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Unrecognized named-value GitHub Actions: Unrecognized named-value: 'secrets'. Located at position 1 within expression: secrets.API_KEY
CI/CD · layer 7, Build & delivery
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GitHub Actions: Error: Unable to download artifact(s): Artifact not found for name: build
`download-artifact` could not find an artifact with that name in the run (or repository) — it was never uploaded, named different…
GitHub Actions: Context access might be invalid: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID (editor warning for secrets/vars)
The GitHub Actions editor or extension flags a `secrets.X` or `vars.X` reference that is not defined in the repository — usually…
GitHub Actions: Cache not found for input keys: npm-Linux-abc123 / Failed to save: Unable to reserve cache with key, another job may be creating this cache
`actions/cache` either found nothing for your key (restore miss) or could not save because another run is already saving the same…
GitHub Actions: error parsing called workflow ".github/workflows/ci.yml" -> "org/repo/.github/workflows/build.yml@main": workflow was not found
A job calls a reusable workflow (`uses: org/repo/.github/workflows/x.yml@ref`) that GitHub cannot find or is not allowed to use.
GitHub Actions: Error: Credentials could not be loaded, please check your action inputs: Could not load credentials from any providers
`aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials` found no usable credentials — no keys, no role to assume, or the OIDC token was not reque…
GitHub Actions: Invalid workflow file: .github/workflows/ci.yml#L12 — You have an error in your yaml syntax on line 12
GitHub could not parse your workflow YAML, so no run was created — usually indentation, a tab, or an unquoted special character.
GitHub Actions: Matrix vector 'node' does not contain any values / Error when evaluating 'strategy' for job
The job's `strategy.matrix` ended up empty — a `fromJSON()` expression produced no values, or a dimension is an empty list.
GitHub Actions: HttpError: API rate limit exceeded for installation ID 123456 / secondary rate limit
Your workflow (or an action it uses) made too many GitHub API calls and was throttled with 403/429.
Two steps away (19)
GitHub Actions: workflow does not run on push / pull_request / workflow_dispatch button missing
A workflow file exists but no run appears — the trigger filters do not match, the file is not on the right branch, or the workflo…
GitHub Actions: secret is empty on pull_request from a fork or Dependabot (Secrets are not passed to workflows triggered by a fork)
Secrets are intentionally withheld from workflows that run for pull requests from forks and, by default, for Dependabot PRs — so…
GitHub Actions: Error: Input required and not supplied: token
An action needs an input (token, ssh-key, api-key…) and the `with:` value is empty or missing — often because the secret does not…
GitHub Actions: Error: This request has been automatically failed because it uses a deprecated version of `actions/upload-artifact: v3`
Since January 2025 the v3 artifact actions no longer work — upload and download steps fail until you move to v4.
npm ERR! `npm ci` can only install packages when your package.json and package-lock.json are in sync
package-lock.json doesn’t match package.json, so npm ci refuses to install.
GitHub Actions: Node.js 16 actions are deprecated. Please update the following actions to use Node.js 20: actions/checkout@v3
A warning that actions in your workflow still run on an old Node.js runtime; update them to current major versions.
GitHub Actions: The `set-output` command is deprecated and will be disabled soon. Please upgrade to using Environment Files
Workflows (or old actions) still use `::set-output`, which must be replaced by writing to the `$GITHUB_OUTPUT` file.
CircleCI: Cannot find orb 'circleci/node@9.9.9'. Check the namespace and version exist
The orb reference in your config does not resolve: wrong namespace, name or version, or the orb is private and not accessible.
Azure Pipelines: /azure-pipelines.yml: File /templates/build.yml not found in repository / Unable to find template
The YAML references a template (`template: templates/build.yml`) that Azure cannot find — wrong path, repo resource or branch.
Argo CD: ComparisonError: rpc error: code = Unknown desc = Manifest generation error (cached): kustomize build failed
Argo CD could not render the manifests (Helm, Kustomize or plain YAML) for the application, so it cannot compare Git with the clu…
is not authorized to perform: sts:AssumeRole on resource: arn:aws:iam::...:role/...
The caller can’t assume the role — either its own policy doesn’t allow sts:AssumeRole, or the role’s trust policy doesn’t trust t…
GitHub Actions: Error: Unable to process command '::set-env name=X::y' successfully. The `set-env` command is disabled
A script or old action uses `::set-env` / `::add-path`, which GitHub disabled; write to `$GITHUB_ENV` and `$GITHUB_PATH` instead.
GitHub Actions: Error: Unable to process file command 'output' successfully. Invalid format 'x'
A line written to `$GITHUB_OUTPUT`, `$GITHUB_ENV` or `$GITHUB_STATE` is not in `name=value` form — usually a multi-line value wit…
GitHub Actions: Expected — Waiting for status to be reported (required check never runs on the pull request)
Branch protection requires a status check that no workflow reports for this PR, so the merge button stays blocked.
GitLab CI: Found errors in your .gitlab-ci.yml: jobs:build config contains unknown keys: scripts
GitLab rejected the pipeline configuration, so no pipeline was created — the message names the job and the problem.
Jenkins: WorkflowScript: 12: unexpected token: } @ line 12, column 5. 1 error
The Jenkinsfile has a Groovy/Declarative syntax error, so the build fails before running any stage.
API Error: Too many concurrent requests (concurrency limit reached)
You have more requests in flight at once than the API allows for your key — even if your requests-per-minute rate is fine.
GitHub Actions: Error: Resource not accessible by integration (403)
The workflow’s GITHUB_TOKEN doesn’t have the permission needed for that API call (comment, push, create release, write packages).
GitHub Actions: Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
A `run:` command returned a non-zero status, so the step (and job) failed — the real cause is printed in the log lines above.
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