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Delete all GitHub workflow runs using the gh cli
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delete_workflow_runs.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
org=<gh-org>
repo=<gh-repo>
workflow_name=<gh-workflow-name>
workflow_ids=$(gh api repos/$org/$repo/actions/workflows --paginate | jq --arg name "$workflow_name" '.workflows[] | select(.["name"] | contains($name)) | .id')
for workflow_id in $workflow_ids;
do
echo "Listing runs for the workflow ID $workflow_id"
run_ids=$(gh api repos/$org/$repo/actions/workflows/$workflow_id/runs --paginate | jq '.workflow_runs[].id')
echo "$run_ids"
for run_id in $run_ids;
do
echo "Deleting Run ID $run_id"
gh api -X DELETE "repos/$org/$repo/actions/runs/$run_id"
done
done
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