From a672eab5cf08aa6354fb5d853e370737c3bffa90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 18:14:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Handle workflow runs without head commits

Co-authored-by: Armen Zambrano G. <armenzg@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/github_sdk.py        | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 tests/test_github_sdk.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/github_sdk.py b/src/github_sdk.py
index cf28d01..216fb84 100644
--- a/src/github_sdk.py
+++ b/src/github_sdk.py
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ def get_uuid_from_string(input_string):
     return uuid.UUID(hash_value[:32]).hex
 
 
+def _get_author_from_run(runs):
+    head_commit = runs.get("head_commit") or {}
+    author = head_commit.get("author")
+    if author:
+        return author
+
+    actor = runs.get("actor") or runs.get("triggering_actor") or {}
+    user = {}
+    if actor.get("id") is not None:
+        user["id"] = str(actor["id"])
+    if actor.get("login"):
+        user["username"] = actor["login"]
+    return user
+
+
 class GithubClient:
     # This transform GH jobs conclusion keywords to Sentry performance status
     github_status_trace_status = {"success": "ok", "failure": "internal_error"}
@@ -53,7 +68,7 @@ def _get_extra_metadata(self, job):
         repo = runs["repository"]["full_name"]
         meta = {
             # "workflow_name": workflow["name"],
-            "author": runs["head_commit"]["author"],
+            "author": _get_author_from_run(runs),
             # https://getsentry.atlassian.net/browse/TET-22
             # Tags are not linkified externally, plain text data can be selected in browsers and opened
             "data": {
diff --git a/tests/test_github_sdk.py b/tests/test_github_sdk.py
index 7f7e401..214a752 100644
--- a/tests/test_github_sdk.py
+++ b/tests/test_github_sdk.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import copy
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from unittest.mock import patch
@@ -110,6 +111,33 @@ def test_trace_generation_with_failing_steps(
     assert trace["tags"]["event"] == "push"
 
 
+@responses.activate
+def test_trace_generation_without_head_commit_uses_actor(
+    failure_job,
+    failure_runs,
+    failure_workflow,
+):
+    runs = copy.deepcopy(failure_runs)
+    runs["head_commit"] = None
+
+    responses.get(
+        failure_job["run_url"],
+        json=runs,
+    )
+    responses.get(
+        runs["workflow_url"],
+        json=failure_workflow,
+    )
+
+    client = GithubClient(dsn=DSN, token=TOKEN)
+    trace = client._generate_trace(failure_job)
+
+    assert trace["user"] == {
+        "id": str(runs["actor"]["id"]),
+        "username": runs["actor"]["login"],
+    }
+
+
 @freeze_time()
 @responses.activate
 @patch("src.github_sdk.get_uuid")