The kernel doesn't call `compute.yml` of the specified plugin PR

[rndquu]

Check this bot's config. It's trying to call the pull/1 branch of the https://github.com/rndquu/automated-merging/ repository.

At the time of creating this issue the development (default) branch of the https://github.com/rndquu/automated-merging/ repository doesn't have the compute.yml file. The compute.yml file is introduced only in this PR.

The thing is that although the config is set to call the pull/1 branch (where compute.yml exists) the kernel somehow throws this error:

✘ [ERROR] Error in event handler RequestError [HttpError]: Not Found - https://docs.github.com/rest/actions/workflows#create-a-workflow-dispatch-event

      at null.<anonymous>
  (file:///Users/rndquu/Public/projects/backend/ubiquibot-kernel/node_modules/@octokit/request/dist-bundle/index.js:106:21)
      at async sendRequestWithRetries
  (file:///Users/rndquu/Public/projects/backend/ubiquibot-kernel/node_modules/@octokit/auth-app/dist-node/index.js:365:12)
      at async Job.doExecute
  (file:///Users/rndquu/Public/projects/backend/ubiquibot-kernel/node_modules/bottleneck/light.js:405:18)
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    status: 404,
    request: {
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  'https://api.github.com/repos/rndquu/automated-merging/actions/workflows/compute.yml/dispatches',
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      },
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...other output

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The expected behavior is that compute.yml is called from the pull/1 branch.

[rndquu]

@gentlementlegen Pls check the description

[gentlementlegen]

@rndquu I think this is an expected behavior, because when the workflow is missing from the main branch it cannot be triggered by any sort of dispatch. I will see if I can replicate this behavior, but I think that if you add a manual workflow_dispatch you cannot use Github's UI to manually trigger it either, if it is not present in the default branch.

[gentlementlegen]

Here is the result of my research:

I created this repository, which is a fork of assistive-pricing repo. Default branch is develop, another branch is main. Within develop I deleted the compute file. Main has that compute file.

My configuration looks like:

  - uses:
    - plugin: Meniole/test-automated-merging@main
      with:
        approvalsRequired:
          collaborator: 1
        mergeTimeout:
          collaborator: "2 minutes"

Supposedly, it should call the compute located within main. But on run I get

{
      "message": [
        "Error in event handler",
        "HttpError: Not Found - https://docs.github.com/rest/actions/workflows#create-a-workflow-dispatch-event"
      ],
      "level": "error",
      "timestamp": 1721191885993
    }

We can also notice that the workflow is missing from Github's UI despite having a workflow_dispatch

This confirms the documentation, stating

This trigger only receives events when the workflow file is on the default branch.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#onworkflow_dispatch

I don't think there is a workaround. The workflow has to be present in the default branch.

[rndquu]

@gentlementlegen Thank you very much for the research. I see, so it's not the kernel bug but expected behavior and the docs explicitly say that the workflow file should be located in the default branch.

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