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Is there a way to set non-secret environment variables in Github Actions on the Settings page?

As far as I know, there are two ways to set environment variables in Github Actions:

  • Hardcoding them into YAML file
  • Adding them as repository secrets on the settings page

Repository secrets page

But what if I don't want them to be secret? On the picture above, SERVER_PREFIX and ANALYTICS_ENABLED shouldn't be secret. Is there a way to set up env variables on the settings page and make them visible? In Travis we had that option.

Solution

  • In January 2023, GitHub added support for non-secret configuration variables (blog post):

    GitHub Actions variables tab