workflow_cleanup.sh

#!/bin/bash

ORG_NAME=$1
REPO_NAME=$2
WORKFLOW_NAME=$3

if [[ -z $WORKFLOW_NAME || -z $REPO_NAME || -z $ORG_NAME ]]; then
    echo "Usage: ./workflow_cleanup.sh <USER/ORG NAME> <REPO NAME> <WORKFLOW NAME>"
    exit 1
fi

if ! [ -x "$(command -v gh)" ]; then
    echo "Script requires logged-in gh CLI user."
    echo "Install gh CLI according to your OS."
    exit 1
fi

JQ_SEARCH=".workflows[] | select(.name == \"$WORKFLOW_NAME\") | \"\\(.id)\""

echo "Searching for workflow..."
WORKFLOW_ID=$(gh api "repos/$ORG_NAME/$REPO_NAME/actions/workflows?per_page=100" | jq -r "$JQ_SEARCH")

if [ -z "$WORKFLOW_ID" ]; then
    printf "Workflow not found!\nCheck your spelling!"
    exit 1
else
    echo "...done!"
fi

echo "Retrieving runs..."
WORKFLOW_RUNS=$(gh api "repos/$ORG_NAME/$REPO_NAME/actions/workflows/$WORKFLOW_ID/runs?per_page=100")
echo "done!"

RUN_COUNT=$(echo "$WORKFLOW_RUNS" | jq -r ".total_count")

read -r -p "Are you sure you want to delete all $RUN_COUNT runs? [y/N] " response

if [[ "$response" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ ]]; then
    DELETED=0
    LEFT=1
    while [[ $LEFT -gt "0" ]]; do
        # Be lazy and try to avoid fetching stale results
        sleep 1

        BATCH=$(gh api "repos/$ORG_NAME/$REPO_NAME/actions/workflows/$WORKFLOW_ID/runs?per_page=100")
        LEFT=$(echo "$BATCH" | jq -r ".total_count")
        echo "Deleting up to 100 of $LEFT"

        echo "$BATCH" |
            jq -r '.workflow_runs[] | "\(.id)"' |
            xargs -n1 -I % gh api repos/"$ORG_NAME"/"$REPO_NAME"/actions/runs/% -X DELETE

        ((DELETED = DELETED + LEFT))
        echo "done!"
    done

    echo ""
    echo "All Done! Deleted $DELETED runs from \"$WORKFLOW_NAME\""
else
    echo "Writing preliminary data to /tmp/workflow_info.json and aborting!"
    echo "$WORKFLOW_RUNS" > /tmp/workflow_info.json
fi