github-actions-stuck-run-audit
v1.0.0Detect stale queued/in-progress GitHub Actions runs before they quietly block delivery.
Installation
GitHub Actions Stuck Run Audit
Use this skill to catch workflows that are stuck in queued/in-progress states for too long.
What this skill does
- Reads GitHub Actions run JSON exports
- Detects stale runs in non-terminal statuses (
queued,in_progress, etc.) - Aggregates stuck risk by repo/workflow (or repo/branch)
- Scores severity with stuck-age, stuck-run volume, and stuck-rate thresholds
- Emits
ok/warn/criticaland can fail CI gates
Inputs
Optional:
- RUN_GLOB (default: artifacts/github-actions/*.json)
- TOP_N (default: 20)
- OUTPUT_FORMAT (text or json, default: text)
- GROUP_BY (repo, repo-workflow, repo-workflow-branch; default: repo-workflow)
- NOW_ISO (optional ISO timestamp override for deterministic replay)
- STUCK_STATUSES (comma list, default: queued,in_progress,pending,waiting,requested)
- WARN_STUCK_MINUTES (default: 45)
- CRITICAL_STUCK_MINUTES (default: 120)
- WARN_STUCK_RUNS (default: 2)
- CRITICAL_STUCK_RUNS (default: 4)
- WARN_STUCK_RATE (0..1, default: 0.2)
- CRITICAL_STUCK_RATE (0..1, default: 0.45)
- MIN_RUNS (default: 1)
- WORKFLOW_MATCH / WORKFLOW_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
- BRANCH_MATCH / BRANCH_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
- EVENT_MATCH / EVENT_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
- REPO_MATCH / REPO_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
- STATUS_MATCH / STATUS_EXCLUDE (regex, optional)
- FAIL_ON_CRITICAL (0 or 1, default: 0)
Collect run JSON
gh run view <run-id>
--json databaseId,workflowName,event,headBranch,status,conclusion,createdAt,runStartedAt,updatedAt,url,repository
> artifacts/github-actions/run-<run-id>.json
Run
Text report:
RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json'
bash skills/github-actions-stuck-run-audit/scripts/stuck-run-audit.sh
JSON output + fail gate:
RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json'
OUTPUT_FORMAT=json
FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1
bash skills/github-actions-stuck-run-audit/scripts/stuck-run-audit.sh
Run against bundled fixtures:
NOW_ISO='2026-03-08T00:00:00Z'
RUN_GLOB='skills/github-actions-stuck-run-audit/fixtures/*.json'
bash skills/github-actions-stuck-run-audit/scripts/stuck-run-audit.sh
Output contract
- Exit
0in report mode (default) - Exit
1whenFAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1and one or more groups are critical - Text mode prints summary + ranked stuck-risk groups
- JSON mode prints summary + ranked groups + critical groups