Artifacts Usage Report — github/gh-aw (July 5, 2026)

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Artifacts Usage Report

Repository: github/gh-aw
Period: Last 30 days
Total Artifacts Analyzed: 877 (resolved workflows) out of ~1,080 total
Grand Total Size: ~3.12 GB

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Summary Table

Workflow Name	Artifacts	Total Size	Avg Size	Latest Run	Status
Doc Build - Deploy	12	2.27 GB	193.82 MB	2026-07-05	Active
CGO	160	318.20 MB	1.99 MB	2026-07-05	Active
CWI	18	202.00 MB	11.22 MB	2026-07-05	Active
CI	592	178.07 MB	308.02 KB	2026-07-05	Active
Daily Semgrep Scan	6	25.15 MB	4.19 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Smoke CI	15	22.09 MB	1.47 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Schema Consistency Checker	6	9.40 MB	1.57 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Contribution Check	6	9.28 MB	1.55 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Daily Safe Outputs Git Simulator	7	8.90 MB	1.27 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Static Analysis Report	8	8.53 MB	1.07 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Daily Cli Tools Tester	7	8.35 MB	1.19 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Safe Output Health Monitor	8	8.30 MB	1.04 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Multi-Device Docs Tester	4	7.84 MB	1.96 MB	2026-07-05	Active
CLI Version Checker	7	7.83 MB	1.12 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Duplicate Code Detector	6	7.82 MB	1.30 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Daily Sub-Agent Model Resolution Audit	6	7.74 MB	1.29 MB	2026-07-05	Active
PR Sous Chef	1	7.37 MB	7.37 MB	2026-07-05	Active
GitHub Remote MCP Authentication Test	5	7.36 MB	1.47 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Daily Safe Outputs Conformance Checker	1	7.36 MB	7.36 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Dictation Prompt Generator	1	7.36 MB	7.36 MB	2026-07-05	Active
Artifacts Usage Report	1	7.36 MB	7.36 MB	2026-07-05	Active

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Insights & Recommendations

🏆 Highest Storage Consumers

1. Doc Build - Deploy — 2.27 GB (73% of total) from just 12 artifacts. Each github-pages artifact averages 193.82 MB. This is the dominant driver of storage costs.
2. CGO — 318 MB across 160 artifacts. High frequency (runs on every PR/push) but small individual size (~2 MB each).
3. CWI — 202 MB across 18 artifacts, with a high average (~11 MB each).
4. CI — 178 MB but spread across 592 artifacts — the most frequently produced, though each is small (~308 KB).

📊 Key Metrics at a Glance

• Most artifacts by count: CI (592 artifacts — ~67% of all resolved artifacts)
• Most storage by volume: Doc Build - Deploy (~73% of total storage)
• Highest avg size: Doc Build - Deploy (~194 MB each — github-pages bundle)
• Fastest accumulator: CI workflow — runs on nearly every code push/PR
• Total repository: 1,100 artifacts across all time; ~1,080 within last 30 days

⚡ Optimization Recommendations

1. Doc Build - Deploy (github-pages artifact): The github-pages artifact (~232 MB each) is uploaded on every push to main. Consider:

   • Reducing the retention period from the default 90 days to 1–3 days (pages are deployed immediately; old artifacts serve no purpose).
   • Compressing the pages bundle before upload if possible.

2. CI workflow (592 artifacts): With ~308 KB average and high volume, these add up quickly.

   • Review which test artifacts are truly needed post-run (e.g., logs, binaries).
   • Set retention to 1–5 days for ephemeral CI outputs.

3. CGO / CWI workflows: Both run on PRs and generate per-run artifacts averaging 2–11 MB.

   • Verify these artifacts are actively consumed (e.g., by downstream jobs or users downloading them).
   • If not downloaded regularly, reduce retention to 1–7 days.

4. Agentic workflow activations (~7.36 MB each): Workflows like PR Sous Chef, Dictation Prompt Generator, Daily Safe Outputs Conformance Checker each upload a 7.36 MB activation artifact. This appears to be a consistent agentic workflow runtime payload.

   • Consider whether this activation artifact needs to persist beyond the run; 1-day retention would reduce accumulation significantly.

5. Overall retention policy: Most artifacts default to the GitHub maximum of 90 days. Shorter retention (1–14 days) for ephemeral CI/CD outputs could reduce active storage by an estimated 60–80%.

References:

• §28732437538 — This Artifacts Usage Report run
• §28732365277 — Doc Build - Deploy (latest)
• §28732365276 — CI (latest)

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