Description

When using update-ts: to update a previous action's slack post, the error Error: An API error occurred: channel_not_found is thrown.

The update works fine when using the channel ID, but does not work when using channel name.

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Steps to reproduce:

1. Create subsequent actions like:

      - name: Post to a Slack channel
        id: slack
        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.22.0
        with:
          channel-id: '#mychannel'
          payload: |
            {
              "text": "first message"
            }
      - name: Update Existing Message in Slack
        id: slack_update
        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.22.0
        with:
          channel-id: '#mychannel'
          update-ts: ${{ steps.slack.outputs.ts }}
          payload: |
            {
              "text": "UPDATED MESSAGE"
            }

2. Note: token set in env at global level
3. Execute the workflow
4. Notice first message is posted to slack
5. Notice the slack post if never updated.
6. Notice in github action page an error has occur with message: Error: An API error occurred: channel_not_found

Expected result:

Existing post is updated with the subsequent action.

Actual result:

Notice in github action page an error has occur with message: Error: An API error occurred: channel_not_found

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