apache/lucene

action failures sent to builds@lucene.apache.org

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#14,687 opened on May 19, 2025

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good first issuetype:enhancement

Description

Description

Some actions that run against main, e.g. on every push, nightly release smoketest and other maintenance tasks. It would be nice if failures were sent to builds@ mailing list.

Currently the notifications are only sent to individuals? My concern is that only those individuals are seeing the issues and debugging them. If we sent the failures to the builds@ list, we could share the love.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/monitoring-and-troubleshooting-workflows/monitoring-workflows/notifications-for-workflow-runs

I'm not sure if something like actions/send-email is needed for this, but it is one idea.

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Tech stack
github actionsshell
Domain
devopsci cd
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
GitHub Actions knowledgeEmail configuration
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70
Research direction
Review the existing GitHub Actions workflows in the repository (e.g., .github/workflows/). Identify which workflows run on pushes to main and are candidates for failure notifications. Use the GitHub Actions documentation to configure email notifications, possibly via a third party action like actions/send email. Discuss with maintainers whether notifications should go to builds@lucene.apache.org and whether any sensitive information needs to be excluded.