BREAKING: GitHub Runner Pages Experiencing Intermittent Failures

GitHub Actions runner group and permissions pages are down. Immediate workarounds and status inside.

What's Down

GitHub is currently experiencing intermittent failures affecting:

Runner group management pages - Unable to access or modify runner groups

Runner-related permissions pages - Issues viewing and configuring runner permissions

Related Actions settings - Potential cascading issues with Actions configuration

This primarily impacts users managing self-hosted runners and their associated permissions. Public GitHub Actions workflows using GitHub-hosted runners appear unaffected at this time.

How to Check If You're Affected

1. Navigate to your repository's Settings → Actions → Runners 2. Try accessing Settings → Actions → Runner groups (organization level) 3. Attempt to modify any runner permissions or group configurations 4. If you receive timeout errors, blank pages, or 500-level errors, you're affected 5. Check [GitHub's status page](https://www.githubstatus.com) for official confirmation

Immediate Workarounds

For Urgent Runner Changes:

Use GitHub CLI (gh) commands instead of the web interface:

```bash gh api repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/runners ```

Access runner management via GraphQL API directly if CLI is unavailable

Contact GitHub Support directly for time-sensitive runner configuration changes

For Workflow Continuity:

Existing workflows with registered runners will likely continue executing

Only *new* runner assignments or permission changes may be blocked

Re-queue failed jobs if they failed due to runner unavailability

Consider using GitHub-hosted runners as a temporary alternative for critical workflows

For Access Control Issues:

Document any pending permission changes in a checklist

Queue changes in your ticketing system for implementation once service restores

Notify team members of delayed runner permission updates

What's Still Working

Public and private repository access

GitHub-hosted runner execution

Workflow runs on existing configurations

Repository settings (non-Actions related)

Pull requests, issues, and general Git operations

Alternatives & Next Steps

Short-term:

Use GitHub-hosted runners (ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest) instead of self-hosted runners if possible

Defer non-critical runner configuration changes

Use GitHub CLI or API for essential changes

Monitoring:

Subscribe to updates at [github.com/status](https://www.githubstatus.com)

Check your email for GitHub incident notifications

Monitor this incident report for updates

Timeline

Detection: Intermittent failures reported on Actions runner pages

Impact: Runner group management and permissions unavailable

Status: GitHub investigating and monitoring

Important Notes

This incident affects *management and visibility* of runners, but existing runner jobs may continue executing. If you absolutely need to access runner settings, GitHub's support team may be able to provide temporary assistance.

We will update this report as GitHub provides status updates. Check back for ETA on full restoration.

For questions or to report additional issues, reply with your affected components.