Post Run action inputs become null

[kevinchen-pimq]

Describe the bug

Post Run action inputs become null.

Happen when workflow file looks like this.

workflow --call--> action --call--> action

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. fork https://github.com/kevinchen-pimq/action-input-poc
2. Run POC workflow

Expected behavior

Inputs value should not be null.

Runner Version and Platform

Version of your runner?

2.308.0

OS of the machine running the runner? OSX/Windows/Linux/...

  Ubuntu
  20.04.6
  LTS

What's not working?

Please include error messages and screenshots.
workflow run:
https://github.com/kevinchen-pimq/action-input-poc/actions/runs/5973798158

Case 1:
workflow --call--> action test-post-run-input
Post run is as expected.

Case 2:
workflow --call--> action extra-step --call--> action test-post-run-input
Post run test-post-run-input inputs become null.

Job Log Output

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https://github.com/kevinchen-pimq/action-input-poc/actions/runs/5973798158

Runner and Worker's Diagnostic Logs

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[kevinchen-pimq]

related
#2009

[jenseng]

A related problem (I think) is that an outer input of the same name can bleed into / overwrite an inner one during the post phase. I've run into a problem when using nested local actions with actions/cache where my actions have a path input. The outer path ends up clobbering the actions/cache one during its post phase, so it uses the wrong value when it tars up and caches things. Because the path is different, the cache entry gets a different version and contents, so it can't actually be used by later jobs.

E.g. this simplified example demonstrates the problem here

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[jenseng]

This bug is still present