Hosting Operations

List Newest Build Artifacts

A deployment references an artifact, but you are not sure which files were built most recently.

Command

find artifacts/ -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %10s %p\n' | sort | tail -20

What changed

Nothing changes. The command prints artifact timestamps, sizes, and paths.

Danger

safe

When to use it

Use before deploys, rollbacks, or artifact handoffs.

When not to use it

Do not use it for remote artifact stores unless they are mounted locally.

Undo or recovery

No undo needed because this command is read-only.

Expected output

The newest artifact files sorted by timestamp.

demo script

Disposable terminal steps

find artifacts/ -type f -maxdepth 1 -print
find artifacts/ -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %10s %p\n' | sort | tail -20

Terminal transcript Demo JSON

simulated output

What it looks like

disposable vessel

::fixture-ready::
$ find artifacts/ -type f -maxdepth 1 -print
artifacts/checksums.txt
artifacts/app.tar.gz
::exit-code::0
$ find artifacts/ -type f -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TH:%TM %10s %p\n' | sort | tail -20
2026-06-25 13:19         13 artifacts/app.tar.gz
2026-06-25 13:19         18 artifacts/checksums.txt
::exit-code::0

YouTube Short

What did CI build?

Before deploying, list the newest artifact files with timestamps and sizes. It is a fast sanity check.

experiments

A/B tests to run

Metric: save_rate

A: What did CI build?

B: Check artifacts before deploy.