[GH-ISSUE #175] runs-on is not successfully parsed if it contains an array, which is valid #116

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opened 2026-03-01 21:40:18 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments
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Originally created by @jeffhubLR on GitHub (Mar 31, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/175

Documentation:
https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on

Yaml that duplicates error:

name: Test
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: [self-hosted, windows]
    name: Test

    steps:
      - name: Ensure Docker is running
        run: |
          docker ps -a

Error received:

Error: yaml: unmarshal errors:
  line 8: cannot unmarshal !!seq into string
Originally created by @jeffhubLR on GitHub (Mar 31, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/175 Documentation: https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on Yaml that duplicates error: ``` name: Test on: push: branches: - master jobs: build: runs-on: [self-hosted, windows] name: Test steps: - name: Ensure Docker is running run: | docker ps -a ``` Error received: ``` Error: yaml: unmarshal errors: line 8: cannot unmarshal !!seq into string ```
kerem 2026-03-01 21:40:18 +03:00
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2020):

Issue is stale and will be closed in 7 days unless there is new activity

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@jeffhubLR commented on GitHub (Sep 21, 2020):

Bump to remove stale.

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Jan 8, 2021):

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