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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/delayed-pr-comment.yml
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delay_minutes:
description: 'Minutes to wait before commenting'
required: true
type: number
message:
description: 'Comment body'
required: true
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steps:
- name: Convert minutes to seconds
id: calc
run: echo "secs=$(( ${{ github.event.inputs.delay_minutes }} * 60 ))" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
env:
DELAY_MINUTES: ${{ inputs.delay_minutes }}
shell: bash
run: |
if [[ ! "$DELAY_MINUTES" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then

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P1 Badge Add regression coverage for delay sanitization

This security fix adds an input boundary and changes the delay calculation without any test that proves valid integers still produce the expected output or that crafted values are rejected before shell evaluation. The existing test reference to this workflow only checks runner placement, so a future edit could restore direct interpolation while all current checks remain green; add a failing-before/passing-after regression test around this step.

AGENTS.md reference: AGENTS.md:L81-L86

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echo "delay_minutes must be a non-negative integer" >&2
exit 1
fi
echo "secs=$((10#$DELAY_MINUTES * 60))" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '1,90p' .github/workflows/delayed-pr-comment.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- bash arithmetic probes ---'
bash -c 'for n in 153722867280912930 153722867280912931; do printf "%s -> " "$n"; x=$((10#$n * 60)); printf "%s\n" "$x"; done'

