Job env variables cant be computed based on Workflow env variables

Describe the bug

To Reproduce

name: Test Workflow Env Variables

on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
  push:
    branches:
      - main

env:
  TEST: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && 'A' || 'B' }}

jobs:

  # verify if the workflow env variables are computed before job variables
  job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      COMPUTED_TEST: ${{ env.TEST }} # does not compile
    steps:
      - run: |
          echo ${{ env.COMPUTED_TEST }}
          echo $COMPUTED_TEST

Expected behavior Job env variables should be determined based on Workflow env variables.

Considering the above workflow, the output on pull_request events should be B, and for push events A

Runner Version and Platform

Ubuntu-latest

What’s not working?

Job env variables cant be computed based on Workflow env variables

Job Log Output

It is in the image above

Runner and Worker’s Diagnostic Logs

N/A

[ChristopherHX]

Actually the runner get’s a list of environment blocks.

• workflow env
• job env
• (the list can technically contain more env blocks)

And are evaluated sequentially.

I just tested sending your job via my tool (via a relaxed workflow schema) to the actions/runner and it works.

##[group]Run echo A
echo A
echo $COMPUTED_TEST
shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
env:
  TEST: A
  COMPUTED_TEST: A
##[endgroup]
A
A

However I don’t know if GitHub is planning to rewrite this part of the runner.

worker debug log

Worker_20230425-124108-utc.log

However not permitted by https://github.com/actions/languageservices/blob/main/workflow-parser/src/workflow-v1.0.json and it’s private copies across the github org.

which is actively monitored

Depends on the topic, this repository seem to be sometime more monitored than the discussions forum

[AllanOricil]

Thank you