fix(workflows): remove ${{ }} from input description (load failure)#12
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The previous commit's `digest:` input description included
\`\${{ needs.docker.outputs.digest }}\` as a literal usage example. GitHub
Actions evaluates \`\${{ }}\` expressions in EVERY string field of a
workflow file — including input descriptions — at workflow LOAD time,
before any jobs run. At load time, \`needs\` is not a defined context,
so GitHub rejects the workflow with:
Invalid workflow file: error parsing called workflow
(Line: 39, Col: 22): Unrecognized named-value: 'needs'.
Effect: every \`*-mcp\` release pipeline that pinned to c2d6fc8 had its
deploy job fail validation with 0 jobs run. Confirmed across all 8
fleet repos within ~15 minutes of the rollout.
Fix: rephrase the description in plain prose that doesn't include the
literal expression. The intent — pass the docker job's \`outputs.digest\` —
is now described in words, with the underlying \`steps.<id>.outputs.digest\`
also called out for completeness.
After this merge, every caller will need to bump its pinned SHA to the
new commit. That's mechanical and tracked in follow-up PRs across the
fleet.
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Previous pin c2d6fc8 had a workflow-load failure (${{ }} expression
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Previous pin c2d6fc8 had a workflow-load failure (${{ }} expression
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The bug
Previous PR (#11) put a literal usage example
\${{ needs.docker.outputs.digest }}inside thedigest:input description. GitHub Actions evaluates\${{ }}expressions in every string field of a workflow file — descriptions included — at workflow load time, before any job runs.needsisn't defined in that context, so GitHub rejects the workflow:Impact
Every
*-mcprelease pipeline pinned to commitc2d6fc8(8 repos) failed validation with 0 jobs run on the first post-rollout release. Confirmed across autotask, halopsa, datto-rmm, itglue, huntress, liongard, domotz, cipp.Fix
Rephrase the description in plain prose that doesn't include a literal expression. After merge, fleet release.yml files get re-pinned to the new SHA — mechanical sweep tracked in follow-up PRs.
Test plan
python3 -c "import yaml; yaml.safe_load(open(...))"— parses\${{remaining inside anydescription:field