Changes to query results in the GitHub Actions API and UI

Queries for workflow runs in the GitHub Actions API and UI now return a less precise but more accurate count of records when you search by workflow, event, status, branch, or actor. We will continue to return paginated results of up to 1,000 items. However, if the number of found records exceeds 2,500, we will report “2,500+” instead of attempting to return the exact number of records. This is because queries that retrieve more than 2,500 records frequently timeout and return the number of records found before the timeout rather than the true count. By implementing this limit, our counts will be more accurate and we will improve performance for customers.

If your integrations or scripts rely on retrieving more than 2,500 matching workflow runs from a single query, narrow your filters (e.g., by adding a date range) to retrieve the specific runs you need. This change is rolling out now on github.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud.