TooManySteps

Job has too many steps.

Defined by ComponentCountRule which supports workflows, actions in the "Default" ruleset along with TooManyJobs.

Description

Job complexity is too high.

Consider the following refactors to reduce complexity: * Remove unused steps. * Split up job into meaningful smaller jobs with needs dependencies. * Extract tightly coupled steps into a composite action. * Extract common steps into a reusable composite action.

Compliant examples

Compliant example #1

Simple job with only a few steps.

example.yml

on: push
jobs:
  example:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: echo "Example"
      - run: echo "Example"
      - run: echo "Example"

Compliant example #2

Simple action with only a few steps.

action.yml

name: Test
description: Test
runs:
  using: composite
  steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - run: echo "Example"
      shell: bash
    - run: echo "Example"
      shell: bash
    - run: echo "Example"
      shell: bash

Non-compliant example

Complex job with 20 steps.

example.yml

on: push
jobs:
  example:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - run: echo "Example 1"
      - run: echo "Example 2"
      - run: echo "Example 3"
      - run: echo "Example 4"
      - run: echo "Example 5"
      - run: echo "Example 6"
      - run: echo "Example 7"
      - run: echo "Example 8"
      - run: echo "Example 9"
      - run: echo "Example 10"
      - run: echo "Example 11"
      - run: echo "Example 12"
      - run: echo "Example 13"
      - run: echo "Example 14"
      - run: echo "Example 15"
      - run: echo "Example 16"
      - run: echo "Example 17"
      - run: echo "Example 18"
      - run: echo "Example 19"
      - run: echo "Example 20"
      - run: echo "Example 21"

• Line 3: Job[example] has 21 steps, maximum recommended is 20.