docker / docker/login-action

Track workflow-level retry support for transient registry login failures

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Description

Hey! Occasionally, our login step fails due to rate-limiting or the system we're logging into being unavailable. It would be super useful to have a retry flag of some kind. Based on similar functionality for other actions in the space, imagining it might look like:

- name: Login
   uses: docker/login-action@v3
   with:
       registry: ...
       username: ...
       password: ...
       retries: 3

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No files or tests are named. Start by locating the action's login execution entry point and reviewing how similar actions implement retry inputs; then determine the expected behavior for transient registry failures and verify that the configured retry count is covered by tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, github-actions, typescript
Domain
ci-cd, devops
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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