push-protected action hangs for ~2 minutes when fetching repository information

[Pandapip1]

This is fully reproducible: every invocation of https://github.com/nix-community/NUR/actions/workflows/update.yml has a ~2 minute delay after

/usr/bin/docker run --name c748ed8fe00c4314bf16aebf975318fd_4d60f7 --label 662247 --workdir /github/workspace --rm -e "NIX_PATH" -e "TMPDIR" -e "NIX_PROFILES" -e "NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE" -e "INPUT_TOKEN" -e "INPUT_BRANCH" -e "INPUT_REF" -e "INPUT_FORCE" -e "INPUT_TAGS" -e "INPUT_INTERVAL" -e "INPUT_TIMEOUT" -e "INPUT_PRE_SLEEP" -e "INPUT_POST_SLEEP" -e "INPUT_UNPROTECT_REVIEWS" -e "INPUT_DEBUG" -e "INPUT_PATH" -e "INPUT_GH_REST_API_BASE_URL" -e "INPUT_ACCEPTABLE_CONCLUSIONS" -e "INPUT_FAIL_FAST" -e "INPUT_SLEEP" -e "HOME" -e "GITHUB_JOB" -e "GITHUB_REF" -e "GITHUB_SHA" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER_ID" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ID" -e "GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER" -e "GITHUB_RETENTION_DAYS" -e "GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT" -e "GITHUB_ACTOR_ID" -e "GITHUB_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW" -e "GITHUB_HEAD_REF" -e "GITHUB_BASE_REF" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" -e "GITHUB_SERVER_URL" -e "GITHUB_API_URL" -e "GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL" -e "GITHUB_REF_NAME" -e "GITHUB_REF_PROTECTED" -e "GITHUB_REF_TYPE" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW_REF" -e "GITHUB_WORKFLOW_SHA" -e "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_ID" -e "GITHUB_TRIGGERING_ACTOR" -e "GITHUB_WORKSPACE" -e "GITHUB_ACTION" -e "GITHUB_EVENT_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY" -e "GITHUB_ACTION_REF" -e "GITHUB_PATH" -e "GITHUB_ENV" -e "GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY" -e "GITHUB_STATE" -e "GITHUB_OUTPUT" -e "RUNNER_OS" -e "RUNNER_ARCH" -e "RUNNER_NAME" -e "RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT" -e "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE" -e "RUNNER_TEMP" -e "RUNNER_WORKSPACE" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL" -e "ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN" -e "ACTIONS_CACHE_URL" -e "ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL" -e "ACTIONS_ORCHESTRATION_ID" -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=true -e CI=true -v "/var/run/docker.sock":"/var/run/docker.sock" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp":"/github/runner_temp" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home":"/github/home" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_workflow":"/github/workflow" -v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_runner_file_commands":"/github/file_commands" -v "/home/runner/work/NUR/NUR":"/github/workspace" 662247:c748ed8fe00c4314bf16aebf975318fd

Fetching the latest information from 'nix-community/NUR' ...
http.https://github.com/.extraheader

during which nothing gets printed, and then it suddenly continues again, successfully pushing in ~10 seconds:

From https://github.com/nix-community/NUR
 * [new branch]          Pandapip1-patch-1 -> origin/Pandapip1-patch-1
 * [new branch]          Pandapip1-patch-2 -> origin/Pandapip1-patch-2
 * [new branch]          add-ros           -> origin/add-ros
 * [new branch]          add-zen-flake     -> origin/add-zen-flake
 * [new branch]          master            -> origin/master
 * [new branch]          pr-singlerepo     -> origin/pr-singlerepo
 * [new branch]          push-action/13318982984/21030-30862-18399 -> origin/push-action/13318982984/21030-30862-18399
 * [new branch]          python37          -> origin/python37
 * [new branch]          quiet-builds      -> origin/quiet-builds
 * [new branch]          renovate/actions-checkout-6.x -> origin/renovate/actions-checkout-6.x
 * [new branch]          staging           -> origin/staging
 * [new branch]          trying            -> origin/trying
 * [new branch]          unrestrict-eval   -> origin/unrestrict-eval
Fetching the latest information from 'nix-community/NUR' ... DONE!

Check target branch 'main' exists ...
Check target branch 'main' exists ... DONE!

Creating temporary branch 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391' ...
Switched to a new branch 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391'
remote: 
remote: Create a pull request for 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391' on GitHub by visiting:        
remote:      https://github.com/nix-community/NUR/pull/new/push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391        
remote: 
To https://github.com/nix-community/NUR.git
 * [new branch]          push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391 -> push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391
Creating temporary branch 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391' ... DONE!

Waiting for status checks to finish for 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391' ...

Configuration:
    interval: 30 seconds
    timeout: 15 minutes
    required status checks: []
        of which are:
            GitHub Action-related: 0
            Third-party checks: 0

All required GitHub Actions jobs complete!
Waiting for status checks to finish for 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391' ... DONE!

Pushing 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391' -> 'origin/main' ...
Switched to branch 'main'
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 1 commit.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)
HEAD is now at f79234df4 automatic update
remote: Bypassed rule violations for refs/heads/main:        
remote: 
remote: - 2 of 2 required status checks have not succeeded: 1 expected.        
remote: 
remote: - Changes must be made through a pull request.        
remote: 
remote: - Changes must be made through the merge queue        
remote: 
To https://github.com/nix-community/NUR.git
   db79b864f..f79234df4  main -> main
Pushing 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391' -> 'origin/main' ... DONE!

Removing temporary branch 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391' ...
Removing temporary branch 'push-action/21537039495/19155-309-24391' ... DONE!

Got any idea what could be causing this delay?

[CasperWA]

Well mainly, the current issue is (most likely) a GitHub REST API change that drops the action detecting the required status checks. So the action is not really doing what it should at the moment, and I haven't had the time to look into it. Concerning the time delay - not sure, sorry.