cleanup-workflows.yml

#
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Ching Chow.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2025 Jens A. Koch.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
#
# This file is part of https://github.com/jakoch/cpp-devbox
#

name: Clean Workflow Runs

on:
  # This workflow runs at 03:17 daily.
  # The irregular time is used to avoid Github high load times.
  schedule:
    - cron: "17 3 * * *" # GMT
  # You can manually run this workflow.
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  cleanup-workflows:
    name: "Clean Workflows"
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    timeout-minutes: 10

    steps:
      - name: ✂ Remove cancelled or skipped workflow runs
        uses: actions/github-script@v9 # https://github.com/actions/github-script
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          script: |
            const cancelled = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunsForRepo({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              per_page: 50,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              status: 'cancelled',
            });
            const skipped = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunsForRepo({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              per_page: 50,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              status: 'skipped',
            });
            for (const response of [cancelled, skipped]) {
              for (const run of response.data.workflow_runs) {
                console.log(`[Deleting] Run id ${run.id} of '${run.name}' is a cancelled or skipped run.`);
                await github.rest.actions.deleteWorkflowRun({
                  owner: context.repo.owner,
                  repo: context.repo.repo,
                  run_id: run.id
                });
              }
            }

      - name: ✂ Remove 30 days old workflows runs
        uses: actions/github-script@v9 # https://github.com/actions/github-script
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          script: |
            const days_to_expiration = 14;
            const ms_in_day = 86400000;
            const now = Date.now();
            const pages = 5;
            // add the workflows runs to remove here
            const workflows = [
              'qa.yml',
              'check-spelling.yml'
            ]
            let runs_to_delete = [];
            for (const workflow of workflows) {
              for (let page = 0; page < pages; page += 1) {
                let response = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRuns({
                  owner: context.repo.owner,
                  page: page,
                  per_page: 50,
                  repo: context.repo.repo,
                  workflow_id: workflow
                });
                if (response.data.workflow_runs.length === 0) break;
                if (response.data.workflow_runs.length > 0) {
                  for (const run of response.data.workflow_runs) {
                    if (now - Date.parse(run.created_at) > ms_in_day * days_to_expiration) {
                      runs_to_delete.push([run.id, run.name]);
                    }
                  }
                }
                if (response.data.workflow_runs.length < 50) break;
              }
            }
            for (const run of runs_to_delete) {
              console.log(`[Deleting] Run id ${run[0]} of '${run[1]}' is older than ${days_to_expiration} days.`);
              try {
                await github.rest.actions.deleteWorkflowRun({
                  owner: context.repo.owner,
                  repo: context.repo.repo,
                  run_id: run[0]
                });
              } catch (error) {
                // ignore errors
              }
            }

      # https://api.github.com/repos/jakoch/cpp-devbox/actions/workflows/clean-workflows.yml/runs
      - name: ✂ Remove runs of the cleanup workflow itself
        uses: actions/github-script@v9 # https://github.com/actions/github-script
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          script: |
            const pages = 5;
            let runs_to_delete = [];
            // Get all workflows
            const { data: workflowsData } = await github.rest.actions.listRepoWorkflows({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo
            });
            // Find workflow by name
            const workflowName = "Clean Workflow Runs";
            const workflow = workflowsData.workflows.find(w => w.name === workflowName);
            if (!workflow) {
              console.log(`❌ No workflow named ${workflowName} found.`);
              return;
            }
            const workflowId = workflow.id;
            console.log(`✅ Found workflow ID: ${workflowId}`);
            // Fetch workflow runs
            for (let page = 0; page < pages; page += 1) {
              const response = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRuns({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                workflow_id: workflowId, // Use dynamically fetched ID
                page: page,
                per_page: 50,
              });
              if (response.data.workflow_runs.length === 0) break;
              if (response.data.workflow_runs.length > 0) {
                for (const run of response.data.workflow_runs) {
                    runs_to_delete.push([run.id, run.name]);
                }
              }
              if (response.data.workflow_runs.length < 50) break;
            }
            // Delete workflow runs
            for (const run of runs_to_delete) {
              console.log(`[Deleting] Run id ${run[0]} of '${run[1]}'.`);
              try {
                await github.rest.actions.deleteWorkflowRun({
                  owner: context.repo.owner,
                  repo: context.repo.repo,
                  run_id: run[0]
                });
              } catch (error) {
                // ignore errors
              }
            }
      - name: ✂ Remove Dependabot workflow runs
        uses: actions/github-script@v9 # https://github.com/actions/github-script
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          script: |
            const pages = 5;
            let runs_to_delete = [];
            // Get all workflows
            const { data: workflowsData } = await github.rest.actions.listRepoWorkflows({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo
            });
            // Find workflow by name
            const workflowName = "Dependabot Updates";
            const workflow = workflowsData.workflows.find(w => w.name === workflowName);
            if (!workflow) {
              console.log(`❌ No workflow named ${workflowName} found.`);
              return;
            }
            const workflowId = workflow.id;
            console.log(`✅ Found workflow ID: ${workflowId}`);
            // Fetch workflow runs
            for (let page = 0; page < pages; page += 1) {
              const response = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRuns({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                workflow_id: workflowId, // Use dynamically fetched ID
                page: page,
                per_page: 50,
              });
              if (response.data.workflow_runs.length === 0) break;
              if (response.data.workflow_runs.length > 0) {
                for (const run of response.data.workflow_runs) {
                  if (run.triggering_actor?.login === 'dependabot[bot]') {
                    runs_to_delete.push([run.id, run.name]);
                  }
                }
              }
              if (response.data.workflow_runs.length < 50) break;
            }
            // Delete workflow runs
            for (const run of runs_to_delete) {
              console.log(`[Deleting] Run id ${run[0]} of '${run[1]}'.`);
              try {
                await github.rest.actions.deleteWorkflowRun({
                  owner: context.repo.owner,
                  repo: context.repo.repo,
                  run_id: run[0]
                });
              } catch (error) {
                // ignore errors
              }
            }