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@tnir
tnir
opened on Apr 8, 2026

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/tutorials/create-actions/create-a-composite-action has all 3 dead examples for composite actions:

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

Nothing is better than the obsolete and useless examples.

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  4. Sharra-writes commented on Apr 12, 2026

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    on Apr 12, 2026
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    @tnir Thanks for pointing these out! Let me make sure that the Actions team wants us to delete them, rather than updating them to new examples.

  5. Sharra-writes
    closed this as completedin #43736on Apr 23, 2026
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