Requires.io Service Tests Failing

[calebcartwright]

🕚 When did the problem start?
At least 20 days ago and probably long before. I got tired of scrolling through Circle logs

📷 Live badge

https://img.shields.io/requires/github/JettChenT/encryptii-server

🔧 Is the live badge working?
Largely no for GitHub targets. The API is reporting a 404 for just about every project I've checked, with the one exception being
https://img.shields.io/requires/github/edx/edx-platform

Bitbucket based targets are working

🔗 CircleCI link
Take your pick, https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/badges/daily-tests/1167/workflows/e4685a3e-7aa0-4964-b238-187ad1094171/jobs/2068/tests#failed-test-4

🪲 Stack trace

ValidationError: message mismatch: "value" with value "not found" fails to match the required pattern: /^(up to date|outdated|insecure|unknown)$/
    at Object.exports.process (node_modules/joi/lib/errors.js:184:16)
    at Object.internals.entry (node_modules/joi/lib/validator.js:150:26)
    at Object.exports.entry (node_modules/joi/lib/validator.js:27:30)
    at internals.Base.validate (node_modules/joi/lib/base.js:548:26)
    at Object.internals.assert (node_modules/joi/lib/index.js:225:27)
    at Object.attempt (node_modules/joi/lib/index.js:107:26)
    at Function._expectField (file:///home/circleci/project/shields/core/service-test-runner/icedfrisby-shields.js:74:13)
    at IcedFrisbyNock.<anonymous> (file:///home/circleci/project/shields/core/service-test-runner/icedfrisby-shields.js:55:26)
    at IcedFrisbyNock.<anonymous> (node_modules/icedfrisby/lib/icedfrisby.js:954:10)
    at invokeNextHook (node_modules/icedfrisby/lib/icedfrisby.js:1003:24)
    at /home/circleci/project/shields/node_modules/icedfrisby/lib/icedfrisby.js:1017:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at IcedFrisbyNock._runHooks (node_modules/icedfrisby/lib/icedfrisby.js:976:12)
    at IcedFrisbyNock.run (node_modules/icedfrisby/lib/icedfrisby.js:1276:20)
    at runMicrotasks (<anonymous>)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)
    at async Context.<anonymous> (node_modules/icedfrisby/lib/icedfrisby.js:1348:9)

💡 Possible solution
Note that at least one of the tests will definitely need to be updated, as Zulip (the target currently used by the tests) changed their default branch from master to main. However, there's something else going on upstream with the API.

I've opened an issue upstream (requires/api#5) and pinged the person that seems to have provided the API info to us back in 2014 (refs #206). However, Requires.io doesn't seem to be an actively developed, or even regularly maintained service at least at first glance. Hopefully this will get sorted but if not we may be forced to consider a partial decom.

[PyvesB]

Looking at the requires.io website, there's a support email address listed there. I've dropped them a short message about this problem. If we don't hear back, I suggest we go ahead and deprecate these badges.

[calebcartwright]

Agreed 👍

[PyvesB]

I've had a response. requires.io is basically in maintenance mode. They still provide native badges for their remaining users, and suggested we should go ahead and deprecate the Shields.io implementation. Will submit a pull request to that effect shortly.