From a833f0f46d894340edefa0f2d47361d9cdc4e932 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bogdan Nechyporenko <bnechyporenko@bol.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:26:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Made "github:actions:dispatch" action idempotent

Signed-off-by: Bogdan Nechyporenko <bnechyporenko@bol.com>
---
 .changeset/twenty-walls-join.md               |  5 +++++
 .../src/actions/githubActionsDispatch.ts      | 21 ++++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/twenty-walls-join.md

diff --git a/.changeset/twenty-walls-join.md b/.changeset/twenty-walls-join.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2282e28775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twenty-walls-join.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-github': patch
+---
+
+Made "github:actions:dispatch" action idempotent
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/githubActionsDispatch.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/githubActionsDispatch.ts
index 8e185a9567..4faa53e6b8 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/githubActionsDispatch.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-github/src/actions/githubActionsDispatch.ts
@@ -115,15 +115,20 @@ export function createGithubActionsDispatchAction(options: {
         }),
       );
 
-      await client.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
-        owner,
-        repo,
-        workflow_id: workflowId,
-        ref: branchOrTagName,
-        inputs: workflowInputs,
-      });
+      await ctx.checkpoint({
+        key: `create.workflow.dispatch.${owner}.${repo}.${workflowId}`,
+        fn: async () => {
+          await client.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
+            owner,
+            repo,
+            workflow_id: workflowId,
+            ref: branchOrTagName,
+            inputs: workflowInputs,
+          });
 
-      ctx.logger.info(`Workflow ${workflowId} dispatched successfully`);
+          ctx.logger.info(`Workflow ${workflowId} dispatched successfully`);
+        },
+      });
     },
   });
 }