PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/cache/retention-limit

Sets GitHub Actions cache retention limit for a repository. This determines how long caches will be retained for, if not manually removed or evicted due to size constraints.

OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:repository scope to use this endpoint.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
repo String Yes

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

owner String Yes

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
max_cache_retention_days Integer No

The maximum number of days to keep caches in this repository.

How to start integrating

  1. Add HTTP Task to your workflow definition.
  2. Search for the API you want to integrate with and click on the name.
    • This loads the API reference documentation and prepares the Http request settings.
  3. Click Test request to test run your request to the API and see the API's response.