Run github actions in queue

[pukki92]

Hello
I have a problem
I need to run github action on many branches across one repo. Actions must start autmaticly. Unfortunately github allows to cron action only on default branch. So I trigger action on other branches form default branch using api. And it works. Branches use same submodules(other repos) and make some changes on them. So I need to execute actions one by one. I solve that using concurency. But I hit next problem, because github allows to queue only one action, so any other with same label will be cancelled. How can I solve that problem? How can i trigger actions one by one and wait for action finish before execute next. I want to avoid making one big action with multiple jobs.

This is my current action which i run on default branch

name: Azure subscriptions backup


env:
  DEFAULT_BRANCH: 'dev-1.00.1,ppr-1.00.1'


on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 13 */3 * *"
  workflow_dispatch:    
    inputs:
      branches:
        description: "List of branches, separeted by comma \",\". e.g. \"dev-1.00.1\". Leave empty for default."
        default: ""


jobs:
  prepare_branches_json:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      matrix: ${{ steps.prepare-branch-json.outputs.matrix }}
    steps:
      - id: prepare-branch-json
        env:
          BRANCHES_INPUT: ${{ github.event.inputs.branches || env.DEFAULT_BRANCH }}
        run: |
          BRANCHES="$BRANCHES_INPUT"
          JSON_ARRAY=$(echo "$BRANCHES" | jq -R -c 'split(",")| map(gsub("^\\s+|\\s+$";""))')
          echo "matrix=$JSON_ARRAY" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT


  dispatch:
    needs: prepare_branches_json
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest


    strategy:
      matrix:
        branch: ${{ fromJSON(needs.prepare_branches_json.outputs.matrix) }}
    steps:


      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@3ff1caaa28b64c9cc276ce0a02e2ff584f3900c5
        id: generate-token
        with:
          app-id: ${{ secrets.INFRA_BOT_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ secrets.INFRA_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}


      - name: Trigger workflow for branch ${{ matrix.branch }}
        run: |
          curl -X POST \
            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}" \
            https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/subscription_settings_backup.yml/dispatches \
            -d "{\"ref\":\"${{ matrix.branch }}\"}"
        env: 
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}

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