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Cleanup GHCR Images #29

Cleanup GHCR Images

Cleanup GHCR Images #29

Workflow file for this run

name: Cleanup GHCR Images
on:
schedule:
- cron: "30 4 * * *" # Daily at 04:30 UTC
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
dry_run:
description: "Log what would be deleted without making changes"
required: false
default: true
type: boolean
retention_days:
description: "Delete versions older than this many days"
required: false
default: 14
type: number
min_keep:
description: "Always keep at least this many versions per package"
required: false
default: 10
type: number
permissions:
packages: write
env:
ORG: TryGhost
RETENTION_DAYS: ${{ inputs.retention_days || 14 }}
MIN_KEEP: ${{ inputs.min_keep || 10 }}
jobs:
cleanup:
name: Cleanup
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
matrix:
package: [ghost, ghost-core, ghost-development]
steps:
- name: Delete old non-release versions
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
DRY_RUN: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'false' || inputs.dry_run }}
PACKAGE: ${{ matrix.package }}
run: |
set -euo pipefail
cutoff=$(date -u -d "-${RETENTION_DAYS} days" +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ 2>/dev/null \
|| date -u -v-${RETENTION_DAYS}d +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
echo "Package: ${ORG}/${PACKAGE}"
echo "Cutoff: ${cutoff} (${RETENTION_DAYS} days ago)"
echo "Dry run: ${DRY_RUN}"
echo ""
# Pagination — collect all versions
page=1
all_versions="[]"
while true; do
if ! batch=$(gh api \
"/orgs/${ORG}/packages/container/${PACKAGE}/versions?per_page=100&page=${page}" \
--jq '.' 2>&1); then
if [ "$page" = "1" ]; then
echo "::error::API request failed: ${batch}"
exit 1
fi
echo "::warning::API request failed (page ${page}): ${batch}"
break
fi
count=$(echo "$batch" | jq 'length')
if [ "$count" = "0" ]; then
break
fi
all_versions=$(echo "$all_versions $batch" | jq -s 'add')
page=$((page + 1))
done
total=$(echo "$all_versions" | jq 'length')
echo "Total versions: ${total}"
# Classify versions
keep=0
delete=0
delete_ids=""
for row in $(echo "$all_versions" | jq -r '.[] | @base64'); do
_jq() { echo "$row" | base64 -d | jq -r "$1"; }
id=$(_jq '.id')
updated=$(_jq '.updated_at')
tags=$(_jq '[.metadata.container.tags[]] | join(",")')
# Keep versions with semver tags (v1.2.3, 1.2.3, 1.2)
if echo "$tags" | grep -qE '(^|,)v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(,|$)' || \
echo "$tags" | grep -qE '(^|,)[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(,|$)'; then
keep=$((keep + 1))
continue
fi
# Keep versions with 'latest' or 'main' or cache-main tags
if echo "$tags" | grep -qE '(^|,)(latest|main|cache-main)(,|$)'; then
keep=$((keep + 1))
continue
fi
# Keep versions newer than cutoff
if [[ "$updated" > "$cutoff" ]]; then
keep=$((keep + 1))
continue
fi
# This version is eligible for deletion
delete=$((delete + 1))
delete_ids="${delete_ids} ${id}"
tag_display="${tags:-<untagged>}"
if [ "$DRY_RUN" = "true" ]; then
echo "[dry-run] Would delete version ${id} (tags: ${tag_display}, updated: ${updated})"
fi
done
echo ""
echo "Summary: ${keep} kept, ${delete} to delete (of ${total} total)"
if [ "$delete" = "0" ]; then
echo "Nothing to delete."
exit 0
fi
# Safety check — run before dry-run exit so users see the warning
if [ "$keep" -lt "$MIN_KEEP" ]; then
echo "::error::Safety check failed — only ${keep} versions would remain (minimum: ${MIN_KEEP}). Aborting."
exit 1
fi
if [ "$DRY_RUN" = "true" ]; then
echo ""
echo "Dry run — no versions deleted."
exit 0
fi
# Delete eligible versions
deleted=0
failed=0
for id in $delete_ids; do
if gh api --method DELETE \
"/orgs/${ORG}/packages/container/${PACKAGE}/versions/${id}" 2>/dev/null; then
deleted=$((deleted + 1))
else
echo "::warning::Failed to delete version ${id}"
failed=$((failed + 1))
fi
done
echo ""
echo "Deleted ${deleted} versions (${failed} failed)"