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<title>Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions</title> https://docs.github.com/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions ## `on.workflow_dispatch` ... When using the `workflow_dispatch` event, you can optionally specify inputs that are passed to the workflow. ... ## `on.workflow_dispatch.inputs` ... The triggered workflow receives the inputs in the `inputs` context. For more information, see Contexts. ... > [!NOTE] > > - The workflow will also receive the inputs in the `github.event.inputs` context. The information in the `inputs` context and `github.event.inputs` context is identical except that the `inputs` context preserves Boolean values as Booleans instead of converting them to strings. The `choice` type resolves to a string and is a single selectable option. > - The maximum number of top-level properties for `inputs` is 25 . > - The maximum payload for `inputs` is 65,535 characters. ... ### Example of `on.workflow_dispatch.inputs` ... ```yaml on: workflow_dispatch: inputs: logLevel: description: &`#39`;Log level&`#39`; required: true default: &`#39`;warning&`#39`; type: choice options: - info - warning - debug print_tags: description: &`#39`;True to print to STDOUT&`#39`; required: true type: boolean tags: description: &`#39`;Test scenario tags&`#39`; required: true type: string environment: description: &`#39`;Environment to run tests against&`#39`; type: environment required: true ... jobs: print-tag: runs-on: ubuntu-latest if: ${{ inputs.print_tags }} steps: - name: Print the input tag to STDOUT run: echo The tags are ${{ inputs.tags }} ``` ... ## `on.workflow_dispatch.inputs.<input_id>.required` ... A boolean specifying whether the input must be supplied. ... ## `on.workflow_dispatch.inputs.<input_id>.type` ... The value of this parameter is a string specifying the data type of the input. This must be one of: `boolean`, `choice`, `number`, `environment` or `string`. ... ## `env` <title>Events that trigger workflows</title> https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows ## `repository_dispatch` ... When you make a request to create a `repository_dispatch` event, you must specify an `event_type` to describe the activity type. By default, all `repository_dispatch` activity types trigger a workflow to run. You can use the `types` keyword to limit your workflow to run when a specific `event_type` value is sent in the `repository_dispatch` webhook payload. ... 535 ... ## `workflow_dispatch` ... | Webhook event payload | Activity types | `GITHUB_SHA` | `GITHUB_REF` | ... | --- | --- | --- | --- | | workflow_dispatch | Not applicable | Last commit on the `GITHUB_REF` branch or tag | Branch or tag that received ... To enable a workflow to be triggered manually, you need to configure the `workflow_dispatch` event. On the GitHub UI, the "Run workflow" button will be present if the workflow file exists on the default branch. Once a workflow has run at least once, you can dispatch it against any branch or tag via the GitHub API or GitHub CLI. For more information, see Manually running a workflow. ... ```yaml on: workflow_dispatch ... ### Providing inputs ... You can configure custom-defined input properties, default input values, and required inputs for the event directly in your workflow. When you trigger the event, you can provide the `ref` and any `inputs`. When the workflow runs, you can access the input values in the `inputs` context. For more information, see Contexts reference. ... > [!NOTE] > > - The workflow will also receive the inputs in the `github.event.inputs` context. The information in the `inputs` context and `github.event.inputs` context is identical except that the `inputs` context preserves Boolean values as Booleans instead of converting them to strings. The `choice` type resolves to a string and is a single selectable option. > - The maximum number of top-level properties for `inputs` is 25 . > - The maximum payload for `inputs` is 65,535 characters. ... This example defines inputs called `logLevel`, `tags`, and `environment`. You pass values for these inputs to the workflow when you run it. This workflow then prints the values to the log, using the `inputs.logLevel`, `inputs.tags`, and `inputs.environment` context properties. ... ```yaml on: workflow_dispatch: inputs: logLevel: description: &`#39`;Log level&`#39`; required: true default: &`#39`;warning&`#39`; type: choice options: - info - warning - debug tags: description: &`#39`;Test scenario tags&`#39`; required: false type: boolean environment: description: &`#39`;Environment to run tests against&`#39`; type: environment required: true jobs: log-the-inputs: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - run: | echo "Log level: $LEVEL" echo "Tags: $TAGS" echo "Environment: $ENVIRONMENT" env: LEVEL: ${{ inputs.logLevel }} TAGS: ${{ inputs.tags }} ENVIRONMENT: ${{ inputs.environment }} ``` ... If you run this workflow from a browser you must enter values for the required inputs manually before the workflow will run. ... You can also pass inputs when you run a workflow from a script, or by using GitHub CLI. For example: ... ```shell gh workflow run run-tests.yml -f logLevel=warning -f tags=false -f <title>Evaluate expressions in workflows and actions</title> https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/expressions As part of an expression, you can use `boolean`, `null`, `number`, or `string` data types. ... | Data type | Literal value | | --- | --- | | `boolean` | `true` or `false` | | `null` | `null` | | `number` | Any number format supported by JSON. | | `string` | You don&`#39`;t need to enclose strings in `${{` and `}}`. However, if you do, you must use single quotes (`&`#39`;`) around the string. To use a literal single quote, escape the literal single quote using an additional single quote (`&`#39`;&`#39`;`). Wrapping with double quotes (`"`) will throw an error. | ... ```yaml env: myNull: ${{ null }} myBoolean: ${{ false }} myIntegerNumber: ${{ 711 }} myFloatNumber: ${{ -9.2 }} myHexNumber: ${{ 0xff }} myExponentialNumber: ${{ -2.99e-2 }} myString: Mona the Octocat myStringInBraces: ${{ &`#39`;It&`#39`;&`#39`;s open source!