bug: GitHub Actions scheduled workflows likely disabled (no commits in 76 days)

[kamsirichard]

Problem

GitHub automatically disables scheduled (cron) workflows after 60 days of repository inactivity. The last commit on main was June 17, 2026 — 76 days ago. This means both scheduled workflows are likely disabled:

• scoutbot.yml (scrape, Sundays 07:00 WAT) — no new opportunities being added to the sheet
• digest.yml (email digest, Sundays 10:00 WAT) — no weekly email being sent

Symptoms

• No weekly digest emails have been sent since ~mid-August
• The Google Sheet has no new entries because the scraper isn't running
• Even if the digest workflow ran, notify.py would skip sending because there are no entries from the last 7 days (now fixed with a fallback to latest entries)

Fix

1. Go to the Actions tab in the repo
2. If you see a banner saying workflows are disabled, click Enable
3. Manually trigger both workflows via workflow_dispatch to verify they run:
   • ScoutBot — Scrape (Weekly, Sundays)
   • ScoutBot — Weekly Sunday Digest

Code fixes already pushed (commit e2c090f)

• notify.py and announce.py now call sys.exit(1) on failure, so GitHub Actions correctly marks failed runs as failed (previously they looked successful even when zero emails were sent)
• notify.py now falls back to the latest entries in the sheet when nothing was added in the last 7 days, so subscribers still get an email instead of silence
• run.py now propagates the email send result as a non-zero exit code

Related

This is separate from issue #62 (WhatsApp broadcast gap), which was already fixed.

[kamsirichard]

Update — fixes pushed

I've pushed three commits to fix the email digest:

Commit 1 (e2c090f) — Code fixes:

• notify.py and announce.py now exit with code 1 on failure (previously GitHub Actions showed failed runs as "successful")
• notify.py now falls back to the latest entries in the sheet when nothing was added in the last 7 days (instead of silently skipping)
• run.py now propagates the email send result as a non-zero exit code

Commit 2 (2d15a36) — Workflow triggers:

• Added push trigger to both scoutbot.yml and digest.yml
• Digest workflow runs in dry-run mode on push (builds email preview without sending to 500+ subscribers)

Commit 3 (79d9532) — Simplified triggers:

• Removed path filters so workflows trigger on any push to main

What you need to do

If the workflows were disabled by GitHub (likely after 60 days of inactivity), the push alone won't re-enable them. You need to:

1. Go to https://github.com/TechHub-Extensions/ScoutBot/actions
2. Look for a banner saying workflows are disabled
3. Click Enable all workflows
4. The push triggers should then fire automatically

If there's no banner, the workflows should already be running from the latest push. Check the Actions tab for active runs.

[inventrX]

@kamsirichard I can help with this

[inventrX]

I checked and there's no enable workflow banner, most likely the it's already running

[kamsirichard]

Please go ahead! The guide is in the readme of the respository !

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