How do GitHub-hosted runners compare to self-hosted runners? When is self-hosting required?

Q: How do GitHub-hosted runners compare to self-hosted runners? When is self-hosting required?

> * **GitHub-hosted runners**: Virtual machines managed by GitHub (Azure VMs under the hood). They are clean, isolated, and provisioned on-demand, but have execution limits and cannot easily access resources inside private corporate VPCs. * **Self-Hosted runners**: Servers or containers you provision, manage, and pay for yourself. They can run on-premises or in your private VPC, allowing direct access to internal databases and APIs, and support custom hardware specs and persistent build c

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GitHub-hosted runners: Virtual machines managed by GitHub (Azure VMs under the hood). They are clean, isolated, and provisioned on-demand, but have execution limits and cannot easily access resources inside private corporate VPCs.
Self-Hosted runners: Servers or containers you provision, manage, and pay for yourself. They can run on-premises or in your private VPC, allowing direct access to internal databases and APIs, and support custom hardware specs and persistent build caching.

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