forgejo/models/actions
Andreas Ahlenstorf d1b69632aa fix: prevent jobs with unknown needs from running (#12046)
If Forgejo encounters an Actions workflow with unknown jobs in a needs definition, Forgejo will ignore those and run the job anyway. That is bad. For example, releases could be published without any testing because the name of the testing job was misspelt.

Workflow that demonstrates the problem:

```yaml
on:
  push:
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: debian
    steps:
      - run: |
          echo "OK"
  test:
    runs-on: debian
    needs: [does-not-exist]
    steps:
      - run: |
          echo "OK"
```

Now, before a workflow is run, Forgejo will check whether all jobs referenced in `needs` exist. If any of them does not, it raises a pre-execution error which fails the workflow immediately. It also displays an appropriate error to the user, for example:

```
Workflow was not executed due to an error that blocked the execution attempt.
Job with ID test references unknown jobs in `needs`: does-not-exist.
```

Futhermore, workflows with pre-execution errors can no longer be rerun, which was previously possible.

Original issue: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/issues/977.

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### Tests for Go changes

(can be removed for JavaScript changes)

- I added test coverage for Go changes...
  - [x] in their respective `*_test.go` for unit tests.
  - [ ] in the `tests/integration` directory if it involves interactions with a live Forgejo server.
- I ran...
  - [x] `make pr-go` before pushing

### Tests for JavaScript changes

(can be removed for Go changes)

- I added test coverage for JavaScript changes...
  - [ ] in `web_src/js/*.test.js` if it can be unit tested.
  - [ ] in `tests/e2e/*.test.e2e.js` if it requires interactions with a live Forgejo server (see also the [developer guide for JavaScript testing](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/tests/e2e/README.md#end-to-end-tests)).

### Documentation

- [ ] I created a pull request [to the documentation](https://codeberg.org/forgejo/docs) to explain to Forgejo users how to use this change.
- [ ] I did not document these changes and I do not expect someone else to do it.

### Release notes

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Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/12046
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mfenniak@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: Andreas Ahlenstorf <andreas@ahlenstorf.ch>
Co-committed-by: Andreas Ahlenstorf <andreas@ahlenstorf.ch>
2026-04-10 15:40:08 +02:00
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TestActionTask_GetTasksByRunnerRequestKey fix: allow Actions runner to recover tasks lost during fetching from intermittent errors (#11401) 2026-02-22 23:24:38 +01:00
TestRunner_FindRunnerOptionsToConds refactor: replace WithAvailable with WithVisible when fetching runners (#11657) 2026-03-13 01:43:32 +01:00
TestRunner_GetVisibleRunnerByID refactor: replace WithAvailable with WithVisible when fetching runners (#11657) 2026-03-13 01:43:32 +01:00
artifact.go feat: artifacts can be downloaded using their id instead of their name (#8957) 2025-08-25 15:51:26 +02:00
forgejo.go feat: implement ephemeral runners (#9962) 2026-02-16 18:56:56 +01:00
forgejo_test.go feat: implement ephemeral runners (#9962) 2026-02-16 18:56:56 +01:00
main_test.go feat: ability to view previous logs for Actions runs that have been retried (#9017) 2025-09-04 22:46:22 +02:00
pre_execution_errors.go fix: prevent jobs with unknown needs from running (#12046) 2026-04-10 15:40:08 +02:00
pre_execution_errors_test.go feat: support reusable workflow expansion when with or strategy.matrix contains ${{ needs... }} (#10647) 2025-12-31 19:04:35 +01:00
run.go fix: prevent jobs with unknown needs from running (#12046) 2026-04-10 15:40:08 +02:00
run_job.go fix: prevent jobs with unknown needs from running (#12046) 2026-04-10 15:40:08 +02:00
run_job_list.go fix: prevent jobs with unknown needs from running (#12046) 2026-04-10 15:40:08 +02:00
run_job_list_test.go fix: prevent jobs with unknown needs from running (#12046) 2026-04-10 15:40:08 +02:00
run_job_status_test.go Improve Actions status aggregations (#32860) 2024-12-22 08:46:38 +01:00
run_job_test.go fix: prevent jobs with unknown needs from running (#12046) 2026-04-10 15:40:08 +02:00
run_list.go feat(ui): support additional job status selection in dropdown menu on Actions tab (#11156) 2026-02-11 03:22:53 +01:00
run_list_test.go feat(ui): support additional job status selection in dropdown menu on Actions tab (#11156) 2026-02-11 03:22:53 +01:00
run_test.go fix: prevent jobs with unknown needs from running (#12046) 2026-04-10 15:40:08 +02:00
runner.go feat: make it possible to search runners by UUID (#11671) 2026-03-14 04:12:00 +01:00
runner_list.go chore: branding import path (#7337) 2025-03-27 19:40:14 +00:00
runner_test.go feat: make it possible to search runners by UUID (#11671) 2026-03-14 04:12:00 +01:00
runner_token.go refactor: replace ActionRunnerToken.OwnerID & RepoID with optional.Option[int64] (#11601) 2026-03-10 03:19:16 +01:00
runner_token_test.go refactor: replace ActionRunnerToken.OwnerID & RepoID with optional.Option[int64] (#11601) 2026-03-10 03:19:16 +01:00
schedule.go feat: support timezone in scheduled workflows (#11851) 2026-04-04 18:23:06 +02:00
schedule_spec.go feat: support timezone in scheduled workflows (#11851) 2026-04-04 18:23:06 +02:00
schedule_spec_list.go chore: branding import path (#7337) 2025-03-27 19:40:14 +00:00
schedule_spec_test.go test: fix test that was supposed to test DST behaviour but did not (#12007) 2026-04-07 05:03:26 +02:00
schedule_test.go feat: support timezone in scheduled workflows (#11851) 2026-04-04 18:23:06 +02:00
status.go chore: add modernizer linter (#11936) 2026-04-02 03:29:37 +02:00
task.go fix: superfluous increment of ActionTask attempt breaks job view (#11956) 2026-04-03 16:05:09 +02:00
task_list.go feat: add more filters to actions run and tasks api (#11584) 2026-03-10 01:20:00 +01:00
task_output.go chore: branding import path (#7337) 2025-03-27 19:40:14 +00:00
task_step.go chore: branding import path (#7337) 2025-03-27 19:40:14 +00:00
task_test.go fix: allow Actions runner to recover tasks lost during fetching from intermittent errors (#11401) 2026-02-22 23:24:38 +01:00
tasks_version.go chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
user.go feat: add ActionUser model & fields to ActionRun 2025-11-06 11:07:38 +01:00
user_test.go feat: add ActionUser model & fields to ActionRun 2025-11-06 11:07:38 +01:00
utils.go chore: unify the usage of CryptoRandomString (#10110) 2025-11-15 13:24:53 +01:00
utils_test.go chore: branding import path (#7337) 2025-03-27 19:40:14 +00:00
variable.go fix: include variable values in /repos/.../actions/variables API response (#10036) 2025-11-10 23:07:32 +01:00