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Retry workflow run with errors #1394

Retry workflow run with errors

Retry workflow run with errors #1394

name: Retry workflow run with errors
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
dry-run:
description: |
If enabled, only checks for errors in the workflow run and does not retry.
default: false
type: boolean
error-messages:
description: |
Error messages to look for in annotations and logs.
The worfklow run is only retried if any of the error messages are found.
required: false
run-id:
description: Id of the workflow run to retry
required: true
owner:
description: Owner of the GitHub repository of the workflow run to retry
required: true
repository:
description: GitHub repository of the workflow run to retry
required: true
notify-back-on-error:
# Calling workflow must implement the `notify_back_error_message` parameter and forward the error.
description: |
If enabled, notifies back (i.e. trigger a new run) with an error message when specified error messages are not found.
default: false
type: boolean
notify-back-git-ref:
description: Git reference of the calling workflow to notifying back
default: main
distinct_id:
description: |
Random distinct Id to easily find the dispatched workflow run
Needed by https://github.com/Codex-/return-dispatch as workaround for https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/4001
required: false
default: "not-set"
jobs:
retry:
name: Retry workflow run
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Echo distinct id '${{ inputs.distinct_id }}' to enable codex-/return-dispatch to find this workflow run
run: |
echo ${{ inputs.distinct_id }}
shell: bash
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Import Secrets
id: secrets
uses: hashicorp/[email protected]
with:
url: ${{ secrets.VAULT_ADDR }}
method: approle
roleId: ${{ secrets.VAULT_ROLE_ID }}
secretId: ${{ secrets.VAULT_SECRET_ID }}
secrets: |
secret/data/products/infra/ci/retrigger-gha-workflow RETRIGGER_APP_KEY;
secret/data/products/infra/ci/retrigger-gha-workflow RETRIGGER_APP_ID;
- name: Generate a GitHub Access Token from Github App
id: github-token
uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
with:
app-id: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.RETRIGGER_APP_ID }}
private-key: ${{ steps.secrets.outputs.RETRIGGER_APP_KEY }}
owner: ${{ inputs.owner }}
repositories: ${{ inputs.repository }}
- name: Wait for worfklow run-id=${{ inputs.run-id }} to complete, repo=${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repository }}
env:
GH_REPO: ${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repository }}
GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.github-token.outputs.token }}
RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.run-id }}
run: |
echo "Waiting for the workflow run to complete ..."
gh run watch "${RUN_ID}"
- name: Check annotations and job logs for errors
id: errors
uses: ./rerun-failed-run/check-annotations-and-logs
with:
error-messages: ${{ inputs.error-messages }}
github-token: ${{ steps.github-token.outputs.token }}
owner: ${{ inputs.owner }}
repository: ${{ inputs.repository }}
run-id: ${{ inputs.run-id }}
- name: Retry worfklow run for repo=${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repository }} and run-id=${{ inputs.run-id }}
if: steps.errors.outputs.found == 'true'
env:
DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
GH_REPO: ${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repository }}
GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.github-token.outputs.token }}
RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.run-id }}
run: |
if [ "${DRY_RUN}" = "true" ]; then
echo "Skipping retry since this is a dry-run ..."
else
echo "Triggering a new attempt of run-id=${RUN_ID} ..."
# Only retry failed jobs
gh run rerun "${RUN_ID}" --failed
fi
shell: bash
- name: Notify back error for repo=${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repository }} and run-id=${{ inputs.run-id }}
if: >
steps.errors.outputs.found == 'false' &&
inputs.notify-back-on-error == true
env:
DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}
GH_REPO: ${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repository }}
GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.github-token.outputs.token }}
NOTIFY_BACK_ERROR_MESSAGE: >
This workflow attempted a retry but there was no match on the log message, so it was not retried.
Please check: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ inputs.run-id }}
notify-back-git-ref: ${{ inputs.notify-back-git-ref }}
RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.run-id }}
run: |
# trigger a new run with error notification
workflow_name=$(
gh run view "${RUN_ID}" \
--json workflowName \
--jq '.workflowName'
)
if [ "${DRY_RUN}" = "true" ]; then
echo "Skipping notify back since this is a dry-run ..."
else
echo "notifying back to workflow=${workflow_name}.yml ..."
gh workflow run "${workflow_name}.yml" \
--field notify_back_error_message="${NOTIFY_BACK_ERROR_MESSAGE}" \
--ref="${notify-back-git-ref}"
fi
shell: bash