objects.githubusercontent.com

[ghefler]

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Hi,

I'm trying to find more information regarding the purpose objects.githubusercontent.com without much success, my only clue is that it's used in self hosted agents?

does anyone else has more info on its purpose? I understand that raw.githubusercontent.com is used to deliver unprocessed versions of files hosted in a repo.

If anyone has further information that would be deeply appreciated!

Thanks

[the-officialjosh]

I can provide some information regarding the purpose of objects.githubusercontent.com. This domain is indeed used by self-hosted agents in GitHub workflows. It serves as a storage location for certain artefacts and objects that are required during the execution of workflows. When using self-hosted agents, GitHub needs a reliable way to distribute files and data to those agents. objects.githubusercontent.com acts as a content delivery network (CDN) for delivering necessary resources to self-hosted agents, ensuring efficient and reliable access to artefacts and objects needed for the workflows to run successfully. While raw.githubusercontent.com is commonly used to access raw versions of files in a repository, objects.githubusercontent.com focuses specifically on providing resources for self-hosted agents. If anyone has additional insights or more detailed information on the purpose of objects.githubusercontent.com, it would be great to hear from them. I hope this helps clarify the role and purpose of objects.githubusercontent.com in GitHub workflows. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask!

[ghefler]

thanks @the-officialjosh! is there any GitHub documentation to support on this (beyond the link I posted)?

[the-officialjosh]

I had help from going through these. They might not be very helpful but you could look at them - Github Issue
Stack Overflow
Intellipaat

[Samit4s]

hi