feat(actions): add force-cancel workflow run API (#38756)

Add `POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run}/force-cancel`, the
counterpart of [GitHub's force-cancel endpoint](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/workflow-runs?apiVersion=2026-03-10#force-cancel-a-workflow-run).

It cancels a run like `POST .../cancel`, but bypasses the graceful
cancelling handshake with the runner and stops running tasks
immediately.

Permissions and responses match the `/cancel` endpoint.

References:

- https://github.blog/changelog/2023-09-21-github-actions-force-cancel-workflows/
- https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/workflow-runs?apiVersion=2026-03-10#force-cancel-a-workflow-run
- https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/123240
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Zettat123
2026-08-07 14:38:14 +00:00
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parent 2657756cac
commit 9fc5d20006
10 changed files with 396 additions and 19 deletions
+14 -12
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@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ func CancelPreviousJobs(ctx context.Context, repoID int64, ref, workflowID strin
return cancelledJobs, err
}
cjs, err := CancelJobs(ctx, jobs)
cjs, err := CancelJobs(ctx, jobs, false)
if err != nil {
return cancelledJobs, err
}
@@ -749,17 +749,18 @@ func CancelPreviousJobsByJobConcurrency(ctx context.Context, job *ActionRunJob)
jobsToCancel = append(jobsToCancel, jobs...)
}
return CancelJobs(ctx, jobsToCancel)
return CancelJobs(ctx, jobsToCancel, false)
}
// CancelJobs cancels every cancellable job it is given. It leaves the status of a run it
// cancelled nothing in untouched, SettleRunAfterCancel is what gives such a run a final one.
func CancelJobs(ctx context.Context, jobs []*ActionRunJob) ([]*ActionRunJob, error) {
// CancelJobs cancels every cancellable job it is given, force skipping the graceful cancelling
// handshake so a running task is marked cancelled without waiting for its runner. It leaves the
// status of a run it cancelled nothing in untouched, SettleRunAfterCancel gives such a run a final one.
func CancelJobs(ctx context.Context, jobs []*ActionRunJob, force bool) ([]*ActionRunJob, error) {
cancelledJobs := make([]*ActionRunJob, 0, len(jobs))
for _, job := range jobs {
if job.IsReusableCaller {
sub, err := cancelReusableCaller(ctx, job)
sub, err := cancelReusableCaller(ctx, job, force)
if err != nil {
return cancelledJobs, err
}
@@ -767,7 +768,7 @@ func CancelJobs(ctx context.Context, jobs []*ActionRunJob) ([]*ActionRunJob, err
continue
}
c, err := cancelOneJob(ctx, job)
c, err := cancelOneJob(ctx, job, force)
if err != nil {
return cancelledJobs, err
}
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ func SettleRunAfterCancel(ctx context.Context, run *ActionRun) error {
}
// cancelOneJob cancels a single job and returns the post-cancel row
func cancelOneJob(ctx context.Context, job *ActionRunJob) (*ActionRunJob, error) {
func cancelOneJob(ctx context.Context, job *ActionRunJob, force bool) (*ActionRunJob, error) {
if job.Status.IsDone() {
return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil // signal "nothing to cancel; not an error"
}
@@ -808,7 +809,8 @@ func cancelOneJob(ctx context.Context, job *ActionRunJob) (*ActionRunJob, error)
return job, nil
}
// Has a task: stop the task and re-read the row.
if err := StopTask(ctx, job.TaskID, StatusCancelling); err != nil {
stopStatus := util.Iif(force, StatusCancelled, StatusCancelling)
if err := StopTask(ctx, job.TaskID, stopStatus); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
updated, err := GetRunJobByRunAndID(ctx, job.RunID, job.ID)
@@ -819,7 +821,7 @@ func cancelOneJob(ctx context.Context, job *ActionRunJob) (*ActionRunJob, error)
}
// cancelReusableCaller cancels `caller` and all its child jobs
func cancelReusableCaller(ctx context.Context, caller *ActionRunJob) ([]*ActionRunJob, error) {
func cancelReusableCaller(ctx context.Context, caller *ActionRunJob, force bool) ([]*ActionRunJob, error) {
cancelledJobs := make([]*ActionRunJob, 0)
attemptJobs, err := GetRunJobsByRunAndAttemptID(ctx, caller.RunID, caller.RunAttemptID)
@@ -834,7 +836,7 @@ func cancelReusableCaller(ctx context.Context, caller *ActionRunJob) ([]*ActionR
slices.SortFunc(descendants, func(a, b *ActionRunJob) int { return cmp.Compare(b.ID, a.ID) })
for _, c := range descendants {
cancelled, err := cancelOneJob(ctx, c)
cancelled, err := cancelOneJob(ctx, c, force)
if err != nil {
return cancelledJobs, err
}
@@ -843,7 +845,7 @@ func cancelReusableCaller(ctx context.Context, caller *ActionRunJob) ([]*ActionR
}
}
if c, err := cancelOneJob(ctx, caller); err != nil {
if c, err := cancelOneJob(ctx, caller, force); err != nil {
return cancelledJobs, err
} else if c != nil {
cancelledJobs = append(cancelledJobs, c)