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Verify Markdown Links workflow fails on schedule and workflow_dispatch events #27091
The Verify Markdown Links workflow (.github/workflows/verify-markdown-links.yml) declares schedule (weekly Sunday cron) and workflow_dispatch triggers, but the underlying get-changed-files composite action only handles pull_request and push events. Every scheduled run fails immediately with:
This has been failing every Sunday since the workflow was introduced in PR #26219 (October 2025).
Steps to Reproduce
Go to Actions → Verify Markdown Links → Run workflow
Click "Run workflow" on any branch
The run fails with: Unsupported event type: workflow_dispatch. Supported types: pull_request, push
Alternatively, wait for the weekly Sunday midnight UTC cron to fire — same error.
Expected Behavior
The workflow should enumerate all markdown files in the repository (since there is no diff to compare for cron/manual runs) and check their links for external link rot.
Actual Behavior
The get-changed-files action calls core.setFailed() because it has no code path for schedule or workflow_dispatch events — only pull_request and push.
Root Cause
.github/actions/infrastructure/get-changed-files/action.yml lines 75-77 — the else branch rejects any event type not in the supported list, and schedule/workflow_dispatch were never added.
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microsoft-github-policy-service commentedon Sep 20, 2026
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