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nektos/act
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Analyzed at 4f41128141 on 2026-08-15. 180 documented errors.
| Code / Message | Type | Severity | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
ErrShortRef short SHA references are not supported | error_code | error | github-actions, expression-parsing, yaml, panic, act, workflow-syntax |
| missing steps in composite action | validation | error | composite-action, action-yml, act, workflow |
| network-scoped aliases are only supported for user-defined… | validation | error | docker, network, container-options, configuration |
| Failed to create job container | exception | critical | build-tags, docker, container-creation, unsupported-platform |
| ( ) | exception | error | git, path, action-tree, act |
| GoGitActionCache failed to open bare git | exception | error | git, cache, filesystem, act |
| failed to insert node | validation | error | yaml, matrix, expression, act |
| links are only supported for user-defined networks | validation | error | docker, network, links, legacy, configuration |
| Compare not implemented for types: left: %+v, right: %+v | exception | error | expression, exprparser, comparison, reflect |
| failed to remove image | exception | error | docker, architecture, image-cache, act |
| Unable to compare incompatibles types | exception | error | expression, exprparser, logical-operators, internal |
| Unsupported Operation | exception | critical | build-tags, docker, unsupported-platform, environment |
| Error occurred running finally | exception | warning | executor, cleanup, finally, control-flow, act |
| broken file: != | http | warning | artifact-cache, upload, storage, data-integrity, act |
| circular alias | validation | error | yaml, anchors, aliases, workflow-parsing |
| Cannot find: in PATH | console | error | host-execution, path, self-hosted, environment |
| unable to determine outbound IP address | exception | error | network, artifact-cache, offline, environment |
| The runs.using key must be one of | validation | error | action, runs-using, runner, dockerfile |
| cache : not reserved | http | warning | artifact-cache, http-api, actions-cache, state |
| compile | exception | error | watch-mode, gitignore, configuration, cli |
| compacting json for seccomp profile | validation | error | docker, seccomp, security-opt, json, container-options |
| Could not find any stages to run. View the valid jobs with… | console | warning | cli, planner, workflow-filter, configuration |
| find cache | http | error | artifact-cache, bolthold, database, act |
| service container failed to start | exception | error | docker, services, healthcheck, timeout, containers |
| failed to identify reference (tag/branch) for the… | exception | error | git, ref, detached-head, shallow-clone, act |
| network is specified multiple times | validation | error | docker, network, duplicate, container-options, act |
| Invalid glob option , available option… | validation | error | expression, hashfiles, glob, workflow |
| valid streams are STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR | validation | error | docker, attach, container-options, validation |
| write back id to db | http | error | artifact-cache, bolthold, database, concurrency, act |
| expressions are not allowed here | validation | error | go, act, schema-validation, expressions, yaml |
| opening seccomp profile | validation | error | docker, security, seccomp, filesystem, act |
| parse | http | error | artifact-cache, http, content-range, parsing, act |
| TODO: ' ' not implemented | exception | error | expression, exprparser, functions, not-implemented |
| Cannot process container options | validation | error | docker, container-options, validation, flag-conversion |
| --uts: invalid UTS mode | validation | error | docker, container-create, daemon, cleanup |
| unresolved alias node | validation | error | yaml, aliases, workflow-parsing, configuration |
| no name set for network | validation | critical | docker, docker-host, socket, environment, setup |
| insert cache | http | error | artifact-cache, bolthold, disk-full, database, act |
| CopyTarStream has been cancelled | exception | warning | cancellation, context, tar, host-extractor, timeout |
| unclosed string. | panic | critical | go, act, expressions, panic, string-escaping, yaml |
| GoGitActionCache failed to resolve sha | exception | error | git, ref, cache, act |
| Unable to resolve action | validation | error | git, remote-action, sha-pinning, uses |
| failed to handle credentials | exception | error | docker, registry, credentials, act |
| failed to read ' ' from action ' ' with path ' ' of step | exception | error | action, metadata, cache, uses |
| Cannot merge container.Config options | exception | error | docker, container-options, merge, internal-error, dependencies |
| Unable to determine how to run job | validation | error | go, act, step-factory, workflow-validation, defensive-code |
| --userns: invalid USER mode | validation | error | docker, image-inspect, environment, daemon |
| --pid: invalid PID mode | validation | error | docker, platform, validation, configuration |
| expected format / /.github/workflows/ @ . Actual ' ' Input… | validation | error | reusable-workflow, uses, workflow, act |
