delete-only-pre-release-versions throws Error: query for oldest version failed.

[cat-prices]

If there are too many steps in a workflow then it throws an error.

Run actions/[email protected]
  with:
    package-name: Package.Name
    min-versions-to-keep: 10
    delete-only-pre-release-versions: true
    num-old-versions-to-delete: 1
    ignore-versions: ^$
    token: ***
(node:1585) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.
Error: query for oldest version failed. verify input parameters are correct

I have 50 packages and noticed that the first five or so always seemed to run successfully, even when I changed the order in which packages were deleted. I have one step per package.
As a work around, I split the workflow into ten separate workflows, with five steps in each one. They all run successfully when the number of steps/packages is limited to a few per workflow.

[NamrataJha]

Hey @codan-prices I am unable to repro this on my side. Can you specify what is the rough amount of versions present in the packages?

[cat-prices]

Hey @codan-prices I am unable to repro this on my side. Can you specify what is the rough amount of versions present in the packages?

Sorry, totally missed your question. The number of versions varies for each package but it's a large number. Picked one at random and it has 30 versions per page, and 40 pages. So 1200+ per package. That's after it runs and cleans up prerelease pacakges.

I've just tested this with v3 of the action and am still getting some of the packages return this error

Run actions/delete-package-versions@v3
  with:
    package-name: packagename-sanitised
    min-versions-to-keep: 10
    delete-only-pre-release-versions: true
    num-old-versions-to-delete: 1
    ignore-versions: ^$
    token: ***
Total versions deleted till now: 11
Total versions deleted till now: 86
Total versions deleted till now: 99
Error: query for oldest version failed. verify input parameters are correct