[GH-ISSUE #16] Environment variables must be strings #7

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opened 2026-03-01 21:39:04 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:39:04 +03:00

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Originally created by @UncannyBingo on GitHub (Jan 21, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/16

GitHub requires that all values to environment variables be strings—not, for example, integers. Act will heppily accept integers, however.

Here is an example workflow that act will execute, but that GitHub will reject:

workflow "Launch the rescue mission" {
  on = "release"
  resolves = ["debug"]
}

action "debug" {
  uses = "actions/bin/debug"
  env = {
    ENV_VAR = 1
    }
}

GitHub, on the other hand, requires something like

workflow "Launch the rescue mission" {
  on = "release"
  resolves = ["debug"]
}

action "debug" {
  uses = "actions/bin/debug"
  env = {
    ENV_VAR = "1"
    }
}

(notice the "1" in quotes)

Originally created by @UncannyBingo on GitHub (Jan 21, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/16 GitHub requires that all values to environment variables be strings—not, for example, integers. Act will heppily accept integers, however. Here is an example workflow that act will execute, but that GitHub will reject: ``` workflow "Launch the rescue mission" { on = "release" resolves = ["debug"] } action "debug" { uses = "actions/bin/debug" env = { ENV_VAR = 1 } } ``` GitHub, on the other hand, requires something like ``` workflow "Launch the rescue mission" { on = "release" resolves = ["debug"] } action "debug" { uses = "actions/bin/debug" env = { ENV_VAR = "1" } } ``` (notice the "1" in quotes)

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kerem commented

2026-03-01 21:39:05 +03:00

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@UncannyBingo commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2019):

(BTW, thank you for this very awesome tool!)

@UncannyBingo commented on GitHub (Jan 21, 2019): (BTW, _thank you_ for this very awesome tool!)

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