[AUTOREVERT] fix bug ignoring workflow dispatch errors (#7277)

Signed-off-by: Jean Schmidt <[email protected]>

Author: jeanschmidt

aws/lambda/pytorch-auto-revert/pytorch_auto_revert/utils.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import urllib.parse
 from enum import Enum
 
+import github
+
 
 class RestartAction(Enum):
     """Controls restart behavior.
@@ -140,3 +142,20 @@ def build_pytorch_hud_url(
         f"https://hud.pytorch.org/hud/{repo_full_name}/{top_sha}/1?"
         f"per_page={num_commits}&name_filter={encoded_name}&mergeEphemeralLF=true"
     )
+
+
+def proper_workflow_create_dispatch(
+    workflow: github.Workflow,
+    ref: github.Branch.Branch | github.Tag.Tag | github.Commit.Commit | str,
+    inputs: dict,
+) -> bool:
+    """
+    :calls: `POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{workflow_id}/dispatches
+    <https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/actions#create-a-workflow-dispatch-event>`
+    """
+    status, headers, body = workflow._requester.requestJson(
+        "POST", f"{workflow.url}/dispatches", input={"ref": ref, "inputs": inputs}
+    )
+    if status != 204:
+        raise ValueError(f"Error dispatching workflow: {status}, {headers}, {body}")
+    return True

aws/lambda/pytorch-auto-revert/pytorch_auto_revert/workflow_checker.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from typing import Dict, Set
 
 from .clickhouse_client_helper import CHCliFactory
-from .utils import RetryWithBackoff
+from .utils import proper_workflow_create_dispatch, RetryWithBackoff
 from .workflow_resolver import WorkflowResolver
 
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def restart_workflow(self, workflow_name: str, commit_sha: str) -> None:
             with attempt:
                 repo = client.get_repo(f"{self.repo_owner}/{self.repo_name}")
                 workflow = repo.get_workflow(wf_ref.file_name)
-                workflow.create_dispatch(ref=tag_ref, inputs={})
+                proper_workflow_create_dispatch(workflow, ref=tag_ref, inputs={})
 
         workflow_url = (
             f"https://github.com/{self.repo_owner}/{self.repo_name}"