Using “Requested labels: windows-11-arm64” and then it’s endless waiting for “Waiting for a runner to pick up this job...”

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Hi there, I begin my workflow file with this: name: build-arm64

on:
workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
build-windows-arm64:
# Use native Windows ARM64 runner
runs-on: windows-11-arm64
defaults:
run:
shell: msys2 {0}

steps……

But unfortunately, it got stuck at “Waiting for a runner to pick up this job...” for more than eight hours. I do check the documentation, and it seems that ARM64 Windows instances are already available, though in preview mode? Is there any bug or policy change related to ARM64 here, if I may know?

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Sounds like the runner just needs a little more time or a manual restart sometimes those preview ARM64 Windows runners can be flaky. Meanwhile, I’d GET PETTIN my cat and hope it clears up!

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