Mark Ready When Ready

Version updated for https://github.com/kenyonj/mark-ready-when-ready to version v1.2.0.

  • This action is used across all versions by 14 repositories.

Action Type

This is a Composite action.

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Action Summary

The “Mark Ready When Ready” GitHub Action automates the process of marking draft pull requests as ready for review once all required checks have successfully passed. It continuously monitors CI checks, ensures there are no merge conflicts, and validates permissions and prerequisites before updating the PR status. This action is particularly useful for repositories with lengthy CI pipelines, reducing manual intervention and streamlining the review process.

What’s Changed

What’s new

Private repo support (GitHub Free)

The action now works on private repos across all GitHub plans. On GitHub Free, gh pr checks fails because its internal GraphQL query accesses a restricted field (checkSuite.workflowRun). When this happens, the action automatically falls back to REST API polling — no configuration required.

New inputs

InputDefaultDescription
polling-interval-seconds10Seconds between REST API polls when the fallback is active
polling-timeout-seconds1800Maximum seconds to wait for checks during fallback polling

How the fallback works

  1. gh pr checks --watch --required is tried first (better UX with streamed check names)
  2. If it fails with Resource not accessible by integration, the action switches to polling /commits/{sha}/check-runs and /commits/{sha}/status REST endpoints
  3. The trust-but-verify GraphQL step is unchanged — its query doesn’t use the restricted fields