# https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/tips-and-workarounds.md#force-deletion-of-caches-overriding-default-cache-eviction-policy name: (Shared) Cleanup Stale Branch Caches on: schedule: # Every 6 hours - cron: 0 */6 * * * workflow_dispatch: permissions: {} jobs: cleanup: runs-on: ubuntu-latest permissions: # `actions:write` permission is required to delete caches # See also: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/cache?apiVersion=2022-11-28#delete-a-github-actions-cache-for-a-repository-using-a-cache-id actions: write contents: read steps: - name: Cleanup run: | echo "Fetching list of cache keys" cacheKeysForPR=$(gh cache list --limit 100 --json id,ref --jq '.[] | select(.ref != "refs/heads/main") | .id') ## Setting this to not fail the workflow while deleting cache keys. set +e for cacheKey in $cacheKeysForPR do gh cache delete $cacheKey echo "Deleting $cacheKey" done echo "Done" env: GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}