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Diagnosing a failed run
Open the run in Gitea (Actions) and read the last lines of the failing step. Every failure from the sync script is written as
ERROR: [<category>] <message>
The category tells you where to look. A failure outside the script (the job never starts, or stops before the step) is a runner problem.
| Category | Meaning | First thing to check |
|---|---|---|
configuration |
A secret or a repository setting is missing or malformed | Secret names and format, push mirror setup |
credentials |
A service rejected the token (HTTP 401) | Token expired, revoked or mistyped |
permissions |
The token is valid but not allowed (HTTP 403, or no GitHub administration access) | Token scopes and repository access |
api |
Another HTTP error, or the service was unreachable | Service status, runner network |
| runner | No ERROR: line; the run waits, or the job fails before the script |
Runner online, label, tools |
Messages and fixes
| Message (start) | Category | Cause and fix |
|---|---|---|
PAT_FOR_GITHUB is missing or empty. |
configuration | Add the secret |
TOKEN_FOR_GITEA is missing or empty. |
configuration | Add the secret |
Could not determine the Gitea source repository. |
configuration | The run has no repository name; report as a defect |
Expected at most one GitHub push mirror ... found N |
configuration | Keep one GitHub push mirror |
TOKEN_FOR_GITEA_WIKI is missing or empty. |
configuration | Wiki publishing only: the repository opted in with wiki/.publish but its organization has no such secret; store it (see credentials.md) |
wiki/.publish may only be empty or contain the word 'prune'. |
configuration | Wiki publishing only: leave the marker empty, or put only the word prune in it |
... HTTP 403 ... while publishing the wiki |
permissions | Wiki publishing only: the token needs write:repository and write access to this repository |
The wiki is not enabled on <repo> |
configuration | Wiki publishing only: enable the wiki in the repository settings |
The wiki source directory ... has no Markdown pages |
configuration | Wiki publishing only: wiki/ is empty or missing; nothing was changed |
Could not determine the GitHub owner and repository ... |
configuration | The mirror address must look like https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>.git |
Gitea API request failed with HTTP 401 |
credentials | Create a new Gitea token and update TOKEN_FOR_GITEA |
GitHub API request failed with HTTP 401 |
credentials | Create a new GitHub token and update PAT_FOR_GITHUB; the value must be the token only (no name, quotes or JSON) |
... HTTP 403 ... (Gitea) |
permissions | Token needs read:repository, and its user needs administrator access to the repository |
... HTTP 403 ... (GitHub) |
permissions | Token needs Administration read and write on the mirror repository |
The GitHub token cannot administer <repo> |
permissions | Same as above; the token can read the repository but not edit it |
... HTTP 404 ... |
configuration | Repository not found, or the token cannot see it; check the mirror address and token repository access |
... HTTP 5xx ... |
api | Service problem; re-run later |
... API is unreachable ... |
api | Network, DNS or proxy problem on the runner |
Not an error
No GitHub push mirror configured for <repo>; nothing to sync. followed by
Skipped. The run succeeds. Not every Gitea repository has a GitHub mirror, so
this is expected for those. If the repository should have one, add it in the repository
settings.
WARNING: Gitea returned an invalid push mirror list; GitHub metadata was not synced. The run succeeds but nothing was synced. Check that the Gitea
version supports the push mirror API and re-run.
No wiki/.publish marker in <owner>/<repo>; wiki publishing is not enabled for this repository. The Publish wiki run succeeds and writes nothing. The
repository has not opted in; add wiki/.publish if it should publish.
<n> page(s) are in the wiki but not in wiki/ and were kept; put the word 'prune' in wiki/.publish to delete them. The run succeeds. Pages that exist
only in the wiki are left alone unless the marker contains prune.
Runner problems
See the Runners section. In short: if the run stays
waiting, no online runner has the label; if the job fails before the
script, the runner image is missing a tool.
Re-running
Use Run workflow (workflow_dispatch) after fixing the cause. The sync is
safe to repeat: it overwrites the GitHub description and topics with the
Gitea values.
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