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Re:Show HN: PipeStep – Step-through debugger for GitHub Acti... by nxrabl on Thursday March 12, 2026 @09:13PM (#47359552)
This is a compelling idea, but it doesn't seem to work. Running it on a yml I'm working on currently, it skipped all my setup actions and then failed because the dependencies it needed weren't set up (why did you think I wrote them?) There doesn't seem to be a way to force-run a skipped step.
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Re:Show HN: PipeStep – Step-through debugger for GitHub Acti... by photobombastic on Friday March 13, 2026 @10:07AM (#47364661)
Thank you so much! Huge bug. Action steps (uses:) were silently skipped, which meant any workflow relying on setup actions would just fail.

This should be fixed in v0.1.3. Action steps now pause instead of auto-skipping, and PipeStep offers to run a local equivalent when one exists. It also parses with: inputs, so setup-node with node-version: 18 actually installs Node 18 in the container. Currently supported: checkout, setup-node, setup-python, setup-go, setup-java, cache, upload/download-artifact. Anything unrecognized gives you a clear pause to run commands manually.

Would genuinely appreciate it if you gave it another shot (pip install --upgrade pipestep) and if you hit anything else, issues on GitHub would be incredibly helpful. The "why did you think I wrote them?" line was exactly the kind of thing I want more of.

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Re:Show HN: PipeStep – Step-through debugger for GitHub Acti... by nxrabl on Friday March 13, 2026 @01:46PM (#47367409)
Friend. You gotta write your own comments. It feels so gross to get a response that’s so obviously from an llm, I would rather you not have replied to me at all. I will not be using your app.
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Re:Show HN: PipeStep – Step-through debugger for GitHub Acti... by photobombastic on Friday March 13, 2026 @02:56PM (#47368190)
Fully understandable, it's an AI minefield out there! I wrote everything except the technical summary of what I'd updated, just so you know...Claude only helped me there to explain what had changed.
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