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Incorrect information about GitHub Actions Cache eviction policies #38743

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/writing-workflows/choosing-what-your-workflow-does/caching-dependencies-to-speed-up-workflows#usage-limits-and-eviction-policy

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

This article states that, when caches need to be evicted due to space limitations, the oldest caches will be evicted. This is incorrect, which was confirmed in GitHub Support ticket 3452653: cache eviction is decided based on last access time, not creation time.

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