GitHub Postpones Self-Hosted Actions Billing Changes After User Feedback
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Summary
GitHub is postponing its announced billing changes for self-hosted GitHub Actions after receiving negative feedback from users. The company acknowledges it missed the mark by not including more users in its planning process. While maintaining that there are real costs associated with running the Actions control plane and making investments in self-hosted runners for enterprise scenarios, GitHub will take time to re-evaluate its approach. The company is continuing with previously announced price reductions of up to 39% for hosted runners starting January 1, 2026.
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We have real costs in running the Actions control plane. We are also making investments into self-hosted runners so they work at scale in customer environments, particularly for complex enterprise scenarios.
While this context matters, we missed the mark with this change by not including more of you in our planning.
We are continuing to reduce hosted-runners prices by up to 39% on January 1, 2026.
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