&`#39`; }} ``` ... > [!NOTE] > > - GitHub ignores case when comparing strings. > - `steps.<step_id>.outputs.<output_name>` evaluates as a string. You need to use specific syntax to tell GitHub to evaluate an expression rather than treat it as a string. For more information, see Contexts reference. > - For numerical comparison, the `fromJSON()` function can be used to convert a string to a number. For more information on the `fromJSON()` function, see fromJSON. ... - If the types do not match, GitHub coerces the type to a number. GitHub casts data types to a number using these conversions: Type Result Null`0` Boolean`true` returns `1` ... `false` returns `0` | | String | Parsed from any legal JSON number format, otherwise `NaN`. ... : empty string returns `0`. | ... | Array | `NaN` | | Object | `NaN` | ... GitHub offers a set of built-in functions that you can use in expressions. Some functions cast values to a string to perform comparisons. GitHub casts data types to a string using these conversions: ... | Type | Result | | --- | --- | | Null | `&`#39`;&`#39`;` | | Boolean | `&`#39`;true&`#39`;` or `&`#39`;false&`#39`;` | | Number | Decimal format, exponential for large numbers | | Array | Arrays are not converted to a string | | Object | Objects are not converted to a string | ... Replaces values in the `string`, with the variable `replaceValueN ... `string` are specified using the `{N}` syntax, where `N` is an integer. You must specify at least one `replaceValue` and `string`. There is no maximum for the number of variables (`replaceValueN`) you can use. Escape curly braces using double braces. ... `fromJSON(value)` ... Returns a JSON object or JSON data type for `value`. You can use this function to provide a JSON object as an evaluated expression or to convert any data type that can be represented in JSON or JavaScript, such as strings, booleans, null values, arrays, and objects. ... This workflow uses `fromJSON` to convert environment variables from a string to a Boolean or integer. ... ```yaml name: print on: push env: continue: true time: 3 ... jobs: job1: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - continue-on-error: ${{ fromJSON(env.continue) }} timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(env.time) }} run: echo ... ``` ... The workflow uses the `fromJSON()` function to convert the environment variable `continue` from a string to a boolean, allowing it to determine whether to continue-on-error or not. Similarly, it converts the `time` environment variable from a string to an integer, setting the timeout for the job in minutes. <title>Store information in variables</title> https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/write-workflows/choose-what-workflows-do/use-variables GitHub sets default ... for each GitHub Actions workflow run ... custom variables for use in a single workflow or multiple workflows. ... To set a custom environment variable for a single workflow, you can define it using the `env` key in the workflow file. The scope of a custom variable set by this method is limited to the element in which it is defined. You can define variables that are scoped for: ... - The entire workflow, by using `env` at the top level of the workflow file. - The contents of a job within a workflow, by using `jobs.<job_id>.env`. - A specific step within a job, by using `jobs.<job_id>.steps[*].env`. ... ```yaml name: Greeting on variable day on: workflow_dispatch env: DAY_OF_WEEK: Monday ... jobs: greeting_job: runs-on: ubuntu-latest env: Greeting: Hello steps: - name: "Say Hello Mona it&`#39`;s Monday" run: echo "$Greeting $First_Name. Today is $DAY_OF_WEEK!" env: First_Name: Mona ... You can access `env` variable values using runner environment variables or using contexts. The example above shows three custom variables being used as runner environment variables in an `echo` command: `$DAY_OF_WEEK`, `$Greeting`, and `$First_Name`. The values for these variables are set, and scoped, at the workflow, job, and step level respectively. The interpolation of these variables happens on the runner. ... The commands in the `run` steps of a workflow, or a referenced action, are processed by the shell you are using on the runner. The instructions in the other parts of a workflow are processed by GitHub Actions and are not sent to the runner. You can use either runner environment variables or contexts in `run` steps, but in the parts of a workflow that are not sent to the runner you must use contexts to access variable values. For more information, see Using contexts to access variable values. ... Because runner environment variable interpolation is done after a workflow job is sent to a runner machine, you must use the appropriate syntax for the shell that&`#39`;s used on the runner. In this example, the workflow specifies `ubuntu-latest`. By default, Linux runners use the bash shell, so you must use the syntax `$NAME`. By default, Windows runners use PowerShell, so you would use the syntax `$env:NAME`. For more information about shells, see Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions. ... You can access environment variable values using the `env` context and configuration variable values using the `vars` context. ... In addition to runner