How Custom GitHub Actions Enabled Us to Streamline Thousands of CI/CD Pipelines

Permit.io has enhanced its CI/CD pipeline management by integrating custom GitHub Actions with its APIs, aiming to streamline authorization processes across development environments. This integration supports scalable automation of environment management, allowing for seamless creation, testing, and merging of environments for pull requests (PRs). The process begins with the creation of a new environment when a PR is opened, followed by running tests using a local policy decision point (PDP) to ensure permissions are correct. Finally, once a PR is approved, the changes are merged into the production environment, and the temporary environment is deleted to maintain a clean system. This automated approach reduces manual errors, speeds up the development cycle, and ensures reliable deployment, making it particularly useful for dynamic, PR-based workflows.