[GH-ISSUE #172] Commands randomly fail because "Exec command ... is already running" #113

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opened 2026-03-01 21:40:16 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @aramperes on GitHub (Mar 27, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/172

I will randomly get errors that say:

[Deploy front-end/deploy] ⭐  Run jq -r '.version' projects/core/package.json > /tmp/version
| Error: Exec command a0d637d4b9b794f61bbb78d3a83337119ce98b9540840e1acc0cda150ec1bdd6 is already running
[Deploy front-end/deploy]   ✅  Success - jq -r '.version' projects/core/package.json > /tmp/version

and the step is just marked as "Success", so the build continues.

I'm building a Node-based workflow in the ubuntu-latest image, however the error seems unrelated to Node (it happens with other commands such as jq).

I made sure that no act container is already running before starting it, and pruned all stopped containers/volumes as well.

Relevant system information:

act version 0.2.7
Docker version 19.03.8, build afacb8b7f0
Ubuntu 19.10

Originally created by @aramperes on GitHub (Mar 27, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/172 I will randomly get errors that say: ``` [Deploy front-end/deploy] ⭐ Run jq -r '.version' projects/core/package.json > /tmp/version | Error: Exec command a0d637d4b9b794f61bbb78d3a83337119ce98b9540840e1acc0cda150ec1bdd6 is already running [Deploy front-end/deploy] ✅ Success - jq -r '.version' projects/core/package.json > /tmp/version ``` and the step is just marked as "Success", so the build continues. I'm building a Node-based workflow in the `ubuntu-latest` image, however the error seems unrelated to Node (it happens with other commands such as jq). I made sure that no act container is already running before starting it, and pruned all stopped containers/volumes as well. Relevant system information: ``` act version 0.2.7 Docker version 19.03.8, build afacb8b7f0 Ubuntu 19.10 ```

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@cplee commented on GitHub (Apr 16, 2020):

Looks like a duplicate of #165

@cplee commented on GitHub (Apr 16, 2020): Looks like a duplicate of #165

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