diff --git a/.github/workflows/metadata.yaml b/.github/workflows/metadata.yaml
index a1fa158..7511576 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metadata.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metadata.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ on:
         value: ${{ jobs.meta.outputs.description }}
       topics:
         description: Project topics in JSON array
-        value: ${{ jobs.meta.outputs.topicsJson }}
+        value: ${{ jobs.meta.outputs.topics }}
       linuxName:
         description: Versioned filename that would be given to a library for this project on Linux
         value: ${{ jobs.meta.outputs.linuxName }}
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ on:
       releasesUrl:
         description: Project releases API URL
         value: ${{ jobs.meta.outputs.releasesUrl }}
+      short_sha:
+        description: Short SHA of the commit being processed
+        value: ${{ jobs.meta.outputs.short_sha }}
 
 jobs:
   name:
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ jobs:
       gitUrl: ${{ steps.url.outputs.gitUrl }}
       tagsUrl: ${{ steps.url.outputs.tagsUrl }}
       releasesUrl: ${{ steps.url.outputs.releasesUrl }}
+      short_sha: ${{ steps.api.outputs.short_sha }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Debug
@@ -136,21 +140,23 @@ jobs:
           topics: ${{ toJSON(github.event.repository.topics) }}
         run: |
           # init
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2086
           url="https://github.com/repos/${repo}"
           echo "url is ${url}"
-          echo "url=${url}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "url=${url}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           json=""
           # Define function
           updateValue() {
             [[ "$1" != "" ]] && _var="$1" || exit 1
             [[ "$2" != "" ]] && _term="$2" || _term="$1"
             # if the value is an empty string or empty array
-            if [[ "${!_var}" =~ "^$|\[[[:space:]]*\]" ]] ; then
-              [[ "$json" == "" ]] && json=$(curl -s $url);
-              read "${_var}" <<< $(jq -r ".${_term}" <<< "$json")
+            if [[ "${!_var}" =~ ^$|\[[[:space:]]*\] ]] ; then
+              [[ "$json" == "" ]] && json=$(curl -s "$url");
+              # shellcheck disable=SC2162,SC2229
+              read "${_var}" <<< "$(jq -r ".${_term}" <<< "$json")"
             fi
             echo "${_var} is ${!_var}"
-            echo "${_var}=${!_var}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "${_var}=${!_var}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           }
           # Do work
           updateValue "defaultBranch" "default_branch"
@@ -164,21 +170,22 @@ jobs:
           jsonTopics=$(jq -r ".topics" <<< "$json")
           echo "Retrieved topics are $jsonTopics"
           bothTopicArrays="$topics $jsonTopics"
-          topics=$(jq -s -c 'add | unique' <<< $bothTopicArrays)
+          topics=$(jq -s -c 'add | unique' <<< "$bothTopicArrays")
           echo "Final topics are $topics"
-          echo "topics=$topics" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "topics=$topics" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "short_sha=${GITHUB_SHA::7}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Get Branch
         id: branch
         env:
           defaultBranch: ${{ steps.api.outputs.defaultBranch }}
         run: |
-          currentBranch=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}
-          echo Branches current $currentBranch default $defaultBranch
+          currentBranch="${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
+          echo "Branches - current: $currentBranch - default: $defaultBranch"
           if [[ $currentBranch == refs/tags/* ]] ; then
-            currentBranch=$defaultBranch
+            currentBranch="$defaultBranch"
           fi
-          echo "currentBranch=${currentBranch}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "currentBranch=${currentBranch}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Links
         id: url
@@ -195,8 +202,9 @@ jobs:
           if [ "$homepage" == "" ] ; then
             homepage="https://stirlinglabs.com"
           fi
-          echo "homepage=${homepage}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "gitUrl=${gitUrl}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "tagsUrl=${tagsUrl}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "releasesUrl=${releasesUrl}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2129
+          echo "homepage=${homepage}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "gitUrl=${gitUrl}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "tagsUrl=${tagsUrl}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "releasesUrl=${releasesUrl}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/threshold.yaml b/.github/workflows/threshold.yaml
index eb9fe9b..888d524 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/threshold.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/threshold.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ on:
       release:
         description: "This version is a release"
         value: ${{ jobs.check.outputs.release }}
+      sha:
+        description: "The SHA of the commit that was considered"
+        value: ${{ jobs.check.outputs.sha }}
+      short_sha:
+        description: "The short SHA of the commit that was considered"
+        value: ${{ jobs.check.outputs.short_sha }}
 
 jobs:
   check:
@@ -18,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       continue: ${{ steps.collate_checks.outputs.process }}
       release: ${{ steps.released_check.outputs.release }}
+      sha: ${{ steps.collate_checks.outputs.sha }}
+      short_sha: ${{ steps.collate_checks.outputs.short_sha }}
     steps:
       - name: Dump GitHub context
         if: false
@@ -33,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[force-ci]') ||
           contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[forceci]')
         run: |
-          echo "process=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "process=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Check if PR is a draft
         id: pr_draft_check
@@ -42,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           process: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft }}
         run: |
-          echo "process=$process" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "process=$process" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Check if this is a Release
         id: released_check
@@ -51,8 +59,8 @@ jobs:
           github.ref_type == 'tag' &&
           startsWith(github.ref_name, 'v')
         run: |
-          echo "process=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "release=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "process=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "release=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Check if changes pushed
         id: push_new_check
@@ -78,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
           steps.push_new_check.outcome == 'skipped'
         run: |
           echo "All checks skipped, I don't have any meaningful input, so let's skip processing."
-          echo "process=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "process=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Collate Checks
         id: collate_checks
@@ -115,8 +123,10 @@ jobs:
             [[ "$push_new_result" == "true" ]] && message="changes were pushed to the repo" 
             [[ "$pr_draft_result" == "true" ]] && message="this is an active pull request"
             [[ "$force_ci_result" == "true" ]] && message="it was forced by the commit message" 
-            echo "### Processing continuing since ${message}." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "### Processing continuing since ${message}." >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
           else
-            echo "### Continued processing does not appear to be necessary." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "### Continued processing does not appear to be necessary." >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
           fi
-          echo "process=$process" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # shellcheck disable=SC2129
+          echo "process=$process" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "short_sha=${GITHUB_SHA::7}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"