# Get a repository's cache usage

> What a repository's saved cache entries hold together: active_caches_size_in_bytes and active_caches_count, and quota_bytes, the most they may hold (10 GiB).

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="get">GET</span><code>/repos/{owner}/{name}/actions/cache/usage</code></div>

Saving past it evicts the entries restored longest ago. Needs the Read role.

Saving past `quota_bytes` evicts the entries restored longest ago.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`workflow`](/reference/mcp/#workflow) with `action` `cache_usage`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`workflows:read`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `owner` | string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
| `name` | string | Yes | The repository's name. |

## Example request

```sh
curl https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/g1t/actions/cache/usage \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "full_name": "flagon-io/g1t",
  "active_caches_size_in_bytes": 8813275136,
  "active_caches_count": 41,
  "quota_bytes": 10737418240
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change, or a token without the scope it needs. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |