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Failed to CreateArtifact: (409) Conflict: an artifact with this name already exists on the workflow run

github-actionsactions/upload-artifact@v4#github-actions#artifacts#matrix#ci
Error: Failed to CreateArtifact: Received non-retryable error: Failed request: (409) Conflict: an artifact with this name already exists on the workflow run
Fix

Give each upload a unique name, then gather them with a pattern:

# matrix job
- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
  with:
    name: wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.python }}
    path: dist/

# later job
- uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
  with:
    pattern: wheels-*
    path: dist/
    merge-multiple: true

Alternatives: actions/upload-artifact/merge@v4 to combine artifacts into one, or overwrite: true (deletes then recreates the artifact with a new ID) when one later job should replace an earlier one. overwrite is not safe for parallel writers.

Symptom

After moving to actions/upload-artifact@v4 (often via Dependabot), matrix or parallel jobs that all upload to the same name: fail, except the first to finish:

Error: Failed to CreateArtifact: Received non-retryable error: Failed request: (409) Conflict: an artifact with this name already exists on the workflow run

Cause

Forced v3 to v4 upgrades hit this after v3 was shut down on 2025-01-30. In v4, artifacts are immutable (unless deleted). v3 let multiple jobs append files into one named artifact; v4 does not. Uploading to an existing name in the same run is a conflict.

Verify

The run summary lists one artifact per matrix leg; the downstream job's dist/ contains all files.

Sources

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