api.codeball.ai NXDOMAIN — Codeball job fails with getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND

[BabuBahir]

Summary

The baller step fails immediately with a DNS resolution error — api.codeball.ai does not resolve:

FetchError: request to https://api.codeball.ai/track failed, reason: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.codeball.ai
##[error]request to https://api.codeball.ai/jobs failed, reason: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.codeball.ai

Repro

• Action: sturdy-dev/codeball-action@v2.6.0 (the composite calls baller@v2 internally), label-only dry-run inputs (approvePullRequests: "false", labelPullRequestsWhenApproved/Needed: "true").
• Workflow trigger: pull_request on a same-repo branch, explicit permissions: { contents: read, issues: write, pull-requests: write }.
• Fails in <1s on ubuntu-latest; full log: https://github.com/BabuBahir/Iacuc-Protocol-Web-APP/actions/runs/31517531617

Diagnosis

api.codeball.ai returns NXDOMAIN from public resolvers as of 2026-08-11 (checked 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1), while codeball.ai resolves fine:

> nslookup api.codeball.ai 8.8.8.8
  (no A/AAAA records)

> nslookup codeball.ai 8.8.8.8
  Name: codeball.ai
  Addresses: 2606:4700:3031::6815:b5f ...

This looks like the api.codeball.ai DNS records are missing/down rather than a workflow configuration issue. The API base is hardcoded to https://api.codeball.ai (see src/lib/api/index.ts, BASE_URL = process.env.CODEBALL_API_HOST || 'https://api.codeball.ai').

Expected

Either the DNS records for api.codeball.ai are restored, or the status endpoint is reachable again so the baller/status steps complete.