fix: preserve job result state in case of failure (#1519)

* fix: preserve job result state in case of failure

There is just one job field for the job result. This is also true for
matrix jobs. We need to preserve the failure state of a job to
have the whole job failing in case of one permuation of the matrix failed.

Closes #1518

* test: remove continue-on-error on job level

This feature is not yet supported by act and if implemented
would make this test invalid

Co-authored-by: mergify[bot] <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

act/runner/job_executor.go

@@ -130,17 +130,29 @@ func newJobExecutor(info jobInfo, sf stepFactory, rc *RunContext) common.Executo
 
 func setJobResult(ctx context.Context, info jobInfo, rc *RunContext, success bool) {
 	logger := common.Logger(ctx)
+
 	jobResult := "success"
-	jobResultMessage := "succeeded"
+	// we have only one result for a whole matrix build, so we need
+	// to keep an existing result state if we run a matrix
+	if len(info.matrix()) > 0 && rc.Run.Job().Result != "" {
+		jobResult = rc.Run.Job().Result
+	}
+
 	if !success {
 		jobResult = "failure"
-		jobResultMessage = "failed"
 	}
+
 	info.result(jobResult)
 	if rc.caller != nil {
 		// set reusable workflow job result
 		rc.caller.runContext.result(jobResult)
 	}
+
+	jobResultMessage := "succeeded"
+	if jobResult != "success" {
+		jobResultMessage = "failed"
+	}
+
 	logger.WithField("jobResult", jobResult).Infof("\U0001F3C1  Job %s", jobResultMessage)
 }
 

act/runner/runner_test.go

@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ func TestRunEvent(t *testing.T) {
 		{workdir, "remote-action-js", "push", "", map[string]string{"ubuntu-latest": "catthehacker/ubuntu:runner-latest"}, secrets}, // Test if this works with non root container
 		{workdir, "matrix", "push", "", platforms, secrets},
 		{workdir, "matrix-include-exclude", "push", "", platforms, secrets},
+		{workdir, "matrix-exitcode", "push", "Job 'test' failed", platforms, secrets},
 		{workdir, "commands", "push", "", platforms, secrets},
 		{workdir, "workdir", "push", "", platforms, secrets},
 		{workdir, "defaults-run", "push", "", platforms, secrets},

act/runner/testdata/matrix-exitcode/push.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: test
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        val: ["success", "failure"]
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - name: test
+        run: |
+          echo "Expected job result: ${{ matrix.val }}"
+          [[ "${{ matrix.val }}" = "success" ]] || exit 1