Codecov GitHub Action

Easily upload coverage reports to Codecov from GitHub Actions

v7 Release

v7 of the Codecov GitHub Action bumps the Codecov Wrapper submodule, which now fetches the Codecov Uploader PGP verification key from the codecovsecops Keybase account.

v6 Release

v6 of the Codecov GitHub Action support node24

v5 Release

v5 of the Codecov GitHub Action will use the Codecov Wrapper to encapsulate the CLI. This will help ensure that the Action gets updates quicker.

Migration Guide

The v5 release also coincides with the opt-out feature for tokens for public repositories. In the Global Upload Token section of the settings page of an organization in codecov.io, you can set the ability for Codecov to receive a coverage reports from any source. This will allow contributors or other members of a repository to upload without needing access to the Codecov token. For more details see how to upload without a token.

[!WARNING] The following arguments have been changed

file (this has been deprecated in favor of files)

plugin (this has been deprecated in favor of plugins)

The following arguments have been added:

binary
gcov_args
gcov_executable
gcov_ignore
gcov_include
report_type
skip_validation
swift_project

You can see their usage in the action.yml file.

v4 Release

v4 of the Codecov GitHub Action will use the Codecov CLI to upload coverage reports to Codecov.

Breaking Changes

Tokenless uploading is unsupported. However, PRs made from forks to the upstream public repos will support tokenless (e.g. contributors to OSS projects do not need the upstream repo’s Codecov token). For details, see our docs
Various arguments to the Action have been removed

Dependabot

For repositories using Dependabot, users will need to ensure that it has access to the Codecov token for PRs from Dependabot to upload coverage. To do this, please add your CODECOV_TOKEN as a Dependabot Secret. For more information, see “Configuring access to private registries for Dependabot.”

v3 versions and below will not have access to CLI features (e.g. global upload token, ATS).

Usage

[!CAUTION] In order for the Action to work seamlessly, you will need to have bash, curl, git, and gpg installed on your runner. You will also need to run actions/checkout before calling the Codecov action. If these are not present, the Action will fail. Github Actions runners will have these installed by default. If you are using a custom runner or running in a container, you will need to ensure that these are installed.

To integrate Codecov with your Actions pipeline, specify the name of this repository with a tag number (@v5 is recommended) as a step within your workflow.yml file.

This Action also requires you to provide an upload token from codecov.io (tip: in order to avoid exposing your token, store it as a secret).

Currently, the Action will identify linux, macos, and windows runners. However, the Action may misidentify other architectures. The OS can be specified as

alpine
alpine-arm64
linux
linux-arm64
macos
windows

Inside your .github/workflows/workflow.yml file:

steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@main
  - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
    with:
      fail_ci_if_error: true # optional (default = false)
      files: ./coverage1.xml,./coverage2.xml # optional
      flags: unittests # optional
      name: codecov-umbrella # optional
      token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
      verbose: true # optional (default = false)

The Codecov token can also be passed in via environment variables:

steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@main
  - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
    with:
      fail_ci_if_error: true # optional (default = false)
      files: ./coverage1.xml,./coverage2.xml # optional
      flags: unittests # optional
      name: codecov-umbrella # optional
      verbose: true # optional (default = false)
    env:
      CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

[!IMPORTANT] This assumes that you’ve set your Codecov token inside Settings > Secrets as CODECOV_TOKEN. If not, you can get an upload token for your specific repo on codecov.io. Keep in mind that secrets are not available to forks of repositories.

Using OIDC

As an alternative to Codecov upload tokens, you can choose to use OIDC as your upload authentication method by setting the use_oidc argument:

- uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
  with:
    use_oidc: true

Any token supplied will be ignored, as Codecov will default to the OIDC token for verification.

Note that the codecov action must have write permission for id-token for this to work:

permissions:
  id-token: write

This can be set at either the workflow or job level. See GitHub’s docs for more details.

Arguments

Codecov’s Action supports inputs from the user. These inputs, along with their descriptions and usage contexts, are listed in the table below:

