yuan created FLINK-39573:
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Summary: Build documentation CI workflow fails with
startup_failure due to burnett01/rsync-deployments action not allowed
Key: FLINK-39573
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-39573
Project: Flink
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Flink CDC
Reporter: yuan
h3.
h3. Problem
The "Build documentation" GitHub Actions workflow in apache/flink-cdc has been
failing with *startup_failure* since April 18, 2026. This means the
documentation is not being built and published to the Apache Nightlies website.
The error message from GitHub Actions:
{code:java}
The action burnett01/rsync-deployments@0dc935cdecc5f5e571865e60d2a6cdc673704823
is not allowed in apache/flink-cdc because all actions must be from a
repository owned by your enterprise, created by GitHub, or match one of the
patterns in the allowed list.
{code}
h3. Root Cause
The workflow file
[.github/workflows/build_docs.yml|https://github.com/apache/flink-cdc/blob/master/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml]
uses
{{{}burnett01/rsync-deployments@0dc935cdecc5f5e571865e60d2a6cdc673704823{}}},
which is pinned to *v5.2* (from 2022). This version is *not* in the Apache
Infra approved actions list
([actions.yml|https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-actions/blob/main/actions.yml]).
The Apache approved list only includes these versions of
burnett01/rsync-deployments:
* {{7659d600d8bdd035bb5cdfba1d4bd0dd4a307ca6}} (v8.0.3)
* {{dc0d5d44c4728aad3f02154a87309809e62a960f}} (v8.0.4)
h3. Proposed Fix
*Option 1 (Simple):* Upgrade the action to the approved v8.0.4 SHA:
{code:yaml}
# Before
uses: burnett01/rsync-deployments@0dc935cdecc5f5e571865e60d2a6cdc673704823
# After
uses: burnett01/rsync-deployments@dc0d5d44c4728aad3f02154a87309809e62a960f
{code}
*Option 2 (Robust):* Create a local composite action to replace the third-party
action entirely, as was done in FLINK-38448 for flink-kubernetes-operator. See
[the fix
PR|https://github.com/apache/flink-kubernetes-operator/commit/3e3cb584] for
reference.
h3. References
* CI failure history: [Build documentation workflow
runs|https://github.com/apache/flink-cdc/actions/workflows/build_docs.yml] -
all runs since April 18 show startup_failure
* Similar issue: FLINK-38448 - Same problem fixed in flink-kubernetes-operator
* Apache Actions policy: [https://infra.apache.org/github-actions-policy.html]
* Apache approved actions list:
[https://github.com/apache/infrastructure-actions/blob/main/actions.yml]
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