Workflows
What is the difference between GitHub-hosted and self-hosted runners?
Quick answer
GitHub-hosted are managed, ephemeral and billed per minute. Self-hosted are yours to operate, on your hardware.
The detail that matters
Managed third-party runners sit between the two: ephemeral and managed, but faster and cheaper than GitHub-hosted.
Your next build could be twice as fast, at half the price
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Related
How many jobs can a matrix fan out to?GitHub caps a single matrix at 256 jobs per workflow run.How do I reproduce a CI failure locally?Match the runner image, then SSH into a live runner if the failure only appears in CI.Can I SSH into a runner?Yes. runnerhut supports opening a debug session on a running job with an authorised SSH key.Can I mix GitHub-hosted and managed runners?Yes. runs-on is per job, so different jobs in one workflow can use different providers.