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GitHub Changelog: Copilot Workspace, Actions Matrix Scaler & Security Overview v3
Aug 2026 • Official GitHub Update
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# GitHub Actions: Scale Sets with Ephemeral Runners
name
:
Scale-CI-Pipeline
on
: [pull_request]
jobs
:
build
:
runs-on
:
ubuntu-latest-4core-ephemeral
steps
:
-
uses
:
actions/checkout@v4
-
run
:
npm ci && npm test
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