[GH-ISSUE #729] Issue: GITHUB_ENV is not guaranteed to exist, causes a permission denied error #458

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opened 2026-03-01 21:43:35 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @blampe on GitHub (Jun 8, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/729

Upgraded act while trying to debug another issue and ran into this bug which broke a step which was working fine on 0.21.

System information

Operating System: Darwin Kernel Version 20.5.0
Architecture: x86_64
Apple M1: No
Docker version: 20.10.6, build 370c289
Docker image used in act: catthehacker/ubuntu:full-20.04
act version: 05bce00

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Runs successfully.

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[Foo/foo-2] Exec command '[node /var/run/act/actions/aws-actions-configure-aws-credentials@v1/dist/index.js]'
[Foo/foo-1]   ❗  ::error::EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/run/act/workflow/envs.txt'
[Rails Tests/rails_tests-1]   ❌  Failure - Configure AWS Credentials

Workflow and/or repository

name: Foo
jobs:
  foo:
    steps:
      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1

Originally created by @blampe on GitHub (Jun 8, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/729 Upgraded `act` while trying to debug another issue and ran into this bug which broke a step which was working fine on 0.21. ## System information - Operating System: Darwin Kernel Version 20.5.0 - Architecture: x86_64 - Apple M1: No - Docker version: 20.10.6, build 370c289 - Docker image used in `act`: catthehacker/ubuntu:full-20.04 - `act` version: 05bce00 ## Expected behaviour Runs successfully. ## Actual behaviour ``` [Foo/foo-2] Exec command '[node /var/run/act/actions/aws-actions-configure-aws-credentials@v1/dist/index.js]' [Foo/foo-1] ❗ ::error::EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/run/act/workflow/envs.txt' [Rails Tests/rails_tests-1] ❌ Failure - Configure AWS Credentials ``` ## Workflow and/or repository ``` name: Foo jobs: foo: steps: - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1 ```

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[PR #459] [MERGED] Warns that not Apple Silicon compatible. #1452

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