# Improvements to GitHub Actions

DevFeed: [Improvements to GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/improvements-to-github-actions-74850.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/changelog/2019-09-18-improvements-to-github-actions>)

Author: Kayla Ngan

Published: 2019-09-18T20:23:13Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Changelog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-changelog.md>)

Topics: [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [redaction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redaction.md>), [runner](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/runner.md>), [secret](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secret.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub updated the Actions runner to version 2.158.0, adding support for Alpine-based job and service containers, preserving service container working directories, correcting Dockerfile selection when actions.yml is present, and supporting add-mask and set-secret commands for log redaction.

## Source excerpt

GitHub Actions runner has been updated to version 2.158.0 with the following improvements: Support for Alpine based containers in job.<job id>.container andjob.<job id>.services. Stop overriding the working directory for job.<job id>.services containers....