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2026 (12)

March (5)

github: View Agentic Workflow configs in the Actions run summary

GitHub

2026-03-26

GitHub Actions run summaries now show Agentic Workflow markdown configs for agentic workflows. This makes it easier to review runs without leaving the summary page.

github: Custom images for GitHub-hosted runners are now generally available

GitHub

2026-03-26

Custom images for GitHub-hosted runners are now generally available. The feature, first released in public preview in October 2025, lets users build on GitHub-curated base images for hosted runners.

github: Ask @copilot to make changes to any pull request

GitHub

2026-03-24

GitHub now lets you mention @copilot in any pull request to request changes directly in the PR. One announced use case is fixing failing GitHub Actions workflows and tests.

github: GitHub Actions: Late March 2026 updates

GitHub

2026-03-19

GitHub Actions added support for time zones in scheduled workflows and the ability to use environments without automatic deployments. This release focuses on removing a couple of workflow configuration limitations.

github: Actions Runner Controller release 0.14.0

GitHub

2026-03-19

Actions Runner Controller (ARC) 0.14.0 is generally available. The release adds multilabel support for runner scale sets, switches to the actions/scaleset library client, and introduces resource customization options.

February (7)

github: GitHub Actions now supports uploading and downloading non-zipped artifacts

GitHub

2026-02-26

GitHub Actions artifacts can now be uploaded and downloaded without automatic ZIP compression in workflows.

github: macos-26 is now generally available for GitHub-hosted runners

GitHub

2026-02-26

GitHub Actions’ macOS 26 runner image is now generally available for GitHub-hosted runners, moving out of public preview.

github: Workflow dispatch API now returns run IDs

GitHub

2026-02-19

GitHub’s Actions workflow dispatch API can now optionally return response metadata, including workflow run IDs, to help correlate a dispatch request with the resulting run.

github: Use Copilot coding agent with Windows projects

GitHub

2026-02-18

Copilot coding agent can now be used with Windows projects, running tasks asynchronously in a GitHub Actions-powered development environment.

github: Network configuration changes for Copilot coding agent

GitHub

2026-02-13

GitHub announced upcoming network configuration changes for Copilot coding agent, which runs background tasks in its own GitHub Actions-powered environment.

github: GitHub Actions: Self-hosted runner minimum version enforcement extended

GitHub

2026-02-05

GitHub extended the deadline for configuration-time minimum version enforcement for self-hosted Actions runners by one week.

github: GitHub Actions: Early February 2026 updates

GitHub

2026-02-05

GitHub Actions’ early February 2026 update adds custom runner autoscaling, broadens security controls to all users, and provides early access to new Windows and macOS runner images.