language: [ 'actions', 'python' ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@8aad20d150bbac5944a9f9d289da16a4b0d87c1e # v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 919eed52ef..1d987c7a46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for git info
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index a4b1bf7d5a..59a02702a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/release-trigger.yml
index dffc2386f3..4b3082f9d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-trigger.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b35bc30ec2..89afa864dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 3e5d03ab48..4d3169197a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@fac544c07dec837d0ccb6301d7b5580bf5edae39 # v8.2.0
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6.0.3
+        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@fac544c07dec837d0ccb6301d7b5580bf5edae39 # v8.2.0