How to disable the new Auto-redirect to workflow run details after manual dispatch?

[matanm-devops]

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What GitHub Actions topic or product is this about?

Workflow Configuration

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Hey!

There was a request here: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/184837
And it seems like his request was answered since his requested change appear.

So when you trigger a manual deploy - it used to stay at the workflow page,
BUT NOW, it's Auto-redirect to workflow run details - which really bothers the team.

Does anyone know how to disable it?

Thank you!

[devJV899]

Hi,

What you’re seeing is actually the result of a feature request that was discussed earlier in the GitHub Community:

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/184837

In that discussion, the suggestion was to improve the manual workflow dispatch experience by using the returned run ID to automatically redirect the user to the specific workflow run page after clicking Run workflow. The goal was to allow developers to immediately see the logs and monitor the execution without having to refresh the workflow list and manually locate the new run.

It looks like GitHub implemented that UX improvement, which is why the interface now redirects directly to the workflow run details page after triggering a manual run.

At the moment, this behavior appears to be controlled entirely by the GitHub Actions web UI. As far as current documentation and community discussions show, there is no configuration option to disable it through:
• workflow YAML configuration
• repository settings
• organization settings

So unfortunately there isn’t a built-in way to revert to the previous behavior where the UI stayed on the workflow list page.

If your team prefers the previous workflow (remaining on the list view), the best option would be to open a feature request asking for a configurable toggle in the Actions UI. For example, something like:

“Automatically open workflow run after manual dispatch”.

That would allow teams to choose the behavior that best fits their workflow.

Hope this helps clarify what’s happening.

[matanm-devops]

Thank you!
opened here:

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/189331

[RaavanHrishi07]

Right now, you cannot disable the auto-redirect to workflow run details after manual dispatch in the GitHub UI. It’s a recent behavior change, and GitHub hasn’t provided a setting to turn it off.

[Fahim-ui331]

Hi @matanm-devops,

Thanks for sharing this! I understand now that the auto-redirect is an intentional UX improvement.

It’s a bit disruptive for our team since we preferred staying on the workflow list page, but having a toggle to choose the behavior would be amazing. Hopefully GitHub considers this in the future.