GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners

#1

Post by ozgune » Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 7:22 AM UTC

GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners
theregister.com

Re: GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners

#2

Post by ChrisArchitect » Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 7:24 AM UTC

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46304379

Re: GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners

#3

Post by ZuoCen_Liu » Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 7:30 AM UTC

Charging for self-hosted runners was always a strategic misalignment. The primary reason teams use self-hosted is not to save money, but for security (VPC access) and specialized hardware (GPUs/ARM). Adding a tax on infrastructure that GitHub doesn't even provide or maintain felt like double-dipping. Glad to see they realized this before eroding more developer trust

Re: GitHub walks back plan to charge for self-hosted runners

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Post by jjgreen » Thu, Dec 18, 2025, 9:31 AM UTC

ZuoCen_Liu wrote: post #3

Charging for self-hosted runners was always a strategic misalignment. The primary reason teams use self-hosted is not to save money, but for security (VPC access) and specialized hardware (GPUs/ARM). Adding a tax on infrastructure that GitHub doesn't even provide or maintain felt like double-dipping. Glad to see they realized this before eroding more developer trust

Postponed, not abandoned.