Cancel stuck GitHub workflow runs on a nightly schedule
Some CI runs just hang and never finish, quietly holding runner capacity hostage. Each night, Notis cancels the GitHub workflow runs still stuck in a queued or in-progress state, so you start the day with a clean queue instead of yesterday's ghosts.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Cancel a workflow run
Cancels a workflow run in a github repository if it is in a cancellable state (e.g., 'in progress' or 'queued').
Why this helps
Hung workflow runs sit queued or in progress overnight, tying up runners and cluttering the queue until someone manually hunts them down.
- Reclaims runner capacity held hostage by hung runs
- Starts every morning with a clean, honest CI queue
- No manual hunt for stuck runs before the team logs on
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect GitHub to Notis one time in the portal.
- 2Open Automations in the portal and choose New Automation.
- 3Write it plainly: each night, cancel GitHub workflow runs that are still stuck in a queued or in-progress state.
- 4Pick a recurring nightly schedule as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Run the automation once to confirm it cancels the runs you expect.
Questions about this workflow
Which runs get cancelled?
Only runs in a cancellable state, such as queued or in progress, as your instruction defines.
Does this need a Jira trigger?
No. It runs on a recurring schedule, so a nightly timer starts it.
Could it cancel a legitimate long run?
You define the criteria in plain language, so you can scope it to avoid runs you expect to be long.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Jira to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Jira triggers
GitHub actions
New Issue
Fires when a new issue is created in the Jira project you configure. Only issues created in that project produce an event.
Accept a repository invitation
Accepts a pending repository invitation that has been issued to the authenticated user.
New Project
Triggered when a new project is added in Jira
List repositories starred by the authenticated user
Deprecated: lists repositories starred by the authenticated user, including star creation timestamps; use 'list repositories starred by the authenticated user' instead.
Updated Issue
Fires when an existing issue is changed in the Jira project you configure — for example its status, assignee, or any other field on the issue is updated. Only issues in that project produce an event. It does not fire on comment activity: adding, editing, or deleting a comment on an issue will not produce an event from this trigger.
List stargazers
Deprecated: lists users who have starred a repository; use `list stargazers` instead.
Star a repository for the authenticated user
Deprecated: stars a repository for the authenticated user; use `star a repository for the authenticated user` instead.
Add email for auth user
Adds one or more email addresses (which will be initially unverified) to the authenticated user's github account; use this to associate new emails, noting an email verified for another account will error, while an existing email for the current user is accepted.
Add app access restrictions
Replaces github app access restrictions for an existing protected branch; requires a json array of app slugs in the request body, where apps must be installed and have 'contents' write permissions.
Add a repository collaborator
Adds a github user as a repository collaborator, or updates their permission if already a collaborator; `permission` applies to organization-owned repositories (personal ones default to 'push' and ignore this field), and an invitation may be created or permissions updated directly.
Add a repository to an app installation
Adds a repository to a github app installation, granting the app access; requires authenticated user to have admin rights for the repository and access to the installation.
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