GitHub: deduplicate status checks which have been re-run #36837
Description
Discussed in #36323
Originally posted by UncleSamSwiss June 5, 2025
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GitHub 40.40.3
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When a GitHub actions workflow is re-run because the previous run had an error, automerge doesn't work anymore.
Reason for this seems to be here:
renovate/lib/modules/platform/github/index.ts
Lines 1042 to 1054 in 00aa916
The code gets all check runs from GitHub, this includes previous runs that were re-run. Those old runs should be filtered out. The easiest strategy would be to skip older runs with the same name as the most recent run (see example in the logs below).
The job ensure-ci-success failed once and then we re-ran all failing jobs in that workflow; the second time (the first entry in the "checkRuns" structure) it was successful.
The end result is "Branch status red" which is wrong. If we look at the PR, it is all "green" and we can merge manually without any warnings:
Reproduction
- Create a pipeline that fails the first time but doesn't on the second run and let it run on the
renovate/...branches - When the PR is created and the run fails, click on "re-run failed jobs":
- After the second run is successful, the PR should show all green, but automerge by renovate will fail
Logs (if relevant)
Partial logs of job 01973d75-f03d-75c1-bcd7-1350772d5259
INFO: Repository started
{
"renovateVersion": "40.40.3"
}
...
DEBUG: http cache: saving https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/commits/renovate/vitejs-plugin-react-4.x-lockfile/check-runs?per_page=100 (etag=W/"fa99f4876f1401942b638af08a587854859cd548c81f427a1342c0d452d52b75", lastModified=undefined) (branch="renovate/vitejs-plugin-react-4.x-lockfile")
DEBUG: GitHub-native automerge: not enabled in repo settings (branch="renovate/vitejs-plugin-react-4.x-lockfile")
{
"prNumber": 2100
}
...
DEBUG: check runs result (branch="renovate/vitejs-plugin-react-4.x-lockfile")
{
"checkRuns": [
{
"name": "ensure-ci-success",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Delete e2e Renovate Terraform State",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Destroy e2e Renovate Instances / Destroy App (dev) / Terraform App (renovate2100)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Update Infrastructure Docs (dev)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Renovate / e2e frontend renovate multi (safari)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform App (dev) / Terraform App (dev)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Update Infrastructure Docs (PR)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Renovate / e2e frontend renovate multi (firefox)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Renovate / Update PR (renovate frontend multi)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Cluster",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Renovate / e2e frontend renovate single (safari)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Renovate / e2e frontend renovate multi (chrome)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Renovate / e2e frontend renovate single (firefox)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Renovate / e2e frontend renovate single (chrome)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Renovate / Update PR (renovate frontend single)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform Services (dev) / Terraform Services (dev)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform App (e2e cluster)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Update Pull Request (Instance)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / e2e Instances",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform App (e2e renovate) / Terraform App (renovate2100)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform App (e2e instances)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform App (PR Instance)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform PR Cluster",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform Infra (dev) / Terraform Infra (dev)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Importer Image / Build & Push importer",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Devices Server Image / Build & Push devices",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Instance Setup Image / Build & Push instance-setup",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Factory UI Image / Build & Push factory-ui",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Load PR Config / Load PR Config",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Frontend Image / Build & Push frontend",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / MongoDB Setup Image / Build & Push setup-backend",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Richemont Plugin Image / Build & Push richemont-plugin",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform k8s (dev) / Terraform Infra (dev)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Load Renovate e2e Config",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Keycloak Image / Build & Push keycloak",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Build nx Project",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Update Infrastructure Docs (dev)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform App (dev)",
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"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
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},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform Services (dev) / Terraform Services (dev)",
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},
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"conclusion": "success"
},
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"name": "devices Unit Test Results",
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"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Terraform Infra (dev) / Terraform Infra (dev)",
"status": "completed",
"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "backend-data Unit Test Results",
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"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "frontend Unit Test Results",
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"conclusion": "success"
},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Delete e2e Renovate Terraform State",
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
"name": "Build & Deploy / Factory UI Image",
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},
{
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"conclusion": "skipped"
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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}
DEBUG: Branch status red (branch="renovate/vitejs-plugin-react-4.x-lockfile")