GitHub Actions Failure Phase Audit

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name: github-actions-failure-phase-audit description: Group GitHub Actions failures by pipeline phase (setup/build/test/lint/deploy/security) with minute impact to prioritize fixes. version: 1.0.0 metadata: {"openclaw":{"requires":{"bins":["bash","python3"]}}}

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GitHub Actions Failure Phase Audit

Use this skill to identify which CI/CD phase is burning the most minutes when jobs fail.

What this skill does

Reads one or more GitHub Actions run JSON exports (gh run view --json ...)

Detects the first non-success step per failed/cancelled/timed-out job

Maps failures to phases: setup, build, test, lint, deploy, security, other

Aggregates failures by repo + workflow + phase + failed step

Ranks hotspots by impacted minutes and failure count

Inputs

Optional:

RUN_GLOB (default: artifacts/github-actions/*.json)

TOP_N (default: 20)

OUTPUT_FORMAT (text or json, default: text)

WARN_MINUTES (default: 20)

CRITICAL_MINUTES (default: 45)

FAIL_ON_CRITICAL (0 or 1, default: 0)

WORKFLOW_MATCH, WORKFLOW_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)

REPO_MATCH, REPO_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)

BRANCH_MATCH, BRANCH_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)

PHASE_MATCH, PHASE_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)

Collect run JSON

gh run view  --json databaseId,workflowName,headBranch,headSha,url,repository,jobs \
  > artifacts/github-actions/run-.json

Run

Text report:

RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \
WARN_MINUTES=15 \
CRITICAL_MINUTES=35 \
bash skills/github-actions-failure-phase-audit/scripts/failure-phase-audit.sh

JSON output + fail gate:

RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \
OUTPUT_FORMAT=json \
FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1 \
bash skills/github-actions-failure-phase-audit/scripts/failure-phase-audit.sh

Phase filtered report:

RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \
PHASE_MATCH='^(test|deploy)$' \
bash skills/github-actions-failure-phase-audit/scripts/failure-phase-audit.sh

Run with bundled fixtures:

RUN_GLOB='skills/github-actions-failure-phase-audit/fixtures/*.json' \
bash skills/github-actions-failure-phase-audit/scripts/failure-phase-audit.sh

Output contract

Exit 0 in reporting mode

Exit 1 when FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1 and critical hotspots exist

Text output includes totals and ranked phase hotspots

JSON output includes summary, hotspots, and critical_hotspots