Github action workflow generating a unique id

unique-id-generation-workflow.yml

name: My workflow

on: [pull_request]

jobs:
  build_id:
    steps:
      - name: 'Set build id'
        id: build_id
        # add a step output `steps.build_id.outputs.id` as the unique id
        run: echo "::set-output name=id::$(date +%s)"
  tests:
    # require the build to run after the build_id job
    needs: build_id
    name: Cypress run
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        # run 2 copies of the current job in parallel
        containers: [1, 2]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v1
      # because of "record" and "parallel" parameters
      # these containers will load balance all found tests among themselves
      - name: Cypress run
        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v1
        with:
          record: true
          parallel: true
        env:
          # pass the Dashboard record key as an environment variable
          CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY: ${{ secrets.CYPRESS_RECORD_KEY }}

i hate how github doens't have a unique id for each run 😡

same, and github doesn't provide the job_id neither, that we cannot get the current run url: .../actions/runs/<run_id>/job/<job_id> inside a run, .../actions/runs/<run_id> returns always the last attempt.