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January 4, 20221 Minute Read

GitHub Actions: Changing the search order for self-hosted runners

Previously, when running a job that requires a self-hosted runner, GitHub Actions would look for self-hosted runners in the repository, organization, and enterprise, in that order.

We are changing that behavior so that the first available matching runner at any level will run the job in all cases. This allows jobs to be sent to self-hosted runners much faster, especially for organizations and enterprises with lots of self-hosted runners.

Learn more in the documentation

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GitHub Actions: Changing the search order for self-hosted runners - GitHub Changelog