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A terminal window showing the verbatim changelog entry for GitHub Actions layered custom runner images: build custom images on top of other custom images

Build Custom GitHub Actions Runner Images in Layers

GitHub Actions larger runners can now build a custom image on top of another custom image, plus conditional snapshot: generation for image versions.

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A dark comparison-matrix style cover listing GitHub Actions' summer 2026 changes across three groups: security (checkout defaults, cache tokens, execution allow-lists), infrastructure (self-hosted runner floor, runner groups, layered images), and new syntax ($/ same-repo actions, parallel steps, agentic workflows)

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GitHub Actions' Summer 2026 Overhaul: Full Guide

GitHub shipped 10 Actions changes across June-July 2026: one breaking checkout default, a runner version cutoff, new security controls, and new syntax.

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A terminal window showing the GitHub Actions self-hosted runner minimum version requirement: the runner must be on version 2.329.0 or later

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GitHub Actions: Upgrade Self-Hosted Runners by Jul 31

GitHub now enforces a minimum self-hosted runner version (2.329.0+) with brownout windows before full enforcement. Check your version before jobs stop running.

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A terminal window showing the verbatim changelog entry for GitHub-hosted runner group controls: disable the standard labels for hosted runners such as ubuntu-latest

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Restrict GitHub-Hosted Runners to Named Runner Groups

GitHub Team and Enterprise plans can disable standard runner labels like ubuntu-latest org-wide and force workflows through named runner groups instead.

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