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name: Test Artifact Upload Limit

on:
workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
test-artifact-limit:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: read
actions: write

steps:
- name: Create 501 test files
run: |
echo "Creating 501 test files..."
mkdir -p test-files
for i in {1..501}; do
echo "This is test file number $i" > test-files/file-$(printf "%03d" $i).txt
done
echo "Created $(ls test-files | wc -l) files"

- name: Setup Node.js for artifact uploads
uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version: '20'

- name: Create upload script
run: |
cat > upload-artifacts.js << 'EOF'
const { DefaultArtifactClient } = require('@actions/artifact');
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

async function uploadIndividualArtifacts() {
const artifact = new DefaultArtifactClient();
const testFilesDir = 'test-files';
const files = fs.readdirSync(testFilesDir).sort();

console.log(`Found ${files.length} files to upload as individual artifacts`);
console.log('Attempting to upload 501 individual artifacts...\n');

let successCount = 0;
let failCount = 0;

for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
const file = files[i];
const artifactName = `test-artifact-${String(i + 1).padStart(3, '0')}`;
const filePath = path.join(testFilesDir, file);

try {
console.log(`[${i + 1}/${files.length}] Uploading ${artifactName}...`);

// Upload artifact using the DefaultArtifactClient API
const uploadResponse = await artifact.uploadArtifact(
artifactName,
[filePath],
testFilesDir
);

successCount++;
if ((i + 1) % 50 === 0) {
console.log(` Progress: ${successCount} artifacts uploaded successfully`);
}
} catch (error) {
failCount++;
console.error(` ✗ Failed to upload ${artifactName}`);
console.error(` Error: ${error.message}`);

// Report when we hit the artifact limit and exit
console.error(`\n❌ ARTIFACT LIMIT ERROR at artifact ${i + 1}`);
console.error(`Successfully uploaded: ${successCount} artifacts`);
console.error(`Failed uploads: ${failCount} artifacts`);
console.error(`Expected limit: 500 artifacts per workflow run`);
throw error;
}
}

console.log(`\n✅ Upload complete: ${successCount} successful, ${failCount} failed`);
}

uploadIndividualArtifacts().catch(error => {
console.error('\nUpload process terminated due to error');
process.exit(1);
});
EOF

- name: Install @actions/artifact package
run: |
npm install @actions/artifact@2.1.10

- name: Attempt to upload 501 files as separate artifacts
id: upload-individual-artifacts
continue-on-error: true
run: |
echo "Starting upload of 501 individual artifacts..."
echo "This will test the 500 artifact limit per workflow run."
echo ""
node upload-artifacts.js

- name: Report individual upload results
if: always()
run: |
echo ""
echo "========================================="
if [ "${{ steps.upload-individual-artifacts.outcome }}" == "failure" ]; then
echo "✗ Individual artifact upload failed (as expected!)"
echo "The workflow hit the 500 artifact limit."
elif [ "${{ steps.upload-individual-artifacts.outcome }}" == "success" ]; then
echo "⚠️ Individual artifact upload completed."
echo "Note: This might mean all 501 were uploaded (limit may have changed)"
echo "or uploads were throttled/limited by another mechanism."
fi
echo "========================================="
echo ""

- name: Create a single zip file containing all 501 files
run: |
echo "Creating a single zip archive containing all 501 files..."
cd test-files
zip -q -r ../all-files.zip .
cd ..
echo ""
echo "✓ Zip file created: all-files.zip"
ls -lh all-files.zip
echo ""
echo "Number of files in zip:"
unzip -l all-files.zip | tail -1

- name: Upload single zip file as artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
with:
name: all-501-files-zipped
path: all-files.zip

- name: Verify zip artifact upload
run: |
echo ""
echo "✓ Successfully uploaded zip file containing all 501 files as a single artifact!"
echo "This demonstrates the recommended workaround for the 500 artifact limit."

- name: Generate workflow summary
if: always()
run: |
echo "# Artifact Upload Limit Test Results" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "This workflow tests GitHub Actions' **500 artifact limit** per workflow run." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "---" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

echo "## Test Setup" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- 📁 **Files created:** 501 test files" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- 🚫 **Artifact limit:** 500 artifacts per workflow run" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- 📦 **Upload method:** @actions/artifact package" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

echo "## Test 1: Upload 501 Individual Artifacts" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
if [ "${{ steps.upload-individual-artifacts.outcome }}" == "failure" ]; then
echo "**Result:** ❌ Failed (as expected)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- The upload failed when attempting to exceed 500 artifacts" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- First 500 artifacts uploaded successfully" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- Artifact 501 triggered the limit error" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- Error message: *'Unable to upload artifact. Maximum number of artifacts (500) has been reached.'*" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
elif [ "${{ steps.upload-individual-artifacts.outcome }}" == "success" ]; then
echo "**Result:** ⚠️ Completed" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- All 501 artifacts may have been uploaded" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- This could indicate the limit has changed or uploads were handled differently" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- Check the workflow logs for details" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
fi
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

echo "## Test 2: Upload Single Zip Archive" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "**Result:** ✅ Success" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- 📦 Archive contains all 501 files" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- 🎯 Artifacts used: **1** (well within the 500 limit)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "- 💾 Single zip file uploaded successfully" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

echo "---" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "## 💡 Conclusion & Best Practice" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "When you need to upload more than 500 files:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "1. ✅ **Combine files** into a single archive (zip, tar.gz, etc.)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "2. ✅ **Upload the archive** as a single artifact" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "3. ✅ **Bypass the limit** while preserving all files" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "This approach is more efficient and works around the 500 artifact limitation." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
echo "📚 **Reference:** [upload-artifact documentation](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact?tab=readme-ov-file#breaking-changes)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY