GitHub Actions Stuck Run Audit

Detect stale queued/in-progress GitHub Actions runs before they quietly block delivery.

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 / critical and 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

bash

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:

bash

RUN_GLOB='artifacts/github-actions/*.json' \
bash skills/github-actions-stuck-run-audit/scripts/stuck-run-audit.sh

JSON output + fail gate:

bash

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:

bash

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 0 in report mode (default)
• Exit 1 when FAIL_ON_CRITICAL=1 and one or more groups are critical
• Text mode prints summary + ranked stuck-risk groups
• JSON mode prints summary + ranked groups + critical groups