From d61c93ec12556313528493fd29bdc59264920313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ClementTsang <34804052+ClementTsang@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 01:19:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ci: fix nightly prune not working

This change makes it so we keep the last three nightly runs + prune
anything that was created today.

Tested by just running it manually.
---
 .github/workflows/nightly.yml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index c0d617aa..48eb6ee2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -92,17 +92,29 @@ jobs:
           echo "RELEASE_NAME=$RELEASE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "$RELEASE_NAME"
 
-      # Delete tags older than 3 days, as well as nightly runs that are a duplicate of today.
+      # Delete all but last three nightly runs, as well as nightly runs that are a duplicate of today.
       - name: Delete old tags and release if not mock
         if: github.event.inputs.isMock != 'true'
         run: |
-          THREE_DAYS_AGO=$(date +%s --date='3 days ago')
+          echo "Deleting any nightly runs with the same name as today's nightly run..."
           while true; do
-            PREV_NIGHTLY=$(gh release list --json name,tagName,publishedAt | jq --arg THREE_DAYS_AGO "$THREE_DAYS_AGO" --arg RELEASE_NAME "$RELEASE_NAME" -c '[.[] | select (.tagName | contains("nightly-")) | select ((.publishedAt | fromdateiso8601 > $THREE_DAYS_AGO) or (.name == $RELEASE_NAME))][0] | .tagName' | tr -d '"')
+            TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY=$(gh release list --json name,tagName,publishedAt | jq --arg RELEASE_NAME "$RELEASE_NAME" -c '[.[] | select (.tagName | contains("nightly-")) | select (.name == $RELEASE_NAME)][0] | .tagName' | tr -d '"')
+            if [[ "$TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY" != "null" && "$TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY" == *"nightly-"* ]]; then
+              echo "Will delete nightly release with tag '$TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY'";
+              gh release delete $TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY --cleanup-tag || { echo "couldn't delete previous nightly release, halting"; break; }
+            else
+              echo "no nightly releases left, done";
+              break;
+            fi
+          done
 
-            if [[ "$PREV_NIGHTLY" != "null" && "$PREV_NIGHTLY" == *"nightly-"* ]]; then
-              echo "Will delete nightly release with tag '$PREV_NIGHTLY'";
-              gh release delete $PREV_NIGHTLY --cleanup-tag || { echo "couldn't delete previous nightly release, halting"; break; }
+          echo "Now pruning all but the last three nightly runs..."
+          while true; do
+            # Very gross trick - keep deleting the 4th nightly element ([3]) until null.
+            TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY=$(gh release list --json name,tagName,publishedAt | jq --arg RELEASE_NAME "$RELEASE_NAME" -c '[.[] | select (.tagName | contains("nightly-"))][4] | .tagName' | tr -d '"')
+            if [[ "$TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY" != "null" && "$TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY" == *"nightly-"* ]]; then
+              echo "Will delete nightly release with tag '$TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY'";
+              gh release delete $TO_DELETE_NIGHTLY --cleanup-tag || { echo "couldn't delete previous nightly release, halting"; break; }
             else
               echo "no nightly releases left, done";
               break;