Thank you fo the reply @shrink. Your response directly answered my question.
As these things usually go - one question leads to another.
I asked it here Where did all the time (host minutes) go?
TLDR; The 3000 minutes included with my paid plan are unaccounted for in the Billing & plans “Get usage report” Whomever design the report only considered billable time rather than “included” time.

@andy-brainome I have reviewed my own usage report and I can see that included minutes for private repositories are captured[1]. As I understand it, the report captures the usage and cost before considering any included minutes – however, it doesn’t capture Action usage for public repositories.

The minutes used by a specific Run of a Workflow are listed on the Workflow Run page itself. Navigate to the repository > Actions > Pick a Workflow Run > Click on “Billable time” in the Workflow Stats. A common pitfall when measuring Workflow minutes usage is the difference between a Workflow and a job. A matrix strategy, for example, can trigger hundreds of jobs: it’s possible for a 1-hour Workflow to use thousands of minutes.

If you’re confident that the minutes in your usage report aren’t representative of the minutes used, I definitely recommend reaching out to GitHub Support. They’re very responsive and helpful, you should be able to get this squared away with their direct insight into your account :slight_smile:

[1] I am well within my limit and I see the following:

2021-06-28,actions,shrink/tests-actions,33,UBUNTU,$0.008,.github/workflows/skip-job.yml,
2021-06-28,actions,shrink/tests-actions,51,UBUNTU,$0.008,.github/workflows/default-input.yml,