cannot rename an environment

[NicolasHu11]

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Bug

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Other

Discussion Details

please add option to rename an environment

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[tomm1990]

this isn’t you missing a button. github actions environments just can’t be renamed after create.

you must:

1. create a new environment with the name you want
2. copy over secrets / variables / protection rules (reviewers, wait timer, branch/tag policies, etc....)
3. update workflows from environment: old-name to environment: new-name
4. delete the old environment only after you’re sure nothing still references it

heads-up: deleting an environment also deletes its secrets + rules, and any jobs waiting on that environment’s protection rules can fail. so do the cutover carefully.

[Abdullah-Jalal]

You actually can't directly rename an environment in GitHub once it's created, as they don't have a built-in rename feature for that right now.

To change the name, you'll need to create a brand new environment with the name you want, and manually copy over any secrets, variables, or protection rules from the old one. After that, just update your GitHub Actions workflow files to point to the new environment name, and then you can safely delete the old one.