From 038cba325f19d4bb5eec97783a6a3137b462166e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rachael Sewell <rachmari@github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 14:58:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] observer FREEZE variable in search sync workflow (#21372)

---
 .github/workflows/sync-search-indices.yml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-search-indices.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-search-indices.yml
index 3397ca57d6..dff1fc6b28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-search-indices.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-search-indices.yml
@@ -24,12 +24,19 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '53 0/8 * * *' # Run every eight hours at 53 minutes past the hour
 
+env:
+  FREEZE: ${{ secrets.FREEZE }}
+
 jobs:
   updateIndexes:
     name: Update indexes
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - if: ${{ env.FREEZE == 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          echo 'The repo is currently frozen! Exiting this workflow.'
+          exit 1 # prevents further steps from running
       # Check out internal docs repository
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@5a4ac9002d0be2fb38bd78e4b4dbde5606d7042f