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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions .github/workflows/workflow-failure-issue.yml
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jobs:
workflow-failure-issue:
name: Open or close workflow failure issue
if: github.repository_owner == 'open-telemetry'
permissions:
issues: write # needed to open, comment on, and close workflow failure issues
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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Reusable GitHub Actions workflow that tracks the pass/fail state of another
workflow (typically a scheduled one) by opening, commenting on, and closing a
GitHub issue in the calling repository.
GitHub issue in the calling repository. The workflow runs only when the calling
repository belongs to the `open-telemetry` organization, preventing runs in
forks from creating failure issues.

This is useful because GitHub notifies only a single user of scheduled-workflow
failures. Per the [GitHub docs on scheduled workflows](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#actor-for-scheduled-workflows):
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