Triggering action defaults to wrong repo ref

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
50/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
github-actions, typescript, vscode
Domain
ci-cd, developer-experience, tooling

Research direction

Start from the GitHub Actions extension's workflow selection and input-parameter handling, reproducing the case with two repositories in one workspace. Trace how the selected repository and its ref are passed into the workflow run dialog. Done means selecting the backend workflow defaults to the backend ref rather than the alphabetically first repository's ref.

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Description

Type: Bug

I have two repos in my workspace. I want to deploy my PR to a dedicated environment. My workflow takes the branch as argument - but the extension picks up the branch ref rom the wrong repository in my workspace.

repo: frontend , ref: tag-module
repo: backend, ref: purchase-tag

I run workflow for my backend using the GIthub Actions extension, clicking on Workflows, selecting repo and workflow. The branch/ref from the other (alphabetically sorted first) branch's ref is used as default as input parameter.

Extension version: 0.32.3
VS Code version: Code 1.132.0 (df53daabb18cd157bdb08c7f01c34df936cf12f4, 2026-08-04T15:30:20Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
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