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6/28/2026
The original title is 10 words: "I scanned 35 popular repos' GitHub Actions. Here's what's broken."

The original title is 10 words: "I scanned 35 popular repos' GitHub Actions. Here's what's broken."

Original: I scanned 35 popular repos' GitHub Actions. Here's what's broken.

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Author audited GitHub Actions in 35 major open-source repos and found universal fixable issues: 33/35 missing job timeouts, 32/35 without path filters, 32/35 lacking concurrency cancellation. Several projects have workflows stuck in failed state for months. Free GitSpider tool provided to scan your own repos.

  • •Scanned 35 popular open-source projects (Vite, Next.js, Prisma, Astro, etc.) for GitHub Actions patterns
  • •Found 3-4 universal fixable issues affecting 91-94% of scanned repos with concrete costs (macOS 10x Linux)
  • •Failure rates range 0-34%; free tool available to audit your own workflows

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