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Actions now allows developers to use environments without auto-deployment [GA] #1215

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GitHub Environments auto-deploy when added to Actions workflows. This is useful, but also a pain point if you only want to use the environment's variables, not deploy to it. Using environments to store secrets and bind them to a branch is a huge security win, but for others it's more about usability and avoiding deployment spam on a pull request.[/+]

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With this release, developers can now use environments without them auto-deploying them. This will be accomplished by adding a boolean option in Actions workflows to note if deployment is true or false.

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    Q2 2026 – Apr-Jun

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