Node.js Connection Check

What is this check for?

Make sure the built-in node.js has access to GitHub.com or GitHub Enterprise Server.

The runner carries its own copies of node.js executables under <runner_root>/externals/node20/ and <runner_root>/externals/node24/.

All javascript base Actions will get executed by the built-in node at either <runner_root>/externals/node20/ or <runner_root>/externals/node24/ depending on the version specified in the action's metadata.

Not the node from $PATH

What is checked?

Make HTTPS GET to https://api.github.com or https://myGHES.com/api/v3 using node.js, make sure it gets 200 response code.

How to fix the issue?

1. Check the common network issue

Please check the network doc

If you are seeing Https request failed due to SSL cert issue in the log, it means the node.js can't connect to the GitHub server due to SSL handshake failure.

Please check the SSL cert doc

Still not working?

Contact GitHub customer service or log an issue at https://github.com/actions/runner if you think it's a runner issue.

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