Referencing the action starts an elastic container build step even if the action itself is skipped

[porgabi]

The Elasticsearch action is conditionally called in a workflow, but even when it's not run, the container build step still runs. Here's an example for such a build:

The Elasticsearch action is referenced in the action.yml file found in this pull request, which is conditionally called in the build-and-test-orchard-core.yml file.

Is this normal behavior, or can it be prevented somehow? The container build step shouldn't run when the Elasticsearch setup step doesn't.

[Piedone]

Anybody with tips on how to prevent this Docker build step that happens after the job setup if we don't actually use the action?

[pquentin]

Did it actually run? The / symbol suggests that this step was skipped.

[Piedone]

No, that's the point. The build step runs even if the action doesn't.