GitHub-actions bot not triggering Actions

[jonny-harte]

Hi, I have an Action that's triggered when a label is added to a Pull Request. It works as expected when I add the UAT label but a workflow run isn't initiated when github-actions bot adds the same label from another Action.

How do I get a workflow to initiate when github-actions bot adds a label to a PR?

Continuous Integration
on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - "force-app/**"
    types:
      - opened
      - reopened
      - synchronize
      - ready_for_review

jobs:
  validate-package:
    environment: Testing
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event.pull_request.draft != true
    steps:
      - name: Add UAT Label
        uses: andymckay/labeler@master
        with:
          add-labels: "uat"

Deploy Package to UAT
on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]
    paths:
      - "force-app/**"
    types: [labeled]

jobs:
  deploy-package:
    environment: UAT
    if: github.event.pull_request.draft != true && github.event.label.name == 'uat'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Log Context
        env:
          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJSON(github) }}
        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"

[airtower-luna]

How do I get a workflow to initiate when github-actions bot adds a label to a PR?

If you use the GITHUB_TOKEN to authorize the labeling, you can't:

When you use the repository's GITHUB_TOKEN to perform tasks, events triggered by the GITHUB_TOKEN, with the exception of workflow_dispatch and repository_dispatch, will not create a new workflow run.

What you can do is create PAT, store it as a secret, and use that instead. Then things will work as if you added the label manually.

[figroc]

Can workflow_dispatch be triggered by using GITHUB_TOKEN？

[airtower-luna]

If it has the right permissions, yes. Check the linked docs. 🙂