environment variables, GitHub Actions allows you to set and read `env` key values using contexts. Environment variables and contexts are intended for use at different points in the workflow. ... The `run` steps in a workflow, or in a referenced action, are processed by a runner. As a result, you can use runner environment variables here, using the appropriate syntax for the shell you are using on the runner - for example, `$NAME` for the bash shell on a Linux runner, or `$env:NAME` for PowerShell on a Windows runner. In most cases you can also use contexts, with the syntax `${{ CONTEXT.PROPERTY }}`, to access the same value. The difference is that the context will be interpolated and replaced by a string before the job is sent to a runner. ... However, you cannot use runner environment variables in parts of a workflow that are processed by GitHub Actions and are not sent to the runner. Instead, you must use contexts. For example, an `if` conditional, which determines whether a job or step is sent to the runner, is always processed by GitHub Actions. You must therefore use a context in an `if` conditional statement to access the value of a variable. ... ```yaml name: Conditional env variable on: workflow_dispatch env: DAY_OF_WEEK: Monday ... jobs: greeting_job: runs-on: ubuntu-latest env: Greeting: Hello steps: - name: "Say Hello Mona it&`#39`;s Monday" if: ${{ env.DAY_OF_WEEK == &`#39`;Monday&`#39`; }} run: echo "$Greeting $First_Name. Toda…[truncated] <title>Input of type number are not forwarded by &`#39`;workflow_dispatch&`#39`; to the reused workflow</title> GitHub issue 2848 in actions/runner (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference) # Input of type number are not forwarded by &`#39`;workflow_dispatch&`#39`; to the reused workflow - State: closed - Author: kunalherkal - Created: 2023-09-14T16:28:43Z - Updated: 2023-09-15T09:50:06Z - Repository: actions/runner - Number: `#2848` ## Labels - bug --- **Describe the bug** When a workflow_dispatch calls a reusable workflow, the input of type number causes the workflow run to fail. **To Reproduce** This is the reusable workflow that is called: ``` name: Called workflow on: workflow_call: inputs: inputA: description: Number input required: true type: number inputB: description: String input required: true type: string jobs: print_hello_world: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Print inputs run: echo "Hello world" ``` This is the caller workflow that calls above workflow: ``` name: Caller Workflow on: workflow_dispatch: inputs: inputA: description: Number input required: true type: number inputB: description: String input required: true type: string jobs: call_reusable_workflow: uses: ./.github/workflows/called-workflow.yml with: inputA: ${{ inputs.inputA }} inputB: ${{ inputs.inputB }} ``` Error: When triggering the workflow_dispatch using UI, I pass `123` as value for `inputA` and some string for `inputB`. The job doesn&`#39`;t even start and I see following error: ``` Caller Dispatch Workflow: .github#L1 The template is not valid. .github/workflows/caller-workflow.yml (Line: 19, Col: 15): Unexpected value &`#39`;123&`#39`; ``` Also if I hardcode `inputA` when calling the called workflow, run succeeds. for example: ``` jobs: call_reusable_workflow: uses: ./.github/workflows/called-workflow.yml with: inputA: 1000 inputB: ${{ inputs.inputB }} ``` **Expected behavior** Workflow run should not fail when a number input is used in workflow_dispatch that calls a reusable workflow with same number input. ## Runner Version and Platform Version of your runner? Github Hosted: &`#39`;2.309.0&`#39`; OS of the machine running the runner? OSX/Windows/Linux/... ``` Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS ``` ## What&`#39`;s not working? Please include error messages and screenshots. ## Job Log Output The job does not even start, it just shows `The template is not valid.` and doesn&`#39`;t run anything. ## Timeline - kunalherkal added label "bug" - Renamed from "Input of type number are not forwarded to the reused workflow" to "Input of type number are not forwarded by &`#39`;workflow_dispatch&`#39`; to the reused workflow" **ruvceskistefan** commented on 2023-09-15T09:23:25Z: > Hey `@kunalherkal`, > > Template syntax issues does not seem to be a problem with the runner application, it concerns the GitHub actions platform more generally. Could you please post your feedback on the GitHub Community Support Forum which is actively monitored. Using the forum ensures that we route your problem to the correct team. 😃 - ruvceskistefan closed - kunalherkal mentioned - kunalherkal subscribed **kunalherkal** commented on 2023-09-15T09:50:05Z: > Okay, created https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/67182. - Referenced by issue `#14904`: [Bug]: test_main is skipping - Referenced by PR `#336`: fix: prevent nightly complexity reduction from exhausting turn limit - Referenced by PR `#1`: feat: add investment analysis agents, scripts, and workflows - Referenced by PR `#26`: Add frontend-ci-v2 reusable workflow - Referenced by PR `#6620`: Support DPU no-overlay tests through dpu-simulator - Referenced by PR `#6`: Run prek cleanup daily - Referenced by PR `#423`: fix(ci): reject low-effort feature reports in issue-quality bot - Referenced by PR `#96`: fix(nix): add Dependabot for nix flake.lock updates, disable Renovate nix manager - Referenced in commit 52c7e12 - Referenced in commit 7069fc7 - Referenced by PR `#9996`: Replace E2E triage/rerun with TSIO ai-triage (gate) - Referenced by PR `#591`: fix(backup): close eight review defects left open by PR `#585` - Referenced by PR `#9`: fix: surface repository contract drift - Referenced by PR `#52`…[truncated]

