fix: add checkHumanActor to agent mode by ashwin-ant · Pull Request #826 · anthropics/claude-code-action (original) (raw)

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Fixes issue #641 where users were getting banned due to rapid successive Claude runs triggered by the synchronize event.

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Claude-Generated-By: Claude Code (cli/claude-opus-4-5=100%) Claude-Steers: 1 Claude-Permission-Prompts: 3 Claude-Escapes: 0

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Bumps the github-actions group with 7 updates:

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Updates actions/setup-python from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0
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danielorbach added a commit to go-digitaltwin/go-digitaltwin that referenced this pull request

Jan 25, 2026

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claude-code-action v1.0.30 (released 2026-01-16) added checkHumanActor validation to agent mode via anthropics/claude-code-action#826. This security measure prevents bot-triggered workflows from causing rapid API calls that could result in account bans.

The action now requires explicit opt-in via allowed_bots parameter for bot actors like Dependabot. Without this, workflows fail with: "Workflow initiated by non-human actor: dependabot (type: Bot)"

The @v1 tag automatically picked up this breaking change, causing the ClauDependabot workflow to fail. Another repo with an identical workflow succeeded on 2025-12-23 because it ran before v1.0.30 was released.

See: anthropics/claude-code-action#826 See: anthropics/claude-code-action#387

danielorbach added a commit to go-digitaltwin/go-digitaltwin that referenced this pull request

Jan 25, 2026

@danielorbach

claude-code-action v1.0.30 (released 2026-01-16) added checkHumanActor validation to agent mode via anthropics/claude-code-action#826. This security measure prevents bot-triggered workflows from causing rapid API calls that could result in account bans.

The action now requires explicit opt-in via allowed_bots parameter for bot actors like Dependabot. Without this, workflows fail with: "Workflow initiated by non-human actor: dependabot (type: Bot)"

The @v1 tag automatically picked up this breaking change, causing the ClauDependabot workflow to fail. Another repo with an identical workflow succeeded on 2025-12-23 because it ran before v1.0.30 was released.

See: anthropics/claude-code-action#826 See: anthropics/claude-code-action#387

galactic-king added a commit to go-digitaltwin/go-digitaltwin that referenced this pull request

Jan 25, 2026

@galactic-king

The ClauDependabot workflow stopped functioning when claude-code-action@v1 automatically updated to v1.0.30 on 2026-01-16. That release introduced bot-actor validation (anthropics/claude-code-action#826) as a security measure to prevent rapid, bot-triggered workflow loops that could exhaust API rate limits and result in account bans.

The action now rejects bot actors unless explicitly allowed via the allowed_bots parameter. Without this configuration, Dependabot PRs trigger workflows that immediately fail with: "Workflow initiated by non-human actor: dependabot (type: Bot)".

This change explicitly permits Dependabot to trigger Claude Code reviews by adding allowed_bots: dependabot to both minor and major review steps. The @v1 tag tracks the latest v1.x release, which provides convenience but exposes workflows to behavioral changes in patch releases.

After merging, re-run #12 to verify the workflow succeeds with Dependabot as the triggering actor.

See: anthropics/claude-code-action#826 See: anthropics/claude-code-action#387

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