GitHub Actions log autoscroll hides Rerun buttons on page refresh #195854
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The autoscroll behavior you are describing is a well-known friction point in the GitHub UI when dealing with completed workflow logs. The UI is aggressively designed to tail live logs (which is why it snaps to the bottom), but unfortunately, it doesn't gracefully disable this behavior when you refresh a completed job. While there isn't a native toggle switch in the GitHub settings to permanently disable log autoscrolling, there are a few established workarounds to stop the jumping and reach the re-run buttons faster:
If you specifically want a UI change from GitHub, your best bet is submitting this as formal feedback through their Feedback portal, as this repository ( |
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Every time I refresh a GitHub Actions workflow run page, the log viewer automatically scrolls to the bottom of the job logs. This hides the "Re-run jobs" / "Re-run failed jobs" buttons which are located at the top of the page, forcing me to manually scroll back up before I can take any action.
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Expected behavior:
Page should restore scroll position to where I was, or at minimum not autoscroll past the action buttons. Ideally provide a toggle to disable autoscroll entirely.
Why this matters:
The autoscroll behavior optimizes for "watching a live run" use case, but actively harms the "reviewing a completed/failed run" use case - which is arguably more common. Every failed CI investigation starts with a manual scroll-up just to reach the Rerun button.
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