Check Build Status

Check Build Status

Check GitHub Actions CI build status for the current branch, pull requests, or recent workflow runs.

Quick Status Check

# Check status for current branch's PR
gh pr checks

# Check specific PR
gh pr checks <PR_NUMBER>

# List recent workflow runs
gh run list --limit 5

Detailed Build Information

Current PR Status

# Full details on all checks for current branch
gh pr checks

# View specific PR with number
gh pr view <PR_NUMBER>
gh pr checks <PR_NUMBER>

Output shows:

• ✓ Passing checks (green)
• ✗ Failed checks (red)
• ○ Pending/​running checks (yellow)

Recent Workflow Runs

# List last 10 workflow runs
gh run list --limit 10

# Filter by workflow name
gh run list --workflow="Build Firmware"

# Filter by status
gh run list --status=failure
gh run list --status=success

View Build Logs

# View summary of a specific run
gh run view <RUN_ID>

# View full logs
gh run view <RUN_ID> --log

# View logs for specific job
gh run view <RUN_ID> --log --job=<JOB_ID>

Common Build Failure Scenarios

Firmware Build Failures

Typical causes:

• Compilation errors in C code
• Missing header files
• Target-specific issues (specific board configs)
• Linker errors (flash/​RAM overflow)

How to investigate:

# Check build logs
gh run view <RUN_ID> --log | grep -i error

# Look for specific target failures
gh run view <RUN_ID> --log | grep "FAILED"

# Reproduce locally
cd inav
./​build.sh SITL  # or specific target

Configurator Build Failures

Typical causes:

• JavaScript syntax errors
• ESM/​CommonJS import issues
• Missing dependencies
• Linter/​format errors

How to investigate:

# Check build logs
gh run view <RUN_ID> --log | grep -i error

# Reproduce locally
cd inav-configurator
npm install
NODE_ENV=development npm start

Test Failures

How to investigate:

# Look for test failures in logs
gh run view <RUN_ID> --log | grep -i "test.*fail"

# Run tests locally
cd inav-configurator
npm test  # if test suite exists

Parsing Build Failures

When a build fails, look for these patterns in logs:

C Compilation Errors

error: 'variableName' undeclared
error: conflicting types for 'functionName'
error: implicit declaration of function
region 'FLASH' overflowed by XXX bytes

JavaScript Errors

SyntaxError: Unexpected token
ReferenceError: X is not defined
TypeError: Cannot read property
Error: Cannot find module

Linker Errors

undefined reference to 'functionName'
region 'FLASH' overflowed
multiple definition of 'symbolName'

Build Status Summary

Quick Visual Summary

# Create a simple status report
echo "=== Current Build Status ==="
gh pr checks | grep -E "✓|✗|○"
echo ""
echo "=== Recent Failures ==="
gh run list --status=failure --limit 5

Monitoring Specific Workflows

For INAV projects, common workflows include:

• Firmware builds (all targets)
• SITL builds
• Configurator builds
• Linter/​format checks

# Check specific workflow status
gh run list --workflow="CI" --limit 5

Fixing Build Failures

General Process

1. Identify the failure:

   gh pr checks
   gh run view <RUN_ID> --log
   

2. Reproduce locally:

   • Firmware: cd inav && ./​build.sh SITL
   • Configurator: cd inav-configurator && NODE_ENV=development npm start

3. Fix the issue:

   • Edit code to resolve the error
   • Test locally to verify fix

4. Commit and push:

   git add <files>
   git commit -m "Fix: <describe the fix>"
   git push
   

5. Verify fix:

   # Wait for CI to run, then check
   gh run list --limit 1
   gh run view <NEW_RUN_ID>
   

Re-running Failed Builds

Sometimes builds fail due to transient issues (network, runner problems):

# Re-run a failed workflow
gh run rerun <RUN_ID>

# Re-run only failed jobs
gh run rerun <RUN_ID> --failed

Example Investigations

Investigating PR Build Failure

# Scenario: PR #2434 has failing builds
gh pr checks 2434
gh pr view 2434

# Get the failed run ID
gh run list --limit 5

# View the failure details
gh run view <RUN_ID> --log | grep -i error

# Check what changed in the PR
gh pr diff 2434

# Reproduce locally
cd inav
./​build.sh SITL

Monitoring All Builds

# Quick status of everything
echo "PR Checks:"
gh pr checks
echo ""
echo "Recent Runs:"
gh run list --limit 3
echo ""
echo "Recent Failures:"
gh run list --status=failure --limit 3

Resources

• GitHub CLI docs: gh run --help, gh pr --help
• Build failure projects: See claude/​projects/​investigate-pr*/ for examples
• CI configuration: .github/​workflows/ in each repository

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Related Skills

• pr-review - Review PRs (uses check-builds to verify CI status)
• create-pr - Create PRs (use check-builds after PR creation)
• git-workflow - Git operations (often precedes build checks)
• finish-task - Complete tasks (verify builds pass before finishing)