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2025 (11)

November (3)

github: New GitHub Actions OIDC token claims

GitHub

2025-11-13

GitHub Actions OIDC tokens now include a check_run_id claim, allowing workflows to present a run-specific identifier to external services. This change enables more fine-grained attribute-based access control and improved auditability for integrations.

github: Actions pull_request_target and environment branch protections changes

GitHub

2025-11-07

GitHub will change how Actions' pull_request_target and environment branch protection rules are evaluated for pull-request-related events, effective 2025-12-08, to reduce security-critical exposures.

github: New releases for GitHub Actions – November 2025

GitHub

2025-11-06

GitHub increased limits for reusable workflows in GitHub Actions (November 2025): workflows can now nest up to 10 reusable workflows and a single workflow run can call up to 50 workflows in total.

October (2)

github: Upcoming deprecation of CodeQL Action v3

GitHub

2025-10-28

GitHub released CodeQL Action v4 on October 7, 2025; v4 runs on the Node.js 24 runtime. CodeQL Action v3 will be deprecated at the same time as GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) 3.19.

github: Copilot coding agent now supports self-hosted runners

GitHub

2025-10-28

GitHub announced that Copilot coding agents can now run their development environment on self-hosted GitHub Actions runners managed by Actions Runner Controller (ARC), enabling teams to host agent workloads in their own infrastructure.

September (6)

github: New date for enforcement of cache eviction policy

GitHub

2025-09-29

GitHub is delaying enforcement of a new cache eviction policy for GitHub Actions from mid-October to November. The current per-repository cache limit remains 10 GB while the enforcement date is postponed.

github: Deprecation of Node 20 on GitHub Actions runners

GitHub

2025-09-19

GitHub has started deprecating Node 20 on GitHub Actions runners because Node 20 reaches end-of-life in April 2026. They plan to migrate all actions off Node 20 and communicated this on the GitHub Blog.

github: GitHub Actions: macOS 13 runner image is closing down

GitHub

2025-09-19

GitHub will retire the macOS 13 Actions runner image on December 4, 2025; jobs using macOS 13 will temporarily fail during a scheduled brownout beforehand to raise awareness.

github: Actions: YAML anchors and non-public workflow templates

GitHub

2025-09-18

GitHub Actions added support for YAML anchors and introduced non-public workflow templates, letting you reuse configuration across workflows and share templates privately.

github: Actions: macOS 26 image now in public preview

GitHub

2025-09-11

GitHub Actions now offers a macOS 26 runner image in public preview so developers can natively use the latest Xcode technology to build and test iOS apps in their workflow runs.

github: GitHub Actions: AI labeler and moderator with the GitHub Models inference API

GitHub

2025-09-05

GitHub has released two new GitHub Actions that utilize the GitHub Models inference API to assist open source maintainers. These include an AI assessment comment labeler to help streamline issue triage using trigger labels.