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Lab: Disabling a Workflow

Introduction

In this lab, you will learn how to disable a workflow in a GitHub repository. This is useful when you want to temporarily stop a workflow from running without deleting the workflow file.

Estimated Duration: 10-15 minutes

Instructions

Step 1: Navigate to Your GitHub Repository

  1. Open your browser and go to your GitHub repository where the workflow is located.

    Open GitHub Repository

Step 2: Access the Actions Tab

  1. Once in your repository, click on the Actions tab at the top of the page.

    Open Actions

Step 3: Select the Workflow You Want to Disable

  1. In the Actions tab, you will see a list of workflows that have run in your repository.

  2. Click on the workflow you want to disable.

    Disable Workflow

Step 4: Disable the Workflow

  1. After selecting the workflow, click on the Ellipsis (three-dot) icon on the right-hand side of the page.

  2. From the dropdown menu, click on Disable workflow.

    Disable Workflow

Step 5: Confirm the Workflow is Disabled

  1. Once the workflow is disabled, you will see a confirmation message indicating that the workflow has been disabled.

    Workflow Disabled

Step 6: Verify That the Workflow Will Not Run Automatically

  1. After disabling the workflow, it will not trigger automatically when the specified events occur.

  2. To confirm, try pushing a change or triggering the event the workflow was tied to. You should see that the workflow does not run.

    Workflow Disabled

Step 7: Re-enable the Workflow (Optional)

  1. If you want to re-enable the workflow, click on the workflow name in the Actions tab.

  2. Then, click on the Enable workflow button.

  3. You will see a confirmation message indicating that the workflow is now enabled and will run again when the specified events occur.

    Enable Workflow

Summary

In this lab, you learned how to disable a workflow in a GitHub repository. This is useful when you want to temporarily stop a workflow from running without deleting the workflow file. You also learned how to re-enable the workflow when needed.

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