POST/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/force-cancel

Force cancel a workflow run

Cancels a workflow run and bypasses conditions that would otherwise cause a workflow execution to continue, such as an always() condition on a job. You should only use this endpoint to cancel a workflow run when the workflow run is not responding to POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/cancel.

OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

3 parameters

ownerstringrequired

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostringrequired

The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

run_idintegerrequired

The unique identifier of the workflow run.

2 status codes

202Response

409Conflict

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

Error handling

A 409 is returned: Conflict.

import { Client } from "acme-sdk";

const client = new Client({
  baseUrl: "https://api.acme.com",
  auth: { bearer: process.env.API_TOKEN },
  retry: {
    maxAttempts: 3,
    retryOn: [
      408,
      425,
      429,
      500,
      502,
      503,
      504,
    ],
    backoffMs: 500,
    maxBackoffMs: 8000,
  },
  timeoutMs: 30000,
});

const result = await client.forceCancel.create({
  owner: "octocat",
  repo: "hello-world",
  runId: "9b2f1c10-7a3e-4d54-8c2a-1f6b9e0d4a21",
});

{}

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Response

Errors