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2026 (5)

April (1)

github: Organization runner controls for Copilot cloud agent

GitHub

2026-04-03

GitHub added organization-level runner controls for Copilot cloud agent development environments. Copilot cloud agent tasks now start on GitHub Actions, and orgs can control which runners are used instead of relying only on the default GitHub-hosted runner.

February (2)

github: macos-26 is now generally available for GitHub-hosted runners

GitHub

2026-02-26

GitHub Actions’ macOS 26 runner image is now generally available for GitHub-hosted runners, moving out of public preview.

github: GitHub Actions: Early February 2026 updates

GitHub

2026-02-05

GitHub Actions’ early February 2026 update adds custom runner autoscaling, broadens security controls to all users, and provides early access to new Windows and macOS runner images.

January (2)

github: arm64 standard runners are now available in private repositories

GitHub

2026-01-29

GitHub now offers Linux and Windows arm64 standard GitHub-hosted runners for private repositories, available on the free tier so you can run arm64 CI workflows across all repositories.

github: 1 vCPU Linux runner now generally available in GitHub Actions

GitHub

2026-01-22

GitHub Actions now offers 1 vCPU Linux runners as generally available (GA). These lower-cost runners are optimized for automation tasks and issue operations and are available to all customers.

2025 (2)

December (2)

github: Coming soon: Simpler pricing and a better experience for GitHub Actions

GitHub

2025-12-16

Starting January 1, 2026, GitHub will lower prices for GitHub-hosted runners by up to 39% (varying by machine type) to deliver simpler pricing and a better GitHub Actions experience; free usage minute quotas will remain unchanged.

github: Better diagnostics for VNET injected runners and required self-hosted runner upgrades

GitHub

2025-12-12

GitHub announced that GitHub-hosted larger runners using Azure VNET-injection now provide detailed network diagnostics when connectivity problems occur, replacing generic pool errors with per-endpoint visibility and drill-down information. The changelog also calls attention to required upgrades for self-hosted runners.