What's wrong with tokens in github actions ?

[MatthieuGomes]

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It's been a week now since I started to work with github actions and I'm still strugling a lot with it... But particularly with token access.

Context

I'm trying to make some project management automations on a project, linked to a repo (or more later) which seem basic to me, but not implemented in github yet (moving a card to a certain collumn when a commit mentionning a certain issue is pushed, move to another collumn when a pull request is open, adding labels automatically, etc.).

To do so, I use

• octokit/graphql-action : As I use projects in an organization, I need acccess to projectV2, wich is not accessible with rest api.
• actions/scripts : To process reponses of graphql queries or make various things such as multiple mutations in a row.
• basic run : for debug OR git actions.

In this context, I need to use a token to access the graphql api.

Current situation

PAT settings in organization

General policies of Actions

Workflow permission of GITHUB_TOKEN

PAT settings on my side

My permissions in workflow

Problems

1. GraphQL

When I use my PAT token, both in postman and github action, to make queries involving nodes (ex: projectV2), everything works fine ! BUT when I try to do the same thing with the GITHUB_TOKEN, nodes is now and empty list and I can't access to the data I need. No errors, nothing, just an empty list.

here is the query I use :

query ($repo: String!, $organisation: String!) {
    organization(login: $organisation) {
        repository(name: $repo, followRenames: true) {
            projectsV2(first: 100) {
                nodes {
                    id
                    number
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

there is the response to my request via postman

and here is the response to the same request via github action when using GITHUB_TOKEN

WHY ?! In the end, I could have just used my PAT token, but I want to understand why it doesn't work with GITHUB_TOKEN... And there is a second problem.

2. Git push.

For... Reasons, I need to push some files to the repo. Tired of pushing for testing, I decided to use act to test my workflow locally... and when I tried, everything worked fine !

But when I tried it with github action... I got the following error :

no matter the token I try to use : PAT or GITHUB_TOKEN... SAME RESULT. AND I HAVE ALL PERMISSIONS WITH BOTH.

by the way, I can't make pushes with an "anonymous" user, I need to use my own account. (so far)

Conclusion

I need help. I don't understand why it doesn't work, I don't know what to do anymore... I'm stuck. I'm tired. I'm lost. I'm desperate. I'm sad. I'm angry. I'm hungry. I'm thirsty. I'm sleepy.

PLEASE !