How to get what the runner name is inside the github actions workflow?

Question

I have a github actions workflow which contains below snippets.

runs-on:
  - ubuntu-latest
  - some-self-hosted-runner

Is there a way to get the value of runner like ubuntu-latest or some-self-hosted-runner inside the workflow so that I can conditionally branch the steps using if, else blocks?

I did try to get runner.os. But it's not giving the expected output.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '23 at 08:11

You can use matrix for scenarios like this, such as having multiple runners, needing to run different combinations etc.

jobs:
  <job-name>:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, some-self-hosted-runner]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    steps:
      - name: check os
        run: echo ${{ matrix.os }}

How to get what the runner name is inside the github actions workflow?

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