Add a functional 'allow-failure' in Actions
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Description
For quite a while people have asked for a functional 'allow-failure' options in Actions. Posts exist in the community forum, and issues exist in other repos.
See https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/2347 and the comments that follow. At present, the implementation is somewhat inconsistent, as one web page (the Actions run list) can show an event as passed, but the event's pass/fail indicator shows a failure.
I don't know where this issue should be filed, as it is related to the web UI. I've never needed to use the API (rest or GraphQL) to retrieve pass/fail data from either 'events ' or 'runs'.
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Research direction
Start by reading the linked runner issue 2347 and its follow-up comments, then determine whether the requested behavior belongs in the runner or the Actions web UI. The issue names no files, tests, or entry points, and completion would require consistent pass/fail results across the run list, event indicators, and possibly REST or GraphQL data.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, github-actions
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100