curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runners/10/labels' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "labels": [
    "example-labels"
  ]
}'

# PUT /orgs/{org}/actions/runners/{runner_id}/labels (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Set custom labels for a self-hosted runner for an organization

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runners/10/labels' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "labels": [
    "example-labels"
  ]
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| runner_id | path | integer | Yes | Unique identifier of the self-hosted runner. |
| labels | body | string[] | Yes | The names of the custom labels to set for the runner. You can pass an empty a... |

## Response example
{"total_count":0,"labels":[{"id":0,"name":"string","type":"read-only"}]}

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PUT

PUT /orgs/{org}/actions/runners/{runner_id}/labels — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Set custom labels for a self-hosted runner for an organization

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

Actions Try in browser→

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runners/10/labels' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "labels": [    "example-labels"  ]}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
runner_id	path	integer	Yes	Unique identifier of the self-hosted runner.
labels	body	string[]	Yes	The names of the custom labels to set for the runner. You can pass an empty array to remove all custom labels.

Response 200 OK

{
  "total_count": 0,
  "labels": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "type": "read-only"
    }
  ]
}

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