GitHub Actions workflow stuck in "queued" state and cannot be cancelled

[Baptiste44110]

Hello GitHub Support,

I'm encountering an issue where my workflow is stuck in the queued state for over an hour. This is a public repository, and I am not part of any GitHub organization.

Attempts to cancel the workflow fail with the error: Failed to cancel workflow.

This issue started recently — previously, workflows would run immediately under the same setup. I've verified:

• GitHub Actions system status shows no reported incidents.
• My YAML workflow file hasn't changed.
• I'm using only the default GitHub-hosted runners.

Would you be able to investigate what's causing the blockage or help manually cancel the run?

Thanks in advance!

[phracek]

See e.g. here https://github.com/sclorg/betka/actions/runs/15270059850/job/42943356222

I used ubuntu-latest. It does not work for GitHub organization as well.

[RealChuan]

I also encountered this problem.https://github.com/RealChuan/Qt-Graphics/actions/runs/15248567498

[pgodinhofortis]

This happens, use the Force Cancel API to cancel the job

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/workflow-runs?apiVersion=2022-11-28#force-cancel-a-workflow-run