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[WIP] Fix failing GitHub Actions job Deploy to VPS
fix: add secrets validation and harden deploy workflow
Jul 28, 2026
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The "Deploy to VPS" job was failing immediately with
Error: missing server hostbecauseVPS_HOST,VPS_USER, andVPS_SSH_KEYsecrets were not configured —${{ secrets.XXX }}silently resolves to empty strings, giving the SSH action no connection parameters.There was also a secondary bug:
cd ${{ secrets.VPS_APP_DIR }}collapses to barecdwhen the secret is unset, silently navigating to$HOMEinstead of the app directory.Changes
VPS_HOST,VPS_USER,VPS_SSH_KEYvia env vars before attempting SSH; emits a::error::annotation listing missing secrets and fails fast with an actionable message instead of a cryptic SSH error.VPS_APP_DIRsecret dependency — replaced with the hardcoded path~/apps/eventsharedocumented inDEPLOYMENT_STEPS.md. This value is not secret; making it a secret only introduced a silent failure mode.