[BUG]: Error: Unable to resolve action octokit/request-action@v2.4.0, action not found

[nive-copia]

What happened?

This action stopped work starting from ~ 9:00 am pacific on 07-Feb-2025. There was no known changes to the environment on which it was running

Versions

octokit/request-action@v2.4.0

Relevant log output

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[borislavml]

We started having the same problem today. The weird part is that this happens for only one of our repos. We are using the action in several workflows in different repos and it's only in one place that if fails. We also haven't had ANY changes to the workflow or the way the action is used. It's literally a workflow that hasn't been touched for ages and just started failing with this error. We're using ubuntu-latest

Current runner version: '2.322.0'
Operating System
  Ubuntu
  24.04.1
  LTS
Runner Image
  Image: ubuntu-24.04
  Version: 20250202.1.0
  Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/ubuntu24/20250202.1/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2404-Readme.md
  Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/ubuntu24%2F20250202.1
Runner Image Provisioner
  2.0.422.1
GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
  Checks: write
  Contents: write
  Metadata: read
  PullRequests: write
Secret source: Actions
Prepare workflow directory
Prepare all required actions
Getting action download info
Error: Unable to resolve action octokit/request-action@v2.4.0, action not found

[nive-copia]

We started having the same problem today. The weird part is that this happens for only one of our repos. We are using the action in several workflows in different repos and it's only in one place that if fails. We also haven't had ANY changes to the workflow or the way the action is used. It's literally a workflow that hasn't been touched for ages and just started failing with this error. We're using ubuntu-latest

Current runner version: '2.322.0'
Operating System
  Ubuntu
  24.04.1
  LTS
Runner Image
  Image: ubuntu-24.04
  Version: 20250202.1.0
  Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/ubuntu24/20250202.1/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2404-Readme.md
  Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/ubuntu24%2F20250202.1
Runner Image Provisioner
  2.0.422.1
GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
  Checks: write
  Contents: write
  Metadata: read
  PullRequests: write
Secret source: Actions
Prepare workflow directory
Prepare all required actions
Getting action download info
Error: Unable to resolve action octokit/request-action@v2.4.0, action not found

Same here. Happens only on one repo among several others that use this GHA.

[notkurt]

Seeing this too. Once again, only on some of our repos, despite most of them using this action

##[debug]Evaluating job-level environment variables
##[debug]Evaluating job container
##[debug]Evaluating job service containers
##[debug]Evaluating job defaults
Prepare all required actions
Getting action download info
Error: Unable to resolve action octokit/request-action@v2.4.0, action not found
##[debug]GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi.UnresolvableActionDownloadInfoException: Unable to resolve action octokit/request-action@v2.4.0, action not found
##[debug]   at GitHub.Services.WebApi.VssHttpClientBase.HandleResponseAsync(HttpResponseMessage response, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
##[debug]   at GitHub.Services.WebApi.VssHttpClientBase.SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage message, HttpCompletionOption completionOption, Object userState, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
##[debug]   at GitHub.Services.WebApi.VssHttpClientBase.SendAsync[T](HttpRequestMessage message, Object userState, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
##[debug]   at GitHub.Services.WebApi.VssHttpClientBase.SendAsync[T](HttpMethod method, IEnumerable`1 additionalHeaders, Guid locationId, Object routeValues, ApiResourceVersion version, HttpContent content, IEnumerable`1 queryParameters, Object userState, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
##[debug]   at GitHub.Runner.Worker.ActionManager.GetDownloadInfoAsync(IExecutionContext executionContext, List`1 actions)
##[debug]   at GitHub.Runner.Worker.ActionManager.GetDownloadInfoAsync(IExecutionContext executionContext, List`1 actions)
##[debug]   at GitHub.Runner.Worker.ActionManager.PrepareActionsRecursiveAsync(IExecutionContext executionContext, PrepareActionsState state, IEnumerable`1 actions, Int[32](https://github.com/Ten-Squared/XXXXXX/actions/runs/13233881014/job/36938851181#step:1:36) depth, Guid parentStepId)
##[debug]   at GitHub.Runner.Worker.ActionManager.PrepareActionsAsync(IExecutionContext executionContext, IEnumerable`1 steps, Guid rootStepId)
##[debug]   at GitHub.Runner.Worker.JobExtension.InitializeJob(IExecutionContext jobContext, AgentJobRequestMessage message)
##[debug]Finishing: Set up job```

[gowid-1000]

Same but on v2.1.0 🤔

[dariodevito]

Experiencing the same issue on octokit/request-action@v2.3.1

[DavidSlayback]

Same on 2.1

[MatousJobanek]

We faced the same problem in one of our repos. To workaround the issue, we used SHA instead of the tag (you can also use main):

uses: octokit/request-action@dad4362715b7fb2ddedf9772c8670824af564f0d

[jpd4emis]

When forked to another org the repo works as expected with tags

[mpiltz]

We started experiencing this same issue couple of hours ago with v.2.3.1