Jacob Tomlinson • 1/8/2021

How to interactively debug GitHub Actions with netcat

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This technical article explains how to debug failing GitHub Actions workflows by setting up an interactive shell. It details using netcat to create a reverse shell and ngrok to expose it, but primarily recommends the simpler, official 'action-tmate' method for secure, browser-based debugging when a workflow fails.

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