From f3a823b4fa235e95b3df81d2c834b31f361cc6a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Timo=20H=C3=BCgel?= <timo.huegel@js-soft.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:16:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Support validate-pr-label for merge queue

---
 README.md                    |  9 +++++++++
 validate-pr-label/action.yml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6cefd6..b5d3e91 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ accepted labels are `breaking-change`, `bug`, `chore`, `ci`, `dependencies`,
 jobs:
     validate-pr-label:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        permissions:
+            issues: read
+            pull-requests: read
         steps:
             - uses: js-soft/github-actions/validate-pr-label@main
 ```
@@ -83,3 +86,9 @@ jobs:
 Inputs:
 
 - `valid-labels`: comma-separated list of labels that are accepted for pull requests. Defaults to `breaking-change, bug, chore, ci, dependencies, documentation, enhancement, refactoring, test`.
+- `github-token`: GitHub token used to read pull request labels when the action runs for a `merge_group` event. Defaults to `${{ github.token }}`.
+
+When using this action as a required check for a branch with a merge queue, add
+`merge_group` to the workflow triggers. The action reads labels from the
+`pull_request` event payload for regular pull request runs and from the GitHub
+API for merge queue runs.
diff --git a/validate-pr-label/action.yml b/validate-pr-label/action.yml
index d08d7d1..0ecb40e 100644
--- a/validate-pr-label/action.yml
+++ b/validate-pr-label/action.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ inputs:
     description: Comma-separated list of labels that are accepted for pull requests.
     required: false
     default: breaking-change, bug, chore, ci, dependencies, documentation, enhancement, refactoring, test
+  github-token:
+    description: GitHub token used to read pull request labels when the action runs for a merge_group event.
+    required: false
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -14,6 +17,10 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       env:
         VALID_LABELS: ${{ inputs.valid-labels }}
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.github-token || github.token }}
+        ACTION_EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+        ACTION_REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        ACTION_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
         EVENT_LABELS: ${{ join(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, ',') }}
       run: |
         set -euo pipefail
@@ -25,8 +32,30 @@ runs:
           printf '%s' "$value"
         }
 
+        get_labels_from_merge_group() {
+          local queue_ref="$1"
+
+          if [[ ! "$queue_ref" =~ pr-([0-9]+)- ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Could not determine the pull request number from merge queue ref '$queue_ref'."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          local pr_number="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+
+          if [ -z "$(trim "${GH_TOKEN:-}")" ]; then
+            echo "::error::A GitHub token is required to validate pull request labels for merge_group events."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          gh api "repos/$ACTION_REPOSITORY/issues/$pr_number" --jq '.labels[].name' | paste -sd, -
+        }
+
         labels="$EVENT_LABELS"
 
+        if [ "$ACTION_EVENT_NAME" = "merge_group" ]; then
+          labels="$(get_labels_from_merge_group "$ACTION_REF_NAME")"
+        fi
+
         if [ -z "$(trim "$labels")" ]; then
           echo "::error::The pull request must have one of these labels: $VALID_LABELS"
           exit 1