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Show workflow run names
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
We use workflows that may be long-lived waiting on approvals to deploy to different environments, and we keep track of them using their run names to identify a release or branch where it started from. However, the explorer view only shows the run number (see screenshot).
**Describe the solution you'd like**
Append the run name to the run number. So where it shows `#23`, it could read `#23 - deploy topic/new-feature to DEV` (whatever that run name may end up being). That would give me more context on what that run is doing.
**Additional context**

Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the explorer view that currently displays workflow run numbers and trace how run data is presented. Update the display so each number is followed by its run name, then verify that runs with names show the requested combined text.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- ci-cd, devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100