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Required checks not passing for reusable workflows

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Description

Describe the bug
Required checks do not pass for reusable workflows

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Create a status check for a job name (ie pipeline)
  2. Create a reusable workflow with a job similar to the required check (ie. pipeline)
  3. Create a new workflow using the reusable workflow

Expected behavior
The required status check should acknowledge the workflow run

Runner Version and Platform

Version of your runner? 2.292.0

OS of the machine running the runner? Linux

What's not working?

The workflow runs but the required check is still waiting:
image

The required check is docker. The job in the reusable workflow is docker. The job that calls the reusable workflow is docker.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported required-check scenario with a reusable workflow and matching job names, using runner version 2.292.0 on Linux. No source file or test is named in the issue, so trace the runner's handling of reusable workflow job status checks. Done means the required check acknowledges the workflow run instead of remaining pending.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, linux
Domain
ci-cd, devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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