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How can I allow anybody trigger a re-build on a public project?

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xvorsx

27 Apr, 2016 12:47 AM

Hello,

Our contributors (PowerShell GitHub org) face a problem:
Rarely AppVeyor builds fails / hangs and just need to be re-triggered.
Example: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/PowerShell/xexchange/build/1.6.140.0

Only members of our org can re-trigger them currently. And I cannot find a right way to setup permissions to allow it to anyone.
There is a workaround: a dummy commit that will re-trigger it. But it's pretty inconvenient.
I'd like to give everybody ability to re-trigger build. Is it possible?

-Sergei

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 27 Apr, 2016 12:55 AM

   

   Hi Sergei,

   What do you mean by everybody - any unauthenticated user?

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2. 2 Posted by xvorsx on 28 Apr, 2016 01:00 AM

   

   Yes

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 28 Apr, 2016 01:51 AM

   

   Well, that's pretty bold :)

   Basically, you can do a very simple page with huge "Re-build me" button calling AppVeyor API and host it on Azure Websites :)

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4. 4 Posted by xvorsx on 10 May, 2016 04:41 AM

   

   Why it's bold? :)
   Anybody can re-trigger build with pushing a dummy commit into their PR. So there is no "elevation of privileges".
   Well, ok, maybe re-trigger PR only build is the more correct way to put it.

   Building and hosting azure website, sure. But I just think it's a common scenario for OSS projects: you want to allow your contributors to re-trigger stuck builds. So I brought it up, because it can be beneficial for others.

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5. Ilya Finkelshteyn closed this discussion on 25 Aug, 2018 02:06 AM.