Invalid Payment Method but i don't have any pricing features

[necipkoc]

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Hello, i try to use Workflow for my private repo but it says i cannot use that because of invalid payment information. But i don't have any paid plans, i'm using free Github but still getting this error. How can i solve this?

[TadashiDevs]

Hi! That error message is super misleading, don't worry about the "payment" part.

Even on the Free plan, private repos have a hard limit of 2,000 Action minutes per month. Once you hit that cap, GitHub "locks" the billing to prevent charging you (since you have no credit card attached for overages).

You can verify this quickly in Settings > Billing and plans > Plans and usage. If your "Included minutes" bar is full, that's the culprit.

The quick fix: If you make the repo Public, Actions become free and unlimited instantly. Otherwise, you just have to wait for the monthly reset.

Cheers!