Error: Node.js 12 actions are deprecated

[JoelMTaylor]

Good day,

Thank you for your continued efforts to create an amazing product. I just saw the update to v3 - it looks great.

I am getting an error that prevents Regenerate Pages and Publish to ___ Directory.

The error text is: "Node.js 12 actions are deprecated. Please update the following actions to use Node.js 16: actions/checkout@v2. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2022-09-22-github-actions-all-actions-will-begin-running-on-node16-instead-of-node12/.".

Drilling-down to the error shows:

There have been similar errors recently. However, about two/three weeks ago, there was a different issue.

I'm not sure why these issues are appearing now. No changes have been made to the actions (or anything else important) - just adding additional md pages. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

@geoffreymcgill, you still have access to our repository (https://github.com/ccmltd/docs-corportatesystems/actions).

[geoffreymcgill]

Likely the license key has expired. The original term was for 1 year and then a renewal was required, but we don't have an automated renewal system in place yet. Please send an email to [email protected] and we will send you a new extended license key.

[JoelMTaylor]

Thanks, we will do this.

[geoffreymcgill]

We need to improve this ERROR message, so that it's clear what exactly is going wrong.

[JoelMTaylor]

So Node.js 12 isn't an issue?

I don't know much about how Retype would work, but I suppose it is built on Node.js and is still using v12? This is a vague question, what I really would like to know is: is there anything I need to do (or can do) to fix this v12/v16 'error' - now or in the future?

[geoffreymcgill]

I am now seeing the same Node.js 12 actions are deprecated. warning on the retype.com build, but they are just Warnings and do not stop the build. We are investigating and will update the build process to correct the warnings.

https://github.com/retypeapp/retype/actions/runs/5203951995

Your builds are failing because the license key is expired.

[geoffreymcgill]

The Node.js 12 actions are deprecated. warning can be fixed by updating your GitHub actions/checkout action to use v3 instead of v2. This is a change GitHub made and not specific to anything required in Retype.

# Existing
- uses: actions/checkout@v2

# Revised
- uses: actions/checkout@v3

https://github.com/ccmltd/docs-corportatesystems/blob/ba5fe94e66a822dbc42a21dfaa39a1f576a19252/.github/workflows/retype-action.yml#L19

I also see that you use actions/checkout@v2 on line #37, although I'm not sure if that build_and_deploy_job is related to Retype. You should likely update that line to use actions/checkout@v3 as well, but test to ensure it works before pushing to production.

https://github.com/ccmltd/docs-corportatesystems/blob/ba5fe94e66a822dbc42a21dfaa39a1f576a19252/.github/workflows/retype-action.yml#L37

We have updated the sample retype-action.yml in the Retype docs to reflect this change to actions/checkout@v3, see
https://retype.com/guides/github-actions/#step-1-add-retype-actionyml-workflow

We have a fix in place for the The set-output command is deprecated and will be disabled soon. warning. I will post an update once testing is complete. No changes to your project will be required to fix this warning.

Hope this helps.

[geoffreymcgill]

The The set-output command is deprecated and will be disabled soon. warning has been fix. No changes to your project are required. Just push a change to your GitHub repo and the project will be rebuilt using the latest Retype action-build release.

Here is the latest change to the retype.com project, and no warning messages during the workflow run:

https://github.com/retypeapp/retype/actions/runs/5247443011

Hope this helps.