Storage quota hit even after 12 hours of deleting every artifact

[AliHoda-arch]

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Annotations 1 error [build](https://github.com/alihoda4235/cryptomomentum/actions/runs/16461826623/job/46530611499#step:6:13) Failed to CreateArtifact: Artifact storage quota has been hit. Unable to upload any new artifacts. Usage is recalculated every 6-12 hours. More info on storage limits: https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-github-actions/about-billing-for-github-actions#calculating-minute-and-storage-spending

This is the error when I run a workflow I have deleted all articats earlier it has been more than 12 hours what to do , or are there other billing mechanism I don't understand also I am on free tier , don't have that much usage a lot of minutes but the space is 500mb and all the articats I only use them once then I don't need them.

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[andrewbadge]

Hi Alhod, This isn't an answer; but I'm having exactly the same issue. I've aggressively deleted all artifacts older that 2 days which leaves a few MB of artifacts. This was done over 24 hours ago and I'm still receiving the same error "Artifact storage quota has been hit....Usage is recalculated every 6-12 hours."

I feel either the exception is not accurate (maybe its a different quota?) or the recalculation isn't occurring as per the stated schedule?
Any advice from Github?

[AliHoda-arch]

@andrewbadge Hello, The issue will not solve until next month when the storage and minutes are reset, apparently they have a time factor with space for artifacts billing so its not like 1 gb of artifacts deleted will make it 0, its charged like 1gb/hour and some calculations at the end of month so we deleting the artifacts has only slowed down the rate of billing.

I looked at GitHub Pro but couldn't find extra artifacts storage. I am not sure if it's included.

Since my ci/cd was simple, I compressed everything into a single job, which works fine for now. What's your requirement for artifacts? It might be possible to remove it from the equation altogether.

[andrewbadge]

Hi Alhod, I gave up and couldn't wait. I upgraded my accounts.
Work was paying so the cost/benefit worked out.

All the cunning plan from GitHub to get my subscription ;-)