diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
index 82c4bb9bd..d5342ffbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Decide run mode
         id: force
         run: |
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Start containers
         run: |
           docker compose --file docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml pull --quiet
@@ -145,6 +148,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up Python
         id: setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-docker.yml
index cc02b48bf..3ee7ce65d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-docker.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Determine ref name
         id: ref
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml
index b14de9627..3d857c1f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Decide run mode
         id: force
         run: |
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/configure-pages@983d7736d9b0ae728b81ab479565c72886d7745b # v5.0.0
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Set up Python
         id: setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml
index 19600b512..3637fa602 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@41ff72655975bd51cab0327fa583b6e92b6d3061 # v4.2.0
         with:
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@41ff72655975bd51cab0327fa583b6e92b6d3061 # v4.2.0
         with:
@@ -125,6 +129,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@41ff72655975bd51cab0327fa583b6e92b6d3061 # v4.2.0
         with:
@@ -176,6 +182,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@41ff72655975bd51cab0327fa583b6e92b6d3061 # v4.2.0
         with:
@@ -209,6 +217,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@41ff72655975bd51cab0327fa583b6e92b6d3061 # v4.2.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
index 3d37579da..665e6fcb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
index 0eef7eb23..029faf9b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       # ---- Frontend Build ----
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@41ff72655975bd51cab0327fa583b6e92b6d3061 # v4.2.0
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           ref: main
+          persist-credentials: true # for pushing changelog branch
       - name: Set up Python
         id: setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 08c2bc1a2..e295e938d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@c793b717bc78562f491db7b0e93a3a178b099162 # v4.32.5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/crowdin.yml b/.github/workflows/crowdin.yml
index 38e73bbb5..29b4be02f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/crowdin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/crowdin.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PNGX_BOT_PAT }}
+          persist-credentials: false
       - name: crowdin action
         uses: crowdin/github-action@8818ff65bfc4322384f983ea37e3926948c11745 # v2.15.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/translate-strings.yml b/.github/workflows/translate-strings.yml
index bfd6cd84e..8c82fc52b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translate-strings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translate-strings.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PNGX_BOT_PAT }}
           ref: ${{ env.GH_REF }}
+          persist-credentials: true # for pushing translation branch
       - name: Set up Python
         id: setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0