Merge pull request #14358 from RoadieHQ/better-error-handling

add more specific error handling for github actions

.changeset/calm-clouds-smoke.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-github-actions': patch
+---
+
+Add error panel when the plugin fails.

plugins/github-actions/src/components/Cards/RecentWorkflowRunsCard.tsx

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   useRouteRef,
 } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import {
+  ErrorPanel,
   InfoCard,
   InfoCardVariants,
   Link,
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ export const RecentWorkflowRunsCard = (props: {
 
   const githubHost = hostname || 'github.com';
   const routeLink = useRouteRef(buildRouteRef);
+
+  if (error) {
+    return <ErrorPanel title={error.message} error={error} />;
+  }
+
   return (
     <InfoCard
       title="Recent Workflow Runs"

plugins/github-actions/src/components/useWorkflowRuns.ts

@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ export function useWorkflowRuns({
             runId: run.id,
           });
         } catch (e) {
-          errorApi.post(e);
+          errorApi.post(
+            new Error(`Failed to rerun the workflow: ${e.message}`),
+          );
         }
       },
       source: {