Github Actions workflow (private repo) hangs when trying to publish to packages

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Github Actions workflow for a private repository:

Within IntelliJ project OrionDAO is a facet of project Orion and so has to be run first.

Part of OrionDAO Pom follows:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>uk.co.xxxx.orionDAO</groupId>
   <artifactId>orionDAO</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Orion Model</name>
   <description>Orion </description>
   <version>25.1.3</version>

……….


   <distributionManagement>
      <repository>
         <id>github</id>
         <name>Apache Maven Packages</name>
         <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/xxxx/Orion_CICD</url>
      </repository>
   </distributionManagement>
</project>

Part of Orion Pom follows:

4.0.0

<groupId>uk.co.xxxx.orion</groupId>
<artifactId>orion</artifactId>
<version>25.1.3</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>

<name>Orion</name>
<description>Orion </description>

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>2.4.2</version>
    <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
    <java.version>15</java.version>
    <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
    <hapi-fhir-version>4.2.0</hapi-fhir-version>

</properties>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>uk.co.xxxx.orionDAO</groupId>
        <artifactId>orionDAO</artifactId>
        <version>25.1.3</version>
        <scope>provided</scope>
    </dependency>

</dependencies>

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            <configuration>
                <skipTests>true</skipTests>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
    <finalName>orion</finalName>
</build>

<distributionManagement>
    <repository>
        <id>github</id>
        <name>GitHub ReedInPartnership Apache Maven Packages</name>
        <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/xxxx/Orion_CICD</url>
    </repository>
</distributionManagement>

This all works fine until the deploy step.

Then it just sits there.

I added permissions: step but still hangs.

# This workflow will trigger when a PR is closed and will put out a message
# dependant upon Orion being built and deployed to the Master branch

name: Master Workflow - PR message output and build and deploy
on:
  pull_request:
    types: closed
    branches:
      - master

permissions:
  contents: read
  packages: write

jobs:
  merge_job:
    # this job will only run if the PR has been merged
    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - run: |
          echo PR #${{ github.event.number }} has been merged

  close_job:
    # this job will only run if the PR has been closed without being merged
    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == false
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - run: |
          echo PR #${{ github.event.number }} has been closed without being merged

  deploy_job:
    # this job will only run if the PR has been merged i.e merge-job completed successfully
    needs: merge_job
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Set up JDK 16 for now
        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
        with:
          java-version: '16'
          distribution: 'adopt'

      - name: Set up Maven
        uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4
        with:
          maven-version: 3.6.3

      - name: Cache Maven packages
        uses: actions/cache@v2
        with:
          path: ~/.m2
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-m2

      - name: 'Create settings.xml'
        uses: whelk-io/maven-settings-xml-action@v4
        with:
          repositories: '[{ "id": "github", "url": "https://maven.pkg.github.com/ReedInPartnership/Orion_CICD" }]'
          servers: '[{"id": "github", "username": "${{ secrets.GITHUB_USERNAME }}", "password": "${{ secrets.GITHUB_PASSWORD }}"}]'

      - name: Install Jespa
        run: mvn install:install-file "-Dfile=Orion\jespa-1.2.6.jar" "-DgroupId=jespa" "-DartifactId=jespa" "-Dversion=1.2.6" "-Dpackaging=jar" "-DgeneratePom=true"

      - name: Build with Maven (Orion DAO)
        run: mvn -B install --file Orion_DAO/pom.xml

      - name: Build with Maven (Orion)
        run: mvn -B install --file Orion/pom.xml

      - name: Publish to GitHub Packages Orion
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: mvn --batch-mode --file Orion/pom.xml deploy

Output: Just hangs when uploading jar and pom to github

***** UPDATE ***** ***** UPDATE ***** ***** UPDATE *****

This was done with myself as the creator of the merge request and also as the the person merging it and I thought maybe this is why it is hanging. So I got someone else (the reviewer) to do the merge and now it is not hanging but I am getting the following error instead

Error:  Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-deploy-plugin:2.8.2:deploy (default-deploy) on project orion: Failed to deploy artifacts: Could not transfer artifact uk.co.reed.orion:orion:war:25.1.3 from/to github (https://maven.pkg.github.com/xxxx/Orion_CICD): Transfer failed for https://maven.pkg.github.com/xxxx/Orion_CICD/uk/co/reed/orion/orion/25.1.3/orion-25.1.3.war 401 Unauthorized -> [Help 1]
Error:  
Error:  To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
Error:  Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
Error:  
Error:  For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
Error:  [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

***** UPDATE2 ***** ***** UPDATE2 ***** ***** UPDATE2 *****

I have now gotten another reviewer with admin access to merge this and we are back to the workflow just hanging in the maven deploy step!!

it probably needs changes in maven's `settings.xml` to upload code into mvnrepo? — tsamridh86, Jul 30 '21 at 08:46
@Samridh Tuladhar I want to publish the artifacts to Github so they can be used in a release step. — charlie f, Jul 30 '21 at 08:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '21 at 07:34

In the end I created a release workflow and then it created the packages. It seems that packages are only created on a release event type although I couldn't find this mentioned in all the documentation I read.

# This workflow will build and publish to Github Packages on release

name: Master Workflow - Build and Publish to GitHub Packages
on:
  release:
    types: [created]
jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
        with:
          java-version: '16'
          distribution: 'adopt'

      - name: Install Jespa
        run: mvn install:install-file "-Dfile=Orion\jespa-1.2.6.jar" "-DgroupId=jespa" "-DartifactId=jespa" "-Dversion=1.2.6" "-Dpackaging=jar" "-DgeneratePom=true"

      - name: Build with Maven (Orion DAO)
        run: mvn -B install --file Orion_DAO/pom.xml

      - name: Build with Maven (Orion)
        run: mvn -B install --file Orion/pom.xml

      - name: Publish package
        run: mvn --batch-mode --file Orion/pom.xml deploy
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '21 at 06:29

You can add settings.xml to the project root folder same location as pom.xml

Then you can add steps like this:

- name: Build with Maven
   env:
      USENAME: ${{github.actor}}
      PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   run: mvn -B clean package --settings settings.xml

Content of the settings.xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">

    <servers>
        <server>
            <id>github</id>
            <username>${env.USERNAME}</username>
            <password>${env.PASSWORD}</password>
        </server>

    </servers>

</settings>

Github Actions workflow (private repo) hangs when trying to publish to packages

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