GITHUB_TOKEN does not trigger GitHub Pages updates

[umarcor]

I'm trying to use the default GITHUB_TOKEN to push updated docs to branch gh-pages. While the branch is properly updated, GitHub services seem not to detect those pushes as valid. As a result, even if sources are properly published, the web site is never updated.

For example:

• https://github.com/umarcor/cosim/tree/gh-pages
• https://github.com/umarcor/cosim/deployments

To Reproduce

    - env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      run: |
        cd <path/to/built/site/content>
        touch .nojekyll
        git init
        git add .
        git config --local user.email "push@gha"
        git config --local user.name "GHA"
        git commit -a -m "update ${{ github.sha }}"
        git remote add origin https://x-access-token:$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY
        git push -u origin +HEAD:gh-pages

Expected behavior

Commits pushed with the GITHUB_TOKEN should be as valid as those published by admins of the repo.

[softprops]

I don't think this relates to the toolkit sdk so much as it does the provisioned runtime environment in GitHub actions. The following gh pages action links to working alternatives as well as a tracking issue for the token permission https://github.com/peaceiris/actions-gh-pages/blob/master/README.md#%EF%B8%8F-github_token

[umarcor]

I don't think this relates to the toolkit sdk so much as it does the provisioned runtime environment in GitHub actions.

Unfortunately, there seems not to exist a best repo to report this:

• Using GitHub with GITHUB_TOKEN without Prefix leaks token #233
• Update readme to show how to use the secret GITHUB_TOKEN #131
• Did not find expected key [GITHUB_TOKEN] starter-workflows#146
• Use GITHUB_TOKEN to auth in docker.pkg.github.com starter-workflows#66

The following gh pages action links to working alternatives as well as a tracking issue for the token permission

I didn't find any working alternative for my use case, since this seems to require a fix by GitHub. I am already using Deployment keys for other use cases, and it works ok. But I'm precisely trying to avoid the burden of creating and managing deployment keys for each GitHub Pages site.

Anyway, thanks for the references. I will follow https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/Github-action-not-triggering-gh-pages-upon-push/td-p/26869

[bryanmacfarlane]

Github community is the best place to request / report this. Not an issue that the toolkit can address.