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FR: Automatically submit all release files to VirusTotal

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#3,548 opened on Apr 12, 2026

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Currently, CopyQ release assets (files) don't appear to be submitted to VirusTotal for review. Although VirusTotal is far from perfect, it can offer some insights. Also, because many people use VirusTotal, submitting them will give you a heads-up before you get many issues reported if there are real or false positives.

Describe the solution you'd like Automatically submit all release files to VirusTotal. You can use a GitHub action, if you like. https://github.com/cssnr/virustotal-action and https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-virustotal are 2 options, or you can roll your own.

Describe alternatives you've considered Writing some code to download all the release files to cloud storage and uploading them to VirusTotal from there.

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Explore existing VirusTotal GitHub Actions and integrate into the release workflow to automatically upload release assets.
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github actions
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devopsci cd
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2
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1-3 hours
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75