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Improve Wikibase secondary CI message (Github Actions)
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Description

Currently this github actions message links to the workflow file and only tells you information about the PHP version for the job that is failing.

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It would be beneficial to provide a link to the failed run and also include other information such as the MW branch being tested

See Github docs at https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/environment-variables etc.

See CI at https://github.com/wikimedia/Wikibase/actions

Acceptance Criteria ๐Ÿ•๏ธ๐ŸŒŸ

  • Provide more useful information upon job failure
  • Link to the specific run that has failed

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Addshore renamed this task from Improve Wikibase secondary CI message to Improve Wikibase secondary CI message (Github Actions).Jun 30 2021, 8:28 AM
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Addshore triaged this task as Medium priority.Jun 30 2021, 8:42 AM
Addshore set the point value for this task to 3.Jun 30 2021, 10:32 AM

Change 703433 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ladsgroup; author: Ladsgroup):

[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Add more information to failed job email of github actions

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/703433

Ladsgroup subscribed.

It's a bit hard to test. I can start a job and then make it fail?

It's a bit hard to test. I can start a job and then make it fail?

You could test in a PR on GitHub opened with a failing job. (Be sure to change the to: email-adress so to not message everyone)

Change 703433 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Add more information to failed job email of github actions

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/703433

Resolving and I'm sure we will figure out if this needs tweaking the next time we get one of these messages.!