| cache : already complete | http | warning | artifact-cache, http-api, actions-cache, state |
| --health-retries cannot be negative | validation | error | docker, exit-code, shell, alpine, bash |
| failed to connect to docker daemon | exception | critical | docker, daemon-connection, docker-host, configuration |
| Unknown Function Call | validation | error | go, act, schema-validation, expressions, unknown-function |
| failed to parse service | exception | error | docker, services, ports, workflow-syntax, configuration |
| invalid storage option | validation | error | docker, storage, container-options, validation |
| invalid Step : missing run or uses key | validation | error | workflow, yaml, steps, act |
| generate auth token | exception | critical | entropy, crypto-rand, artifact-cache, sandboxing |
| --health-start-interval cannot be negative | validation | error | docker, copy, tar, filesystem, container-lifecycle |
| invalid Pattern | validation | error | go, act, glob-pattern, workflow-filters, validation |
| is not a valid mac address | validation | error | docker, mac-address, validation, container-options, act |
| conflicting options: cannot specify both --link and… | validation | error | docker, copy, tar, container-lifecycle |
| ❌ Error in if-expression: "if | exception | error | expressions, steps, if-condition, validation |
| --cgroupns: invalid CGROUP mode | validation | error | docker, dotenv, image-env, parsing |
| Cannot parse networkmode= | validation | error | docker, network-mode, internal-error, library-embedding |
| max depth of symlinks exceeded while reading | exception | error | symlink, local-action, filesystem, security |
| unknown server OS | validation | error | docker, device-mapping, server-os, validation |
| GoGitActionCache failed to get commit | exception | error | git, sha, cache, act |
| Actions YAML Strict Schema Validation Error detected:\nFor… | validation | error | workflow, schema, strict, validation |
| container.credentials cannot be empty | validation | error | container, credentials, workflow-syntax |
| symlink tries to access file | validation | error | security, symlink, path-traversal, supply-chain |
| unable to determine if image already exists for image | exception | error | docker, image-pull, daemon-connection, image-reference |
| invalid range format for --expose | validation | error | docker, ports, expose, validation, act |
| failed to fetch " " version | exception | error | network, action-cache, git, authentication, fetch |
| invalid publish opts format | validation | error | docker, ports, publish, parsing, act |
| invalid step status | validation | error | step-result, json, enum, unmarshal |
| workflow is not valid. | validation | error | workflow, planner, yaml, validation |
| Actions YAML Schema Validation Error detected:\nFor more… | validation | error | workflow, schema, yaml, validation |
| failed to handle service | exception | error | services, docker, credentials, act |
| GoGitActionCache failed to open bare git | exception | error | git, cache, concurrency, act |
| Invalid run/uses syntax for job | validation | error | workflow-syntax, steps, validation, yaml |
| this step has been cancelled | exception | warning | cancellation, context, exec, timeout, host-runner |
| unable to build dependency graph for | validation | error | workflow, planner, dependency-graph, needs |
| Cannot parse container options | validation | error | docker, container-options, flag-parsing, workflow-config |
| conflicting options: cannot specify both --ip6 and… | validation | error | docker, container-start, daemon, runtime |
| conflicting options: cannot specify both --mac-address and… | validation | error | docker, container-wait, network, long-running |
| conflicting options: cannot attach both user-defined and… | validation | error | filesystem, tar, tmp, seek |
| failed to interpolate container.credentials.username | validation | error | container, credentials, secrets, expressions |
| GoGitActionCache failed to create remote | exception | error | git, url, remote, act |
| error occurring when resetting io pointer in | exception | error | workflow, planner, seek, rare |
| remote ' ' exists but has no URL | exception | error | git, remote, config, act |
| conflicting options: cannot specify both --link-local-ip… | validation | error | docker, exit-code, job-failure, container-lifecycle |
| GoGitActionCache failed to open git tree | exception | error | git, cache, corruption, act |
| --health-interval cannot be negative | validation | error | docker, exec-attach, network, daemon |
| --health-start-period cannot be negative | validation | error | docker, exit-code, step-failure, user-error |
| workflow is not valid. | validation | error | workflow, job-id, validation, regex |
| unable to readlink | exception | error | symlink, filecollector, filesystem, workspace |
| Unknown Variable Access | validation | error | go, act, schema-validation, expressions, context-variables |
| `uses` key references invalid workflow path | validation | error | workflow, reusable-workflow, uses, validation |
| GoGitActionCache failed to fetch | exception | error | network, git, auth, act, fetch |
| The runs.using key in action.yml must be one of | validation | error | action, yaml, runs-using, validation |