Objective

A repository at /home/interview/repo has a deployment script that occasionally fails due to transient issues. The script ./scripts/flaky-deploy.sh fails on the first attempt but succeeds on retry.

Task

Complete the workflow at .github/workflows/deploy.yml that triggers on push events and implements automatic retry using the nick-fields/retry@v3 action (available locally at .github/actions/retry-action). The workflow should check out the code and execute ./scripts/flaky-deploy.sh with a timeout of 2 minutes and a maximum of 3 attempts.

File Path

• Workflow: /home/interview/repo/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
• Script: /home/interview/repo/scripts/flaky-deploy.sh

name: Deploy with Retry

on:
  push:

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Deploy with automatic retry
        uses: ./.github/actions/retry-action
        with:
          timeout_minutes: 2
          max_attempts: 3
          command: ./scripts/flaky-deploy.sh

Explanation

Step 1: Checkout the Code

- uses: actions/checkout@v4

We need the repo code on the runner so we can access the deployment script and the local retry action.

Step 2: Use the Retry Action

- name: Deploy with automatic retry
  uses: ./.github/actions/retry-action
  with:
    timeout_minutes: 2
    max_attempts: 3
    command: ./scripts/flaky-deploy.sh

Instead of running the script directly with run:, we use the retry action. timeout_minutes: 2 sets the maximum time per attempt. max_attempts: 3 means it will try up to 3 times before giving up. command specifies what to run. If the first attempt fails, the action waits briefly and tries again. The job only fails if all 3 attempts fail.