[Feature Request] Get source repo of reusable workflow easily

[joemarshall]

In OIDC, there is a property: job_workflow_repo_ref which links back to the current reusable workflow.

There are all sorts of reasons why you might want to know what version of the current workflow is running, e.g. to get hold of supplementary files, call other workflows etc.

Please please, pretty please, could you expose this into the main github context by default, so we don't have to hack things with OIDC tokens to get it.

There's a discussion of this on here, but I can't find any explicit feature request
#31054

[ossanna16]

Hi there @joemarshall and welcome to our community! Thank you for this feature request!

[ChristopherHX]

GitHub finally added github.workflow_ref/github.workflow_sha

See https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/31054#discussioncomment-4373060 for an example.

We need github.job_workflow_ref / github.job_workflow_sha.

[asraa]

+1 this! It's been really inconvenient to require OIDC token perms just to figure out the reusable workflow's name and ref

[neilime]

And now with the new restriction introduced by https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-15-github-actions-securing-openid-connect-oidc-token-permissions-in-reusable-workflows/

It is breaking changing every workflows that use nested workflows with this workaround....

It's a nightmare to work with Github actions and trying to be stable, mixing workaround for basic needs and dealing with breaking changes every month

[neilime]

Any news on this topic ?

[neilime]

@ossanna16 how can we help to make progress on this feature request?

[ossanna16]

Hi there @neilime! Thank you for reaching out. Unfortunately, there is no advice I can give you with regard to making progress on this feature request. Be assured that our product team evaluates feature requests on a regular basis.

[neilime]

Hi @ossanna16,

Thanks for your response. This issue has been affecting organizations for over two years now. Many teams relying on reusable workflows are still forced to use workarounds due to the lack of support for github.job_workflow_ref and github.job_workflow_sha, which complicates processes significantly.

The impact is growing, and it’s becoming increasingly challenging to manage. Addressing this would greatly benefit the community and improve workflow stability.

Thanks for your attention to this issue.

[neilime]

Hi @ossanna16,

Do you have any news for this issue?