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[GH-ISSUE #484] Event type auto-detection not working #333

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opened 2026-03-01 21:42:26 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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2026-03-01 21:42:26 +03:00

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Originally created by @edtan on GitHub (Jan 17, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/484

The event type auto-detection is not working as intended - it is always defaulting to push, even though the workflow defines a different event type. For example, when running act for the following workflow, nothing happens. You must run act workflow_dispatch in order for it to run.

name: "Test auto-detection"
on: workflow_dispatch

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
     - name: "foo"
       run: echo "bar"

It looks like this is happening due to #157: PlanEvent("push") is never nil, because PlanEvent always creates and returns a new Plan object: github.com/nektos/act@e6fcfed458/pkg/model/planner.go (L108-L122).

Originally created by @edtan on GitHub (Jan 17, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/484 The event type auto-detection is not working as intended - it is always defaulting to `push`, even though the workflow defines a different event type. For example, when running `act` for the following workflow, nothing happens. You must run `act workflow_dispatch` in order for it to run. ``` name: "Test auto-detection" on: workflow_dispatch jobs: test: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: "foo" run: echo "bar" ``` It looks like this is happening due to #157: `PlanEvent("push")` is never `nil`, because `PlanEvent` always creates and returns a new `Plan` object: https://github.com/nektos/act/blob/e6fcfed458dbccd640e093bffd0fc258d6ce0e6e/pkg/model/planner.go#L108-L122.

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2026-03-01 21:42:27 +03:00

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@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2021):

@edtan There is no auto-detection of event. It always defaults to push as it supposed to. You can see that in https://github.com/nektos/act#commands

# List the actions for a specific event:
act workflow_dispatch -l

# Run the default (`push`) event:
act

@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Jan 17, 2021): @edtan There is no auto-detection of event. It always defaults to push as it supposed to. You can see that in https://github.com/nektos/act#commands ``` # List the actions for a specific event: act workflow_dispatch -l # Run the default (`push`) event: act ```

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2026-03-01 21:42:27 +03:00

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@edtan commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2021):

Oh I see. Then I think this part of the code is no longer needed, but it could be a useful feature to have:
github.com/nektos/act@e6fcfed458/cmd/root.go (L152-L157)

@edtan commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2021): Oh I see. Then I think this part of the code is no longer needed, but it could be a useful feature to have: https://github.com/nektos/act/blob/e6fcfed458dbccd640e093bffd0fc258d6ce0e6e/cmd/root.go#L152-L157

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:42:27 +03:00

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@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2021):

I looked at the code now and see what you meant, it can be an opt-in option enabled by flag.

@catthehacker commented on GitHub (Jan 18, 2021): I looked at the code now and see what you meant, it can be an opt-in option enabled by flag.

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