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"Token revocation failed" warning without actual error message

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
github-actions, javascript
Domain
ci-cd, security

Research direction

Start by reproducing the v3.2.0 post-job cleanup warning shown in the issue and trace the token revocation path. Check how failures are logged and whether the token's revocation outcome is observable; done means the failure includes useful error information and the intended revocation behavior is covered by a verified test or reproduction.

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Description

I've seen some jobs with the following log:

2026-08-17T17:14:37.6249632Z Post job cleanup.
2026-08-17T17:14:39.2806650Z ##[warning]Token revocation failed: 
2026-08-17T17:14:39.3241052Z Post job cleanup.

Version: actions/create-github-app-token@bcd2ba49218906704ab6c1aa796996da409d3eb1 # v3.2.0

Perhaps logging should be improved, revocation could support retries and my concern is that the token does not get revoked in such case, which might be a security threat?

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