Actions steps can now be run in parallel
UpdateVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026
GitHub Actions now supports running steps concurrently using background . Previously, all steps in a workflow ran in sequence, with each step starting only after the previous step completed. Previously, you could run steps in a non-blocking way using shell backgrounding ( & ), but that often interleaved logs from multiple steps.
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