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Fixes #10551

This PR addresses the issue with gh run view --log displaying an empty log trail. The underlying cause is that in some cases the downloaded ZIP archive does not include individual step logs. However, this should not be a common scenario as we checked internally with the corresponding team.

With this fix, when step logs are missing, gh falls back to display the entire job run log (present as a top-level .txt file in the ZIP archive). As a consequence, since there is no data on the starting offset of steps in the log trail, an UNKNOWN placeholder is printed as step name.

Acceptance Criteria

1. Step logs present

Given I have a job run whose logs are produced by the new results service
When I run gh run view --logs <JOB-ID>
Then the job logs are displayed with proper step name on every line

Verification

$ gh run view --log -R cli/cli 14309795169 | head -n 3
build (windows-latest)	Set up job	2025-04-07T12:57:33.2904078Z Current runner version: '2.323.0'
build (windows-latest)	Set up job	2025-04-07T12:57:33.2943173Z ##[group]Operating System
build (windows-latest)	Set up job	2025-04-07T12:57:33.2944239Z Microsoft Windows Server 2022

2. Step logs missing

Given I have a job run whose logs are produced by new results service without individual step logs
When I run gh run view --logs <JOB-ID>
Then the job logs are displayed with UNKNOWN placeholder for step name on every line

Verification (against the case reported in the issue)

$ gh run view --log -R shindere/stdcompat 13677151402 | head -n 3
build-ubuntu-old-ocamls (make, 3.08.4)  UNKNOWN 2025-03-05T13:30:32.6031507Z Current runner version: '2.322.0'
build-ubuntu-old-ocamls (make, 3.08.4)  UNKNOWN 2025-03-05T13:30:32.6056655Z ##[group]Operating System
build-ubuntu-old-ocamls (make, 3.08.4)  UNKNOWN 2025-03-05T13:30:32.6057486Z Ubuntu

3. Legacy filename format

Given I have a job run whose logs are named in the legacy format (e.g., -2147483648_issue.txt) and its individual step logs are missing
When I run gh run view --logs <JOB-ID>
Then the job logs are displayed with UNKNOWN placeholder for step name on every line

Verification (against an identified case)

$ gh run view --log -R cli/cli 14202792032 | head -n 3
pull_request    UNKNOWN 2025-04-01T18:04:29.4764401Z ##[section]Starting: Prepare job pull_request
pull_request    UNKNOWN 2025-04-01T18:04:29.4767887Z Evaluating strategy
pull_request    UNKNOWN 2025-04-01T18:04:29.4777741Z Creating job '__default'

(Previously, this produced no output)

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This is looking really, really good.

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babakks commented Apr 9, 2025

@williammartin It's not over yet, though. Look at the case below:

$ gh run view --log -R cli/cli 14233257584
$ unzip -l ~/.cache/gh/run-log-14233257584-1743645262.zip
Archive:  run-log-14233257584-1743645262.zip
  Length      Date    Time    Name
---------  ---------- -----   ----
      808  2025-04-03 17:30   issue-auto/2_label incoming issue.txt
      510  2025-04-03 17:30   -2147483648_issue-auto.txt                      <<< Here
        0  2025-04-03 17:30   issue-auto/
     2580  2025-04-03 17:30   0_issue-auto.txt                                <<< & here
     1289  2025-04-03 17:30   issue-auto/1_Set up job.txt
       58  2025-04-03 17:30   issue-auto/3_Complete job.txt
---------                     -------
     5245                     6 files

Here both normal and legacy top-level .txt files are there, and their contents are different (See below). The step logs are also there. When we do gh run view --log, the output is fine because the steps are there and they're the preferred source of data. The hidden problem (with this PR's implementation, I mean) is that we pick one of the top-level .txt files as the entire job run log, depending on the ZIP content's ordering.

So, I'm thinking of updating attachRunLog to locate the normal top-level .txt first (here, 0_issue-auto.txt), and if none was found, then look for the legacy file (here, -2147483648_issue-auto.txt).

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-2147483648_issue-auto.txt:

2025-04-03T01:54:23.1894394Z ##[section]Starting: Prepare job issue-auto
2025-04-03T01:54:23.1896693Z Evaluating strategy
2025-04-03T01:54:23.1901835Z Creating job '__default'
2025-04-03T01:54:23.1904320Z Evaluating timeout
2025-04-03T01:54:23.1904373Z Evaluating cancel timeout
2025-04-03T01:54:23.1904415Z Evaluating continue on error
2025-04-03T01:54:23.1904441Z Evaluating target
2025-04-03T01:54:23.1904913Z Evaluating environment
2025-04-03T01:54:23.1906350Z ##[section]Finishing: Prepare job issue-auto

0_issue-auto.txt:

