A common workflow I use when debugging builds using other build tools is to inspect the workspace after a build has been completed.  Sometimes it’s super useful to know what files are where, etc., and currently the only way I can see to do that in Actions is to alter my action to print out a directory listing.  But that makes the develop/test loop for the build process quite long as I have to wait for another build to complete to get feedback.  And I have no real way of printing out directory info if the build fails.

Some other tools that provide solutions for this:

• Jenkins has a workspace viewer, allowing you to see the filesystem after a build completes
• Heroku allows you shell access to the app instance which you can effectively use to inspect the environment

Is it posssible to get a solution to this?

Also, does anyone know if there is documentation as to the state of the workspace between builds?  Is a fresh VM used for each build?  Is the workspace cleaned between builds?

Any advice for build debugging in general would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Peter