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Adds a note clarifying that organization runners in custom groups may not render in legacy repository settings, despite retaining full routing access, to prevent user confusion.

Draft — Proposing this note pending confirmation on Issue #45132. Leaving this as a draft and open to wording changes from the docs team once the behavior is reviewed.

Why:
Several users independently reported in a Community Discussion that org-level runners assigned to custom runner groups stop appearing on the legacy repository Settings > Actions > Runners page — even with correct repository access configured — while continuing to route and execute jobs normally. This note aims to prevent users from assuming their runner group permissions are misconfigured.

Related discussion: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/201615
Related issue: #45132

Closes: N/A — not intended to auto-close; see related issue above

What's being changed (if available, include any code snippets, screenshots, or gifs):
Adds a {% note %} callout under "Changing which repositories can access a runner group" in content/actions/how-tos/manage-runners/self-hosted-runners/manage-access.md.

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Adds a note clarifying that organization runners in custom groups may not render in legacy repository settings, despite retaining full routing access, to prevent user confusion.
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