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<pre style='padding-left: 1em; margin: 2em 0; border-left: 2px solid #ccc; line-height: 1.25; font-size: 105%; font-family: sans-serif'>Build/Test Tools: Run test workflows on old branches on a schedule.

On TravisCI, old branches still receiving security updates were tested on a regular basis. This ensured tests continued to pass as time passed even if updates were not made to these branches.

On GitHub Actions, there is no interface to configure this (TravisCI had a UI), but there is a `schedule` event that can trigger workflow runs on cron that can be used to accomplish the same thing.

This introduces a workflow file that runs twice a month (on the 1st and 15th) to verify the tests within older branches.

Because the `schedule` event only runs within the primary branch, the appropriate workflows in each old branch will be triggered manually through the `workflow_dispatch` trigger using the GitHub REST API. `workflow_dispatch` will need to be added to all workflows in all old branches in order for the event to dispatch successfully.

Merges <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/50590">[50590]</a> to the 5.7 branch.
See <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52653">#52653</a>.</pre>

<h3>Modified Paths</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="#branches57githubworkflowscodingstandardsyml">branches/5.7/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml</a></li>
<li><a href="#branches57githubworkflowsendtoendtestsyml">branches/5.7/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml</a></li>
<li><a href="#branches57githubworkflowsjavascripttestsyml">branches/5.7/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml</a></li>
<li><a href="#branches57githubworkflowsphpcompatibilityyml">branches/5.7/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml</a></li>
<li><a href="#branches57githubworkflowsphpunittestsyml">branches/5.7/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml</a></li>
<li><a href="#branches57githubworkflowstestnpmyml">branches/5.7/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml</a></li>
</ul>

