Github action for edge releases doesn't trigger

[jagedn]

not sure why but it seems the release GH action is not fired

I've tried to create an -edge version and a final 0.1.2 releases but it's not started by GH

[jagedn]

I've cloned the repo in my personal workspace and it works on it

https://github.com/jagedn/nf-nomad-tmp/actions

[abhi18av]

Maybe something to do with global settings here - let me try also 🤔

[abhi18av]

For me the latest tag edge3 is showing up here https://github.com/nextflow-io/nf-nomad/releases/tag/0.1.2-edge3 from 12 hours ago 🤔

I'll make an edge4 now just to check

[jagedn]

It's a tag I created yesterday but the action didnt run (so no artifacts was attached)

[abhi18av]

Mm, strange - it's not triggering at all now.

Should we test with a proper 0.1.2 release tag?

[jagedn]

I tested and didnt work

but If I clone the repo and tag in my repo the actions is executed ....

[abhi18av]

Mmm, then let's ask our colleagues for help on this one and we can focus on the dev and tests.

@jhaezebr , @tomiles @matthdsm - could you please help to troubleshoot this? 🙏

Please refer this PR for reference https://github.com/nextflow-io/nf-nomad/pull/65#pullrequestreview-2176637934

[jagedn]

maybe is a silly issue but ... can be because there are some commits with [ci skip] ?

[abhi18av]

But, why would it work on your personal account then 🤔

My hunch is more inclined towards the github secrets - but then it was working earlier just fine.

Maybe, let's tweak the workflow to only work with X.Y.Z releases?

[abhi18av]

Some clues here https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/27028

[tomiles]

Seems it was the regex that doesn't work on GitHub spliting it over 2 lines, does work to trigger a release on tag push for me.

name: release
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-edge[0-9]+'

[jagedn]

I forked the repo and I was able to create an edge release see

https://github.com/jagedn/nf-nomad-tmp/blob/master/.github/workflows/release.yml https://github.com/jagedn/nf-nomad-tmp/releases/tag/0.1.4-edge1

also I simplified our repo to only one line and still doesnt work :(

[jagedn]

well, not sure how I fixed but this is what I did:

I realized we had 2 releases pipelines completed using the tag 0.1.2 (I think we run them to validate the new edge nomenclature) but this tag was removed

Once deleted I was able to create a pre-release 0.1.2-edge3 and the action was executed and artifacts attached !!!!

https://github.com/nextflow-io/nf-nomad/releases/tag/0.1.2-edge3

[abhi18av]

Ah, this is curious!

Changing the name of the issue for future reference.

[abhi18av]

Reopening this issue as it still persists in the release cycle.

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Also, adding a thought here to remove the difference between local CI/CD and Github Action (or other cloud CI/CD) to hear your thoughts on this topic 🙏

The problem that we face (often enough) while working with remote systems is that we can't really test in local environments, be it the use-case of

1. Cloud Batch systems vs a local-first (generalisable) batch system such as Kubernetes/Nomad system

2. Cloud build system vs a local-first (generalizable) build system such as Github Action.

The nf-nomad plugin, really aims to embrace the philosophy of generalizable-yet-simple systems. What could come next to help us build this tool better?

For some time, I have been planning to explore such a tools called Dapper which promises a simpler solution or CI/CD without the usual YAML debugging cycles (refer here).

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What are your thoughts on this @jagedn , do you think it's worth exploring this at all?

NOTE that I am aware of https://github.com/nektos/act, but it still doesn't really address the problem of YAML debugging.