GitHub Postpones Self-Hosted Actions Billing Changes, Announces Hosted Runner Price Reductions
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Summary
GitHub is postponing previously announced billing changes for self-hosted GitHub Actions after receiving negative feedback from users. The company acknowledges it should have included more community input in its planning. However, GitHub is moving forward with price reductions of up to 39% for hosted runners starting January 1, 2026, citing real operational costs and investments in improving self-hosted runners for enterprise scenarios.
Key quotes
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We are continuing to reduce hosted-runners prices by up to 39% on January 1, 2026.
We have real costs in running the Actions control plane.
We missed the mark with this change by not including more of you in our planning.
We need to improve GitHub Actions.
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