GitHub Actions Woes: Complexity, Security Woes Plague CI Workflows

GitHub Actions, a popular CI/CD tool, faces criticism for its complexity, confusing security models, limitations, and inconsistent behavior, compounded by challenges when integrating with Docker, leading to frustrations in setting up and debugging CI workflows.

• The author spent significant time rewriting CI scripts in GitHub Actions due to its complexity and issues.
• GitHub Actions has confusing security models, limitations, and inconsistent behavior that make it difficult to set up and debug.
• Combining Docker with GitHub Actions introduces additional challenges like file permission issues, environment inconsistencies, and limitations on container configuration.