ci: use enhanced cleanup action in release workflow
What the developer wrote
Authored by Olaoluwa Osuntokun
ci: use enhanced cleanup action in release workflow
In this commit, we replace the basic inline cleanup command in the release
workflow with the comprehensive cleanup-space action that was previously
only used in the main CI workflow. The previous release workflow cleanup
simply removed the hostedtoolcache directory, which freed only a few
gigabytes and proved insufficient for multi-platform release builds.
By switching to the cleanup-space action (now enhanced to free 20-25GB),
the release workflow will have substantially more disk space available
before beginning the build process. This should resolve the disk space
exhaustion issues that were occurring during the Windows ARM build phase,
which is one of the final platforms in the 15-platform build sequence.
What changed, and why it matters
This commit changes the release build pipeline to use a more thorough disk cleanup step before compiling. It is purely a reliability improvement for GitHub Actions builds and has no security relevance.
No security action needed. Treat as a normal CI/maintenance change.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The commit replaces an inline shell command (rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache && mkdir -p /opt/hostedtoolcache/go) in .github/workflows/release.yaml with a reusable local action (./.github/actions/cleanup-space). The stated purpose is to free more disk space (20–25 GB) so multi-platform release builds, especially Windows ARM, no longer fail due to disk exhaustion. The diff shows only this workflow change; no application code, secrets, permissions, or network behavior are modified.
Changed components
.github/workflows/release.yamlInspect captured patch +1 / −1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 974ff84..0e450de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
fetch-depth: 0
- name: cleanup space
- run: rm -rf /opt/hostedtoolcache && mkdir -p /opt/hostedtoolcache/go
+ uses: ./.github/actions/cleanup-space
- name: setup go ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
uses: actions/setup-go@v5
Why this scored 15/100
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