Before I rant about GitHub Actions, I'd like to set the context on where this dissatisfaction comes from. My team consists of about 15 engineers constantly pushing to the main branch. Our code lives in a monorepo split per module, which, through trunk based development, gets deployed multiple times a day.

I want to emphasize that your mileage may vary. There will be folks who say GitHub Actions are great (I also use them for smaller projects), but as with any tool, it has limits and might not be suitable for all problems. Let's look at some of them.

Of all the pain points, this is the worst one. It seems that GitHub doesn't care about fixing any of these issues or improving its product. Some of the threads have been open for years without any action taken by GitHub. A lot of these issues have been recently closed by GitHub causing a backlash from the community. There are no signs that these will be addressed based on their public roadmap.