Question

A nightly workflow ran three days ago and two of its five jobs failed due to a transient network issue with an external package registry. The default branch has received several new commits since then. A developer opens the completed run in the GitHub UI and clicks "Re-run failed jobs". Which statement correctly describes what happens?

Accepted Answer

Only the two failed jobs are re-executed, and they check out the same commit SHA that the original run used, not the latest commit on the branch.

Answer

All five jobs are re-executed against the latest commit on the default branch, replacing the original run's results.

Answer

Only the two failed jobs are re-executed, and they check out the latest commit on the default branch to pick up the newer code.

Answer

The re-run is blocked because the run is older than the artifact and log retention window, requiring a fresh workflow_dispatch trigger.