job.name expression not evaluated when job skipped #1215
Description
Describe the bug
When a job is skipped, expressions used in the job.name field are not evaluated.
To Reproduce
- Create a repository with the following workflow:
name: Example Workflow
on:
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
Services:
if: false == true
name: ${{ github.job }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Hello World
run: echo Hello World
- Run the workflow manually.
Expected behavior
The job name should be replaced with the value from the evaluated expression, e.g. Services in this example.
Runner Version and Platform
Current runner version: '2.278.0'
Operating System
Ubuntu
20.04.2
LTS
Virtual Environment
Environment: ubuntu-20.04
Version: 20210718.1
Included Software: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/ubuntu20/20210718.1/images/linux/Ubuntu2004-README.md
Image Release: https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/releases/tag/ubuntu20%2F20210718.1
What's not working?
The expression is not evaluated, and instead the job name is set to the string of the expression:
