Add additional optional param to core.error

packages/core/RELEASES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # @actions/core Releases
 
+### 1.12.0
+- Adds optional functionality to `core.error` to allow for the logging of stack traces.
+
 ### 1.11.1
 - Fix uses of `crypto.randomUUID` on Node 18 and earlier [#1842](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/1842)
 

packages/core/package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/core",
-  "version": "1.11.1",
+  "version": "1.12.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@actions/core",
-      "version": "1.11.1",
+      "version": "1.12.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",

packages/core/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/core",
-  "version": "1.11.1",
+  "version": "1.12.0",
   "description": "Actions core lib",
   "keywords": [
     "github",

packages/core/src/core.ts

@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ export interface AnnotationProperties {
   endColumn?: number
 }
 
+export interface ErrorMessageProperties {
+  /**
+   * Whether to include the stack trace in the error message. Defaults to false.
+   */
+  withStackTrace?: boolean
+}
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Variables
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -274,12 +281,16 @@ export function debug(message: string): void {
  */
 export function error(
   message: string | Error,
-  properties: AnnotationProperties = {}
+  properties: AnnotationProperties & ErrorMessageProperties = {}
 ): void {
+  if (typeof message === 'string') {
+    issueCommand('error', toCommandProperties(properties), message)
+    return
+  }
   issueCommand(
     'error',
     toCommandProperties(properties),
-    message instanceof Error ? message.toString() : message
+    properties.withStackTrace ? message.stack : message.toString()
   )
 }