not-so-Infinite Codespaces
Use GitHub Codespaces as if there was no timeout
Disclaimer
Take into account that GitHub Codespaces is a paid feature. More information.
12h timeout
There's a 12h timeout I didin't take into account while developing this. Be aware that an instance will be shut down after 12h of use.
Set up
- Fork this repository
- Go to the Actions tab and disable
Infinite Codespaces Executor for option_id
(... > Disable workflow) - Go to Settings > Secrets > Actions and create:
CODESPACES_PAT
with the value of a Personal Access Token (Account settings > Developer settings > Personal access tokens > Legacy tokens) withworkflow
,read:org
andcodespace
scopes. Configure the SSO for the token if you are planning to use organization-owned codespaces.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
with the value of your private SSH key (your GitHub account's private pair). If you do not have a public key configured in your GitHub account, go to the SSH settings and import one.
- Go to the Codespaces settings and set
Default idle timeout
to 240 minutes.
Disable Codespace timeout
- Go to the Actions tab >
Infinite Codespaces Manager
- Click
Run workflow
and fill the form.
Self delete executor once the Codespace has been shut down
means that, if you manually shut down (or delete) the Codespaces instance, the Action will delete itself.