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matsemann 2 months ago  [ - ]

  1. Set up a bot that runs on every new comment on a PR
  2. The bot comments something on that PR
Doesn't have to be more advanced than this to get an infinite loop if you don't build anything where it ignores comments from itself or similar.
embedding-shape 2 months ago  [ - ]

Previously:

> pretty much the second or third step is "Huh, probably this shouldn't be able to reply to itself, then it'll get stuck in a loop". But that's hardly a "classic CI bug",

matsemann 2 months ago  [ - ]

If I've previously misunderstood your point, copy pasting it doesn't clear anything up, no..?

I don't see why it's not a "classic CI bug". It's an easy trap to fall into, and I've seen it multiple times. Same with "action that runs on every commit to main to generate a file and push a new commit if the file changes", that suddenly gets stuck in a loop because the generated file contains a comment with the timestamp of creation.