Description

There are existing issues calling out that GitHub actions can run out of space. An open example can be seen here
#10386

The solutions that users are coming up with involve removing packages from the runner.

The alternative option would be to provide a minimal image - for example https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Minimal.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Image version and build link

Runner version: '2.317.0'
But could apply to any versions

Is it regression?

Based on the job the action is performing.

Expected behavior

Support for a smaller runner image that frees up more space on standard runners
Something like runs-on: ubuntu-minimal

Actual behavior

Currently unavailable to select anything other than full-size ubuntu

Repro steps

Create a GitHub Action.
Note the limited selection from https://github.com/actions/runner-images?tab=readme-ov-file#available-images