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Composite actions conditionals does not work on self hosted runner Latest version

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Describe the bug

We are using self hosted runners which is on version 2.285.1 . We are trying to use conditionals in composite actions and it does not work . When we try the same steps on github hosted runner it works

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Create a Composite action that has conditionals based on success /failure of previous step
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Expected behavior

Conditional steps should run

Runner Version and Platform

2.285.1 - ubuntu

OS of the machine running the runner? OSX/Windows/Linux/…

What’s not working?

It fails at the conditional step

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Created 2 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:8 (1 by maintainers)

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dang113108commented, Apr 13, 2022

Hi @thboop , we get the same issue here. Run composite actions on self-hosted runner with if conditionals and sometimes it’ll get the error.

The error logs:

Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 51, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'if'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 82, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 83, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'with'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 81, Col: 7): Required property is missing: run
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 81, Col: 7): Required property is missing: shell
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 90, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 91, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'with'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 88, Col: 7): Required property is missing: run
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 88, Col: 7): Required property is missing: shell
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 139, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 140, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'with'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 138, Col: 7): Required property is missing: run
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 138, Col: 7): Required property is missing: shell
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 146, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 147, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'with'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 145, Col: 7): Required property is missing: run
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 145, Col: 7): Required property is missing: shell
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 154, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 155, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'with'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 153, Col: 7): Required property is missing: run
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 153, Col: 7): Required property is missing: shell
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 166, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'if'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 167, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 168, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'with'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 165, Col: 7): Required property is missing: run
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 165, Col: 7): Required property is missing: shell
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 179, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 180, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'with'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 178, Col: 7): Required property is missing: run
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 178, Col: 7): Required property is missing: shell
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 51, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'if'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 82, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 83, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'with'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 81, Col: 7): Required property is missing: run
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 81, Col: 7): Required property is missing: shell
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 90, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 91, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'with'
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 88, Col: 7): Required property is missing: run
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 88, Col: 7): Required property is missing: shell
Error: /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml (Line: 139, Col: 7): Unexpected value 'uses'
Error: Fail to load /runner/_work/<repo_name>/<repo_name>/./.github/actions/<actions_name>/action.yml

@ashajoy @phasebash Do you found some solution for that?

Thanks!

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thboopcommented, Mar 21, 2022

This should be working on the latest runner version, are you still running into issues.

We now correctly set outputs for each composite step, and we have shipped if support for composite actions. I don’t really understand the bug reported here, does anyone have a reproduction? If so, please comment in this issue and i’ll reopen it!

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