@htekdev/actions-debugger 1.0.47 → 1.0.48

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+ id: permissions-auth-036
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+ title: 'GITHUB_TOKEN cannot push commits to branches protected by "Require signed commits" — token identity cannot sign'
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+ category: permissions-auth
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+ severity: error
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+ tags:
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+ - github-token
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+ - signed-commits
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+ - branch-protection
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+ - gpg
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+ - push
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+ - protected-branch
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+ patterns:
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+ - regex: 'GH006.*Protected branch.*signed|Commits must have verified signatures'
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+ flags: 'i'
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+ - regex: 'Changes must be signed|protected branch.*signed.*commits'
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+ flags: 'i'
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+ error_messages:
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+ - 'remote: error: GH006: Protected branch update failed for refs/heads/main.'
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+ - 'remote: error: Commits must have verified signatures.'
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+ - 'remote: error: Changes must be signed.'
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+ root_cause: |
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+ GitHub's "Require signed commits" branch protection rule requires every pushed commit
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+ to carry a verified GPG or SSH signature. The GITHUB_TOKEN is a short-lived bearer token
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+ scoped to a workflow run — it has no associated GPG or SSH signing key and cannot produce
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+ verified commit signatures.
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+
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+ This means any workflow that creates commits and pushes them using GITHUB_TOKEN will fail
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+ on branches protected by "Require signed commits", regardless of the token's permission
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+ level. Having contents: write permission is necessary but not sufficient: the signature
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+ requirement is enforced by a separate push hook after permission checks pass.
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+
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+ Common workflow patterns that hit this:
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+ - Auto-commit actions (stefanzweifel/auto-commit-action, EndBug/add-and-commit) that
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+ commit generated files (changelogs, coverage badges, built assets) back to main
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+ - Release workflows that bump version numbers in committed files before tagging
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+ - Automated dependency update workflows that commit lockfile changes
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+ - Documentation generation workflows that commit generated API docs or OpenAPI specs
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+
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+ The GH006 error appears in the push step's output but the job may not fail loudly if
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+ the step's exit code is not checked carefully. In some auto-commit actions, the failure
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+ surfaces as an unexpected empty push with no error surfaced to the workflow summary.
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+ fix: |
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+ Option 1 — Create a pull request instead of direct push (recommended): Use
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+ peter-evans/create-pull-request or similar to push the auto-generated commit to a
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+ feature branch, then open a PR. Feature branches are not subject to the main branch's
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+ "Require signed commits" protection.
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+
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+ Option 2 — GitHub App with bypass: Create a GitHub App and add it to the branch
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+ protection "Allow specific actors to bypass required pull request reviews and required
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+ status checks" bypass list. Generate tokens for the App in the workflow and push with
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+ the App token. The App's bot commits can bypass the signed-commits requirement if
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+ explicitly listed as a bypass actor.
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+
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+ Option 3 — Signed commits via GitHub App SSH key: Configure a GitHub App with an
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+ SSH signing key. Use the App installation token and the App's SSH key for commit
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+ signing via GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL and gpg.format = ssh configuration.
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+
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+ The GITHUB_TOKEN itself cannot be configured for commit signing — this is a platform
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+ limitation with no in-token workaround.
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+ fix_code:
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+ - language: yaml
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+ label: 'Create a pull request instead of pushing directly — avoids signed commits requirement on main'
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+ code: |
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+ jobs:
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+ update-generated:
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+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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+ permissions:
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+ contents: write
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+ pull-requests: write
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+ steps:
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+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
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+
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+ - name: Regenerate files
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+ run: make generate
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+
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+ - name: Create pull request for generated output
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+ uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
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+ with:
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+ commit-message: 'chore: regenerate auto-generated files'
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+ branch: automated/regenerate-output
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+ title: 'chore: automated file regeneration'
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+ body: 'Automated regeneration triggered by CI. Merge after review.'
