Github action manual execution not working

Question

I have 3 different workflows in a project configured at top as:

plan_streamline.yml

name: plan

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

...

terrform_import.yml

name: terraform_import

on: workflow_dispatch
...

plan.yml

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

But within the github action I do not see the ability to manually execute any of the workflows, as I should be seeing something like https://github.blog/changelog/2020-07-06-github-actions-manual-triggers-with-workflow_dispatch/

What is wrong with my workflow configuration?

You can't filter the `workflow_dispatch` event by branch, but simply having it there as a trigger should make the button in the actions tab show up. — Benjamin W., Nov 02 '20 at 21:23
Is the workflow with that trigger merged into the default branch? — Benjamin W., Nov 02 '20 at 23:21
@BenjaminW. every workflow has the trigger so yes every branch has this — Sauron, Nov 03 '20 at 15:26
@BenjaminW. I did not merge the branch with the new workflows to the default branch so that option did not appear...it's fine now — Sauron, Nov 05 '20 at 02:01
I wonder if there might be a syntax / validation error for the YAML? That was my problem. Maybe try this? https://github.com/mpalmer/action-validator — Joe Flack, Jul 27 '23 at 01:40

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '20 at 02:02

18

Merged the branch with the new workflows to the default branch so that option appears now

answered Nov 05 '20 at 02:02

Sauron

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 23 '23 at 12:31

0

According to the information on this page, in the section "Configure branches", the following:

name: Manual Trigger Workflow

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    branches:
      - main

should work for any branch specified.

answered Jun 23 '23 at 12:31

t-w

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