honeycombio/Honeycomb Buildevents
Trace GitHub Action workflows with Honeycomb
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- Activelast commit Jun 5, 2026
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uses: honeycombio/gha-buildevents@1dad608d8534ec0fdf57e7503ceb8256b5ddc531 # v4.0.0tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?
Inputs
| name | description | required | default |
|---|---|---|---|
| apikey | A Honeycomb API key - needed to send traces. | yes | — |
| apihost | Defaults to https://api.honeycomb.io | no | https://api.honeycomb.io |
| dataset | The Honeycomb dataset to send traces to. | yes | — |
| status | Status of the job or worfklow. Setting this signals when to end the trace. | no | — |
| trace-start | Unix timestamp to represent when the trace started. Not necessary for single job workflows. Send in final use of the action for multi-job workflows. | no | — |
| matrix-key | Set this to a key unique for this matrix cell, only useful when using a build matrix. | no | — |
| job-status | Deprecated value - please use status instead | — | — |
| send-init-event | (true/false) Whether to send an event representing the setup of this action. | no | true |
| otel-traceid | If true, generate the trace ID as a 128-bit hex string compatible with OpenTelemetry by MD5 hashing the existing predictable trace ID. | no | false |
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