macOS Runners

[ChrisEdson]

Hi there -

Is it possible to support macOS runners using this module?

Technically, GitHub states that it is possible - and AWS also has mac instances that it can spin up.

Thanks!

[npalm]

Indeed, would be great to have support, hopefully the community can help. The catch is the way mac-os instances are billed.

[aheritier]

Do we have some people in the community who studied this topic ?
It's something we will look at in Q4 but not being alone might help cc @tdelaune
Effectively the main challenge is the cost management with the 24h reservation

Billing is per second, with a 24-hour minimum allocation period for the Dedicated Host to comply with the Apple macOS Software License Agreement.

It means that they shouldn't be ephemeral but shared instances which are running for several days in a raw.

I imagine that there are also some challenges to be sure that a user session is opened (starting the host is not enough with an ssh access and some tools require a session to be started).

Any other thing we should keep in mind?