GitHub Actions Stuck Run Audit

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name: github-actions-stuck-run-audit description: Detect stale queued/in-progress GitHub Actions runs before they quietly block delivery. version: 1.0.0 metadata: {"openclaw":{"requires":{"bins":["bash","python3"]}}}

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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 / 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

gh run view  \
  --json databaseId,workflowName,event,headBranch,status,conclusion,createdAt,runStartedAt,updatedAt,url,repository \
  > artifacts/github-actions/run-.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 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