denoland/deno · error · AnyError

Failed to find CI runs for branch '{branch}': {stderr}

Error message

Failed to find CI runs for branch '{branch}': {stderr}

What it means

For branch installs Deno runs `gh run list --branch <branch> ...` (limited to 5 runs, JSON databaseIds) to collect CI run IDs. If that gh command exits non-zero, Deno bails with the branch name and gh's stderr. The stderr distinguishes a bad branch name from auth/network failures.

Source

Thrown at cli/tools/upgrade.rs:870

      "--repo",
      "denoland/deno",
      "--branch",
      branch,
      "--workflow",
      "ci",
      "--limit",
      "5",
      "--json",
      "databaseId",
      "-q",
      ".[].databaseId",
    ])
    .output()
    .context("failed to query CI runs")?;

  if !runs_output.status.success() {
    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&runs_output.stderr);
    bail!("Failed to find CI runs for branch '{branch}': {stderr}");
  }

  let run_ids: Vec<String> = String::from_utf8_lossy(&runs_output.stdout)
    .trim()
    .lines()
    .filter(|l| !l.is_empty())
    .map(|s| s.to_string())
    .collect();

  if run_ids.is_empty() {
    bail!(
      "No CI runs found for branch '{branch}'. \
       CI may not have run yet."
    );
  }

  let temp_dir =
    tempfile::TempDir::new().context("failed to create temporary directory")?;

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Solutions

1. Re-run `gh run list --branch <branch> --repo denoland/deno --limit 5` manually and read the stderr echoed in the error.
2. Fix the branch name (check it exists: `git ls-remote --heads https://github.com/denoland/deno`).
3. Authenticate gh (`gh auth login`) or refresh an expired token.
4. Fix network/proxy access to GitHub if that is what stderr indicates.

git ls-remote --heads https://github.com/denoland/deno "refs/heads/$BRANCH" | grep -q . || { echo "branch not found"; exit 1; }
gh run list --branch "$BRANCH" --repo denoland/deno --limit 1 >/dev/null || gh auth login
deno upgrade --branch "$BRANCH"

if ! deno upgrade --branch "$BRANCH" 2>err.log; then grep -q 'Failed to find CI runs' err.log && cat err.log; fi

When it happens

Trigger: `deno upgrade` from a branch that does not exist in denoland/deno; gh unauthenticated/expired token; GitHub API unreachable; an old gh version that does not support the flags used.

Common situations: Typos in branch names; referencing a remote branch that was deleted or renamed; running in CI where gh is installed but has no token; proxies blocking api.github.com.

Related errors

• Failed to find PR #{pr_number}: {stderr}
• The `gh` CLI is required for installing from a branch. Insta
• No CI runs found for branch '{branch}'. CI may not have run
• The `gh` CLI is required for installing from a PR. Install i
• No CI runs found for PR #{pr_number}. The PR may not have be

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