---
title: "GitHub Actions: self-hosted runner minimum versions enforced from September 29, 2026: 2026-09-29 | Harbyn"
description: "GitHub Actions: self-hosted runner minimum versions enforced from September 29, 2026, effective Sep 29, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-09-28-self-hosted-runner-version-enforcement-date-has-moved"
last-updated: 2026-09-29
---

# GitHub Actions: self-hosted runner minimum versions enforced from September 29, 2026

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/github/2026-09-28-self-hosted-runner-version-enforcement-date-has-moved>.

Retirement - GitHub. high severity. In effect.

Full enforcement of the self-hosted runner minimum versions on GitHub Enterprise Cloud now begins September 29, 2026: runners below 2.329.0 can't register or reregister, and runners below the higher job-execution minimum stop running jobs. Upgrade before then; GitHub Enterprise Server is not affected.

The deadline passed on Sep 29, 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [GitHub](https://harbyn.com/vendors/github.md) |
| Kind | Retirement |
| Severity | high |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 28, 2026 |
| Effective | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Lead time | Added on the day of the deadline |
| Vendor page | <https://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-28-self-hosted-runner-version-enforcement-date-has-moved> |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a deterministic parser |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses GitHub, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://github.blog/changelog/feed/> (changelog, fetched 2026-09-29 02:31 UTC, sha256 `bdb9edf05ef5b749cc6506cc79b625fa78656db39ff698c70dc7148e475b030e`)

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