I don't know how your composite actions looks so for this
```
name: 'Hello World'
description: 'Greet someone'
inputs:
who-to-greet: # id of input
description: 'Who to greet'
required: true
default: 'World'
outputs:
random-number:
description: "Random number"
value: ${{ steps.random-number-generator.outputs.random-number }}
random-number-bash:
description: "Random number bash"
value: ${{ steps.random-number-generator-bash.outputs.random-number-bash }}
runs:
using: "composite"
steps:
- run: echo Hello ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}.
shell: bash
- id: random-number-generator
run: echo "random-number=$(echo $RANDOM)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
shell: bash
- run: echo "${{ github.action_path }}" >> $GITHUB_PATH
shell: bash
```
and this workflow
```
jobs:
hello_world_job:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
name: A job to say hello
outputs:
foo: ${{ steps.foo.outputs.random-number }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- id: foo
uses: ./.github/actions/hello-world-composite-action-output
with:
who-to-greet: 'Mona the Octocat'
- run: echo random-number ${{ steps.foo.outputs.random-number }}
shell: bash
job2:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
needs: hello_world_job
steps:
- env:
OUTPUT1: ${{needs.hello_world_job.outputs.foo}}
run: echo "$OUTPUT1"
```
I got
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
and this is available in subsequent job:
[![enter image description here][2]][2]
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/HEQEO.png
[2]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/8dCIk.png
I found my issue using [@benjamin-w][1]'s comment. The problem was that the `goodbye.sh` step should contain an `id` key for the created output to be referenced correctly. The correct syntax should be:
**action.yml**
```yml
name: 'Hello World'
description: 'Greet someone'
inputs:
who-to-greet: # id of input
description: 'Who to greet'
required: true
default: 'World'
outputs:
random-number:
description: "Random number"
value: ${{ steps.random-number-generator.outputs.random-number }}
random-number-bash:
description: "Random number bash"
value: ${{ steps.random-number-generator-bash.outputs.random-number-bash }}
runs:
using: "composite"
steps:
- run: echo Hello ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}.
shell: bash
- id: random-number-generator
run: echo "random-number=$(echo $RANDOM)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
shell: bash
- run: echo "${{ github.action_path }}" >> $GITHUB_PATH
shell: bash
- run: goodbye.sh
id: random-number-generator-bash
shell: bash
```
And the correct syntax for creating the output in the `goodbye.sh` script should be:
**Goodbye.sh**
```bash
echo "Goodbye"
echo "random-number-bash=$(echo 123)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
```
Which then can be tested using the following workflow file:
**Test workflow**
```yml
on: [push]
jobs:
hello_world_job:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
name: A job to say hello
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- id: foo
uses: rickstaa/hello-world-composite-action-output-bug@main
with:
who-to-greet: 'Mona the Octocat'
- run: echo random-number ${{ steps.foo.outputs.random-number }}
shell: bash
- run: echo random-number ${{ steps.foo.outputs.random-number-bash }}
shell: bash
```
[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/users/3266847/benjamin-w
