fix: replace broken shields.io badges with gist endpoints (#578)

SebTardif · web-flow · commit 23b14f389a12 · 2026-06-16T20:36:07.000Z
shields.io's GitHub release badge is failing with "Unable to select next
GitHub token from pool", and GitHub's camo cache is serving stale "invalid"
crates.io badge images. Route release, version, and download badges through
the existing coverage gist and refresh them from CI on main pushes.

Signed-off-by: Sebastien Tardif &lt;sebtardif@ncf.ca&gt;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -217,6 +217,20 @@ jobs:
             echo "color=red" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
 
+      - name: Extract crate version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          version=$(sed -n 's/^version = "\(.*\)"/\1/p' Cargo.toml | head -1)
+          echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Fetch crates.io download count
+        id: downloads
+        run: |
+          count=$(curl -fsSL -H "User-Agent: patchloom-ci" \
+            "https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/patchloom" \
+            | python3 -c "import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['crate']['downloads'])")
+          echo "count=$count" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Update coverage badge
         if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -229,6 +243,42 @@ jobs:
           message: ${{ steps.cov.outputs.percentage }}%
           color: ${{ steps.color.outputs.color }}
 
+      - name: Update release badge
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: schneegans/dynamic-badges-action@0e50b8bad39e7e1afd3e4e9c2b7dd145fad07501 # v1.8.0
+        with:
+          auth: ${{ secrets.GIST_TOKEN }}
+          gistID: 6a26adf6bfae45f530465f626c9154f4
+          filename: release.json
+          label: release
+          message: v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          color: blue
+
+      - name: Update crates.io version badge
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: schneegans/dynamic-badges-action@0e50b8bad39e7e1afd3e4e9c2b7dd145fad07501 # v1.8.0
+        with:
+          auth: ${{ secrets.GIST_TOKEN }}
+          gistID: 6a26adf6bfae45f530465f626c9154f4
+          filename: crate-version.json
+          label: crates.io
+          message: v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          color: orange
+
+      - name: Update crates.io downloads badge
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: schneegans/dynamic-badges-action@0e50b8bad39e7e1afd3e4e9c2b7dd145fad07501 # v1.8.0
+        with:
+          auth: ${{ secrets.GIST_TOKEN }}
+          gistID: 6a26adf6bfae45f530465f626c9154f4
+          filename: crates-downloads.json
+          label: downloads
+          message: ${{ steps.downloads.outputs.count }}
+          color: blue
+
   bench:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 [![CI](https://github.com/patchloom/patchloom/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/patchloom/patchloom/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![Security](https://github.com/patchloom/patchloom/actions/workflows/security.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/patchloom/patchloom/actions/workflows/security.yml)
-[![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/patchloom?logo=rust)](https://crates.io/crates/patchloom)
-[![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/patchloom/patchloom?logo=github&sort=semver)](https://github.com/patchloom/patchloom/releases/latest)
+[![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SebTardif/6a26adf6bfae45f530465f626c9154f4/raw/crate-version.json&logo=rust)](https://crates.io/crates/patchloom)
+[![Release](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SebTardif/6a26adf6bfae45f530465f626c9154f4/raw/release.json&logo=github)](https://github.com/patchloom/patchloom/releases/latest)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT%2FApache--2.0-blue)](./LICENSE)
 
 [![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-1438%20passing-brightgreen)](#)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 [![FOSSA Status](https://github.com/patchloom/patchloom/actions/workflows/fossa.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/patchloom/patchloom/actions/workflows/fossa.yml)
 [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-patchloom.github.io-blue?logo=mdbook)](https://patchloom.github.io/patchloom/)
 
-[![crates.io downloads](https://img.shields.io/crates/d/patchloom?logo=rust)](https://crates.io/crates/patchloom)
+[![crates.io downloads](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/SebTardif/6a26adf6bfae45f530465f626c9154f4/raw/crates-downloads.json&logo=rust)](https://crates.io/crates/patchloom)
 
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