How can I disable validation of workflow files?

[TWiStErRob]

We have tests and static analysis tools that tell us if a workflow file / action is correct or not. We're using act as the test runner, so it doesn't need to do validation, especially when it produces apparently many false positives (workflow files work on GHA and validate against SchemaStore JSONSchema). For this reason I'm looking for a way to disable the validation. We've been stuck on 0.2.65 for a while now and would like to update.

[ChristopherHX]

produces apparently many false positives

For example? It can't get better without examples of false positives. This has been a feature request and a cli toggle drastically increases code size.

Does the official GitHub Actions VSCode Extension has complaints?

We are still using the strict schema of that extension, but #2524 has no sign to be allowed to merge.

I'm looking for a way to disable the validation

Not possible, without deleting code.

Remove the following code then run go build with a go sdk

act/pkg/model/workflow.go

Lines 70 to 80 in 0ff68e6

	func (w *Workflow) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
	// Validate the schema before deserializing it into our model
	if err := (&schema.Node{
	Definition: "workflow-root-strict",
	Schema: schema.GetWorkflowSchema(),
	}).UnmarshalYAML(node); err != nil {
	return err
	}
	type WorkflowDefault Workflow
	return node.Decode((*WorkflowDefault)(w))
	}

act/pkg/model/action.go

Lines 82 to 92 in 0ff68e6

	func (a *Action) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
	// Validate the schema before deserializing it into our model
	if err := (&schema.Node{
	Definition: "action-root",
	Schema: schema.GetActionSchema(),
	}).UnmarshalYAML(node); err != nil {
	return err
	}
	type ActionDefault Action
	return node.Decode((*ActionDefault)(a))
	}