[CICD] [STARTER]: Publish Starter job fails due to missing working directory during artifact deployment

[dcolina]

Parent Issue

No parent issue identified.

Problem Statement

The GitHub Actions workflow Publish Starter is failing during the deploy-artifacts job due to a missing working directory. The following error is logged:

An error occurred trying to start process ‘/usr/bin/bash’ with working directory ‘/home/runner/work/core/core/parent’. No such file or directory

This error occurs during the Update pom.xml step, which likely relies on navigating to the core/parent directory that does not exist at runtime.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Trigger the Publish Starter workflow.
2. Wait until the deploy-artifacts job is executed.
3. Observe the failure at step Update pom.xml, with the logged error message pointing to a missing directory.

Acceptance Criteria

• Ensure that the working directory core/parent exists or is created before executing this step.
• Validate that the script or step referencing the directory gracefully handles cases where the path is invalid.
• Confirm the full workflow completes successfully with the fix in place.

dotCMS Version

Not version-specific, applies to Publish Starter pipeline.

Proposed Objective

Quality Assurance

Proposed Priority

Priority 1 - Show Stopper

External Links... Slack Conversations, Support Tickets, Figma Designs, etc.

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Assumptions & Initiation Needs

• The directory core/parent may have been renamed, relocated, or never created as part of this workflow context.
• The issue may have been introduced by changes in the directory structure or incorrect assumptions in the workflow configuration.

Quality Assurance Notes & Workarounds

• As a temporary workaround, manually validate the directory structure before executing commands.
• Consider using a dynamic check or fallback to ensure the step doesn’t fail silently.

Sub-Tasks & Estimates

• Reproduce the issue in a PR run or a branch pipeline.
• Adjust the working directory to a valid and existing path.
• Confirm the Update pom.xml step executes without errors.
• Validate the rest of the deployment flow.

[github-actions]

PRs:

• chore: #32269 Update the parent pom to empty_20250528. #32270
• fix(ci): #32269 Fix empty starter workflow by adding missing repository checkout. #32271
• chore: #32269 Update the parent pom to empty_20250528 #32273
• fix(ci): 32269 Adding checkout step to fix starter workflow. #32279