Feature Request: Schedule-based minRunners Configuration

[kahirokunn]

What would you like added?

I suggest enhancing the user experience by providing the ability to dynamically control minRunners based on the time of day and the day of the week, similar to cron syntax. This would allow users to adjust the minRunners parameter to suit their particular needs. For instance, from 9:00 to 18:00 on weekdays, one might want to set minRunners to 10. After business hours, where the workload is likely reduced, we could then set it to 0.

Why is this needed?

Currently, it seems that the minRunners setting is static and needs manual intervention to change. With dynamic settings, the system will be able to better adapt to differing workload patterns and would improve overall performance and efficiency.

Additional context

The proposed enhancement would be useful for organizations that have clear busy periods. This change could directly impact cost savings by allowing a reduction in resources during quiet periods, whilst still providing ample resources during busy periods. Furthermore, it could promote more effective use of resources and avoid resource waste.

[joshua-reddish]

This would be very helpful to my org as well! It is one of the greater obstacles to adopting RSS, as many teams are unwilling to give up the quicker pickup times from the ARC system.

[joneteus]

HorizontalRunnerAutoscaler already has scheduling options for minReplicas https://github.com/actions/actions-runner-controller/blob/master/docs/automatically-scaling-runners.md#scheduled-overrides

[rteeling-evernorth]

HorizontalRunnerAutoscaler already has scheduling options for minReplicas https://github.com/actions/actions-runner-controller/blob/master/docs/automatically-scaling-runners.md#scheduled-overrides

This is great, but not available on the newer com.github.actions runner. I get the feeling many would love to see this as a feature however. (myself included)

[gfrid]

HorizontalRunnerAutoscaler already has scheduling options for minReplicas https://github.com/actions/actions-runner-controller/blob/master/docs/automatically-scaling-runners.md#scheduled-overrides

This is great, but not available on the newer com.github.actions runner. I get the feeling many would love to see this as a feature however. (myself included)

was looking for that feature, would be great to have it back