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A look at how we rebuilt GitHub Actions’ core architecture and shipped long-requested upgrades to improve performance, workflow flexibility, reliability, and everyday developer experience.

You can now use up to 25 inputs on workflows triggered via the workflow_dispatch trigger. The previous limit was 10 which was challenging for the community. This new limit gives…

GitHub code scanning default setup now runs even if your organization has GitHub Actions policies that restrict which workflows can run. In the past, restrictive actions policies could block code…

Dependabot update jobs can now target specific self-hosted and larger GitHub-hosted Actions runners using custom labels. Previously, Dependabot required the single dependabot label. This change gives you finer control, improves…

GitHub Actions cache size can now exceed 10 GB per repository You can now store more build dependencies between workflow runs with expanded GitHub Actions cache storage. Repositories can go…

GitHub Actions OpenID Connect (OIDC) token claims now include check_run_id This enhancement enables fine-grained, attribute-based access control and improves auditability for workflows that integrate with external services. Platform teams often…

GitHub is updating how GitHub Actions’ pull_request_target and environment branch protection rules are evaluated for pull-request-related events. These changes will take effect on 12/8/2025. They aim to reduce security critical…

Increased limits for reusable workflows You can now use up to 10 nested reusable workflows and call up to 50 workflows in total from a given workflow run. The previous…

GitHub Actions 1 vCPU Linux runners are now in public preview. Customers looking to run lightweight operations can take advantage of these lower cost runners. These runners are optimized for…

Actions Runner Controller (ARC) release 0.13.0 is now available and provides improvements in storage, networking, platform, and metrics. Enable container hooks to remove storage limitations ARC now supports container lifecycle…

Node20 will reach end-of-life (EOL) in April of 2026. As a result we have started the deprecation process of Node20 for GitHub Actions. We plan to migrate all actions to…

The macOS 13 runner image will be retired by December 4th, 2025. To raise awareness of the upcoming removal, jobs using macOS 13 will temporarily fail during the scheduled brownout…

Reuse workflow configuration with YAML anchors GitHub Actions now supports YAML anchors, a top request from the GitHub community. With YAML anchors, you can reuse configuration across your workflows and…

Developers looking to use the latest Xcode technology and build and test their iOS applications can use the new macOS 26 image natively in their GitHub Actions workflow runs. The…

Two GitHub Actions are now available to help open source maintainers using the GitHub Models inference API: AI assessment comment labeler: Streamline your issue triage with a simple trigger label…

Explore how MCP elicitation transforms AI tool interactions by gathering missing information upfront.

GitHub Actions is powered by a diverse ecosystem of first-party and community contributed actions. If one of these actions has a vulnerability or is compromised by a malicious actor, it…

Learn how to integrate AI features with GitHub Models directly in GitHub Actions workflows.

New REST APIs for actions settings Today, GitHub Actions is launching new REST APIs for managing settings. The following settings are now accessible via these new endpoints: Approval for running…

The GitHub macOS hosted runner fleet is being upgraded to M2 Pro-powered machines on our largest runners. Starting today the macOS XLarge runner sku now utilizes a 5 vCPU M2…

Strengthen your repositories against actions workflow injections — one of the most common vulnerabilities.