purge-workflows

Purge old workflow runs based on time and/or name.

Synopsis

Action to delete workflow runs from a github repository. The action will process completed workflows only and delete old runs. The default retention period is 90 days and can be changed using keep parameter.

You may restrict the purge to one workflow with the workflow parameter.

Inputs

keep

Purge runs older than this days back, only (default: 90)

workflow

Only purge runs of this workflow (default: purge all workflows)

token

Personal access token (default: ${{ github.token }}

owner

Repository owner (default: github.repository_owner)

repo

Repository name (default: ${{ github.event.repository.name }})

Outputs

result

Number of purged workflows

Example usage

These may help you to setup the action quickly.

Minimal workflow using all defaults

name: Purge Workflows

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  purge-workflows:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: irkode/purge-workflow-runs@main

Allowing to give the retention days

name: Purge Workflows

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      keep:
        description: "Keep logs newer than this days back"
        default: "30"
        required: false

jobs:
  purge-workflows:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: irkode/purge-workflow-runs@main
          keep: ${{ github.event.inputs.keep }}