curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/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 /repos/{owner}/{repo}/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 a repository

## 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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| owner | path | string | Yes | The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| repo | path | string | Yes | The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case... |
| 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 /repos/{owner}/{repo}/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 a repository

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

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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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/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
owner	path	string	Yes	The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo	path	string	Yes	The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. 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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