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<title>Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions</title> https://docs.github.com/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions ## `on.workflow_dispatch` ... When using the `workflow_dispatch` event, you can optionally specify inputs that are passed to the workflow. ... ## `on.workflow_dispatch.inputs` ... The triggered workflow receives the inputs in the `inputs` context. For more information, see Contexts. ... > [!NOTE] > > - The workflow will also receive the inputs in the `github.event.inputs` context. The information in the `inputs` context and `github.event.inputs` context is identical except that the `inputs` context preserves Boolean values as Booleans instead of converting them to strings. The `choice` type resolves to a string and is a single selectable option. > - The maximum number of top-level properties for `inputs` is 25 . > - The maximum payload for `inputs` is 65,535 characters. ... ### Example of `on.workflow_dispatch.inputs` ... ```yaml on: workflow_dispatch: inputs: logLevel: description: &`#39`;Log level&`#39`; required: true default: &`#39`;warning&`#39`; type: choice options: - info - warning - debug print_tags: description: &`#39`;True to print to STDOUT&`#39`; required: true type: boolean tags: description: &`#39`;Test scenario tags&`#39`; required: true type: string environment: description: &`#39`;Environment to run tests against&`#39`; type: environment required: true ... jobs: print-tag: runs-on: ubuntu-latest if: ${{ inputs.print_tags }} steps: - name: Print the input tag to STDOUT run: echo The tags are ${{ inputs.tags }} ``` ... ## `on.workflow_dispatch.inputs.<input_id>.required` ... ## `on.workflow_dispatch.inputs.<input_id>.type` ... The value of this parameter is a string specifying the data type of the input. This must be one of: `boolean`, `choice`, `number`, `environment` or `string`. ... ## `env` <title>Contexts reference</title> https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/contexts | `inputs` | `object` | Contains the inputs of a reusable or manually triggered workflow. For more information, see `inputs` context. | ... ## `inputs` context ... The `inputs` context contains input properties passed to an action, to a reusable workflow, or to a manually triggered workflow. For reusable workflows, the input names and types are defined in the `workflow_call` event configuration of a reusable workflow, and the input values are passed from `jobs.<job_id>.with` in an external workflow that calls the reusable workflow. For manually triggered workflows, the inputs are defined in the `workflow_dispatch` event configuration of a workflow. ... The properties in the `inputs` context are defined in the workflow file. They are only available in a reusable workflow or in a workflow triggered by the `workflow_dispatch` event ... | Property name | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `inputs` | `object` | This context is only available in a reusable workflow or in a workflow triggered by the `workflow_dispatch` event. You can access this context from any job or step in a workflow. This object contains the properties listed below. | | `inputs.` | `string` or `number` or `boolean` or `choice` | Each input value passed from an external workflow. | ... ### Example contents of the `inputs` context ... contents of the `inputs` context is from a workflow that has defined the `build_id`, `deploy_target`, and `perform_deploy` inputs. ... "perform_ ... usage of the `inputs` context in a reusable workflow ... This example reusable workflow uses the `inputs` context to get the values of the `build_id`, `deploy_target`, and `perform_deploy` inputs that were passed to the reusable workflow from the caller workflow. ... ```yaml name: Reusable deploy workflow ... on: workflow ... inputs: ... _id: ... deploy_target: ... required: true ... : string perform_deploy: required: true type: boolean ... ### Example usage of the `inputs` context in a manually triggered workflow ... This example workflow triggered by a `workflow_dispatch` event uses the `inputs` context to get the values of the `build_id`, `deploy_target`, and `perform_deploy` inputs that were passed to the workflow. ... ```yaml on: workflow_dispatch: inputs: build_id: required: true type: string deploy_target: required: true type: string perform_deploy: required: true type: boolean jobs: deploy: runs-on: ubuntu-latest if: ${{ inputs.perform_deploy }} steps: - name: Deploy build to target run: echo "Deploying build:${{ inputs.build_id }} to target:${{ inputs.deploy_target }}" ``` <title>Evaluate expressions in workflows and actions</title> https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/expressions As part of an expression, you can use `boolean`, `null`, `number`, or `string` data types. ... | Data type | Literal value | | --- | --- | | `boolean` | `true` or `false` | | `null` | `null` | | `number` | Any number format supported by JSON. | | `string` | You don&`#39`;t need to enclose strings in `${{` and `}}`. However, if you do, you must use single quotes (`&`#39`;`) around the string. To use a literal single quote, escape the literal single quote using an additional single quote (`&`#39`;&`#39`;`). Wrapping with double quotes (`"`) will throw an error. | ... ```yaml env: myNull: ${{ null }} myBoolean: ${{ false }} myIntegerNumber: ${{ 711 }} myFloatNumber: ${{ -9.2 }} myHexNumber: ${{ 0xff }} myExponentialNumber: ${{ -2.99e-2 }} myString: Mona the Octocat myStringInBraces: ${{ &`#39`;It&`#39`;&`#39`;s open source!&`#39`; }} ``` ... > [!NOTE] > > - GitHub ignores case when comparing strings. > - `steps.<step_id>.outputs.