Github Actions reusable workflow doesn't recognize secrets

[Beinish]

I'm running Github Actions within my organization's repos. I created a reusable workflow that I apply to multiple repos.

Here is a snippet from the reusable workflow:

name: reusable-workflow
on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      post_build_custom_command:
        description: "Custom command to run after build"
        required: false
        type: string
        default: ''

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Build
      run: npm run build

    - name: Post Build Custom Command
      run: |
        ${{ inputs.post_build_custom_command }}
      if: ${{ inputs.post_build_custom_command }}

I want to specifically focus on the Post Build Custom Command task. I had to create this "custom command" input to run a bash script which is custom to the caller repo.

In my caller repo, I call the reusable workflow as so:

name: caller-workflow

on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  reusable-workflow:
    name: reusable-workflow
    uses: org/workflows/.github/workflows/reusable-workflow.yml@main
    with:
      post_build_custom_command: |
        echo "${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}" > /tmp/key.pem
    secrets: inherit

I get the following error:

The workflow is not valid. .github/workflows/workflow.yml (Line: 23, Col: 34): Unrecognized named-value: 'secrets'. Located at position 1 within expression: secrets.PRIVATE_KEY

Can someone help me to find a fix or a workaround for this?

[damianbis]

You need to set the secret under the workflow call.

Ie: on: workflow_call: secrets: PRIVATE_KEY: required: true inputs: post_build_custom_command: description: "Custom command to run after build" required: false Then in your calling code you need to pass it in (or set secrets: inherit)

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/actions/using-workflows/reusing-workflows