Workflows
Artifact retention
Quick answer
Artifact retention is the period GitHub keeps workflow artifacts before deleting them, defaulting to 90 days and configurable per repository or per upload.
Artifact retention is the period GitHub keeps workflow artifacts before deleting them, defaulting to 90 days and configurable per repository or per upload.
Why it matters
Retention is a real cost line on large pipelines. Uploading full build directories with a 90-day retention is the most common cause of a surprising storage bill.
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Related
Build matrixA build matrix is a GitHub Actions feature that expands one job definition into many parallel jobs across combinations of variables such as OS and language version.Composite actionA composite action bundles several workflow steps into a single reusable action defined in YAML, without needing JavaScript or a container.Concurrency groupA concurrency group is a named lock that limits how many workflow runs matching that name can be in progress at once.Container jobA container job runs all of a job's steps inside a specified container image rather than directly on the runner.