Changes to clean up deployment creation in workflow jobs. (#2160)

Co-authored-by: Todd Martin <>

.github/workflows/qa-deploy.yml

@@ -95,17 +95,11 @@ jobs:
         id: deployment
         with:
           token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          initial-status: 'in_progress'
           environment: 'Server ${{ matrix.name }} - QA'
           task: 'deploy'
           description: 'Deploy from ${{ env.branch_name }} branch'
 
-      - name: Update ${{ matrix.name }} deployment status to In Progress
-        uses: chrnorm/deployment-status@07b3930847f65e71c9c6802ff5a402f6dfb46b86
-        with:
-          token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
-          state: 'in_progress'
-          deployment-id: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.deployment_id }}
-
       - name: Download latest ${{ matrix.name }} asset from ${{ env.branch_name }}
         uses: bitwarden/gh-actions/download-artifacts@c1fa8e09871a860862d6bbe36184b06d2c7e35a8
         env:
@@ -155,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
             --resource-group $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
 
       - name: Update ${{ matrix.name }} deployment status to Success
-        if: success()
+        if: ${{ success() }}
         uses: chrnorm/deployment-status@07b3930847f65e71c9c6802ff5a402f6dfb46b86
         with:
           token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
@@ -163,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
           deployment-id: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.deployment_id }}
 
       - name: Update ${{ matrix.name }} deployment status to Failure
-        if: failure()
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
         uses: chrnorm/deployment-status@07b3930847f65e71c9c6802ff5a402f6dfb46b86
         with:
           token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -80,17 +80,11 @@ jobs:
         id: deployment
         with:
           token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
+          initial-status: 'in_progress'
           environment: 'Server ${{ matrix.name }} - Production'
           task: 'deploy'
           description: 'Deploy from ${{ needs.setup.outputs.branch-name }} branch'
 
-      - name: Update ${{ matrix.name }} deployment status to In Progress
-        uses: chrnorm/deployment-status@07b3930847f65e71c9c6802ff5a402f6dfb46b86
-        with:
-          token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
-          state: 'in_progress'
-          deployment-id: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.deployment_id }}
-
       - name: Download latest Release ${{ matrix.name }} asset
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_type != 'Dry Run' }}
         uses: bitwarden/gh-actions/download-artifacts@c1fa8e09871a860862d6bbe36184b06d2c7e35a8
@@ -156,7 +150,7 @@ jobs:
           az webapp start -n $WEBAPP_NAME -g $RESOURCE_GROUP -s staging
 
       - name: Update ${{ matrix.name }} deployment status to Success
-        if: success()
+        if: ${{ success() }}
         uses: chrnorm/deployment-status@07b3930847f65e71c9c6802ff5a402f6dfb46b86
         with:
           token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'
@@ -164,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
           deployment-id: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.deployment_id }}
 
       - name: Update ${{ matrix.name }} deployment status to Failure
-        if: failure()
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
         uses: chrnorm/deployment-status@07b3930847f65e71c9c6802ff5a402f6dfb46b86
         with:
           token: '${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}'