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+ # Commit targets the feature branch, not main — signed-commits rule on
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+ # main does not apply to the automated/ branch
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+ prevention:
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+ - 'Before enabling "Require signed commits" on a branch, audit all workflows that push commits using GITHUB_TOKEN to that branch'
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+ - 'Use the create-pull-request pattern for auto-generated commits rather than pushing directly to protected branches'
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+ - 'Document in workflow files that GITHUB_TOKEN cannot push to branches with signed-commits protection'
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+ - 'If a GitHub App bypass is used, rotate the App private key regularly and scope permissions to the minimum required'
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+ docs:
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+ - url: 'https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-protected-branches/about-protected-branches#require-signed-commits'
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+ label: 'GitHub Docs: Require signed commits branch protection'
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+ - url: 'https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/managing-commit-signature-verification/about-commit-signature-verification'
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+ label: 'GitHub Docs: About commit signature verification'
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+ - url: 'https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/13836'
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+ label: 'GitHub Community #13836: GITHUB_TOKEN cannot push to branch requiring signed commits'
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+ id: runner-environment-103
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+ title: "actions/setup-go cache skipped with 'no file matched go.sum' when go.sum is absent or not at workspace root"
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+ category: runner-environment
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+ severity: warning
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+ tags:
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+ - setup-go
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+ - go
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+ - cache
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+ - go-sum
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+ - monorepo
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+ - cache-miss
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+ - cache-dependency-path
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+ patterns:
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+ - regex: 'No file.*matched.*go\.sum|go\.sum.*not.*found.*cache'
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+ flags: 'i'
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+ - regex: 'setup-go.*cache.*skip|Unable to find.*go\.sum'
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+ flags: 'i'
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+ error_messages:
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+ - 'Warning: No file in /home/runner/work/repo/repo matched to [**/go.sum, !**/vendor/**], make sure you have checked out the target repository'
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+ - 'go.sum not found, module cache will not be saved'
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+ - 'Cache miss — no go.sum file located at expected path'
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+ root_cause: |
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+ actions/setup-go uses go.sum as the cache key hash source. When cache: true (the default
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+ since setup-go@v4), the action runs hashFiles('**/go.sum') to compute the cache key.
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+ If no go.sum file is found anywhere in the workspace, the action emits a warning and
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+ silently skips saving and restoring the module cache entirely — the job continues with
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+ exit 0 but all Go dependencies are downloaded from scratch on every run.
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+
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+ Common root causes:
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+
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+ 1. New project: go mod tidy has not been run — go.sum does not yet exist in the repo.
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+
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+ 2. Monorepo layout: Go modules live under subdirectories (e.g., services/api/go.sum).
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+ The default glob **/go.sum should find nested files, but when combined with the
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+ !**/vendor/** exclusion or when the repo structure is non-standard, detection can fail.
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+
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+ 3. Go workspace (go.work): modules are organized under subdirectories managed by a
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+ go.work file; individual go.sum files may be present but not at the expected root.
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+
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+ 4. Ordering issue: actions/setup-go runs before actions/checkout, so go.sum is not
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+ yet in the workspace when the cache key is computed.
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+
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+ 5. go.sum is listed in .gitignore (non-standard but seen in internal tooling repos
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+ that regenerate dependencies on every run).
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+
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+ The missing-cache warning is only visible in the setup-go step's log output and does
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+ not fail the workflow. On large Go projects, silent cache bypass wastes 60-120+ seconds
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+ downloading modules from proxy.golang.org on every CI run.
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+ fix: |
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+ For monorepo or nested module layouts, explicitly set cache-dependency-path to the
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+ location of the go.sum file(s). A glob pattern can match multiple modules if needed.
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+
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+ For new projects: run go mod tidy locally and commit go.sum before pushing.
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+
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+ For go.work workspaces: list each module's go.sum explicitly in cache-dependency-path
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+ to ensure all modules participate in the cache key.
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+
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+ Always confirm actions/checkout runs before actions/setup-go in the steps list.
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+ fix_code:
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+ - language: yaml
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+ label: 'Set cache-dependency-path for a nested module in a monorepo'
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+ code: |
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+ steps:
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+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
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+
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+ - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
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+ with:
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+ go-version: '1.22'
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+ cache: true
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+ # Explicit path overrides default glob — required when go.sum is not at repo root
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+ cache-dependency-path: services/api/go.sum
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+
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+ - language: yaml
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+ label: 'Multiple modules in a go.work workspace — list all go.sum paths'
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+ code: |
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+ steps:
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+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
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+
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+ - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
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+ with:
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+ go-version: '1.22'
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+ cache: true
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+ # Multi-line value: each module go.sum contributes to the aggregate cache key
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+ cache-dependency-path: |
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+ services/api/go.sum
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+ services/worker/go.sum
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+ pkg/shared/go.sum
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+ prevention:
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+ - 'Always run go mod tidy before the first commit to ensure go.sum exists in the repository'
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+ - 'In monorepos, explicitly set cache-dependency-path rather than relying on the default **/go.sum glob'
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+ - 'Check the setup-go step output for "No file matched" warnings — caching may be silently disabled without failing the job'
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+ - 'Ensure actions/checkout runs before actions/setup-go so go.sum is present when the cache key is computed'
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+ - 'Never add go.sum to .gitignore — it is required for reproducible builds and module cache keying'
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+ docs:
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+ - url: 'https://github.com/actions/setup-go#caching-dependency-files-and-build-outputs'
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+ label: 'actions/setup-go: Caching dependency files and build outputs'
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+ - url: 'https://github.com/actions/setup-go/issues/289'
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+ label: 'setup-go #289: Cache fails when go.sum not at repository root'
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+ - url: 'https://docs.github.com/en/actions/use-cases-and-examples/building-and-testing/building-and-testing-go'
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+ label: 'GitHub Docs: Building and testing Go'
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+ id: silent-failures-051
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+ title: 'environment.url expression evaluates to empty string when referencing steps.*.outputs — resolved before steps run'
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+ category: silent-failures
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+ severity: silent-failure
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+ tags:
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+ - environment
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+ - deployment-url
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+ - step-outputs
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+ - expression-evaluation
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+ - dynamic-url
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+ - deployment-widget
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+ patterns:
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+ - regex: 'environment.*url.*steps\.\w+\.outputs\.\w+'
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+ flags: 'i'
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+ - regex: 'deployment.*url.*empty|environment.*url.*not.*set|page_url.*empty'
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+ flags: 'i'
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+ error_messages:
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+ - 'Deployment environment shows no URL in GitHub UI despite environment.url referencing a step output'
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+ - 'Deployment URL is empty string — steps.deploy.outputs.url is non-empty in the step logs'
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+ root_cause: |
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+ The jobs.<id>.environment.url field is evaluated at job scheduling time — before ANY steps
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+ in the job have run and before any step outputs exist. Expressions that reference
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+ steps.*.outputs.* from the same job silently resolve to empty string. GitHub does not
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+ emit a warning or error when this occurs.
