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Satsuma Engineering · Monday, 2 November 2026

The lab

GitHub Actions budget already at $0, so nothing changed

GitHub sets a spending budget for each paid extra on an account. GitHub Actions, the service that runs automated tests when code changes, is one of them. A check was made to set this budget to $0. Nothing needed changing: the GitHub Actions budget is already $0, with "stop at limit" on. A task scheduled in a desktop app had already reset it, and the Codespaces, Packages and Git LFS budgets are at $0 too.

One decision came out of the check: if Satsuma's live updates need a code change while the budget stays at $0, the tests run locally and the update reports that CI did not run. Still open: CI on the private repositories may not start while the budget is $0.

explored
  • Checked the GitHub Actions budget setting against the requested $0
decided
  • If Satsuma's live updates need a code change while the budget stays at $0, the tests run locally and the update reports that CI did not run
open
  • CI on the private repositories may not start while the budget is $0

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