<h3>Added Paths</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="#branches57githubworkflowstestoldbranchesyml">branches/5.7/.github/workflows/test-old-branches.yml</a></li>
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<h3>Property Changed</h3>
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<li><a href="#branches57">branches/5.7/</a></li>
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<span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">Index: branches/5.7
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">===================================================================
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">--- branches/5.7 2021-03-26 13:06:43 UTC (rev 50590)
</del><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+++ branches/5.7  2021-03-26 13:16:23 UTC (rev 50591)
</ins><a id="branches57"></a>
<div class="propset"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Property changes: branches/5.7</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
</span></pre></div>
<a id="svnmergeinfo"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: svn:mergeinfo</h4></div>
<span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /branches/4.9:43557,43622
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /branches/5.0:43681-43682,43684-43688,43719-43720,43723,43726-43727,43729-43731,43734-43744,43747,43751-43754,43758,43760-43765,43767-43770,43772,43774-43781,43783,43785,43790-43806,43808-43821,43825,43828,43830-43834,43836-43843,43846-43863,43867-43889,43891-43894,43897-43905,43908-43909,43911-43929,43931-43942,43946-43947,43949-43956,43959-43964,43967-43969,43988,43994,44014,44017,44047,44183,44185,44187-44206,44208-44213,44231-44232,44235,44248,44284,44287-44288
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> /branches/5.5:49373-49379,49381
</span><del style="background-color: #fdd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">-/trunk:50428-50430,50432,50435-50436,50439,50441-50445,50460-50461,50465-50466,50471,50475,50478-50479,50483,50485-50487,50493,50495,50499,50501,50507,50510,50518,50523,50525,50534-50535,50545,50551-50552,50566-50569,50571,50577,50579
</del><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">\ No newline at end of property
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+/trunk:50428-50430,50432,50435-50436,50439,50441-50445,50460-50461,50465-50466,50471,50475,50478-50479,50483,50485-50487,50493,50495,50499,50501,50507,50510,50518,50523,50525,50534-50535,50545,50551-50552,50566-50569,50571,50577,50579,50590
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">\ No newline at end of property
</span><a id="branches57githubworkflowscodingstandardsyml"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: branches/5.7/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- branches/5.7/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml       2021-03-26 13:06:43 UTC (rev 50590)
+++ branches/5.7/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yml 2021-03-26 13:16:23 UTC (rev 50591)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - 'phpcs.xml.dist'
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       # Changes to workflow files should always verify all workflows are successful.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+  workflow_dispatch:
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> jobs:
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">   # Runs PHP coding standards checks.
</span></span></pre></div>
<a id="branches57githubworkflowsendtoendtestsyml"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: branches/5.7/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- branches/5.7/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml       2021-03-26 13:06:43 UTC (rev 50590)
+++ branches/5.7/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml 2021-03-26 13:16:23 UTC (rev 50591)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - trunk
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - '5.[3-9]'
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - '[6-9].[0-9]'
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+  workflow_dispatch:
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> env:
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">   LOCAL_DIR: build
</span></span></pre></div>
<a id="branches57githubworkflowsjavascripttestsyml"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: branches/5.7/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- branches/5.7/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml       2021-03-26 13:06:43 UTC (rev 50590)
+++ branches/5.7/.github/workflows/javascript-tests.yml 2021-03-26 13:16:23 UTC (rev 50591)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - 'tests/qunit/**'
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       # Changes to workflow files should always verify all workflows are successful.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+  workflow_dispatch:
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> jobs:
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">   # Runs the QUnit tests for WordPress.
</span></span></pre></div>
<a id="branches57githubworkflowsphpcompatibilityyml"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: branches/5.7/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- branches/5.7/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml      2021-03-26 13:06:43 UTC (rev 50590)
+++ branches/5.7/.github/workflows/php-compatibility.yml        2021-03-26 13:16:23 UTC (rev 50591)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - 'phpcompat.xml.dist'
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       # Changes to workflow files should always verify all workflows are successful.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+  workflow_dispatch:
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> jobs:
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span></span></pre></div>
<a id="branches57githubworkflowsphpunittestsyml"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: branches/5.7/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- branches/5.7/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml  2021-03-26 13:06:43 UTC (rev 50590)
+++ branches/5.7/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml    2021-03-26 13:16:23 UTC (rev 50591)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - master
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - '3.[7-9]'
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - '[4-9].[0-9]'
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+  workflow_dispatch:
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">   # Once weekly On Sundays at 00:00 UTC.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">   schedule:
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">     - cron: '0 0 * * 0'
</span></span></pre></div>
<a id="branches57githubworkflowstestnpmyml"></a>
<div class="modfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Modified: branches/5.7/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- branches/5.7/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml       2021-03-26 13:06:43 UTC (rev 50590)
+++ branches/5.7/.github/workflows/test-npm.yml 2021-03-26 13:16:23 UTC (rev 50591)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - '**.css'
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       # Changes to workflow files should always verify all workflows are successful.
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">       - '.github/workflows/**.yml'
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+  workflow_dispatch:
</ins><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> 
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px"> env:
</span><span class="cx" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px">   PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD: ${{ true }}
</span></span></pre></div>
<a id="branches57githubworkflowstestoldbranchesymlfromrev50590trunkgithubworkflowstestoldbranchesyml"></a>
<div class="copfile"><h4 style="background-color: #eee; color: inherit; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1.3em; font-size: 115%">Copied: branches/5.7/.github/workflows/test-old-branches.yml (from rev 50590, trunk/.github/workflows/test-old-branches.yml)</h4>
<pre class="diff"><span>
<span class="info" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">--- branches/5.7/.github/workflows/test-old-branches.yml                              (rev 0)
+++ branches/5.7/.github/workflows/test-old-branches.yml        2021-03-26 13:16:23 UTC (rev 50591)
</span><span class="lines" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px; color: #888">@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
</span><ins style="background-color: #dfd; text-decoration:none; display:block; padding: 0 10px">+name: Test old branches
+
+on:
+  # Once weekly On Mondays at 00:00 UTC.
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 1,15 * *'
+
+jobs:
+  dispatch-workflows-for-old-branches:
+    name: ${{ matrix.workflow }} for ${{ matrix.branch }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        workflow: [
+            'coding-standards.yml',
+            'javascript-tests.yml',
+            'phpunit-tests.yml',
+            'test-npm.yml'
+        ]
+        branch: [
+            '5.7', '5.6', '5.5', '5.4', '5.3', '5.2', '5.1', '5.0',
+            '4.9', '4.8', '4.7', '4.6', '4.5', '4.4', '4.3', '4.2', '4.1', '4.0',
+            '3.9', '3.8', '3.7'
+        ]
+        include:
+          # PHP Compatibility testing was introduced in 5.5.
+          - branch: '5.7'
+            workflow: 'php-compatibility.yml'
+          - branch: '5.6'
+            workflow: 'php-compatibility.yml'
+          - branch: '5.5'
+            workflow: 'php-compatibility.yml'
+
+          # End to End testing was introduced in 5.3 but later removed as there were no meaningful assertions.
+          # Only the officially supported major branch runs E2E tests so that more assertions can be added, and the
+          # workflow does not continue to run needlessly on old branches.
+          - branch: '5.7'
+            workflow: 'end-to-end-tests.yml'
+        exclude:
+          # Coding standards and JavaScript testing did not take place in 3.7.
+          - branch: '3.7'
+            workflow: 'coding-standards.yml'
+          - branch: '3.7'
+            workflow: 'javascript-tests.yml'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Dispatch workflow run
+        uses: actions/github-script@47f7cf65b5ced0830a325f705cad64f2f58dddf7 # v3.1.0
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GHA_OLD_BRANCH_DISPATCH }}
+          script: |
+            github.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              workflow_id: '${{ matrix.workflow }}',
+              ref: '${{ matrix.branch }}'
+            });
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