# AN-2026-0085: GitHub Actions: artifact actions v1/v2 failed from Jun 30, 2024 and v3 from Jan 30, 2025

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- id: AN-2026-0085 (version 2; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0085/v/2)
- kind: deprecation · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://github.blog/changelog/2024-04-16-deprecation-notice-v3-of-the-artifact-actions/>
- event date: 2024-06-30
- services: github-actions
- affected: gha:actions/upload-artifact <4; gha:actions/download-artifact <4
- ACT BY: 2025-01-30
- timeline:
  - 2024-06-30 (past): v1/v2 artifact actions deprecated [statement 1]
  - 2025-01-30 (past): v3 artifact actions fail [statement 0]
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. Starting January 30th, 2025, GitHub Actions customers can no longer use v3 of actions/upload-artifact or actions/download-artifact; using a version after its deprecation date results in a workflow failure.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. v1 and v2 were deprecated on June 30, 2024. GitHub Enterprise Server is not affected.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Update workflows to v4 of actions/upload-artifact and actions/download-artifact and review the documented v4 differences.
```

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v2 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: 0.4.2: dates as milestones (from statements); affected in gha: form so workflow scans match uses: lines. (changed deadline, milestones, affected)
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28