Status: Archived

Use other workflows out there that are implemented in TypeScript or JavaScript, as that is much faster due to lack of Docker spin-up overhead. One example workflow out there is https://github.com/styfle/cancel-workflow-action .

If you must use this, it should still work but there are no plans to further develop this Action.

GitHub Action to cancel duplicate workflows

In the event of quick successive pushes to a branch or a pull request, this action attempts to cancel all older duplicate workflows. You should run this at the beginning of your workflow. In your CI workflow YAML, add this:

jobs:
  cancel_previous:
    name: Cancel previous duplicate workflows
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Cancel
      uses: pllim/actions-cancel-workflows@main
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  # Probably wants to wait till older workflows cancelled first.
  # Placeholder for actual CI jobs.
  actual_ci:
    needs: cancel_previous
    ...