[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56407: Rerun GitHub Action workflows on the first failure

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#56407: Rerun GitHub Action workflows on the first failure
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 Reporter:  desrosj           |       Owner:  desrosj
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  6.1
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal            |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch         |     Focuses:
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Changes (by desrosj):

 * status:  assigned => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 In [changeset:"53947" 53947]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="" revision="53947"
 Build/Test Tools: Automatically rerun a workflow the first time it fails.

 There are several common reoccurring issues that sometimes cause GitHub
 Action workflows to fail (connection timeouts to WordPress.org or the
 Docker container registry, `npm install` failures, Chromium issues, etc.).
 Except when there are service level outages, most of these issues can be
 resolved by simply rerunning the workflow.

 This introduces a new step within each of Core’s GitHub Action workflows
 that attempts to rerun the failed jobs within the workflow that
 encountered a failure if they are running for the first time. Since a
 workflow is not allowed to restart itself, a new `failed-workflow.yml`
 callable workflow is being introduced.

 Other related adjustments in this changeset:
 - The `actions/github-script` 3rd-party action is also now updated to the
 latest version (v6.2.0).
 - A new secret, `GHA_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH`, has been introduced. This will
 replace the current one in use (`GHA_OLD_BRANCH_DISPATCH`) with a less
 specific name.

 Props jorbin, desrosj.
 Fixes #56407.
 }}}

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