12 articles
RSSHow to fix GitHub Actions artifact issues — upload-artifact path patterns, download-artifact across jobs, retention days, artifact name conflicts, and the v3 to v4 migration.
How to fix GitHub Actions reusable workflow issues — workflow_call trigger, passing inputs and secrets, output variables, caller vs called permissions, and common errors.
How to fix GitHub Actions timeout issues — job-level and step-level timeouts, stuck processes, self-hosted runner timeouts, debugging hanging jobs, and timeout best practices.
How to fix GitHub Actions secrets that appear empty or undefined in workflows — secret scope, fork PR restrictions, environment protection rules, secret names, and OIDC alternatives.
How to fix GitHub Actions matrix strategy issues — matrix expansion, include/exclude patterns, failing fast, matrix variable access, and dependent jobs with matrix outputs.
How to fix GitHub Actions Docker build and push errors — registry authentication, image tagging, layer caching, multi-platform builds, and GHCR vs Docker Hub setup.
How to fix GitHub Actions env vars and outputs not persisting between steps — GITHUB_ENV, GITHUB_OUTPUT, job outputs, and why echo >> $GITHUB_ENV is required.
How to fix GitHub Actions if conditions that don't evaluate correctly — why steps are skipped or always run, how to use context expressions, fix boolean checks, and handle job outputs in conditions.
How to fix GitHub Actions cache not restoring — why actions/cache always misses, how to construct correct cache keys, debug cache hits and misses, and optimize caching for npm, pip, and Gradle.
How to fix GitHub Actions permission denied errors caused by GITHUB_TOKEN permissions, checkout issues, artifact access, npm/pip cache, and Docker socket access.
How to fix 'Process completed with exit code 1' and other GitHub Actions workflow failures. Covers reading logs, exit codes, Node.js/Python/Docker step failures, secrets and environment variables, GITHUB_TOKEN permissions, checkout issues, caching, timeouts, self-hosted runners, matrix strategy, and artifacts.
How to fix 'mapping values are not allowed here', 'could not find expected :', 'did not find expected key', and other YAML indentation and syntax errors in Docker Compose, Kubernetes manifests, GitHub Actions, and config files.