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chore(deps): update dependency slack to v6 #225

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion notifier/orb.yaml
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description: "Tools for notifying external services about CI events"

orbs:
slack: circleci/slack@5.2.3
slack: circleci/slack@6.0.0
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Upgrading the circleci/slack orb to version 6.0.0 introduces a breaking change that will cause the slack-on-fail command to fail.

In v6.0.0, the custom parameter of the slack/notify command no longer accepts a raw JSON string. Instead, it requires a path to a file containing the JSON payload.

To fix this, you need to modify the slack-on-fail command (defined on lines 17-95) to first write the custom JSON payload to a file, and then pass the path to that file to the slack/notify command.

Here is an example of how you could modify the steps in the slack-on-fail command:

    steps:
      - run:
          name: install curl
          command: |
            if which curl >/dev/null; then
              exit 0
            elif which apk >/dev/null; then
              apk add --no-cache --no-progress curl curl-dev
            elif which apt-get >/dev/null; then
              apt-get update -qy
              apt-get install -qy curl
            else
              echo >&2 "ERROR: could not find supported package manager"
              exit 1
            fi
      - run:
          name: Create custom slack message for failed job
          command: |
            cat <<'EOF' > /tmp/slack_fail_template.json
            {
              "blocks": [
                {
                  "type": "header",
                  "text": {
                    "type": "plain_text",
                    "text": "Job Failed :x:",
                    "emoji": true
                  }
                },
                {
                  "type": "section",
                  "fields": [
                    {
                      "type": "mrkdwn",
                      "text": "Job name: `${CIRCLE_JOB}`"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "mrkdwn",
                      "text": "Repository name: `${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}`"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "mrkdwn",
                      "text": "Branch `${CIRCLE_BRANCH}`"
                    },
                    {
                      "type": "mrkdwn",
                      "text": "Blame :point_right: @${CIRCLE_USERNAME}"
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "type": "actions",
                  "elements": [
                    {
                      "type": "button",
                      "text": {
                        "type": "plain_text",
                        "text": "View Job"
                      },
                      "url": "${CIRCLE_BUILD_URL}"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
            EOF
      - slack/notify:
          channel: <<parameters.channel>>
          event: fail
          custom: /tmp/slack_fail_template.json

This change preserves the install curl step, adds a new step to create the JSON template file, and updates the slack/notify call to use this file. The empty text field from the original JSON has been removed as it's not necessary when using blocks.


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