Github actions spam the UI
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Description
With the introduction of Github actions, every commit and pull request generates 20+ tasks, each with javascript polling behaviors. These actions make the UI clumsy and sometimes unusable, causing frequent refreshes of the view. When mousing over a commit, the popup gets dismissed frequently due to all of the actions. And in a pull request, the status checks window is difficult to scroll when these actions are running. I'm using the latest Firefox on macOS. I haven't tested on other browsers, where the behavior could be different.
@webknjaz Can you investigate and determine if there's a way to fix these broken UI behaviors? If not, we may just want to disable these actions or limit their number.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
No files or tests are named. Reproduce the behavior in Firefox on macOS on a commit and pull request with many GitHub Actions tasks, then inspect the related polling and status-check UI behavior. Done means identifying a concrete UI fix or a justified way to reduce or disable the actions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, javascript
- Domain
- ci-cd, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100