feat(automation): surface real GitHub dispatch error + add bulk workflow dispatch - #404
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Two Automation-page fixes: - Workflow dispatch returned an opaque "GitHub API error: 403". github_error() now appends GitHub's response-body message (e.g. "Resource not accessible by integration"), and app_permissions gains a "workflow_dispatch" feature requiring actions:write so the permission-drift notice tells an admin exactly what to grant. docs/self-hosting.md documents the Actions permission and the PAT `workflow` scope. - New "Dispatch all" toolbar action (org + personal endpoints) fires every active workflow in a repo on one ref, categorising each result as dispatched / skipped (no workflow_dispatch trigger) / failed, capped at 40. One audit row per attempted workflow, admin-gated like single dispatch.
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Bulk workflow dispatch can start duplicate workflow runs when a dispatch request has an ambiguous failure, and the affected client test may fail in CI. These issues should be resolved before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant AutomationPage
participant dispatch_all_endpoint
participant _dispatch_all
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AutomationPage->>dispatch_all_endpoint: POST dispatch-all with ref and token
dispatch_all_endpoint->>_dispatch_all: Resolve scope and dispatch workflows
_dispatch_all->>GitHubClient: List all workflows
GitHubClient->>GitHubAPI: Request paginated workflow list
_dispatch_all->>GitHubClient: Write audit row and dispatch each workflow
GitHubClient->>GitHubAPI: POST workflow dispatch
GitHubAPI-->>_dispatch_all: Return success or HTTP error
_dispatch_all-->>dispatch_all_endpoint: Return results and aggregate counts
dispatch_all_endpoint-->>AutomationPage: Return bulk dispatch response
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In `@apps/api/src/routers/automation.py`:
- Around line 198-201: Update the workflow dispatch call in _dispatch_all to
prevent GitHubClient.request from retrying this ambiguous POST, unless durable
reconciliation is implemented before retrying. Preserve the single-dispatch
result and audit-row behavior, and add a regression test covering response loss
after GitHub accepts the dispatch.
- Line 173: Update the workflow retrieval in the automation dispatch flow around
client.request and the subsequent active-workflow filtering to paginate through
all workflow pages, stopping when pagination is exhausted or 41 active workflows
are found before enforcing _BULK_DISPATCH_MAX. Preserve dispatch behavior for
the complete eligible set, and add a regression test covering active workflows
beyond the first page.
In `@apps/ui/app/automation/page.tsx`:
- Line 410: Update the repository-switch handling around loadMutation so
dispatchAllMutation results are cleared or identity-checked when the loaded
repository changes, preventing a previous repository’s summary from rendering
with the new workflow list. Add a test covering switching repositories and
verifying the stale bulk-dispatch summary is not shown.
- Line 322: Update the shared ref-change handling for both inputs so changing
ref updates the value and clears both dispatchArmed and dispatchAllArmed. Reuse
one handler for the inputs instead of clearing only the state associated with
the changed field, while preserving their existing input behavior.
In `@apps/ui/tests/lib/client.test.ts`:
- Line 583: Update the assertion for api.automation.dispatchAll to expect the
parsed serialized body without the token property, retaining ref: "main".
In `@docs/self-hosting.md`:
- Line 36: Remove the classic PAT workflow-scope requirement for workflow
dispatch, retaining only the repo scope. Update the documentation entry in
docs/self-hosting.md at line 36 and the corresponding requirement in
apps/ui/app/settings/page.tsx at line 463; both sites require direct changes.
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Do not retry an ambiguous workflow-dispatch POST.
GitHubClient.request retries httpx.RequestError for this POST. If GitHub accepts the dispatch but the response is lost, a retry can create a duplicate dispatch while _dispatch_all records one result and one audit row. Make this POST non-retryable, or add durable reconciliation before retrying. Add a response-loss regression test.
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In `@apps/api/src/routers/automation.py` around lines 198 - 201, Update the
workflow dispatch call in _dispatch_all to prevent GitHubClient.request from
retrying this ambiguous POST, unless durable reconciliation is implemented
before retrying. Preserve the single-dispatch result and audit-row behavior, and
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Acknowledged, but not changing here. GitHubClient.request retries only connection errors and rate limits, and the single-workflow _dispatch (unchanged since Phase 13) has the exact same property. A lost-response retry at worst starts a duplicate workflow run — wasteful, not corrupting, and GitHub has no dispatch idempotency key. Making the POST non-retryable means threading a flag through the shared GitHubClient, which is out of scope for this PR; better as a follow-up that covers both dispatch paths.
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@nazarli-shabnam, thanks for the clarification. I agree that a retry-policy change should cover both _dispatch and _dispatch_all.
The duplicate-dispatch risk remains, but this PR does not need a partial change to the shared GitHubClient behavior. Would you like me to open a follow-up issue for a consistent non-retryable workflow-dispatch policy and regression coverage?
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Learning: In `apps/api/src/routers/automation.py`, both `_dispatch` and `_dispatch_all` call `GitHubClient.request` for GitHub Actions workflow-dispatch POST requests. `GitHubClient.request` retries connection errors and rate limits. Any retry-policy change for ambiguous workflow-dispatch POST requests should cover both paths through the shared client.
