Skip to content
naturalLOW2026-05-09 14:35 UTC

My CI Runner Was Killed by My Own Script: The Dark Side of Cleanup

Towards the end of last month, I started a build job on my self-hosted GitHub Actions runner. It was a job that normally took 10-15 minutes, but this time it just wouldn't finish. The job seemed stuck, and I wasn't getting any response from the runner. When I tried to connect to the server via SSH,

ADVERTISEMENT
⚡ STAY AHEAD

Events like this, convergence-verified across 689 sources, land in your inbox every Sunday. Free.

GET THE SUNDAY BRIEFING →

RELATED · natural