Improve error messages for invalid target configuration in safe outputs #11066
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When a GitHub Actions expression in
targetfails to evaluate (e.g., becomes literal "event" instead of a number), safe output handlers fail silently with unclear errors. This happened when users configuredtarget: "${{ github.event }}"which returns an object, not a number.Changes
Enhanced error detection in
safe_output_helpers.cjs:"event","[object Object]", or strings containing"github.event"Before:
After:
Test coverage:
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