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- _dispatch_all now pages through /actions/workflows (per_page=100) before the active filter and the 40-workflow cap, so workflows past the first API page aren't silently dropped. - Automation page: one shared ref-change handler disarms both the single- and bulk-dispatch confirmations; loadMutation resets both dispatch mutations so a prior repo's bulk-dispatch summary doesn't render under a new workflow list. - Docs/settings: classic PAT needs only the `repo` scope for dispatch, not `workflow` (that scope is for editing workflow files). - Added tests covering bulk-dispatch list errors, non-JSON error bodies, connectivity failures, the org no-token and personal member-forbidden paths, cross-page pagination, and the UI disarm/reset behaviour.
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In `@apps/api/src/routers/automation.py`:
- Line 167: Update the workflow pagination loop in the automation router to
continue fetching pages until a short page is returned or total_count identifies
the final page, instead of stopping at page 10. Ensure all active workflows are
included in the rejection check, and add coverage for active workflows including
a 41st active workflow beyond page 10.
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_list_all_workflows now loops until a short/empty page or total_count is reached, instead of stopping at page 10. Added tests for pagination past ten pages and for stopping at total_count without an extra request.
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Why
Two problems reported on the Automation page (
/automation):Workflow dispatch fails with an undiagnosable
GitHub API error: 403.Root cause:
GET /actions/workflows(listing) works butPOST .../dispatchesis rejected because the token has
actions: readbut notactions: write.The GitHub App install is never asked for the
actionspermission —docs/self-hosting.mdstep 3 has no Actions line andapp_permissions.pyhas no
actionskey, so the permission-drift notice can't flag it. On top ofthat,
github_error()ingithub_client.pythrows away GitHub's responsebody (
{"message": "Resource not accessible by integration"}), so neither theAPI response nor the logs ever say why it was a 403.
No "Dispatch all workflows" action. Users want to fire every dispatchable
workflow in a repo on a chosen ref in one click, without the page sprouting
more buttons.
What changed
Part A — make the 403 diagnosable
apps/api/src/services/github_client.py—github_error()now appendsGitHub's
messagebody to the detail when present, so the UI showsGitHub API error: 403: Resource not accessible by integrationinstead of abare status. Purely additive to the message string; no status-code or
control-flow change, and it improves every one of the ~20 GitHub-proxying
endpoints that share this helper.
apps/api/src/services/app_permissions.py— newworkflow_dispatchfeature requiring
{"actions": "write"}.blocked_features()and the existingPermissionDriftNoticecomponent pick it up automatically: an install withoutactions: writenow renders "Workflow dispatch (Automation page)" in the"N automations need extra GitHub access" notice with the Review-on-GitHub link.
docs/self-hosting.md+apps/ui/app/settings/page.tsx— document theActions: Read and write App permission and the classic-PAT
workflowscope.Part B — "Dispatch all workflows"
apps/api/src/routers/automation.py,schemas/automation.py) — newPOST /orgs/{org_login}/repos/{owner}/{repo}/workflows/dispatch-allandPOST /me/repos/{owner}/{repo}/workflows/dispatch-all, mirroring the existingsingle-dispatch pair's guards and token resolution (org-admin only, audit-logged).
A
_dispatch_allhelper lists workflows, filters tostate == "active", capsat 40, and for each one writes an
automation.workflow.dispatchaudit row thenPOSTs the dispatch. Each result is categorised:
dispatched— 2xxskipped— GitHub 422 whose message mentionsworkflow_dispatch(theworkflow has no such trigger; expected, not an error)
failed— anything else, with GitHub's messageThe call returns 200 with per-row statuses + counts even on partial failure,
matching how bulk branch protection already reports per-item outcomes.
apps/ui/app/automation/page.tsx,lib/api/client.ts,types.ts) —one new control: a compact ref input + "Dispatch all" button in the Workflows
table header, shown only when the repo has more than one workflow. It
reuses the existing
refstate and the exact arm/confirm + 4s-auto-disarminteraction already used by single dispatch and the cache-clear button. Results
render as a one-line summary (
N dispatched · N skipped · N failed) with ashort list of any failures. Per-row Dispatch buttons and the config panel are
unchanged.
Sensitive files
require_org_role("admin")/resolve_owner_token(min_role="admin"), identicalto the existing single-dispatch endpoints. No auth logic changed.
app_permissions.py(the GitHub App permission manifest) — adds onefeature entry; no change to how grants are compared.
Tests
apps/api/tests/test_github_client.py—github_errorappends the bodymessage; falls back to bare status when the body has no
messageor isn't JSON.apps/api/tests/test_app_permissions.py—actions: readleavesworkflow_dispatchblocked;actions: writeclears it.apps/api/tests/test_automation.py— bulk dispatch mixed results (dispatched /skipped / failed), audit rows only for active workflows, admin gate, no-token
400, over-cap 422, owner mismatch.
apps/ui/tests/components/automation-page.test.tsx— toolbar action hidden with≤1 workflow, visible with >1, arm→confirm calls the API, summary + failure list
render.
apps/ui/tests/lib/client.test.ts—dispatchAllrequest shape.Full
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