curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runner-groups/10' \
  -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 '{
  "name": "example-name"
}'

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

> Update a self-hosted runner group 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 PATCH 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runner-groups/10' \
  -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 '{
  "name": "example-name"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| runner_group_id | path | integer | Yes | Unique identifier of the self-hosted runner group. |
| name | body | string | Yes | Name of the runner group. |
| visibility | body | string | No | Visibility of a runner group. You can select all repositories, select individ... |
| allows_public_repositories | body | boolean | No | Whether the runner group can be used by `public` repositories. |
| restricted_to_workflows | body | boolean | No | If `true`, the runner group will be restricted to running only the workflows... |
| selected_workflows | body | string[] | No | List of workflows the runner group should be allowed to run. This setting wil... |
| network_configuration_id | body | string | No | The identifier of a hosted compute network configuration. |

## Response example
{"id":0,"name":"string"}

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PATCH /orgs/{org}/actions/runner-groups/{runner_group_id} — GitHub API

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GitHub API

Update a self-hosted runner group for an organization

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 PATCH 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/runner-groups/10' \  -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 '{  "name": "example-name"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
runner_group_id	path	integer	Yes	Unique identifier of the self-hosted runner group.
name	body	string	Yes	Name of the runner group.
visibility	body	string	No	Visibility of a runner group. You can select all repositories, select individual repositories, or all private repositories.
allows_public_repositories	body	boolean	No	Whether the runner group can be used by `public` repositories.
restricted_to_workflows	body	boolean	No	If `true`, the runner group will be restricted to running only the workflows specified in the `selected_workflows` array.
selected_workflows	body	string[]	No	List of workflows the runner group should be allowed to run. This setting will be ignored unless `restricted_to_workflows` is set to `true`.
network_configuration_id	body	string	No	The identifier of a hosted compute network configuration.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "visibility": "string",
  "default": true,
  "selected_repositories_url": "string",
  "runners_url": "string",
  "hosted_runners_url": "string",
  "network_configuration_id": "string",
  "inherited": true,
  "inherited_allows_public_repositories": true,
  "allows_public_repositories": true,
  "workflow_restrictions_read_only": false,
  "restricted_to_workflows": false,
  "selected_workflows": [
    "octo-org/octo-repo/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml@main"
  ]
}

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