pnpm executable not there with github-action@v5 + the docker cypress/browsers image

[gkatsanos]

github workflow:

jobs:
  cypress:
    runs-on: default-visable
    container:
      image: cypress/browsers:node16.17.0-chrome106
    env:
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGES_READ_ONLY_TOKEN_GITHUB }}
    steps:
      - name: Define proper Checkout REF
        shell: bash
        run: echo "ref=$(echo ${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF}})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        id: extract_ref
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: "${{ steps.extract_ref.outputs.ref }}"
      - name: setup github packages authentication
        run: 'echo "//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${{ secrets.PACKAGES_READ_ONLY_TOKEN_GITHUB }}" > ~/.npmrc'
      - uses: cypress-io/github-action@v5
        id: cypress
        with:
          install-command: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
          build: pnpm build
          start: pnpm start
          browser: chrome
          wait-on: 'http://localhost:3000'
      - name: cleanup repo files
        if: always()
        run: find . -mindepth 1 -delete

Run cypress-io/github-action@v5
  with:
    install-command: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
    build: pnpm build
    start: pnpm start
    browser: chrome
    wait-on: http://localhost:3000
    record: false
    publish-summary: true
    component: false
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ***
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install command command "pnpm install --frozen-lockfile"
current working directory "/__w/requests-frontend/requests-frontend"
Error: Unable to locate executable file: pnpm. Please verify either the file path exists or the file can be found within a directory specified by the PATH environment variable. Also check the file mode to verify the file is executable.

[MikeMcC399]

@gkatsanos

Please refer to the documentation
https://github.com/cypress-io/github-action#pnpm
for using pnpm.

You will need to add

      - name: Install pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
        with:
          version: xx

where xx is your preferred version of pnpm.

You should not need
install-command: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
as github-action will automatically execute this command if it finds pnpm-lock.yaml

See https://github.com/cypress-io/github-action/blob/master/.github/workflows/example-basic-pnpm.yml for a working example (although this is not with a Docker container).

Are you using Docker to have the explicit Node.js 16.17.0 chrome106 environment or are you flexible about which version of Node.js / Chrome you are using? If you only need to tie down the version of Node.js you can use actions/setup-node@v3 instead of using a Docker image.

[MikeMcC399]

• I see from issue EACCES: permission denied, open '/github/home/.cache/Cypress/12.14.0/binary_state.json' cypress-docker-images#903 that you are having an additional problem and it looks like you are using a self-hosted runner runs-on: default-visable.

I confirmed that the following workflow executes successfully as expected on a GitHub-hosted runner runs-on: ubuntu-22.04:

  basic-pnpm-ubuntu-22-docker:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    container: cypress/browsers:node16.17.0-chrome106
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Install pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
        with:
          version: 8

      - name: Cypress tests
        uses: ./
        with:
          working-directory: examples/basic-pnpm
          build: npx cypress info

[gkatsanos]

@MikeMcC399 thank you - indeed, the pnpm/action-setup worked fine.
With regards to the other issue, I think it's something on the docker images, as this issue disappears when using :latest : cypress-io/cypress-docker-images#903 (comment) I hope we can get a more specific Docker image (without FF/EDGE for example) after which this was handled

[MikeMcC399]

It is not clear if the issue is coming from the Docker image since cypress/browsers:node16.17.0-chrome106 worked on a GitHub-hosted runner and not on your self-hosted runner. That would need further investigation, however it does not seem to be caused by github-action, so this issue should stay closed.