# Running GitHub Actions through Temporal: A complete guide

DevFeed: [Running GitHub Actions through Temporal: A complete guide](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/running-github-actions-through-temporal-a-complete-guide-35966.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/running-github-actions-temporal-guide>)

Author: Lily Baginski Doar

Published: 2025-08-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

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

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reliability.md>), [retry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retry.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to using Temporal as a durable orchestration layer for GitHub Actions. It covers GitHub App authentication, dispatch ID tracking, Temporal Workflows and Activities, retries, long-polling with heartbeats, and production testing for more observable and recoverable CI/CD pipelines.

## Source excerpt

If you're trying to figure out how to run GitHub Actions through Temporal, our software engineers will walk you through it.