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+# Weekly dependency vulnerability scan.
+#
+# This runs separately from check.yml so a newly published advisory
+# surfaces as its own failing run (easy to spot, easy to track)
+# without blocking unrelated PR work. Manually triggerable via
+# workflow_dispatch for ad-hoc checks after dependency bumps.
+name: audit
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Mondays 06:00 UTC — early in the week so any advisory has the
+    # whole week to be triaged rather than landing on a Friday.
+    - cron: "0 6 * * 1"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  cargo-audit:
+    name: cargo audit
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # rustsec/audit-check runs cargo-audit against the RustSec
+      # advisory DB. Fails the job on any unignored advisory.
+      - name: Run cargo audit
+        uses: rustsec/audit-check@v2
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  npm-audit:
+    name: npm audit
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: npm
+
+      - name: Install JS deps
+        run: npm ci
+
+      # --audit-level=high ignores low/moderate noise — we care about
+      # high and critical advisories, which are the ones that warrant
+      # an actual bump.
+      - name: Run npm audit
+        run: npm audit --audit-level=high