Cancel a running GitHub Actions workflow run

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Documented steps

  1. Send POST to https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/cancel
  2. The API returns HTTP 202 Accepted on success
  3. Poll the run status afterwards to confirm it transitions to a cancelled conclusion

Known gotchas

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