From d786b4eb55dfbec534b669ee9fa4c7b1ccebf985 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 16:27:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: preserve node path across setup action steps

(cherry picked from commit a6172a7d0ec4954fd6116a7dc12d2ef4463b50de)
---
 .github/actions/setup-node-env/action.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-node-env/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-node-env/action.yml
index aece802f3fe..a75eba6c656 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-node-env/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-node-env/action.yml
@@ -59,14 +59,15 @@ runs:
         if command -v bun &>/dev/null; then bun -v; fi
 
     - name: Capture node path
-      if: inputs.install-deps == 'true'
       shell: bash
       run: |
         node_bin="$(dirname "$(node -p 'process.execPath')")"
         if command -v cygpath >/dev/null 2>&1; then
           node_bin="$(cygpath -u "$node_bin")"
         fi
+        # zizmor: ignore[github-env] node_bin comes from trusted actions/setup-node output in this composite action.
         echo "NODE_BIN=$node_bin" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "$node_bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       if: inputs.install-deps == 'true'