diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 091d3e1804..e712a21672 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ on:
 
 name: R-CMD-check
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   R-CMD-check:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
@@ -22,25 +24,25 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - {os: macOS-latest,   r: 'release'}
+          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
 
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
-          # Use 3.6 to trigger usage of RTools35
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '3.6'}
+          # use 4.1 to check with rtools40's older compiler
+          - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.1'}
 
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-2'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-3'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-4'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'release'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-1'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-2'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-3'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-4'}
 
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
@@ -58,3 +60,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index 0b2602168b..c9f0165d4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ on:
 
 name: pkgdown
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   pkgdown:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -19,8 +21,10 @@ jobs:
       group: pkgdown-${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.run_id }}
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
 
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub pages 🚀
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@4.1.4
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.5.0
         with:
           clean: false
           branch: gh-pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml
index 97271eb29f..d1f765096e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-commands.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ on:
 
 name: Commands
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   document:
     if: ${{ github.event.issue.pull_request && (github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER' || github.event.comment.author_association == 'OWNER') && startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/document') }}
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/pr-fetch@v2
         with:
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/pr-fetch@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
index 4b65418291..fefc52e271 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ on:
 
 name: test-coverage
 
+permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
   test-coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
@@ -23,9 +25,37 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
         with:
-          extra-packages: any::covr
+          extra-packages: any::covr, any::xml2
           needs: coverage
 
       - name: Test coverage
-        run: covr::codecov(quiet = FALSE)
+        run: |
+          cov <- covr::package_coverage(
+            quiet = FALSE,
+            clean = FALSE,
+            install_path = file.path(normalizePath(Sys.getenv("RUNNER_TEMP"), winslash = "/"), "package")
+          )
+          covr::to_cobertura(cov)
         shell: Rscript {0}
+
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          fail_ci_if_error: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && true || false }}
+          file: ./cobertura.xml
+          plugin: noop
+          disable_search: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Show testthat output
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          ## --------------------------------------------------------------------
+          find '${{ runner.temp }}/package' -name 'testthat.Rout*' -exec cat '{}' \; || true
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Upload test results
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: coverage-test-failures
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/package