The requested check was never run against this ref, exiting...

[ayozemr]

Hello!

I am using your action to solve a problem I have:

• Workflow builds api on every push
• We want e2e workflow to run on PRs to master -> Runs using build artifact

So I set up a new workflow with your action, I used github.sha as ref because it runs in pushes to the PR.

on:
pull_request:
types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
branches:
- master

name: Wait until build is complete
uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v0.1
with:
ref: ${{ github.sha }} # can be commit SHA or tag too
check-name: build # name of the existing check - omit to wait for all checks
repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
wait-interval: 15 # seconds

I got this error. Maybe they triggered at the same time and e2e run before build job was started? I dont know if the correct way to implement it is to place some "sleep 15" before your wait on check 🤔
The requested check was never run against this ref, exiting...

Thank you for your time!

[YonatanKra]

I get the same thing....

[rrijkse]

I solved this by running with uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@master haven't done a deep dive to figure out what's changed since the release but in my case it I was trying to use the feature from PR #6 which doesn't seem to be released yet.

[ayozemr]

I solved this by running with uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@master haven't done a deep dive to figure out what's changed since the release but in my case it I was trying to use the feature from PR #6 which doesn't seem to be released yet.

Thanks @rrijkse , will try

[progapandist]

Let me know if it worked! I think I have to get serious about it and start a Changelog and regular release shedule, will be on it right after the New Year! For now using master is the best bet

[owen2345]

Hey here, I am having the same problem.
I have 3 testing workflows + 1 continuous deployment workflow.
After the first 3 workflows successfully completed, CD workflow "CD" is still stuck:

Hints:
Maybe the checker is expecting for empty pending workflows but my CD workflow is still in progress, then it will never be processed.

[progapandist]

hi @owen2345 — can you please send me the example code from your workflow that uses the wait-on-check?

[owen2345]

Sure @progapandist

name: Continous deployment

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
      - staging

  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      # This step will retry until required check passes
      # and will fail the whole workflow if the check conclusion is not a success
      - name: Wait on tests
        uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@master
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
          # check-name: test # name of the existing check - omit to wait for all checks
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          wait-interval: 30 # seconds

      - name: Continuos deployment
        run: "..."

Please let me know if you need anything else to find the problem.
Thank you!

[progapandist]

Thank you! Try passing ref: ${{ github.sha }} instead of ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}. Frankly, I don't understand the use case for having a conditional between SHAs

[progapandist]

Maybe omitting check name for all checks doesn't work as expected. Can you try waiting for all three testing checks explicitly one after another and see if that works?

[owen2345]

Unfortunately it did not work (the same problem "it still stuck").
Additionally I noticed that when one of the workflows failed, my CD workflow is still stuck. I think it should fail/cancel too.

[progapandist]

Unfortunately I don’t see an immediate answer. Try referring to wait-on-check-action@v0.1, do one test at a time, and pass check names explicitly. If it works, then it must be a regression in master but I have no time to investigate urgently.

[matiasalbarello]

The problem seems to be that the workflow is waiting for itself to finish in order to continue. When the check-name is specified, this is not a problem.

[progapandist]

Yes, that means #6 probably messed it up. Sorry for the oversight. I will try to investigate, but haven’t got a lot of free time on my hands rn. If someone can see the problem clearly and make a quick PR - that will be much appreciated!

[progapandist]

For now the solution would be to wait on check name explicitly, don’t omit it, as @matiasalbarello mentioned (thanks!)

[progapandist]

Should be fixed thanks to #10 (🙌 @matiasalbarello), please check and confirm so I can close this issue

[codetheweb]

I believe #10 introduced a new issue:
https://github.com/Baton-donation/backend/runs/1682419913?check_suite_focus=true#step:5:7

[progapandist]

Thanks for letting me know, will fix tonight

[progapandist]

bafe56a — this should fix it, please check @codetheweb 🙏

[codetheweb]

Looks like it's working now, thank you!

Could you tag it too please so I can pin the version?

[progapandist]

Sure, will do it now, it's a long time coming...

[progapandist]

https://github.com/lewagon/wait-on-check-action/releases/tag/v0.2 🎉 big thanks to everyone involved! I will close the issue, feel free to reopen if any more corner cases surface