Step succeeds while error stream is written

[geekzter]

Hi,

On my workflow step, I have configured:

errorActionPreference: Stop
failOnStandardError: true

Still the step succeeds, as can be seen below:

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[BALAGA-GAYATRI]

Hi @geekzter , Can you share your workflow here.

[kanika1894]

@geekzter any updates?

[geekzter]

Hi @kanika1894,

The workflow I use is at https://github.com/geekzter/azure-minecraft-docker/blob/main/.github/workflows/ci-vanilla.yml (line 173):

    - name: Test connection to Minecraft Server (pwsh)
      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
      uses: Azure/powershell@v1
      env:
        AZURE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
      with:
        inlineScript: | 
          # Wait for Minecraft to boot up
          $connectionAttempts = 0
          do {
            Start-Sleep -Seconds 10
            Write-Host "Pinging ${env:TF_OUT_minecraft_server_fqdn} on port ${env:TF_OUT_minecraft_server_port}..."
            try {
              $connectionAttempts++
              $mineCraftConnection = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient($env:TF_OUT_minecraft_server_fqdn, $env:TF_OUT_minecraft_server_port) -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
            } catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodInvocationException] {
              Write-Warning $_
            }
          } while ((!$mineCraftConnection || !$mineCraftConnection.Connected) -and ($connectionAttempts -le 10))

          az container show --ids ${{ steps.terraform-apply.outputs.container_group_id }} --query instanceView
          az container logs --ids ${{ steps.terraform-apply.outputs.container_group_id }}
          # BUG: no tty
          # az container exec --ids ${{ steps.terraform-apply.outputs.container_group_id }} --exec-command "rcon-cli say hello from ci" --container-name minecraft
        azPSVersion: latest
        errorActionPreference: Stop
        failOnStandardError: true # BUG: setting not honored! `https://github.com/Azure/powershell/issues/33`

I've learned that this task is not really needed if you use azure/login@v1 and then the stock run task with shell pwsh.

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[BALAGA-GAYATRI]

hey @geekzter if you add a step for azure/login@v1 before you execute az-pwsh commands, you will not face the issue. Make sure you setenable-AzPSSession: true in azure/login Have a look at the detailed example . Let us know if it works.

[geekzter]

Hi @BALAGA-GAYATRI. Yes, that's what I already did and that works. That solved some other stability issue's as well. So I'm no longer impacted by the issue.

[kanika1894]

That's good to know @geekzter 😇