2025-04-03T01:54:23.7907259Z Requested labels: ubuntu-latest
2025-04-03T01:54:23.7907520Z Job defined at: cli/cli/.github/workflows/issueauto.yml@refs/heads/trunk
2025-04-03T01:54:23.7907618Z Waiting for a runner to pick up this job...
2025-04-03T01:54:24.2730185Z Job is waiting for a hosted runner to come online.
2025-04-03T01:54:26.9708943Z Job is about to start running on the hosted runner: GitHub Actions 693 (hosted)
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8828327Z Current runner version: '2.323.0'
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8857448Z ##[group]Operating System
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8858217Z Ubuntu
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8858729Z 24.04.2
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8859319Z LTS
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8859772Z ##[endgroup]
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8860299Z ##[group]Runner Image
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8860943Z Image: ubuntu-24.04
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8861475Z Version: 20250316.1.0
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8862551Z Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/ubuntu24/20250316.1/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2404-Readme.md
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8863985Z Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/ubuntu24%2F20250316.1
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8864920Z ##[endgroup]
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8865511Z ##[group]Runner Image Provisioner
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8866268Z 2.0.422.1
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8866896Z ##[endgroup]
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8867997Z ##[group]GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8869791Z Issues: write
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8870441Z Metadata: read
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8871128Z ##[endgroup]
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8874087Z Secret source: Actions
2025-04-03T01:54:28.8874824Z Prepare workflow directory
2025-04-03T01:54:28.9179205Z Prepare all required actions
2025-04-03T01:54:28.9269537Z Complete job name: issue-auto
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0127709Z ##[group]Run if ! gh api orgs/cli/public_members/$ISSUEAUTHOR --silent 2>/dev/null
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0128780Z if ! gh api orgs/cli/public_members/$ISSUEAUTHOR --silent 2>/dev/null
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0129485Z then
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0129996Z   gh issue edit $ISSUENUM --add-label "needs-triage"
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0130596Z fi
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0614473Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0615274Z env:
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0615669Z   GH_REPO: cli/cli
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0616625Z   GH_TOKEN: ***
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0617062Z   ISSUENUM: 10725
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0617629Z   ISSUEAUTHOR: saidakrommuminov52
2025-04-03T01:54:29.0618121Z ##[endgroup]
2025-04-03T01:54:30.4210011Z https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/10725
2025-04-03T01:54:30.4302059Z Cleaning up orphan processes

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This is surprising behaviour but otherwise I agree with your approach. Make it so!

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Thanks for this. Approving under the assumption we will address #10740 (comment) in a followup PR since this provides value as-is.

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babakks commented Apr 11, 2025

@williammartin Issue #10768 is now created to follow up on the remaining piece.

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#### :accessibility: Accessibility public preview

This release marks the public preview of several accessibility improvements to the GitHub CLI that have been under development over the past year in partnership with our friends at [Charm](https://github.com/charmbracelet) including:

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#### What's Changed

##### ✨ Features

-   Introduce `gh accessibility` help topic highlighting GitHub CLI accessibility experiences by [@&#8203;andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#10890
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##### ✨ Features

-   `gh pr create`: Support Git's `@{push}` revision syntax for determining head ref by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#10513
-   Introduce option to opt-out of spinners by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#10773
-   Update configuration support for accessible colors by [@&#8203;andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#10820
-   `gh config`: add config settings for accessible prompter and disabling spinner by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#10846

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-   Fix multi pages search for gh search by [@&#8203;leudz](https://github.com/leudz) in cli/cli#10767
-   Fix: `project` commands use shared progress indicator by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#10817
-   Issue commands should parse args early by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#10811
-   Feature detect v1 projects on `issue view` by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#10813
-   Feature detect v1 projects on non web-mode `issue create` by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#10815
-   Feature detect v1 projects on web mode issue create by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#10818
-   Feature detect v1 projects on issue edit by [@&#8203;williammartin](https://github.com/williammartin) in cli/cli#10819

##### 📚 Docs & Chores

-   Refactor Sigstore verifier logic by [@&#8203;malancas](https://github.com/malancas) in cli/cli#10750

##### :dependabot: Dependencies

-   chore(deps): bump github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go from 0.7.1 to 0.7.2 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in cli/cli#10787
-   Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.71.0 to 1.71.1 by [@&#8203;dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) in cli/cli#10758

#### New Contributors

-   [@&#8203;leudz](https://github.com/leudz) made their first contribution in cli/cli#10767

**Full Changelog**: cli/cli@v2.70.0...v2.71.0

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##### Ensure table headers are thematically contrasting

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-   Update go-gh and document available sprig funcs by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#10680
-   Introducing experimental support for rendering markdown with customizable, accessible colors by [@&#8203;andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) [@&#8203;jtmcg](https://github.com/jtmcg) in cli/cli#10680
-   Ensure table datetime columns have thematic, customizable muted text by [@&#8203;andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#10709
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-   `run list`: do not fail on organization/enterprise ruleset imposed workflows by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#10660
-   Implement safeguard for `gh alias delete` test, prevent wiping out GitHub CLI configuration by [@&#8203;andyfeller](https://github.com/andyfeller) in cli/cli#10683
-   Pin third party actions to commit sha by [@&#8203;BagToad](https://github.com/BagToad) in cli/cli#10731
-   Fallback to job run logs when step logs are missing by [@&#8203;babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#10740
-   \[gh ext] Fix `GitKind` extension directory path by [@&#8203;iamazeem](https://github.com/iamazeem) in cli/cli#10609
-   Fix job log resolution to skip legacy logs in favour of normal/new ones by [@&#8203;babakks](https://github.com/babakks) in cli/cli#10769

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-   Update github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go to 0.7.1 and fix breaking function change by [@&#8203;malancas](https://github.com/malancas) in cli/cli#10749

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