actions-marketplace-validations/Trigger Workflow and Wait

This action triggers a workflow in another repository and waits for the result.

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Maintenance Recency: Maintainedlast commit Jan 5, 2026
License: MIT

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uses: actions-marketplace-validations/convictional_trigger-workflow-and-wait@224756e4cc7fa0b711a281193496319f816cd880 # no releases — HEAD as of 2026-07-13

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Inputs

name	description	required	default
owner	The owner of the repository where the workflow is contained.	yes	—
repo	The repository where the workflow is contained.	yes	—
github_token	The Github access token with access to the repository. It is recommended you put this token under secrets.	yes	—
github_user	The name of the github user whose access token is being used to trigger the workflow.	no	—
ref	The reference of the workflow run. The reference can be a branch, tag, or a commit SHA. Default: main	no	—
wait_interval	The number of seconds delay between checking for result of run.	no	—
workflow_file_name	The reference point. For example, you could use main.yml.	yes	—
client_payload	Payload to pass to the workflow, must be a JSON string	no	—
propagate_failure	Fail current job if downstream job fails. default: true	no	—
trigger_workflow	Trigger the specified workflow. default: true	no	—
wait_workflow	Wait for workflow to finish. default: true	no	—
comment_downstream_url	Comment API link for commenting the downstream job URL	no	""
comment_github_token	The Github access token with access to the repository for comment URL. It is recommended you put this token under secrets.	no	${{ github.token }}

Outputs

name	description
workflow_id	The ID of the workflow that was triggered by this action
workflow_url	The URL of the workflow that was triggered by this action
conclusion	Conclusion of the job, i.e pass/failure