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Skip build-test-promote job for fork pull requests lacking registry secrets#184
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[WIP] Fix failing GitHub Actions job for building and pushing image
Skip build-test-promote job for fork pull requests lacking registry secrets
Sep 8, 2026
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The
Build, Test, Promote (cosmic) / Build image / Build and push image (amd64)job was failing withError: Input required and not supplied: passwordduring thepodman-loginstep.Root cause
aaaaadrien/atomic-desktop).pull_requestevents when the head repository differs from the base repository — this is a platform-level restriction, not something the workflow can override.secrets.QUAY_PASSWORDunavailable,REGISTRY_TOKENwas empty, sopodman-loginfailed before the image build could even start.main, same-repo branch PRs, and Dependabot PRs (which run from branches in-repo, not forks) all successfully authenticate and build.Fix
ifguard tobuild-test-promotein.github/workflows/build.ymlthat skips the job forpull_requestevents when the PR's head repo doesn't match the base repo:push,schedule,workflow_dispatch) and same-repo PRs continue to run unchanged. Fork PRs will now show as skipped instead of failing, since they can never authenticate to the registry.