curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/actions/caches?per_page=30&page=1&ref=example-ref&key=example-key&sort=last_accessed_at&direction=desc' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/caches (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> List GitHub Actions caches for a repository

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/actions/caches?per_page=30&page=1&ref=example-ref&key=example-key&sort=last_accessed_at&direction=desc' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| owner | path | string | Yes | The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| repo | path | string | Yes | The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case... |
| per_page | query | integer | No | The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "[Using p... |
| page | query | integer | No | The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pa... |
| ref | query | string | No | The full Git reference for narrowing down the cache. The `ref` for a branch s... |
| key | query | string | No | An explicit key or prefix for identifying the cache |
| sort | query | string | No | The property to sort the results by. `created_at` means when the cache was cr... |
| direction | query | string | No | The direction to sort the results by. |

## Response example
{"total_count":2,"actions_caches":[{}]}

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GET

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/caches — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

List GitHub Actions caches for a repository

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/actions/caches?per_page=30&page=1&ref=example-ref&key=example-key&sort=last_accessed_at&direction=desc' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
owner	path	string	Yes	The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo	path	string	Yes	The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
per_page	query	integer	No	The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."
page	query	integer	No	The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."
ref	query	string	No	The full Git reference for narrowing down the cache. The `ref` for a branch should be formatted as `refs/heads/<branch name>`. To reference a pull request use `refs/pull/<number>/merge`.
key	query	string	No	An explicit key or prefix for identifying the cache
sort	query	string	No	The property to sort the results by. `created_at` means when the cache was created. `last_accessed_at` means when the cache was last accessed. `size_in_bytes` is the size of the cache in bytes.
direction	query	string	No	The direction to sort the results by.

Response 200 OK

{
  "total_count": 2,
  "actions_caches": [
    {
      "id": 2,
      "ref": "refs/heads/main",
      "key": "Linux-node-958aff96db2d75d67787d1e634ae70b659de937b",
      "version": "73885106f58cc52a7df9ec4d4a5622a5614813162cb516c759a30af6bf56e6f0",
      "last_accessed_at": "2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z",
      "created_at": "2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z",
      "size_in_bytes": 1024
    }
  ]
}

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