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docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/dstorage/github-actions-dependency-cache-2JSON compare report an error provider JSON

Free allowance: Explicitly a cache with an eviction policy: 10 GB per repo free, entries not accessed for 7 days are removed, LRU eviction at the cap, and caches are never publicly downloadable.
Verdict: fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost: no price stated
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported2 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	Explicitly a cache with an eviction policy: 10 GB per repo free, entries not accessed for 7 days are removed, LRU eviction at the cap, and caches are never publicly downloadable. Raising… unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not recorded
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/d	the text of Free tier, above
2026-10-21	github.blog/changelog/2025-11-20-github-actions-cache-size-c	cited as the basis of the rejection: Explicitly a cache with an eviction policy: 10 GB per repo free, entries not accessed for 7 days are removed, LRU eviction at the cap, and caches are never publicly downloadable. Raising the

More fields 1

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 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Explicitly a cache with an eviction policy: 10 GB per repo free, entries not accessed for 7 days are removed, LRU eviction at the cap, and caches are never publicly downloadable. Raising…",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown values 8

$.binding_note boilerplate
$.chaining the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.egress.terms the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.interface the access interface was not established
$.per_object_cap.notes the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.per_object_cap.stated the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.retention.stated the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.tooling the record was rejected before this field was looked at