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+
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+ This is a fundamental evaluation ordering constraint: the environment block (both name and
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+ url) is part of the workflow plan GitHub evaluates once when the job is queued. The job
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+ has not yet started, so step outputs are undefined and resolve to empty.
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+
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+ Contexts SAFE to use in environment.url (available at scheduling time):
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+ - github.* — static for the run
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+ - vars.* — repository/org/environment variables
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+ - inputs.* — workflow_dispatch or workflow_call inputs
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+ - needs.<prior-job>.outputs.* — outputs from already-completed upstream jobs
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+ - env.* declared at the job level
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+
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+ Contexts that silently resolve to empty in environment.url:
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+ - steps.*.outputs.* — step has not run yet
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+ - steps.*.conclusion / steps.*.outcome — step has not run yet
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+ - Any runtime-computed value from within the same job
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+
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+ Common scenario: a deploy step creates a preview URL (e.g., Vercel preview, Heroku review
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+ app, AWS CloudFormation output), writes it to GITHUB_OUTPUT, and the developer tries to
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+ surface it via environment.url so it appears in the GitHub deployment widget on the PR.
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+ The widget shows no URL, and no error is ever raised.
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+ fix: |
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+ Route the dynamic deployment URL through job outputs of the deploy job, then reference
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+ needs.deploy.outputs.<name> in a dependent job's environment.url. The needs context IS
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+ available at scheduling time for downstream jobs because the upstream job has already
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+ completed.
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+
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+ For cases where the URL can be computed entirely from pre-execution contexts (github.ref_name,
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+ inputs.*, vars.*), use a static URL expression directly in environment.url without
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+ any step output dependency.
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+ fix_code:
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+ - language: yaml
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+ label: 'Two-job pattern — expose deployment URL as job output, reference via needs in downstream job'
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+ code: |
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+ jobs:
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+ deploy:
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+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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+ outputs:
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+ # Promote step output to job output — available to downstream jobs via needs
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+ app_url: ${{ steps.deploy.outputs.url }}
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+ steps:
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+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
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+ - name: Deploy
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+ id: deploy
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+ run: |
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+ DEPLOY_URL="https://preview-${{ github.run_id }}.example.com"
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+ echo "url=${DEPLOY_URL}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
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+
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+ link-deployment:
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+ needs: deploy
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+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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+ environment:
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+ name: preview
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+ # needs.deploy.outputs.* resolves correctly — deploy job already completed
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+ url: ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.app_url }}
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+ steps:
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+ - run: echo "Linked deployment to ${{ needs.deploy.outputs.app_url }}"
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+
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+ - language: yaml
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+ label: 'Static URL pattern using pre-execution context (no step output dependency)'
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+ code: |
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+ jobs:
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+ deploy:
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+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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+ environment:
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+ name: preview
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+ # github.ref_name is available at scheduling time — always resolves correctly
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+ url: 'https://preview-${{ github.ref_name }}.example.com'
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+ steps:
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+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
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+ - run: echo "deploying..."
