Error when using fine-grained PAT

[SamuelLarkin]

Hi,
first of all, diclaimer, I'm new to github actions. I'm trying to use your action to trigger some other action on some other repository. Not withstanding the fact that I have a PAT error, I'm getting a warning of deprecation.

Run peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v2
Deprecation: [@octokit/request-error] `error.code` is deprecated, use `error.status`.
    at RequestError.get (/home/runner/work/_actions/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/v2/dist/index.js:4221:21)
    at hasErrorStatus (/home/runner/work/_actions/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/v2/dist/index.js:43:25)
    at /home/runner/work/_actions/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/v2/dist/index.js:[7](https://github.com/SamuelLarkin/Common-Voice-private-sentence-lists/actions/runs/4938170025/jobs/8827572915#step:2:8)1:17
    at Generator.throw (<anonymous>)
    at rejected (/home/runner/work/_actions/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/v2/dist/index.js:32:65)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:[9](https://github.com/SamuelLarkin/Common-Voice-private-sentence-lists/actions/runs/4938170025/jobs/8827572915#step:2:10)6:5)
Error: Resource not accessible by personal access token

[peter-evans]

Hi @SamuelLarkin

Are you using a fine-grained PAT? They are in beta and may not work for all GitHub APIs yet. Please try with a "classic" PAT.

(The deprecation warning is not the cause of the error)

[Sicness]

I have the same issue.

  - name: Trigger develop env deployment
    uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v2.1.1
    with:
      event-type: develop_commit
      client-payload: '{"version": "${{ steps.long_version.outputs.LONG_VERSION }}"}'

Run peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v2.1.1
Error: Resource not accessible by integration
Deprecation: [@octokit/request-error] error.code is deprecated, use error.status.
at RequestError.get (/home/runner/work/_actions/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/v2.1.1/dist/index.js:4221:21)
at hasErrorStatus (/home/runner/work/_actions/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/v2.1.1/dist/index.js:43:25)
at /home/runner/work/_actions/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/v2.1.1/dist/index.js:71:17
at Generator.throw ()
at rejected (/home/runner/work/_actions/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/v2.1.1/dist/index.js:32:65)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)

PAT is not used because the target workflow in the same repo.

[peter-evans]

Hi @Sicness

Your case is different. Error: Resource not accessible by integration often occurs when the workflow is being run in a pull request triggered by a fork. Is that how you are executing this?

When using the default GITHUB_TOKEN in this way the maximum permission it can have is read.
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#permissions-for-the-github_token

[Sicness]

Hi @peter-evans , thanks for the response.

The initial workflow is triggered by a push into the repo. My goal is to build the app on new commits in a branch and trigger deployment workflow from the first workflow. Looks like in that case I'll have to specify token? It's not obvious from the README :)

[peter-evans]

@Sicness It's difficult to say without seeing your workflow.

Are you specifying contents: write permission for the default token in your workflow?

permissions:
  contents: write

e.g. https://github.com/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci.yml#LL14C1-L16C18

[Sicness]

@peter-evans , So, I created the token with contents: write and now it works. Thank you. The only comment from my side that it would be good to add a comment that in some cases it will be required to specify a token even if the target workflow in the same repo. For example when the initial workflow is triggered by on.push.branches.
Thanks!

[AltFreq07]

Thanks adding content write fixed my fine grained token issue too

[SamuelLarkin]

@peter-evans Yes, I'm using a fine-grained PAT.

[BrunoJuchli]

Just to make it crystal clear: using a fine-grained PAT to notify a different repository works.
Two people on my team (me one of them) tested this independently on two different repos.

[peter-evans]

@BrunoJuchli Thank you for confirming and raising a PR to update the readme.

Fine-grained PAT usage is now documented here: https://github.com/peter-evans/repository-dispatch#token