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> GitHub Actions is completely free

I mean kinda? It's free for public repositories, but free doesn't mean free for anything. The use of GitHub actions, like most thing in life, has terms of service[1]. This use-case arguably breaks the term "for example, don't use Actions [...] as part of a serverless application". If you start using this for demos, you'd probably also be breaking "You may only access and use GitHub Actions to develop and test your application(s)".

It's up to GitHub if they choose to enforce any of these terms. I just want to point out that there are limits to "free".

[1]: https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-t...




yeah, you are right.

> for example, don't use Actions as a content delivery network or as part of a serverless application, but a low benefit Action could be ok if it’s also low burden

Just as the wesql article states, Use Cases is Not Recommended For:

- Long-term database hosting or production workloads. - Maintaining an always-on public database endpoint. - Circumventing GitHub Actions usage policies.




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