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A JSON web token could not be decoded error when running action #153

@avsaase

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@avsaase

Hi, I get this error when running the action:

Run actions/create-github-app-token@v1
  with:
    app-id: ***
    private-key: ***
    github-api-url: https://api.github.com/
owner and repositories not set, creating token for the current repository ("fusion-imu")
Failed to create token for "fusion-imu" (attempt 1): A JSON web token could not be decoded - https://docs.github.com/rest
Failed to create token for "fusion-imu" (attempt 2): A JSON web token could not be decoded - https://docs.github.com/rest
Failed to create token for "fusion-imu" (attempt 3): A JSON web token could not be decoded - https://docs.github.com/rest
Failed to create token for "fusion-imu" (attempt 4): A JSON web token could not be decoded - https://docs.github.com/rest
RequestError [HttpError]: A JSON web token could not be decoded - https://docs.github.com/rest
    at /home/runner/work/_actions/actions/create-github-app-token/v1/dist/main.cjs:37050:21
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async hook4 (/home/runner/work/_actions/actions/create-github-app-token/v1/dist/main.cjs:39454:18)
    at async getTokenFromRepository (/home/runner/work/_actions/actions/create-github-app-token/v1/dist/main.cjs:39768:20)
    at async RetryOperation._fn (/home/runner/work/_actions/actions/create-github-app-token/v1/dist/main.cjs:39645:24) {
  status: 401,
  request: {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/avsaase/fusion-imu/installation',
    headers: {
      accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json',
      'user-agent': 'actions/create-github-app-token',
      authorization: 'bearer [REDACTED]'
    },
    request: { hook: [Function: bound hook4] AsyncFunction }
Error: A JSON web token could not be decoded - https://docs.github.com/rest
  },
  response: {
    url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/avsaase/fusion-imu/installation',
    status: 401,
    headers: {
      'access-control-allow-origin': '*',
      'access-control-expose-headers': 'ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset',
      'content-length': '117',
      'content-security-policy': "default-src 'none'",
      'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
      date: 'Wed, 03 Jul 2024 22:33:58 GMT',
      'referrer-policy': 'origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin',
      server: 'github.com',
      'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload',
      vary: 'Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With',
      'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
      'x-frame-options': 'deny',
      'x-github-media-type': 'github.v3; format=json',
      'x-github-request-id': 'E906:311D5D:2A7971:4ADA68:6685D1D2',
      'x-xss-protection': '0'
    },
    data: {
      message: 'A JSON web token could not be decoded',
      documentation_url: 'https://docs.github.com/rest',
      status: '401'
    }
  },
  attemptNumber: 4,
  retriesLeft: 0
}

In my workflow file I have

- name: Generate GitHub token
  uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
  id: generate-token
  with:
    app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
    private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

(full workflow file)

The corresponding app id and private key are set as secrets in my repository. The private key is copy-pasted directly from the .pem file that downloads when creating a private key.

The app is installed
image

Did I do something wrong or is this a bug? Thanks.

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