GitHub Actions: "You've used 100% of included services for GitHub Storage (GitHub Actions and Packages)" after deleting all Artifacts

Question

Does anyone of you know what GitHub actually stores in their GitHub Storage (for Actions and Packages)?

GitHub keeps telling me:

You've used 100% of included services for GitHub Storage (GitHub Actions and Packages)

I deleted all my old workflow runs I have tried two actions to delete all my artifacts:

• https://github.com/Spendesk/purge-artifacts-action
• https://github.com/marketplace/actions/remove-artifacts

There is a GitHub Issue as well

Daubery

Answer 1

The guys on GitHub told me that I have to write the support and I did so. The solution was that I had to set a spending limit. After setting my spending limit to 1$ everything works fine.

They told me that this is an estimation not the real data. I still think this a bug or at least pretty bad Usability but the solution worked for me.

After setting the spending limit GitHub told me that I am using 0,00GB of Storage so the delete actions actually worked. (I didn't have to pay anything)

Daubery

but the only way to add a spending limit is by being on a paid plan already; FYI this was my other alternative solution: https://mcmap.net/q/479608/-github-actions-create-artifact-container-failed-artifact-storage-quota-has-been-hit-unable-to-upload-any-new-artifacts – Aesthetic

If an artefact is attached to a release as a release binary, I understand this doesn't count towards the storage limit, correct? I am seeing 0.06 / 2GB and yet I have GBs of artefacts attached to tagged releases as binaries, so I am positively confused.. – Cinemascope

Answer 2

Quick Solution:-

Click on Billing and Plans > Plans and Usage > Click on Update and add 1$ (1$ per month for extra storage).

Redeploy your project

Astonish

Answer 3

I encountered the same problem, To resolve it, I made my repository public for a brief instance to allow the workflow to run.

Janis