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+ prevention:
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+ - 'Never reference steps.*.outputs.* directly in environment.url — promote to a job output and reference via needs in a downstream job instead'
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+ - 'Test environment.url by checking the deployment widget on a pull request — an empty URL indicates the expression evaluated to empty string at scheduling time'
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+ - 'Document the two-job deploy-then-link pattern in team workflow templates to prevent rediscovery'
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+ - 'If the URL requires a step output, always add an outputs: block to the job and reference it via needs.<job>.outputs.<name> in a downstream job'
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+ docs:
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+ - url: 'https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idenvironment'
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+ label: 'GitHub Docs: jobs.<job_id>.environment syntax'
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+ - url: 'https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-what-your-workflow-does/passing-information-between-jobs'
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+ label: 'GitHub Docs: Passing information between jobs'
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+ - url: 'https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/9366'
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+ label: 'GitHub Community #9366: Dynamic environment URL from step output resolves to empty'
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+ id: triggers-036
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+ title: 'branches-ignore filter does not suppress tag pushes — tags always fire unless tags-ignore is also specified'
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+ category: triggers
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+ severity: silent-failure
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+ tags:
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+ - push
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+ - branches-ignore
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+ - tags
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+ - tag-push
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+ - filter
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+ - trigger-bypass
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+ patterns:
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+ - regex: 'on.*push.*branches-ignore|branches-ignore.*\*\*'
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+ flags: 'i'
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+ - regex: 'tag.*push.*trigger.*unexpected|branches-ignore.*tags.*still.*fire'
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+ flags: 'i'
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+ error_messages:
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+ - "Workflow triggered by tag push despite branches-ignore: ['**'] — expected no branch pushes to trigger"
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+ - 'v1.2.3 tag push fires a workflow that should only run on branch pushes'
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+ root_cause: |
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+ GitHub Actions push event filters (branches:, branches-ignore:, paths:, paths-ignore:) apply
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+ only to branch-ref pushes. Tag pushes target a refs/tags/* ref, not a refs/heads/* ref, and
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+ are entirely unaffected by branch filters.
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+
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+ When a workflow declares on: push with branches-ignore: but no tags: or tags-ignore: filter,
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+ all tag pushes trigger the workflow unconditionally regardless of the branch filter.
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+
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+ A critical misunderstanding: adding branches-ignore: ['**'] looks like it "disables all push
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+ triggers" but it only disables branch pushes. Tag pushes still fire unconditionally.
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+ GitHub documentation states that push event filters are independent per ref type: branch
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+ filters only affect refs/heads/* pushes, and tag filters only affect refs/tags/* pushes.
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+ They do not compose across ref types — setting one does not implicitly filter the other.
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+
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+ Consequence: release tag pushes (v1.2.3) trigger CI and CD workflows not designed for them,
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+ potentially running expensive test suites or deploying artifacts on every version tag.
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+ This is among the top-voted GitHub Community questions about push event triggers and
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+ appears repeatedly in Stack Overflow answers on the [github-actions] tag.
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+ fix: |
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+ Add an explicit tags-ignore: ['**'] filter to prevent all tag pushes from triggering the
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+ workflow. Alternatively, use an explicit branches: allowlist — but note that branch
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+ allowlists also do not suppress tag pushes; tags-ignore: is always required separately.
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+
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+ For workflows intended ONLY for tags (release workflows), remove branches filters entirely
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+ and add tags: with the desired semver glob pattern.
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+ fix_code:
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+ - language: yaml
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+ label: 'Add tags-ignore to explicitly suppress all tag pushes alongside branches-ignore'
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+ code: |
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+ on:
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+ push:
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+ branches-ignore:
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+ - 'dependabot/**'
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+ tags-ignore:
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+ - '**' # Required — branches-ignore does NOT suppress tag pushes
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+ - language: yaml
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+ label: 'Release workflow — run only on semver tags, no branch triggers'
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+ code: |
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+ on:
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+ push:
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+ tags:
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+ - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # Only fires on semver tags like v1.2.3
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+ # No branches filter — exclusive tag-only trigger
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+ prevention:
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+ - "When adding branches or branches-ignore filters, always decide explicitly whether tag pushes should be included or excluded — then set tags: or tags-ignore: accordingly"
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+ - 'Use actionlint to validate push trigger filter combinations before committing'
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+ - 'Document the intent in workflow comments: "This workflow runs on branch pushes only. Tag pushes excluded via tags-ignore."'
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+ - 'Audit release tag workflows to confirm they use tags: filters rather than relying on implicit gaps in branch filters'
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+ docs:
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+ - url: 'https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-when-your-workflow-runs/events-that-trigger-workflows#push'
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+ label: 'GitHub Docs: push event — filter pattern cheat sheet'
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+ - url: 'https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#onpushbranchestagsbranches-ignoretags-ignore'
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+ label: 'GitHub Docs: on.push branches/tags filter syntax'
package/package.json CHANGED
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  {
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  "name": "@htekdev/actions-debugger",
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- "version": "1.0.47",
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+ "version": "1.0.48",
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  "description": "65+ real GitHub Actions errors, queryable by agents. CLI + MCP server + Copilot skills + error database.",
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  "type": "module",
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  "main": "./dist/index.js",