Push not triggering workflow

[FelipeRRM]

I have two branches in my repo, "master" and "branch2". I also have two separate workflows, one for each branch, and each of them is triggered by a push on that specific branch. The thing is that I am using this action here inside master's workflow to push some changes to "branch2". The push is working very well, but the problem is that it is not triggering the workflow on "branch2" as it should, while pushing manually from github does. What might be the issue?

[ad-m]

Yes, push using standard GitHub Token not trigger workflow. It is GitHub design to avoid infinity triggers loop.

[ad-m]

Push and any other actions by GitHub Action eg.comments not trigger GitHub Action.

[FelipeRRM]

Oh I see, any tips on how to circumvent this limitation then? I see that they don't want infinite triggers but it is also very limiting at the same time.

[ad-m]

I don't tested, but let's try Personal Access Token in GitHub Action.

[FelipeRRM]

@ad-m it worked! When using a personal token to push instead of the default GitHub Token available in the action it triggers the other workflow! Amazing!

[rokroskar]

Does this still work? I have a workflow where I push with a private access token and it doesn't seem to trigger a new CI build. Maybe github changed the behavior?

[jakubmikita]

For some reason pushing with personal token works in one of my repositories, but not the other. Config seems to be the same

[rokroskar]

@Kubitomakita if you are using the checkout action, try giving it your PAT as well.

[jakubmikita]

Thanks for the hint @rokroskar !

Turned out it works as expected with actions/checkout@v1 but not with actions/checkout@v2. This applies to the action which is commiting the change.

[rokroskar]

So giving the PAT to actions/checkout@v2 fixes the problem? Or are you saying that it is still persisting?

[jakubmikita]

Haven't tested giving PAT to actions/checkout@v2 but downgrading to actions/checkout@v1 works without PAT passed to this step

[rokroskar]

Ah ok - because I think in v2 they changed how the credentials are stored, and I think it overrides the PAT passed to the push action.

[paulhenri-l]

I can confirm that using the PAT in the actions/checkout@v2 action fixes the issue 👍🏻