GitHub Actions is a CI/CD platform that automates software workflows, supporting multiple programming languages and integrating with various tools. It offers features like hosted runners, secrets management, and matrix builds, but also requires a significant amount of manual scripting and has limitations in continuous verification and metrics dashboards. GitHub Actions allows users to automate development workflows using YAML files, and it supports multiple operating systems through hosted runners, with a SaaS and on-premises version available for GitHub Enterprise users. While it is freely available for public repositories, private ones have a limited amount of free minutes for GitHub-hosted runners, with additional usage being chargeable. Despite its ease of use and flexibility in managing secrets, users face challenges with data passing between jobs, limited self-service capabilities, and a lack of native deployment tracking and metrics dashboards. Continuous verification functionality is limited, and although there are pre-written actions available, the platform's reliance on scripting can detract from valuable coding time. Additionally, managing canary deployments and secrets can be challenging due to limited control and integration with third-party tools.