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gh-run-watch - Watch a run until it completes, showing its progress

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS  EXIT CODES  EXAMPLE  SEE ALSO 

NAME

gh-run-watch - Watch a run until it completes, showing its progress

SYNOPSIS

gh run watch <run-id> [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Watch a run until it completes, showing its progress.

By default, all steps are displayed. The --compact option can be used to only show the relevant/failed steps.

This command does not support authenticating via fine grained PATs as it is not currently possible to create a PAT with the checks:read permission.

OPTIONS

--compact

Show only relevant/failed steps

--exit-status

Exit with non-zero status if run fails

-i, --interval <int> (default 3)

Refresh interval in seconds

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

-R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO>

Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

EXIT CODES

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command’s help for more information.

EXAMPLE

# Watch a run until it’s done
$ gh run watch

# Watch a run in compact mode
$ gh run watch --compact

# Run some other command when the run is finished
$ gh run watch && notify-send ’run is done!’

SEE ALSO

gh-run(1)


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se