GitHub cuts hosted-runner prices and postpones the self-hosted Actions fee

Commercial transition

Previous stateHosted-runner list prices were higher and a self-hosted per-minute fee had been announced for March 2026.

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New stateHosted-runner rates fell; the planned self-hosted fee was paused pending re-evaluation.

Who is affected

GitHub Actions customers using hosted or self-hosted runners.

Action required

Recalculate hosted-runner costs and do not budget the postponed self-hosted charge as currently effective.

Evidence boundary

Public-repository usage and GHES were outside the proposed charge. The source does not state a replacement date for the postponed fee.

Connected NeoLinks intelligence

Related evidence across the network

Curated because the records share a publisher, platform, commercial model, control or procurement context. Each destination preserves its own evidence boundary.

SchemaTrace · same platform · runner enforcement

GitHub Actions self-hosted runner version enforcement

Pricing and runner-version enforcement are separate decisions; this linked record preserves the staged technical cutoff.

SchemaTrace · same platform · JavaScript runtime

GitHub Actions moves JavaScript actions to Node.js 24

Runner economics do not establish runtime compatibility; SchemaTrace tracks the separate Node.js default transition.

Timeline

16 Dec 2025
Commercial change documented
GitHub proceeded with hosted-runner price reductions of up to 39% from 1 January 2026 but postponed the announced self-hosted cloud-platform charge.
1 Jan 2026
Effective milestone
Hosted-runner rates fell; the planned self-hosted fee was paused pending re-evaluation.

Official sources

Update to GitHub Actions pricingGitHub Changelog · 2025-12-16 · Official product, pricing or policy source