Manual workflow not triggering and not showing option even indentation is correct and it is in default branch

[skc949]

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Here is the yAml i am using :

`name: Windows VM with Office (Terraform)

on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
prompt:
description: "Terraform VM Creation"
required: true
type: string

jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:

- name: Checkout
  uses: actions/checkout@v4

- name: Azure Login
  uses: azure/login@v1
  with:
    creds: |
      {
        "clientId": "${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}",
        "clientSecret": "${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}",
        "tenantId": "${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}",
        "subscriptionId": "${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}"
      }

- name: Setup Terraform
  uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3

- name: Terraform Init
  working-directory: terraform
  run: terraform init

- name: Terraform Apply
  working-directory: terraform
  run: terraform apply -auto-approve -var "admin_password=${{ secrets.WIN_ADMIN_PASSWORD }}"

`

I am in default branch and indentation is correct.

Please suggest. Thank you

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[Ashfaqbs]

hey, since you're using workflow_dispatch, the pipeline won't run automatically—you have to manually click a button to start it.

looking at your screenshot, the Run workflow dropdown is missing (it should be on the right side, next to the "Filter workflow runs" bar).

that almost always happens for one of two reasons:

check the path: double-check that your file is in .github/workflows/ (with the dot). if it's just in a workflows folder or the root, github ignores it.

default branch: strictly speaking, the file must exist on the repo's default branch (usually main or master) for the manual button to appear. if you pushed this to a feature branch, the button won't show up until you merge it to default.

once github picks it up, a grey "Run workflow" button will appear on that screen so you can input your prompt.

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