Compare updated template evaluator by ericsciple · Pull Request #4092 · actions/runner

ericsciple · 2025-10-31T19:20:17Z

Workflow used for end-to-end testing:

on:
  push:
    paths:
      .github/workflows/self-hosted.yml
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: self-hosted
    #container: ${{ fromjson('"alpine:latest"') }}
    #container: ${{ fromjson('{"image":"alpine:latest"}') }}
    outputs:
      my_job_output: ${{ steps.set_output.outputs.my_output }}
      from_ref: ${{ github.ref }}
    env:
      JOB_ENV: ${{ github.ref }}
    steps:
      - name: Hello from ${{ github.ref }}
        run: echo hi

      - name: Print env
        env:
          STEP_ENV: ${{ github.ref }}
        run: printenv | sort

      - name: With timeout
        timeout-minutes: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && 2 || 1 }}
        run: echo hi

      - name: Set an output
        id: set_output
        run: echo "my_output=foo" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

#      - name: Exceed depth
 #       env:
  #        foo: ${{ fromjson('[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]') }}
   #     run: echo hi

#      - name: Exceed memory
 #       env:
  #        foo: ${{ format('{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}', format('{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}', format('{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}', format('{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}', format('{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}', format('{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}{0}', tojson(github))))))) }}
   #     run: echo hi

      - name: Print the output
        run: |
          echo "Output from previous step: ${{ steps.set_output.outputs.my_output }}"

ericsciple · 2025-11-04T19:50:23Z

src/Sdk/DTPipelines/Pipelines/ObjectTemplating/IPipelineTemplateEvaluator.cs

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Evaluates parts of the workflow DOM. For example, a job strategy or step inputs.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IPipelineTemplateEvaluator


Enables IExecutionContext.ToPipelineTemplateEvaluator to return a wrapper

ericsciple · 2025-11-04T19:51:01Z

src/Runner.Worker/GlobalContext.cs

        public bool WriteDebug { get; set; }
        public string InfrastructureFailureCategory { get; set; }
        public JObject ContainerHookState { get; set; }
+        public bool HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch { get; set; }


Prevents adding to telemetry multiple times. Once per job is enough.

ericsciple · 2025-11-04T19:51:46Z

src/Runner.Worker/Expressions/AlwaysFunction.cs

        }
    }
+
+    public sealed class NewAlwaysFunction : GitHub.Actions.Expressions.Sdk.Function


Duplicated because this needs to inherit from the new namespace

ericsciple · 2025-11-04T19:59:39Z

src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs

+        public static IPipelineTemplateEvaluator ToPipelineTemplateEvaluator(this IExecutionContext context, ObjectTemplating.ITraceWriter traceWriter = null)
        {
+            // Create wrapper?
+            if ((context.Global.Variables.GetBoolean(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareTemplateEvaluator) ?? false) || StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ACTIONS_RUNNER_COMPARE_TEMPLATE_EVALUATOR")))


Feature flag check

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Pull Request Overview

This PR introduces a new template evaluator and related components for processing GitHub Actions workflow templates. The changes add comprehensive support for parsing, validating, and evaluating workflow YAML files with expression support, schema validation, and various token types.

Key Changes

Implements core template evaluation infrastructure including TemplateEvaluator, TemplateReader, and TemplateUnraveler for processing workflow templates
Adds schema validation framework with multiple definition types (String, Number, Boolean, Mapping, Sequence, etc.)
Introduces token system for representing template elements (BasicExpressionToken, MappingToken, SequenceToken, etc.)

