Error "Bad Credentials" when running github action

[NikosDev]

Discussed in #1580

^{Originally posted by NikosDev December 11, 2023}
I have used the github action setup to create my metrics but it fails with error "Bad Credentials" when github action is triggered. I have created a secret in my repository called METRICS_TOKEN and assigned the token value.

My yaml file is this:

# Visit https://github.com/lowlighter/metrics#-documentation for full reference
name: Metrics
on:
  # Schedule updates (each hour)
  schedule: [{cron: "0 * * * *"}]
  # Lines below let you run workflow manually and on each commit
  workflow_dispatch:
  push: {branches: ["master", "main"]}
jobs:
  github-metrics:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
        with:
          # Your GitHub token
          # The following scopes are required:
          #  - public_access (default scope)
          # The following additional scopes may be required:
          #  - read:org      (for organization related metrics)
          #  - read:user     (for user related data)
          #  - read:packages (for some packages related data)
          #  - repo          (optional, if you want to include private repositories)
          token: ${{ secrets.METRICS_TOKEN }}

          # Options
          user: NikosDev
          template: classic
          base: header, activity, community, repositories, metadata
          config_timezone: Europe/Athens

My github action error:

Github action error log:

─────
Metrics                                                         │  
Setup                                                           │ complete
Version                                                         │ 3.34.0
Using prebuilt image                                            │ true
Debug mode                                                      │ false
Debug flags                                                     │ (none)
GitHub token                                                    │ (provided)
GitHub token format                                             │ classic
GitHub GraphQL API                                              │ ok
GitHub GraphQL API endpoint                                     │ (default)
GitHub REST API                                                 │ ok
GitHub REST API endpoint                                        │ (default)
API requests (REST)                                             │ (unknown)
API requests (GraphQL)                                          │ (unknown)
API requests (Search)                                           │ (unknown)
Token validity                                                  │ (could not verify)
GitHub account                                                  │ NikosDev
Current repository                                              │ NikosDev/NikosDev
Committer token                                                 │ (provided)
Committer branch                                                │ main
Committer head branch                                           │ main
Committer REST API                                              │ ok
Committer account                                               │ (github-actions)
Committer head branch status                                    │ ok
Previous render sha                                             │ (none)
SVG output                                                      │ github-metrics.svg
SVG optimization                                                │ css, xml
SVG verification after generation                               │ false
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Templates                                                       │  
Community templates                                             │ (none)
Template used                                                   │ classic
Query additional params                                         │ {}
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Core                                                            │  
Markdown template path                                          │ TEMPLATE.md
Extra CSS                                                       │ 
Extra JavaScript                                                │ 
Timezone for dates                                              │ Europe/Athens
Plugin order                                                    │ 
Use twemojis                                                    │ false
Use GitHub custom emojis                                        │ true
Use GitHub octicons                                             │ false
Display width (for image output formats)                        │ regular
Use CSS animations                                              │ true
Base64-encoded images                                           │ true
Output padding                                                  │ 0, 8 + 11%
Output format                                                   │ auto
Configuration presets                                           │ 
Notice about new releases of metrics                            │ true
Experimental features                                           │ 
Plugin errors                                                   │ (displayed in generated image)
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Base content                                                    │  