Input	Description	Required
`base_sha`	‘The base SHA to select. This is only used in the “pr-base-picking” run command’	Optional
`binary`	The file location of a pre-downloaded version of the CLI. If specified, integrity checking will be bypassed.	Optional
`cleanup`	If true, download the CLI into a temporary directory and clean it up after the run. Off by default.	Optional
`codecov_yml_path`	The location of the codecov.yml file. This is currently ONLY used for automated test selection (https://docs.codecov.com/docs/getting-started-with-ats). Note that for all other cases, the Codecov yaml will need to be located as described here: https://docs.codecov.com/docs/codecov-yaml#can-i-name-the-file-codecovyml	Optional
`commit_parent`	SHA (with 40 chars) of what should be the parent of this commit.	Optional
`directory`	Folder to search for coverage files. Default to the current working directory	Optional
`disable_file_fixes`	Disable file fixes to ignore common lines from coverage (e.g. blank lines or empty brackets). Read more here https://docs.codecov.com/docs/fixing-reports	Optional
`disable_search`	Disable search for coverage files. This is helpful when specifying what files you want to upload with the files option.	Optional
`disable_safe_directory`	Disable setting safe directory. Set to true to disable.	Optional
`disable_telem`	Disable sending telemetry data to Codecov. Set to true to disable.	Optional
`dry_run`	Don’t upload files to Codecov	Optional
`env_vars`	Environment variables to tag the upload with (e.g. PYTHON \| OS,PYTHON)	Optional
`exclude`	Comma-separated list of folders to exclude from search.	Optional
`fail_ci_if_error`	On error, exit with non-zero code	Optional
`files`	Comma-separated explicit list of files to upload. These will be added to the coverage files found for upload. If you wish to only upload the specified files, please consider using “disable_search” to disable uploading other files.	Optional
`flags`	Comma-separated list of flags to upload to group coverage metrics.	Optional
`force`	Only used for empty-upload run command	Optional
`git_service`	Override the git_service (e.g. github_enterprise)	Optional
`gcov_args`	Extra arguments to pass to gcov	Optional
`gcov_executable`	gcov executable to run. Defaults to ‘gcov’	Optional
`gcov_ignore`	Paths to ignore during gcov gathering	Optional
`gcov_include`	Paths to include during gcov gathering	Optional
`handle_no_reports_found`	If no coverage reports are found, do not raise an exception.	Optional
`job_code`		Optional
`name`	Custom defined name of the upload. Visible in the Codecov UI	Optional
`network_filter`	Specify a filter on the files listed in the network section of the Codecov report. This will only add files whose path begin with the specified filter. Useful for upload-specific path fixing.	Optional
`network_prefix`	Specify a prefix on files listed in the network section of the Codecov report. Useful to help resolve path fixing.	Optional
`os`	Override the assumed OS. Options available at cli.codecov.io	Optional
`override_branch`	Specify the branch to be displayed with this commit on Codecov	Optional
`override_build`	Specify the build number manually	Optional
`override_build_url`	The URL of the build where this is running	Optional
`override_commit`	Commit SHA (with 40 chars)	Optional
`override_pr`	Specify the pull request number manually. Used to override pre-existing CI environment variables.	Optional
`plugins`	Comma-separated list of plugins to run. Specify `noop` to turn off all plugins	Optional
`recurse_submodules`	Whether to enumerate files inside of submodules for path-fixing purposes. Off by default.	Optional
`report_code`	The code of the report if using local upload. If unsure, leave unset. Read more here https://docs.codecov.com/docs/the-codecov-cli#how-to-use-local-upload	Optional
`report_type`	The type of file to upload, coverage by default. Possible values are “test_results”, “coverage”.	Optional
`root_dir`	Root folder from which to consider paths on the network section. Defaults to current working directory.	Optional
`run_command`	Choose which CLI command to run. Options are “upload-coverage”, “empty-upload”, “pr-base-picking”, “send-notifications”. “upload-coverage” is run by default.’	Optional
`skip_validation`	Skip integrity checking of the CLI. This is NOT recommended.	Optional
`slug`	[Required when using the org token] Set to the owner/repo slug used instead of the private repo token. Only applicable to some Enterprise users.	Optional
`swift_project`	Specify the swift project name. Useful for optimization.	Optional
`token`	Repository Codecov token. Used to authorize report uploads	Optional
`url`	Set to the Codecov instance URl. Used by Dedicated Enterprise Cloud customers.	Optional
`use_legacy_upload_endpoint`	Use the legacy upload endpoint.	Optional
`use_oidc`	Use OIDC instead of token. This will ignore any token supplied	Optional
`use_pypi`	Use the pypi version of the CLI instead of from cli.codecov.io. If specified, integrity checking will be bypassed.	Optional
`verbose`	Enable verbose logging	Optional
`version`	Which version of the Codecov CLI to use (defaults to ‘latest’, must start with a leading ‘v’; example: `v10.0.1`)	Optional
`working-directory`	Directory in which to execute codecov.sh	Optional

Example `workflow.yml` with Codecov Action

name: Example workflow for Codecov
on: [push]
jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    env:
      OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
      PYTHON: "3.10"
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@main
      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@main
        with:
          python-version: "3.10"
      - name: Generate coverage report
        run: |
          pip install pytest
          pip install pytest-cov
          pytest --cov=./ --cov-report=xml
      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
        with:
          directory: ./coverage/reports/
          env_vars: OS,PYTHON
          fail_ci_if_error: true
          files: ./coverage1.xml,./coverage2.xml,!./cache
          flags: unittests
          name: codecov-umbrella
          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
          verbose: true