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File	Description
BasicExpressionToken.cs	Implements token type for basic expressions with evaluation and display methods
TemplateWriter.cs	Converts template tokens to other object formats
TemplateValidationException.cs	Exception class for template validation errors
TemplateValidationErrors.cs	Collection for managing validation errors with limits
TemplateValidationError.cs	Individual validation error representation
TemplateUnraveler.cs	Core logic for traversing and expanding template expressions
TemplateStrings.resx	Resource file containing localized error messages
TemplateStrings.cs	Auto-generated resource accessor class
TemplateReader.cs	Converts source objects into template tokens with validation
TemplateMemory.cs	Tracks memory usage during template processing
TemplateEvaluator.cs	Evaluates templates by expanding expressions based on context
TemplateContext.cs	Context object for template loading and evaluation
TemplateConstants.cs	Constants used throughout template processing
Telemetry.cs	Tracks telemetry data during workflow parsing
Various Schema files	Schema definitions for validating template structure
Various Conversion files	Workflow conversion utilities and helpers
Job-related files	Job and step type definitions
Various interface files	Interface definitions for extensibility

Copilot · 2025-11-04T20:03:49Z

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/ObjectTemplating/TemplateReader.cs

+                return new StringToken(m_fileId, token.Line, token.Column, str);
+            }
+
+            // Check if only ony segment


Corrected spelling of 'ony' to 'one'

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// Check if only ony segment

// Check if only one segment

Copilot · 2025-11-04T20:03:49Z

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/ObjectTemplating/TemplateValidationErrors.cs

+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add a prefix in the error message of the given index.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void PrefixMessage(int index, String prefix) {


Opening brace should be on a new line to match the C# coding style used throughout this codebase.

Suggested change

public void PrefixMessage(int index, String prefix) {

public void PrefixMessage(int index, String prefix)

{

Copilot · 2025-11-04T20:03:50Z

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/ObjectTemplating/TemplateValidationErrors.cs

+        public void PrefixMessage(int index, String prefix) {
+            if (index < 0 || index >= m_errors.Count) {


Opening brace should be on a new line to match the C# coding style used throughout this codebase.

Suggested change

public void PrefixMessage(int index, String prefix) {

if (index < 0 || index >= m_errors.Count) {

public void PrefixMessage(int index, String prefix)

if (index < 0 || index >= m_errors.Count)

{

Copilot · 2025-11-04T20:03:50Z

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/Conversion/YamlReplayState.cs

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Index and depth while replaying a YAML anchor
+    /// </summary>
+    sealed class YamlReplayState


Class should have an access modifier. Add 'internal' to match the pattern used in this codebase.

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sealed class YamlReplayState

internal sealed class YamlReplayState

Copilot · 2025-11-04T20:03:50Z

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/JobContainer.cs

+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the credentials used for pulling the container iamge.


Corrected spelling of 'iamge' to 'image'

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/// Gets or sets the credentials used for pulling the container iamge.

/// Gets or sets the credentials used for pulling the container image.

Copilot · 2025-11-04T20:03:51Z

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/Conversion/YamlObjectReader.cs

+                {
+                    if (m_current is Scalar scalar)
+                    {
+                        // Verify not using achors


Corrected spelling of 'achors' to 'anchors'

Copilot · 2025-11-04T20:03:51Z

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/Conversion/YamlObjectReader.cs

+                    }
+                    else if (m_current is MappingStart mappingStart)
+                    {
+                        // Verify not using achors


Corrected spelling of 'achors' to 'anchors'

Copilot · 2025-11-04T20:03:51Z

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/Conversion/YamlObjectReader.cs

+                    }
+                    else if (m_current is SequenceStart sequenceStart)
+                    {
+                        // Verify not using achors


Corrected spelling of 'achors' to 'anchors'

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ericsciple changed the title ~~Side-by-side updated workflow parser~~ Side-by-side updated template evaluator Nov 4, 2025

ericsciple changed the title ~~Side-by-side updated template evaluator~~ Compare updated template evaluator Nov 4, 2025

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Compare updated workflow parser for ActionManifestManager #4111

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Update GH Runner from 2.329.0 to 2.330.0 PasseiDireto/gh-runner#123

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	public void PrefixMessage(int index, String prefix) {
	public void PrefixMessage(int index, String prefix)
	{

		public void PrefixMessage(int index, String prefix) {
		if (index < 0 \|\| index >= m_errors.Count) {

	sealed class YamlReplayState
	internal sealed class YamlReplayState

	/// Gets or sets the credentials used for pulling the container iamge.
	/// Gets or sets the credentials used for pulling the container image.

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