From c3f6f133775fefd8bcf362d8ab4d33bae7e085e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Homberger <christopher.homberger@web.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:23:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] prevent endless workflow_run trigger

---
 services/actions/notifier_helper.go | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/services/actions/notifier_helper.go b/services/actions/notifier_helper.go
index c4179c0a06..3b07cc688e 100644
--- a/services/actions/notifier_helper.go
+++ b/services/actions/notifier_helper.go
@@ -263,6 +263,15 @@ func skipWorkflows(input *notifyInput, commit *git.Commit) bool {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if input.Event == webhook_module.HookEventWorkflowRun {
+		wrun, ok := input.Payload.(*api.WorkflowRunPayload)
+		if ok && wrun.WorkflowRun != nil && wrun.WorkflowRun.Event != "workflow_run" {
+			// skip workflow runs triggered by another workflow run
+			// TODO GitHub allows chaining up to 5 of them
+			log.Debug("repo %s: skipped workflow_run because of recursive event", input.Repo.RepoPath())
+			return true
+		}
+	}
 	return false
 }