Welcome bot and Bug triage workflows aren't working

[isabelle-dr]

Describe the bug

We have a bug triage workflow that should run every time a new issue is open with a bug label. It sends a message and adds the issue to the Bug triage board.
We have a welcome bot that sends an automatic message when:

• someone opens an issue for the first time on this repo
• someone opens a PR for the first time on this repo
• a PR is merged by a first-time contributor on this repo

The welcome bot is configured in https://github.com/MobilityData/gtfs-validator/blob/master/.github/config.yml
The bug triage is configured in https://github.com/MobilityData/gtfs-validator/blob/master/.github/workflows/triage.yml

It looks like they aren't working anymore.

Steps/Code to Reproduce

The welcome bot didn't run when this PR was opened by a first-time contributor.

The bug triage didn't run when this issue was open.

Expected Results

The workflows run.

See this issue where both workflows ran in August.

Actual Results

nothing

Screenshots

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Files used

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Validator version

4.0.0

Operating system

MacOS

Java version

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Additional notes

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[lionel-nj]

Hello @isabelle-dr, for the triage, it looks like a column has been deleted from the repository.

To fix, you should map to the new column (Triage?)

Link to actions output

For the welcolme bot, I am not sure you could try and check the permissions as detailed here

😃 I was just passing by to check on how my baby gtfs-validator is doing. Looks like he's been growing a lot! v4 already!! They grow up so fast! Keep up the good work 💪🏾

... GIF of the day ⬇️

[isabelle-dr]

Oh hey there @lionel-nj,

Your baby is doing pretty well 🐥.
Thanks for the insights on how to fix this bug. It matters to us that new contributors are welcomed with cat GIFs, a legacy of our Chief Gif Officer! 😉

[isabelle-dr]

The welcome bot is now fixed, but the bug triage is still broken.

I've added a "Bug triage" board with a "Requires investigation" column and I still get this message:

[jcpitre]

About bug triage, the external Github action we are using (alex-page/github-project-automation-plus) does not work with the new types of projects in Github. Apparently they have the classic version of projects, that works with the external action we use and the V2 version, that is now the default, for which the action does not work. See alex-page/github-project-automation-plus#81 (comment)

One workaround would be to create the bug triage project asa classic project. But it's possible only if we already have a classic project. I guess Github want to get rid of classic projects ASAP.

[jcpitre]

Turns out we can create classic projects, but only at the organization level right now. Tried with one and I could not retrieve it with the Github GraphQL API, meaning it's unlikely that the bug triage action will work. I think the project needs to be at the repo level.

[fredericsimard]

I found this, could it be why the welcome bot doesn't fire?

• The first-time contributor might not have added their name to the contributors file in the repository. This file is used to track who has contributed to the project, and it is used by the behaviorbot to determine if a contributor is a first-time contributor.
• The first-time contributor might not have pushed their commit to the master branch. The behaviorbot only scans the master branch for new commits, so if the first-time contributor pushed their commit to a different branch, the behaviorbot would not see it.

[fredericsimard]

I've made tiny changes to the bug triage workflow, we'll see when it is triggered next if it works.

https://github.com/MobilityData/gtfs-validator/blob/master/.github/workflows/triage.yml

[fredericsimard]

Bug triage is fixed. Turns out there is no need to create an action, the new Projects have Workflows you can use to do certain actions based on conditions.

I've set two workflows:

1. moves the new issue or PR to the Bug triage project.
   • https://github.com/orgs/MobilityData/projects/60/workflows/11571629
2. moves the newly added item to the project in the "Requires investigation" column.
   • https://github.com/orgs/MobilityData/projects/60/workflows/11571688

Tada!!

I've disabled the Bug triage action, we could remove the YAML entirely if this works.

@jcpitre Turns out you were 100% correct, the action doesn't work with the new Projects, because you don't need an action to accomplish this. :-)

More info on workflows

https://docs.github.com/en/issues/planning-and-tracking-with-projects/learning-about-projects/quickstart-for-projects#configure-built-in-automation