<output_name>` evaluates as a string. You need to use specific syntax to tell GitHub to evaluate an expression rather than treat it as a string. For more information, see Contexts reference. > - For numerical comparison, the `fromJSON()` function can be used to convert a string to a number. For more information on the `fromJSON()` function, see fromJSON. ... - If the types do not match, GitHub coerces the type to a number. GitHub casts data types to a number using these conversions: Type Result Null`0` Boolean`true` returns `1` ... `false` returns `0` | | String | Parsed from any legal JSON number format, otherwise `NaN`. ... Note: empty string returns `0`. | ... | Array | `NaN` | | Object | `NaN` | ... GitHub offers a set of built-in functions that you can use in expressions. Some functions cast values to a string to perform comparisons. GitHub casts data types to a string using these conversions: ... | Type | Result | | --- | --- | | Null | `&`#39`;&`#39`;` | | Boolean | `&`#39`;true&`#39`;` or `&`#39`;false&`#39`;` | | Number | Decimal format, exponential for large numbers | | Array | Arrays are not converted to a string | | Object | Objects are not converted to a string | ... `format( string, replaceValue0, replaceValue1, ..., replaceValueN)` ... Replaces values in the `string`, with the variable `replaceValueN`. Variables in the `string` are specified using the `{N}` syntax, where `N` is an integer. You must specify at least one `replaceValue` and `string`. There is no maximum for the number of variables (`replaceValueN`) you can use. Escape curly braces using double braces. ... `fromJSON(value)` ... Returns a JSON object or JSON data type for `value`. You can use this function to provide a JSON object as an evaluated expression or to convert any data type that can be represented in JSON or JavaScript, such as strings, booleans, null values, arrays, and objects. ... This workflow uses `fromJSON` to convert environment variables from a string to a Boolean or integer. ... ```yaml name: print on: push env: continue: true time: 3 jobs: job1: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - continue-on-error: ${{ fromJSON(env.continue) }} timeout-minutes: ${{ fromJSON(env.time) }} run: echo ... ``` ... The workflow uses the `fromJSON()` function to convert the environment variable `continue` from a string to a boolean, allowing it to determine whether to continue-on-error or not. Similarly, it converts the `time` environment variable from a string to an integer, setting the timeout for the job in minutes. <title>REST API endpoints for workflows</title> https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/workflows ## Create a workflow dispatch event ... ``` POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{workflow_id}/dispatches ``` ... You can use this endpoint to manually trigger a GitHub Actions workflow run. You can replace workflow_id with the workflow file name. For example, you could use main.yaml. ... You must configure your GitHub Actions workflow to run when the workflow_dispatch webhook event occurs. The inputs are configured in the workflow file. For more information about how to configure the workflow_dispatch event in the workflow file, see "Events that trigger workflows." ... #### Body parameters ... - `ref` (string) (required) ... The git reference for the workflow. The reference can be a branch or tag name. - `inputs` (object) ... Input keys and values configured in the workflow file. The maximum number of properties is 25. Any default properties configured in the workflow file will be used when inputs are omitted. ... Request: ```curl curl -L \ -X POST \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/workflows/WORKFLOW_ID/dispatches \ -d &`#39`;{ "ref": "topic-branch", "inputs": { "name": "Mona the Octocat", "home": "San Francisco, CA" } }&`#39`; ``` <title>Actions workflow dispatch workflows now support 25 inputs - GitHub Changelog</title> https://github.blog/changelog/2025-12-04-actions-workflow-dispatch-workflows-now-support-25-inputs/ Actions workflow dispatch workflows now support 25 inputs - GitHub Changelog December 4, 2025 • 1 minute read # Actions workflow dispatch workflows now support 25 inputs You can now use up to 25 inputs on workflows triggered via the `workflow_dispatch` trigger. The previous limit was 10 which was challenging for the community. This new limit gives you more flexibility when triggering workflows manually or via API and removes the need for workarounds such as consolidating multiple inputs into a single JSON string.

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Reject decimal delay values that overflow Bash arithmetic.

When DELAY_MINUTES reaches this check as decimal digits, the current validation accepts values above 153722867280912930. Multiplication can then overflow Bash's signed 64-bit arithmetic. The result can be negative, causing sleep to fail, or can be an incorrect positive duration.

Reject values above 153722867280912930 after removing leading zeroes, before the multiplication. GitHub can render some large number inputs in exponential notation, which the existing regex rejects; this narrows the affected inputs but does not make decimal values that pass the regex safe.

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In @.github/workflows/delayed-pr-comment.yml at line 35, Update the
DELAY_MINUTES validation before the arithmetic in the workflow so decimal-digit
values are normalized by removing leading zeroes and rejected when greater than
153722867280912930; preserve rejection of exponential notation and ensure only
validated values reach the secs calculation in the delay handling flow.

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- name: Wait requested time
run: sleep ${{ steps.calc.outputs.secs }}
env:
SECONDS_TO_WAIT: ${{ steps.calc.outputs.secs }}
run: sleep "$SECONDS_TO_WAIT"
shell: bash
- name: Comment PR
uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@24bffb9b452ba05a4f3f77933840a6a841d1b32b
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