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privateKey option is required #375
Description
Hi,
Im switching to the client-id param.
After doing so, the task fails with:
Run actions/create-github-app-token@1b10c78c7865c340bc4f6099eb2f838309f1e8c3
with:
client-id: *******
owner: brianveltman
skip-token-revoke: false
github-api-url: https://api.github.com/
Input 'repositories' is not set. Creating token for all repositories owned by brianveltman.
Error: [@octokit/auth-app] privateKey option is required
Error: [@octokit/auth-app] privateKey option is requiredstep in GH workflow:
steps:
- name: Create GitHub App token
uses: actions/create-github-app-token@1b10c78c7865c340bc4f6099eb2f838309f1e8c3 # v3.1.1
id: app-token
with:
client-id: ${{ vars.ACTIONS_APP_CLIENT_ID }}
private-key: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}Client ID variable does exist, so does the private key secret.
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parkerbxyz commentedon May 12, 2026
That error usually indicates the private key is empty. I added validation for it in #376 to provide a better error message.