GitHub Pages reruns remain queued with no jobs after deployment failure

[JirehPeng]

🏷️ Discussion Type

Bug

💬 Feature/Topic Area

Workflow Deployment

Discussion Details

Hello, I’m trying to deploy GitHub Pages for obrien360/bp-toolkit. The build job succeeds, but deployment remains blocked by a stale deployment for commit 492c68b58843ef592605ac810c69d8a98c1737b7.

The initial run (#20) built successfully, then its deploy job timed out while Pages was updating. A later run (#24) built successfully, but deployment failed immediately with: “Deployment request failed … due to in progress deployment. Please cancel 492c68b… first or wait for it to complete.”

I canceled the Pages deployment for that SHA using the Pages deployment API and confirmed the API returned deployment_cancelled. However, deployment attempts still report that same SHA as in progress. Reruns of #20, #21, and #23 have been stuck in Queued with no jobs assigned for about five hours. The Actions UI says “Cannot cancel a workflow run that is not in progress.”

Is there a way for a repository owner to clear this stale Pages deployment lock, or does it require GitHub staff to clear it? GitHub Status currently shows Actions and Pages operational.

Runs:

• Allow PRs to "close" a discussion #20: https://github.com/obrien360/bp-toolkit/actions/runs/42087101332
• • How do I enable Discussions on a repo? #24: https://github.com/obrien360/bp-toolkit/actions/runs/42091533191
• • wLicense #21: https://github.com/obrien360/bp-toolkit/actions/runs/42089656000
• • Discussion: Issue title in Push Notification #23: https://github.com/obrien360/bp-toolkit/actions/runs/42090874032

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[jhyeseog-alt]

Hello,

I am experiencing the same GitHub Pages deployment issue.

My repository:
https://github.com/jhyeseog-alt/money-roadmap

Affected workflow runs:

42165955254
Commit: 6b2a453043cf9d71a65a028d20ffba1101b975d2

42163343070
Commit: 97c5b1480651d8537e953ec8ec07a8a60f7f025f

Both workflow runs remain stuck in QUEUED status.

There are no runs in progress.

When attempting to cancel the older run, I receive:

HTTP 409
Cannot cancel a workflow re-run that has not yet queued.

Previously, GitHub Pages deployment also failed with HTTP 504.

Please investigate this issue and help resolve the stuck deployment state.

Please preserve all existing website files and configurations.

Thank you.

[jhyeseog-alt]

Hello,

I am experiencing the same GitHub Pages deployment issue.

My repository:
https://github.com/jhyeseog-alt/money-roadmap

Affected workflow runs:

42165955254
Commit: 6b2a453043cf9d71a65a028d20ffba1101b975d2

42163343070
Commit: 97c5b1480651d8537e953ec8ec07a8a60f7f025f

Both workflow runs remain stuck in QUEUED status.

There are no runs in progress.

When attempting to cancel the older run, I receive:

HTTP 409
Cannot cancel a workflow re-run that has not yet queued.

Previously, GitHub Pages deployment also failed with HTTP 504.

Please investigate this issue and help resolve the stuck deployment state.

Please preserve all existing website files and configurations.

Thank you.

[chakriu212-lab]

Hello,

I'm experiencing the same GitHub Pages deployment issue.

My repository: https://github.com/chakriu212-lab/ORION

Workflow run: https://github.com/chakriu212-lab/ORION/actions/runs/42088483688

The build job succeeds and creates the "github-pages" artifact (16.4 KB), but the deploy job repeatedly reports:

"Current status: updating_pages"

"Error: Timeout reached, aborting!"

After retrying the failed deployment, the new run remains stuck in "Queued" with no jobs running.

GitHub Status currently shows all systems operational.

Could someone help investigate this stuck Pages deployment?

Thank you.

[jacob1408]

To resolve this on your own:

1. Go to your repository's Settings > Pages.
2. Change the Build and deployment source dropdown from Deploy from a branch to GitHub Actions (or vice versa, depending on what you are currently using).
3. Save it, wait 60 seconds, and switch it back to your original preference.
   This forcefully tears down and resets the active GitHub Pages deployment environment instance, freeing the queue block.

[Robandtom]

Same issue here. My repository is "Robandtom/Rob-tom-irrigation". Workflow "pages-build-deployment" run #110, latest attempt #2, is stuck queued with no jobs. The earlier Pages deployment timed out after repeatedly showing "syncing_files". When I try to cancel the queued retry, GitHub says, “Cannot cancel a workflow run that is not in progress.” My Support ticket was closed and directed me to community resources.

Has anyone confirmed a safe way to clear this stuck Pages deployment?

[PikuZheng]

Same issue here.

Has anyone confirmed a safe way to clear this stuck Pages deployment?

It appears to time out and then returns an error.

[orlintsvetanov]

Hello, I’m experiencing a similar GitHub Pages deployment issue.

Repository: https://github.com/orlintsvetanov/orlintsvetanov.github.io

Workflow run: https://github.com/orlintsvetanov/orlintsvetanov.github.io/actions/runs/42263858878

The build succeeded, but deployment failed. After retrying, the run remains queued with no jobs. When I try to cancel it, GitHub says: “Cannot cancel a workflow run that is not in progress.”

The updated files are in the repository, but the live site still shows the previous version. Could someone advise how to safely resume publishing?

Thank you.