Create Artifact Container failed: Artifact storage quota has been hit. Unable to upload any new artifacts

[CrescentEngg]

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I am getting the error stating

"Create Artifact Container failed: Artifact storage quota has been hit. Unable to upload any new artifacts"

Why am I getting is issue? I have put up $1 spending limit but even that is full. I have no idea what i am doing wrong here. I have 1 day expiry of the artifacts and all the recent artifacts in this particular branch are expired.

Any help would be appreciated.

[DarrenChochian]

ANSWER:
The error indicates that the quota limit for artifact storage has been reached. Checking and confirming the quota limits, review artifact expiry settings, verify spending limits, and examine recent changes or deployments that may have triggered the issue would be the best thing to do.

[auduongtuan]

I have similar issues, is there any update on this?

[viveknirkhe]

Is there any update on this? We are facing this issue too.

[egorpavlikhin]

In my case increasing budget spending limit by $1 on storage fixed the issue.

[viveknirkhe]

@egorpavlikhin your suggestion helped. I increased the budget and it worked! Thank you.

[viveknirkhe]

Oh well, I spoke too soon. The deployment action failed once again with the same error:

"Create Artifact Container failed: Artifact storage quota has been hit. Unable to upload any new artifacts"

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[CodingScott]

Same issue here, I can't keep upping the damn limit! I have deleted so many artifacts and set the expiry to 1 day!

Edit: Just for a response from support:

Shared storage consists of Actions artifacts and Packages usage. You can download a detailed usage report from the billing page:

Personal accounts: https://github.com/settings/billing
Organizations: https://github.com/organizations/ORGNAME/settings/billing

Here are the steps:
https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-github-actions/viewing-your-github-actions-usage

It looks like the majority of storage is being used by artifacts on the xx repo. These are the expiry dates for the artifacts on the repository:

By default, artifacts are deleted on a rolling 90-day basis. That can be adjusted down to as little as 1-day:

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/guides/storing-workflow-data-as-artifacts#configuring-a-custom-artifact-retention-period

Note that any adjustments made to the retention period will go into effect for future workflows. Existing artifacts must be manually deleted for storage to be reduced.

You can delete artifacts from the UI:

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/managing-workflow-runs/removing-workflow-artifacts#deleting-an-artifact

You can also delete artifacts via API:

https://developer.github.com/v3/actions/artifacts/#delete-an-artifact

The storage calculation is based on an hourly aggregate of use. Costs are based on size and how long it’s stored, and not just size alone.

For example, If I upload 3 GB and delete it after 3 days, I’ll have accumulated 72 hours worth of usage costs for that 3 GB.

Read more about how storage is calculated here:

https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-github-actions/about-billing-for-github-actions#calculating-minute-and-storage-spending

Your monthly Actions minutes and bandwidth usage resets each month on the billing date. Existing storage will carry over to the next month if the objects remain stored in the account. If you find that you’ve exhausted your monthly included usage and you’d like to continue to use GitHub Actions and Packages between now and your next billing date, you can increase the spending limit:

https://help.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-billing-and-payments-on-github/managing-your-spending-limit-for-github-actions

[CrescentEngg]

For me, the issue sorted itself out after i let all the previous artifacts expire after 90 days of upload. and meanwhile i set the new artifacts age to 1 day.