Delete all github-workflow runs of a given workflow_id to cleanup the actions-section

delete_all_workflow_runs_of_workflow_id.sh

# ======================================================================================
# Delete all github-workflow runs of a given workflow_id to cleanup the actions-section
#
# original gist:
# https://gist.github.com/zulhfreelancer/a32bee3d37ffb90c93e00bf4b7fe26cf
#
# Requirements
# * gh CLI: https://cli.github.com (make sure you are logged-in to the CLI)
# * jq CLI: https://stedolan.github.io/jq
# ======================================================================================

export TARGET_USER=<__>
export TARGET_REPO=<__>
export TARGET_WORKFLOW_ID=<__>

while :
do
    SIZE=$(gh api repos/$TARGET_USER/$TARGET_REPO/actions/workflows/$TARGET_WORKFLOW_ID/runs | jq -r .total_count)
    echo "Found: $SIZE"


    if [[ $SIZE -eq 0 ]]
    then
        echo "All done"  
	break
    fi

    gh api repos/$TARGET_USER/$TARGET_REPO/actions/workflows/$TARGET_WORKFLOW_ID/runs | \
        jq -r '.workflow_runs[] | .id' | \
        xargs -n1 -I % gh api --silent repos/$TARGET_USER/$TARGET_REPO/actions/runs/% -X DELETE
    sleep 1
done

This works for records of workflows whose workflow file has already been deleted.

TARGET_WORKFLOW_ID is just the filename for the workflow xx.yml