What Is GITHUB_ACTION?

GITHUB_ACTION is a unique ID for the action or step currently running.

GITHUB_ACTION is mostly internal but can disambiguate multiple uses of the same action within one job.

What to know

When the same action is used several times in a job, each instance gets a distinct GITHUB_ACTION value (e.g. __run, __run_2).

Key takeaways

• GITHUB_ACTION identifies the running step.
• Distinguishes repeated uses of one action.
• Mostly an internal value.