WIP: Testing with manual auth 3

.github/workflows/build-targets.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,19 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
+  authenticate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Authenticate GitHub CLI
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}" | gh auth login --with-token
+          gh auth status
+      - name: Save authentication status
+        run: |
+          echo "Authentication successful"
+        continue-on-error: true
   setup-src-cache:
+    needs: authenticate
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       THIRD_PARTY_CACHE_NAME_KEY: ${{ steps.tp-check.outputs.THIRD_PARTY_CACHE_NAME_KEY }}
@@ -21,13 +33,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: false
 
-      - name: Authenticate GitHub CLI
-        run: |
-          echo $GH_TOKEN | gh auth login --with-token
-          gh auth status
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Install GH cli extension actions-cache
         run: |
           gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache
@@ -309,7 +314,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}
 
   save-target-sources:
-    needs: [setup-src-cache, cache-src, create-targets-matrix]
+    needs: [authenticate, setup-src-cache, cache-src, create-targets-matrix]
     if: |
       always() &&
       needs.setup-src-cache.result == 'success' &&
@@ -323,12 +328,6 @@ jobs:
         build-type: [Release, Debug]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Authenticate GitHub CLI
-        run: |
-          echo $GH_TOKEN | gh auth login --with-token
-          gh auth status
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
       - name: Setup
         run: |
           sudo apt install zstd -y
@@ -475,7 +474,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-targets-matrix:
     needs:
-      [setup-src-cache, cache-src, create-targets-matrix, save-target-sources]
+      [authenticate, setup-src-cache, cache-src, create-targets-matrix, save-target-sources]
     if: |
       always() &&
       needs.setup-src-cache.result == 'success' &&
@@ -941,6 +940,8 @@ jobs:
             ${{ matrix.target-save-data.upload-release-json }}
 
           done
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Upload JSON file release on build failure
         if: ${{ failure() && steps.build-updated-libraries.conclusion == 'failure' }}
@@ -971,6 +972,8 @@ jobs:
 
             ((numberOfTries++))
           done
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Save target OS SDK as github release
         shell: bash
@@ -1030,3 +1033,5 @@ jobs:
           jq <<< $jsonStr > release.json
 
           ${{ matrix.target-save-data.upload-release-json }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}