Actions context callAction exists and can call another Actions

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Astro Info

Astro                    v5.4.2
Node                     v22.13.1
System                   macOS (arm64)
Package Manager          npm
Output                   server
Adapter                  none
Integrations             @astrojs/react

If this issue only occurs in one browser, which browser is a problem?

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Describe the Bug

I'm building my a new project with Astro Actions to work very similar to a tRPC project that I have.

After some tests, I found out that the context argument from the handler function doesn't have the callAction method (by types). It's fine (kind of), but it have hit like a missing feature and doesn't convinced me at the time. So, after some research I found this issue opened last month with the same kind of problem. The OP there said that he couldn't call the callAction method, as the types intended.

error ts(2339): Property 'callAction' does not exist on type 'ActionAPIContext'.

But, I just tested it, and, for some reason, worked. I don't know why, but I tested with some examples and all seems to work fine.

For context, in the Minimal Reproducible Example I'm showing two actions being called inside a third action and the results are rendered in index page.

I'm not too deep in the codebase, but I think the method exists here but it's omited here.

So, the question is: Is this intended to work but for some reason the types were just left there? Or, if this is a bug, it's safe to use? This resolves a lot of things for me and it's a great feature to have.

What's the expected result?

Following the type system, the context inside action handlers doesn't have a callAction method. But, after some tests, it seems to have the method.

Link to Minimal Reproducible Example

https://stackblitz.com/edit/github-h9uqr783?file=src%2Fpages%2Findex.astro

Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request for this issue.

[abdallahshaban557]

I am running into the same issue - I want to be able to call a server action from another server action easily. Interesting that the example you shared is working for you, I keep getting in my console context.callAction is not a function.

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@ematipico I saw that you already made a PR for this issue. Can I ask you what you guys decided about this? I don't know if calling an action inside another action will be allowed by Astro, so I don't know how to continue with this.

Right now, we can call an action inside another action (v5.4.2), even though the framework is not designed to be this way (I think).

[ematipico]

The fact that you can use callAction using the ActionAPIContext is a bug, however, in order to fix it, we need to do an internal refactor that could break users' code, so we can't fix it just yet.

You can call all the actions that you want inside an action, just put everything inside some shared code and should be good to go.

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@ematipico thank you for the response.

I think I'm gonna go with your suggestion, something like shared functions.

Just for the record, the idea to call an Astro action inside another Astro action is very good. If the team decides to change the design in the future I think it will be a good feature!