Runner Post Cleanup is a GitHub Action designed to automatically clean up the runner's workspace at the end of a job. This is especially useful for self-hosted runners, where leftover files can accumulate between workflow runs, potentially causing issues or consuming unnecessary disk space.

• Prevents disk space issues on persistent/self-hosted runners.
• Removes all files left in the working directory after your workflow completes.
• Easy to use: simply add a step—cleanup runs automatically after your job.

Add a step for this action at any point in your job. A post-run step will automatically delete any files left in the workspace when the job completes.

jobs:
  my-job:
    name: My job
    runs-on: my-self-hosted-runner
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout
        name: Checkout

      # Add your workflow steps here

      - name: Cleanup job
        uses: ducktors/runner-post-cleanup
        if: always()

• The if: always() condition ensures the cleanup runs even if previous steps fail.
• You can place the cleanup step anywhere in your job steps; the action will perform cleanup as a post-job hook.
• For GitHub-hosted runners, cleanup is usually handled automatically. This action is primarily beneficial for self-hosted runners.

MIT

Inspired by TooMuch4U/actions-clean.