curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/enterprises/example-enterprise/actions/cache/retention-limit' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

# PUT /enterprises/{enterprise}/actions/cache/retention-limit (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Set GitHub Actions cache retention limit for an enterprise

## 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 PUT 'https://api.github.com/enterprises/example-enterprise/actions/cache/retention-limit' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| enterprise | path | string | Yes | The slug version of the enterprise name. |
| max_cache_retention_days | body | integer | No | For repositories & organizations in an enterprise, the maximum duration, in d... |

## Response example
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PUT

PUT /enterprises/{enterprise}/actions/cache/retention-limit — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Set GitHub Actions cache retention limit for an enterprise

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 PUT 'https://api.github.com/enterprises/example-enterprise/actions/cache/retention-limit' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
enterprise	path	string	Yes	The slug version of the enterprise name.
max_cache_retention_days	body	integer	No	For repositories & organizations in an enterprise, the maximum duration, in days, for which caches in a repository may be retained.

Response 200 OK

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