Render action randomly fails when exporting to PDF: ERROR: Couldn't find open server

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Since Sep 19, 2022.

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bug

Occasionally, quarto-actions/render@v2 fails to run, causing ERROR: Couldn't find open server. I've only experienced this problem when rendering to PDF, HTML output seems fine.

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Has anyone experienced it?

Tested on:
Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04
Quarto: latest version (1.1.189) and fixing one (1.0.37)

Workflow example:

name: Generate PDF
on:
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled]

jobs:
  generate-pdf:
    - name: Setup Quarto
      uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
      with:
        tinytex: true

    - name: Quarto check
      run: |
        quarto check --log-level info

    - name: Render Quarto Project
      uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/render@v2
      with:
        to: pdf
        path: input/P123-qmd-file.qmd

This is the output of all Quarto actions of the workflow when fails:

quarto-render-output

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