Arm-based hosted runners are coming to GitHub Actions! 🚢

[Akash1134]

Accelerate your CI/CD with Arm-based hosted runners in GitHub Actions

GitHub is introducing new capabilities that use Arm architecture to boost software development speed. These integrated runners, powered by Arm-based Ampere Altra processors, seamlessly work with GitHub Actions. They benefit developers across automotive, IoT, and industrial sectors. These enhancements also promote sustainability and cost efficiency while reducing carbon footprints. The Arm-based GitHub-hosted runners are set to enter private beta in January 2024.

For more details, see the detailed changelog post.

Interested? Click here to join the waitlist for the private beta. 🚀

[mpriscella]

I tried signing up for the private beta waitlist last night and this morning, but the form is failing validation on submit.

Any help would be appreciated, I've been looking forward to Arm-based hosted runners for a while now!

[Akash1134]

Hi @mpriscella , Thanks for reporting this and sorry about the hassle. I have raised this to my team internally and will update you with the next steps soon.

[Akash1134]

Hi @mpriscella , this was an issue with validation on the backend that we've already fixed. Even when the form errored out - it might've still recorded your submission. But we want to ensure you're on the waitlist. Could you please fill in the form again and let us know if it works now? Thanks!

[mpriscella]

Great, thank you! I was able to sign up successfully and am looking forward to hearing more about the beta.

[air3ijai]

From the waitlist pages

What kind of subscription do I need to access these runners?

These runners are available to those using the Team or Enterprise Cloud plans.

Is there any plans to extend ARM runners support for free subscriptions public repositories?

[James-Mart]

I joined the waitlist a while ago, and haven't heard anything.

1. Did the private Beta start in January as planned?
2. How long should I expect to wait before I'm invited to participate in the Beta? Our team will greatly benefit from the arm runners.

[flammino]

following

[terusaku]

I submitted the waitlist last year on my Organization, but recieved nothing.
I want GitHub to update this status.

Is there anyone use Arm-based GitHub-hosted runners ?

[cristianrat]

I also didn't get a confirmation. We'll just have to wait and see.
in the meantime, I'm using dockerx building for arm (WITH caching, otherwise it's soooo slow)

[terusaku]

Yes, now I also used cache, setup-buildx-action and docker/setup-qemu-action.

But if no cached, Nuxt app of production mode consumed 1h20m for build.
I turned linux/amd64 of CPU architecture, then build time shrinked to 3m...

Until the day comes, I'll use linux/amd64 build.

[air3ijai]

Now we are using runs-on: buildjet-4vcpu-ubuntu-2204-arm as a straight-forward replacement for ARM, but we are limited to the Linux OS only runners - waiting for a native Linux/Windows ARM ones.

[air3ijai]

GitHub Actions: Arm based hosted runners for OSS #970

[air3ijai]

https://github.blog/changelog/2024-06-03-actions-arm-based-linux-and-windows-runners-are-now-in-public-beta

Arm runners are available to customers on our Team and Enterprise Cloud plans. We expect to begin offering Arm runners for open source and personal accounts by the end of the year.