# Actions Larger Runner Jobs for some customers may be slow to start

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- Publisher: GitHub Status
- Category: IT
- Original publication time: 2026-09-14T19:35:48Z
- First observed by NexusTechWire: 2026-10-01T20:28:48Z
- Original source: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/kzh5j0mt7qwc
- NexusTechWire record: https://nexustechwire.com/news/news-e202ba206f3cc232b71b

## The brief

GitHub traced slow starts for Actions larger-runner jobs on September 14, 2026, to a provisioning bug exposed during a capacity expansion. It says 5.7% of those jobs were affected between 16:10 and 19:01 UTC because new runners could not be created quickly enough. GitHub corrected capacity records to restore provisioning, fixed the underlying selection bug and added alerts. The incident is resolved.

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Read the full original: [GitHub Status](https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/kzh5j0mt7qwc)

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