Dependabot pull requests jobs are now available to run on self hosted GitHub Actions runners

Previously, developers who used private registries to host their packages on internal networks could not use Dependabot to update the versions of those packages in their code.

With this change, users can choose to run Dependabot pull request jobs on their private networks with self-hosted GitHub Actions runners, allowing Dependabot to access on-premises private registries and update those packages.

A prerequisite for enabling self-hosted runners includes enabling GitHub Actions for the repositories of interest. It’s important to note that running Dependabot does not count towards GitHub Actions minutes – meaning that using Dependabot continues to be free for everyone.

To get started, check out our documentation on managing self-hosted runners with Dependabot Updates.

If you’re interested in learning more about what it means to run Dependabot as a GitHub Actions workflow, check out our changelog and FAQ or Dependabot on Actions documentation.

Artifact Attestations public beta

Create a tamper-proof papertrail for anything you build on Actions

Artifact Attestations lets you sign builds in GitHub Actions, capturing provenance information about the artifact and making it verifiable from anywhere. There are no keys or PKI to manage, and verification happens with the GitHub CLI tool. The solution is based on Sigstore, an open source project that simplifies signing for software artifacts.

To add provenance to a GitHub Actions workflow, you just need to invoke the new attest-build-provenance Action with the path to an artifact. Here’s a simple example:

permissions:
  id-token: write
  contents: read
  attestations: write

#
# (build your artifact)
#

- name: Generate artifact attestation
  uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@v1
  with:
    subject-path: 'PATH/TO/ARTIFACT'

Then verify it with the CLI tool:

gh attestation verify PATH/TO/ARTIFACT -o myorganization

To learn more check out the blog and join the discussion in the GitHub Community.

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