renovatebot / renovatebot/github-action

Retry docker image pull on failure

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enhancement
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

Periodically we get a failed build because ghcr.io was a bit erratic. I suspect a retry of the pull with a few seconds delay would have worked.
e.g.

Unable to find image 'ghcr.io/renovatebot/renovate:39' locally
39: Pulling from renovatebot/renovate
docker: Get "https://ghcr.io/v2/renovatebot/renovate/manifests/sha256:c186f5db05148fa5fd0bba339c09012762c31138163ebac947e782546d5158b0": dial tcp 140.82.114.33:443: i/o timeout.
See 'docker run --help'.
Error: The process '/usr/bin/docker' failed with exit code 125

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Research direction

Start by locating the GitHub Action entry point that invokes Docker and reproduce the ghcr.io pull timeout shown in the issue. Trace the pull failure path and verify that a transient failure is retried after a delay, with the build still failing clearly when retries are exhausted.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, 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
38/100

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