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Actions Concurrency - GitHub Docs

Explains how to use the concurrency key in GitHub Actions to ensure that only a specific number of workflow runs are executing at a time, allowing for the cancellation of in-progress runs or the queuing of new ones.

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Actions Concurrency - GitHub Docs

Explains how to use the concurrency key in GitHub Actions to ensure that only a specific number of workflow runs are executing at a time, allowing for the cancellation of in-progress runs or the queuing of new ones.

When To Use

Use when you need to prevent multiple workflow runs from conflicting with each other or when you want to automatically cancel outdated builds to save runner resources.

Reference Files

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SKILL.mdEntry point: scope, routing table, and workflow.Start here.
docs/actions-workflows-and-concurrency-github-docs-workflow-guide.mdA documentation guide explaining how GitHub Actions manages simultaneous workflow and job execution through concurrency controls.Questions about a documentation guide explaining how GitHub Actions manages simultaneous workflow and job execution through concurren...

What This Skill Covers

    • GitHub Actions / - Concepts / - Workflows and actions / - Concurrency

Workflow

  1. Open the most relevant file under docs/ for the exact documented workflow and wording.
  2. Open schemas/ files for exact structured contracts.
  3. Open examples/ files for concrete requests, commands, snippets, and manifests.
  4. Do not add behavior or configuration that is not present in the attached source files.

Canonical source: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/concepts/workflows-and-actions/concurrency