Bug: Job fails but still creates the PR

[7tupel]

Description

Running the Action at the latest version (0.5.5) runs into an error. While GH shows an error, the PR is correctly created and visible in the PR view on GH. This step is the last in my workflow, so not critical at the moment, but it is not exactly helpful when a workflow run always shows as failed while it actually achieved what it should have.

Details

Error in the log (last two lines in the job's log):

Error updating issue: Unprocessable Entity (HTTP 422)
Invalid value for "name"

Job configuration in the workflow:

- name: Create Release PR
        id: create-pull-request 
        uses: devops-infra/action-pull-request@v0.5.5
        with:
          github_token: ${{ github.token }}
          target_branch: 'master'
          source_branch: 'release-${{ steps.timestamp.outputs.time }}'
          title: '[RELEASE] Create a new Release'
          body: Auto-generated by the _Create Release PR_ Action
          label: automated pr, release
          assignee: 7tupel

The output referenced in source_branch is correctly set and is correctly used by the action to create the PR.

My repository is public and available here: https://github.com/ClockworksIO/clci

[ChristophShyper]

hello @7tupel I'll have a look into it next week, as I'm AFK now.

[ChristophShyper]

@7tupel I was able to recreate your issue.
It's caused by using single quotation marks in target_branch and source_branch.
You can use it without them or replace them with double quotation marks.
It's tricky with Actions, as they are not 100% compatible with YAML.

[RifianFernando]

@7tupel I was able to recreate your issue. It's caused by using single quotation marks in target_branch and source_branch. You can use it without them or replace them with double quotation marks. It's tricky with Actions, as they are not 100% compatible with YAML.

Hi Christoph, I had the same issue too, and I used the single quotation on title, body, old_string, and ignore_users. I will try this double quotation, I'll let you know more about this issue later. Thankyou chris

    create-pr:
        needs: publish-npm
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        steps:
            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
              with:
                  fetch-depth: 0
            - uses: devops-infra/action-pull-request@v0.5.5
              with:
                  github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
                  source_branch: production
                  target_branch: master
                  title: 'ci: automated production sync to master'
                  body: '**Automated pull request**'
                  reviewer: RnDBNCC
                  assignee: RnDBNCC
                  label: automated-pr, automerge
                  template: .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
                  old_string: 'Explain the task'
                  get_diff: true
                  ignore_users: 'dependabot'
                  allow_no_diff: false
            - uses: reitermarkus/automerge@v2
              with:
                  token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
                  merge-method: squash
                  do-not-merge-labels: never-merge
                  required-labels: automerge
                  dry-run: true

[RifianFernando]

I think the label with coma is the problem?

[ChristophShyper]

Do you have a space after the coma there? It should be just a coma.

[RifianFernando]

Do you have a space after the coma there? It should be just a coma.

oh, u're right thanks for the correct information chris, appreciate it 👍