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Support for autoscaling self-hosted github runners

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autoscaling enhancement Runner Feature
Dominant language
C#
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Description

Describe the enhancement
I'm looking for a way to put a self-hosted github runner into an autoscale group.

I've discussed with Github Support and they've explained that the tokens are only valid for one hour. That's problematic for an autoscale group because it means they will fail to bring up a runner an hour after I deploy the autoscale group. They recommended raising my issue here, I apologize if we've both missed an obvious solution for this.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing the self-hosted runner registration-token lifecycle and its autoscaling deployment path; done would require an agreed, supported way to provision runners beyond the token's one-hour validity.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, github
Domain
ci-cd, devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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