GitHub Models is now retired

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GitHub Models is retired, affecting GitHub Actions, and you need to update your workflows

intermediate Published 9 Aug 2026
Action Steps
  1. Check your GitHub Actions workflows for dependencies on GitHub Models
  2. Update your workflows to use alternative models or services
  3. Test your updated workflows to ensure they run successfully
  4. Explore other machine learning model hosting options
  5. Configure your repository settings to reflect the retirement of GitHub Models
Who Needs to Know This

Developers and DevOps teams using GitHub Actions and GitHub Models need to adapt to this change to ensure continuous integration and deployment

Key Insight

💡 GitHub Models retirement affects GitHub Actions, so update your workflows to use alternative models or services

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🚨 GitHub Models is retired! 🚨 Update your GitHub Actions workflows now to avoid disruptions

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GitHub Models is now retired I missed this news until today, when the GitHub Actions run for my simonw/research repository failed with this error message: GitHub Models is temporarily unavailable as part of a scheduled retirement brownout. That message is already stale, because the retirement has bee
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