Workflow Run - CI/CD Glossary Definition
A workflow run is a single execution of a GitHub Actions workflow, triggered by an event, with its own unique run ID, logs, status, and set of jobs.
Re-running
You can re-run an entire workflow run or only its failed jobs from the Actions tab or with gh run rerun <id> --failed, which reuses the original commit and inputs.
The workflow_run trigger
A separate workflow can listen for on: workflow_run to chain after another completes, for example deploying only after a CI run succeeds.
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