Fetched repositories                                            │ 100
Indepth mode                                                    │ false
Show `Available for hire!` in header section                    │ false
Skip base content                                               │ false
Fetched repositories per query                                  │ 100
Include forks                                                   │ false
Repositories affiliations                                       │ owner
Default skipped repositories                                    │ 
Default ignored users                                           │ github-actions[bot],dependabot[bot],dependabot-preview[bot],actions-user,action@github.com
Identifiers that has been used for authoring commits            │ .user.login
Base sections                                                   │ header, activity, community, repositories, metadata
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Rendering                                                       │  
RequestError [HttpError]: Bad credentials
    at /metrics/node_modules/@octokit/graphql/node_modules/@octokit/request/dist-node/index.js:112:21
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async Object.default [as base] (file:///metrics/source/plugins/base/index.mjs:32:23)
    at async metrics (file:///metrics/source/app/metrics/index.mjs:79:5)
    at async retry.retries.retries (file:///metrics/source/app/action/index.mjs:407:40)
    at async retry (file:///metrics/source/app/action/index.mjs:57:22)
    at async file:///metrics/source/app/action/index.mjs:406:28 {
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
undefined
An error occurred, logging debug message :
TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'oid')
    at file:///metrics/source/app/action/index.mjs:307:38
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
Attempt 1/3
  metrics/compute/NikosDev > start
  {
    template: 'classic',
    'debug.flags': '',
    markdown: 'TEMPLATE.md',
    'extras.css': '',
    'extras.js': '',
    'config.timezone': 'Europe/Athens',
    'config.order': [],
    'config.twemoji': false,
    'config.gemoji': true,
    'config.octicon': false,
    'config.display': 'regular',
    'config.animations': true,
    'config.base64': true,
    'config.padding': '0, 8 + 11%',
    'config.output': 'auto',
    'config.presets': [],
    'notice.releases': true,
    'experimental.features': [],
    hireable: false,
    skip: false,
    'repositories.batch': 100,
    'repositories.forks': false,
    'repositories.affiliations': [ 'owner' ],
    'repositories.skipped': [],
    'users.ignored': [
      'github-actions[bot]',
      'dependabot[bot]',
      'dependabot-preview[bot]',
      'actions-user',
      'action@github.com'
    ],
    'commits.authoring': [ '.user.login' ],
    base: false,
    'base.header': true,
    'base.activity': true,
    'base.community': true,
    'base.repositories': true,
    'base.metadata': true,
    'base.indepth': false
  }
  metrics/compute/NikosDev > output format set to svg
  metrics/compute/NikosDev > content order : base.header,introduction,base.activity+community,base.repositories,lines,followup,discussions,languages,notable,projects,repositories,gists,pagespeed,habits,topics,music,nightscout,posts,rss,tweets,isocalendar,calendar,stars,starlists,stargazers,people,activity,reactions,anilist,wakatime,skyline,support,stackoverflow,leetcode,stock,achievements,screenshot,code,chess,sponsors,sponsorships,poopmap,16personalities,fortune,splatoon,steam
  metrics/compute/NikosDev > compute
  metrics/compute/NikosDev/base > started
  metrics/compute/NikosDev/base > affiliations constraints , ownerAffiliations: [OWNER], affiliations: [OWNER]
  metrics/compute/NikosDev/base > account user
  metrics/compute/NikosDev/base > account user > failed : HttpError: Bad credentials
Warning: Bad credentials
Attempt 2/3
Warning: Bad credentials
Attempt 3/3
Warning: Bad credentials
Error: Bad credentials
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
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[NikosDev]

I solved the issue by adding an environment key-value to the yaml file 🎉🎉🎉

This is my working yaml file:

# Visit https://github.com/lowlighter/metrics#-documentation for full reference
name: Metrics
on:
  # Schedule updates (each hour)
  schedule: [{cron: "0 * * * *"}]
  # Lines below let you run workflow manually and on each commit
  workflow_dispatch:
  push: {branches: ["master", "main"]}
jobs:
  github-metrics:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: 
      name: production
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
        with:
          # Your GitHub token
          # The following scopes are required:
          #  - public_access (default scope)
          # The following additional scopes may be required:
          #  - read:org      (for organization related metrics)
          #  - read:user     (for user related data)
          #  - read:packages (for some packages related data)
          #  - repo          (optional, if you want to include private repositories)
          token: ${{ secrets.METRICS_TOKEN }}

          # Options
          user: NikosDev
          template: classic
          base: header, activity, community, repositories, metadata
          config_timezone: Europe/Athens

And this is the METRICS_TOKEN that i specified in my personal repository: