mxschmitt/action-tmate

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Debug your GitHub Actions via SSH by using tmate to get access to the runner system itself.

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Dominant language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 13, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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35 open issues indexed

Can't run Github CLI on tmate Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#245 · Opened Jul 22, 2026
Using vim in windows-latest Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#234 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 25, 2025
web shell: service unavailable Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#232 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 7, 2025
Error : not found Open

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mxschmitt/action-tmate#230 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 30, 2025
"Invalid session token" when connecting to Windows Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#229 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Make SSH Notice Annotations Appear Only Once Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#228 · Opened May 22, 2025
It would be good to be able to set a timeout for detached Post Actions Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#227 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened May 21, 2025
Cannot connect to tmate worker with no apparent error Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#222 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 30, 2025
Support new runner architecture: windows-11-arm Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#216 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Apr 14, 2025
`getLinuxDistro` returns unknown on EC2 runner Open

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mxschmitt/action-tmate#210 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 5, 2024
Install tmate from package repository Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#209 · Opened Nov 21, 2024
tmate inaccesible b/c no support for modern NIST ssh algos Open

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mxschmitt/action-tmate#208 · Opened Nov 20, 2024
Cannot connect Open

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mxschmitt/action-tmate#204 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Sep 27, 2024
tmate fails to connect Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#203 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 26, 2024
feature request: `limit-access-to-actors` Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#202 · Opened Aug 30, 2024
Confused Tags Open

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mxschmitt/action-tmate#199 · Opened Aug 16, 2024
Detached mode didn't work Open

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mxschmitt/action-tmate#195 · Opened May 25, 2024
[Feature] limit-access-to-code-owner Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#190 · Opened May 4, 2024
tmate disconnects after 40 minutes Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#184 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 8, 2023
longer timeout in tmate startup... hard to copy/paste before scroll makes it start over. Open

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mxschmitt/action-tmate#181 · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 5, 2023
[BUG] overwrites the authorized_keys file in self-hosted gh runner Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#177 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 2, 2023
Using a `sk-ssh-ed25519` key doesn;t work Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#176 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 28, 2023
Doesn't seem to work anymore since github is not showling live logs Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#174 · 7 comments · Opened Sep 10, 2023
Doesn't seem to work with sudo false Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#168 · Opened Jul 12, 2023
[Question] Is there an "easy" way to run a third party action inside a tmate session? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#165 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 6, 2023
action-tmate job hands for a long time before running Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#164 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 8, 2023
Don't get connection url only ssh Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#163 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 3, 2023
Proxy configuration for the GitHub self-hosted runner Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#159 · Opened Apr 11, 2023
Support working-directory Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#141 · Opened Nov 9, 2022
feature suggestion: support passing in multiple github usernames for authorization Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#136 · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 8, 2022
Timeout When Not Connected Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#133 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Sep 21, 2022
Suggestion: default limit-access-to-actor to true Open

enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#124 · 2 comments · 13 reactions · Opened Jul 10, 2022
documentation on how to run ssh for only job in a matrix Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#121 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 30, 2022
Continue running the workflow *AND* keep session open Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#114 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 11, 2022
forced termination of actions Open

triaging

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

mxschmitt/action-tmate#99 · 9 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Nov 6, 2021

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