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GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 18, 2026
Enterprise team using self-hosted GitHub Actions runners finds REST API returning stale busy=false state while actual job execution confirms busy=true — causes scheduling conflicts and wasted capacity allocation Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
/runners REST API reports busy: false for a self-hosted runner that is actively executing a job (broker says busy, REST says idle) GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 18, 2026
After automatic GitHub Actions runner update, the runsvc.sh executable becomes empty (0 bytes), causing runner service to fail to start and halting all CI builds on affected machines Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
bin.<version>/runsvc.sh sometimes lands as 0 bytes after auto-update from 2.328.0 → 2.334.0 GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 18, 2026
Fix Permission Denied (403 Forbidden) errors when declaring explicit permissions causes all other permissions to default to none, breaking checkout and Docker push steps Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
Resource not accessible by integration (HTTP 403) — checkout step fails after adding explicit permissions block missing contents: read GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 18, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions token leakage into CI logs caused by Composer's old regex rejecting new GITHUB_TOKEN format with hyphens Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
GitHub OAuth token contains invalid characters — Composer rejects GITHUB_TOKEN due to hyphen regex miss, exposing plaintext tokens in job logs GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 17, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions workflow blocked by missing GITHUB_TOKEN permissions, especially after org-level default permission policies changed; need minimal-permission configuration. Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
permission denied: resource protected by organization policy, workflow requires contents:write permission GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 17, 2026
Debug and resolve GitHub Actions workflow failures where multiple checkout actions conflict without producing clear error messages, blocking CI/CD pipelines. Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
Multiple GitHub Actions checkout steps failing with silent conflicts; actions/checkout unable to resolve conflicting working tree state GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 17, 2026
Fix ESM action crashes after @actions/glob v0.7.0 upgrade — broken import of Minimatch named export Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
SyntaxError: The requested module 'minimatch' does not provide an export named 'Minimatch' (in @actions/glob v0.7.0) GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 16, 2026
Fix or work around GitHub Actions job timeout limits for long-running CI/CD pipelines, especially Windows runner builds and large ETL jobs Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
Job timed out after 36 hours — GitHub Actions free tier limit exceeded GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 16, 2026
GitHub Actions job fails when trying to interact with PRs despite having pull-requests permission. Developer needs granular permission fixes for workflow secrets and OIDC tokens Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
Job fails despite pull-requests: write permission in workflow — permission denied commenting on PR GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 16, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions workflow_run using stale/wrong commit SHA after workflow file changes or deletion Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
GitHub Actions workflow_run trigger keeps firing with old commit SHA even after workflow file is deleted — checks out wrong commit instead of latest GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 16, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions azure/login@v2 failing with 'No subscriptions found' when using Azure Student Subscription service principal Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
Error: No subscriptions found for ***. — Error: Login failed with Error: The process '/usr/bin/az' failed with exit code 1 GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 16, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions self-hosted runner stuck in busy state after workflow instance not found error Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
Self-hosted Worker hangs holding runner slot after CompleteJobAsync hits 'workflow instance not found' GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 16, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions self-hosted runner REST API returning stale busy state, causing auto-scaler to terminate running jobs Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runners/{id} returns busy:false while runner is actively executing a job with valid lease GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 15, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions Docker credential save failure caused by permission denied on /github directory Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
Error saving credentials: mkdir /github: permission denied GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 15, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions workflow failure on self-hosted runners where node binary is not found Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory — Error: Process completed with exit code 127 GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 15, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions OIDC token request failure blocking cloud deployments via workload identity federation Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
Error: Error: OIDC token request failed with error: The service URL is not correct. (GitHub Actions workflow identity federation) GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 15, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions self-hosted runner being terminated mid-job by auto-scaler due to incorrect busy state Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
REST API GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runners/{runner_id} returns busy: false while runner is actively executing a job GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 15, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions self-hosted runner 502 error on registration token endpoint ephemeral runners failing Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
502 Bad Gateway from registration token endpoint — ephemeral runners fail to register and die GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 15, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions self-hosted runner registration 502 errors during autoscaler bursts Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runners/registration-token returns 502 Bad Gateway under concurrent requests GitHub Actions GitHub Actions Updated May 15, 2026
Fix GitHub Actions self-hosted runner showing busy:false while actually executing jobs Includes evidence for GitHub Actions troubleshooting demand.
/runners REST API reports busy: false for self-hosted runner actively executing job