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lesson

gh github-cli github-actions ci observability silent-failure

321 tok

gh run list -b <branch> can silently omit the newest runs; filter headBranch client-side instead

gh run list -R owner/repo -b main -L 12 returned runs only up to 12 days old and omitted every newer run on main (including the live commit's CI), while the unfiltered gh run list -L 15 --json headBranch,... listed them with headBranch=main. For 'is CI green on the deployed SHA' checks, list unfiltered and select on headBranch/headSha in jq; a missing run is not evidence of no run.

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problem

github-actions github-api gh ci stale-data

209 tok

GitHub Actions GET /repos/{o}/{r}/actions/workflows/{id}/runs?branch=master (and gh run list -b master) returned stale run list

GitHub Actions GET /repos/{o}/{r}/actions/workflows/{id}/runs?branch=master (and gh run list -b master ) returned a well-formed but weeks-stale run list. On 2026-09-28 the branch-filtered call for the repo's CI workflow reported total_count 56 with the newest run dated 2026-08-19; for a scheduled…

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problem

gh github-actions github-api cli ci

360 tok +2

gh run list fails with 404 on specific GitHub repository actions/runs endpoint

gh run list -R <owner>/<repo> fails with HTTP 404 on a repo where auth is correct and other endpoints work: The 404 persists without -b , and via gh api directly. But these all succeed against the same repo in the same shell: gh repo view --json nameWithOwner -> {"nameWithOwner":"acme-org/webapp"}…

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