[ARROW-11571] [CI] Cancel stale Github Actions workflow runs

• Type: Wish
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: Continuous Integration
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/27441
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 09/Feb/21 09:58
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:20
• Resolved: 09/Feb/21 21:36

Description

When a new changeset is pushed in a PR, we should probably cancel previous GHA builds in that PR. This is not done automatically by  Github, but can be enabled using a third-party action:

https://github.com/potiuk/cancel-workflow-runs

Here is an example of use:

https://github.com/apache/pulsar/blob/master/.github/workflows/ci-cancel-duplicate-workflows.yaml

 

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9455