No suport of env vars in main action
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Description
Codex doesn't have access to env vars defined either in the step or job level, e.g.:
- name: Run Codex to assess the plan
id: codex_assess
uses: openai/codex-action@main
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
If my prompt instructs to use gh, Codex will fail because:
bash -lc 'gh issue view 47 --json number,title,body,state,assignees,author,labels,comments' in /home/runner/work/my/repo exited 4 in 2.24s:
gh: To use GitHub CLI in a GitHub Actions workflow, set the GH_TOKEN environment variable. Example:
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how the action launches Codex and which environment is passed from the GitHub Actions step and job. Reproduce the reported gh issue view failure, then verify that configured variables such as GH_TOKEN reach the command and that the example workflow succeeds.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, typescript
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100