More control over your GitHub-hosted runners
UpdateVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026
Organizations now have more control over who can use GitHub-hosted runners in Actions. Admins can now disable the standard labels for hosted runners such as ubuntu-latest , as well as add macOS runners to runner groups.
Topics: Governance, Security, Pricing, Observability
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