Self-hosted GitHub Actions runners on Lambda MicroVMs

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I was curious if I can use new Lambda MicroVMs as self-hosted GitHub Runners. On paper, they are super nice: It's cheaper: GHA-hosted is $0.005 / min (2 vCPU), MicroVMs ~$0.0042 / min, and no minimum 60-second commitment as with GHA-hosted. It can run longer: GHA-hosted max 6 hours, MicroVMs max 8 hours It starts in a few seconds, compared to whichever other serverless solution built on top of ECS It scales to 0, or rather, it only runs

Published 1 Jul 2026
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