The Action starts to fail: .github/workflows/FUNDING.yml: No jobs were run

[kzhdev]

🏷️ Discussion Type

Bug

💬 Feature/Topic Area

ARC (Actions Runner Controller)

Discussion Details

Isn't the FUNDING.yml for Sponsors? It shouldn't trigger an action at all.

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[al-dioooo]

You're right that FUNDING.yml is only for the Sponsor button. The path in the error is the clue: .github/workflows/FUNDING.yml.

GitHub Actions treats every .yml/.yaml file inside .github/workflows/ as a workflow definition, regardless of its name. A funding file has no on: or jobs: keys, so Actions tries to load it on each push, finds nothing to run, and reports a failed run with "No jobs were run".

The fix is to move the file up one level:

git mv .github/workflows/FUNDING.yml .github/FUNDING.yml
git commit -m "Move FUNDING.yml out of workflows"
git push

.github/FUNDING.yml on the default branch is the location the Sponsor button reads from, so the button keeps working and the failed runs stop.

Docs: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/displaying-a-sponsor-button-in-your-repository

If the file is not in .github/workflows/ in your repo, could you share the repo or a link to one of the failed runs? In that case something else is going on.

[kzhdev]

Err, thanks for the quick response. I just realized that it moved into the workflows folder.

[al-dioooo]

You're welcome!

[Moti-Abe]

You're right! FUNDING.yml is specifically intended to configure GitHub Sponsors and should not be treated as a GitHub Actions workflow.

The issue is likely its location. GitHub expects the file at .github/FUNDING.yml, not .github/workflows/FUNDING.yml.

Move it one directory up, and GitHub Actions should stop attempting to process it as a workflow while the Sponsor button continues to work.

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/displaying-a-sponsor-button-in-your-repository