Workflow Dispatch

Version updated for https://github.com/benc-uk/workflow-dispatch to version v1.3.0.

  • This action is used across all versions by 25,297 repositories.

Action Type

This is a Node action using Node version 24.

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Action Summary

This GitHub Action facilitates the automation of triggering one workflow from another using the workflow_dispatch event, enabling seamless chaining of workflows such as CI and CD processes. It solves the problem of maintaining separate workflows while allowing data transfer and optional waiting for the triggered workflow to complete. Key capabilities include cross-repo workflow triggering, passing input parameters, and monitoring triggered workflow statuses programmatically.

Release notes

What’s Changed

  • After 6 years GitHub finally added a way to return the run-id from the workflow_dispatch API, this means I can return the run-id and link URLs from this action 😎
  • It also means the requested wait-for-completion option is now possible! 🥳 (with optional wait-timeout-seconds too)
  • Mucho internal modernization, switched to esbuild, packages updated and Node v24 is the new default 👀

Merges

Full Changelog: https://github.com/benc-uk/workflow-dispatch/compare/v1.2...v1.3.0