GitHub Actions does not allow `secrets.X` to appear directly in
step-level `if:` expressions — only `env.X` is valid in that context.
Both ci.yml and security-scan.yml had Slack-notify steps gated on
`secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL != ''`, which made the entire workflow
fail to parse. Result: every push to main produced a 0-second failure
with 0 jobs run, masquerading as a CI signal that wasn't actually
running CI.
Confirmed root cause via:
gh api -X POST repos/.../actions/workflows/167079093/dispatches \
-f ref=main
→ 422 Invalid Argument - failed to parse workflow:
(Line: 315, Col: 11): Unrecognized named-value: 'secrets'
Fix: promote the secret to job-level `env:` so step-level `if:`
references `env.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL`. The actual secret value still
flows through unchanged for the action's runtime use.
Same pattern applied to security-scan.yml line 406 (the existing
SECURITY_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL gate).
After this lands, every push to main should produce real CI runs
that actually execute jobs and reflect repo health honestly. The
runs may still fail for *real* reasons (e.g., CI image dependencies,
test gaps), but they will fail visibly with logs instead of in 0s
with no jobs.
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