RunnerTray 0.9.9

0.9.9 (beta)

First stable release.

Sign in

• Sign in with GitHub button: copy a code, approve on github.com, done. No terminal, no token to create.
• Uses the RunnerTray GitHub App with read-only permissions (Actions, Metadata, Self-hosted runners).
• Tokens are kept in Windows Credential Manager and refreshed silently for up to 6 months.
• The GitHub CLI login and GITHUB_TOKEN still work.

Reliable and light on the GitHub API

• One request at a time, as GitHub recommends (0.1.0 sent them in parallel).
• Conditional requests with ETags: unchanged data costs no rate limit.
• Waits for GitHub's rate limits and backs off on errors instead of retrying at once.
• Refreshes every 15 seconds while runs are active, less often when quiet, and pauses while the screen is locked.
• Refreshes at once after unlock, wake from sleep, and when the network comes back.
• Shows the last good data, marked with its time, when GitHub cannot be reached.
• Clear messages with an action for every problem: sign in, install, offline, rate limit, GitHub outage, broken settings.
• Errors never close the app; details go to a log (%LOCALAPPDATA%\RunnerTray-data\logs).

New windows

• Settings window (no more editing JSON by hand; the file still works and reloads automatically).
• Diagnostics window: token source, rate limit, requests, cache hits, recent errors, copy for bug reports.

Install and updates

• RunnerTray-win-Setup.exe installs per user (no administrator rights) and updates itself from GitHub Releases.
• RunnerTray-win-Portable.zip for use without installing; it updates itself too.
• Uninstalling removes the saved sign-in, the Start with Windows entry, and the cache.

Accessibility

• Checked with Axe.Windows (0 errors) and Windows UI Automation tests on every build.
• Screen readers announce banners and sign-in progress.

RunnerTray v0.1.0

Superseded by 0.9.9. This early preview does not update itself; download the current version from https://runnertray.wx8.org/download.