diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_runner_status.yml b/.github/workflows/check_runner_status.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa40a08cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_runner_status.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Self-hosted runner (check runner status)
+
+# Note that each job's dependencies go into a corresponding docker file.
+#
+# For example for `run_all_tests_torch_cuda_extensions_gpu` the docker image is
+# `huggingface/transformers-pytorch-deepspeed-latest-gpu`, which can be found at
+# `docker/transformers-pytorch-deepspeed-latest-gpu/Dockerfile`
+
+on:
+  repository_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    # run per hour
+    - cron: "* */1 * * *"
+
+env:
+  TRANSFORMERS_IS_CI: yes
+
+jobs:
+  check_runner_status:
+    name: Check Runner Status
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout transformers
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: Check Runner Status
+        run: python utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py --target_runners single-gpu-ci-runner-docker,multi-gpu-ci-runner-docker,single-gpu-scheduled-ci-runner-docker,multi-scheduled-scheduled-ci-runner-docker --token ${{ secrets.ACCESS_REPO_INFO_TOKEN }}
+
+  send_results:
+    name: Send results to webhook
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: check_runner_status
+    if: ${{ failure() }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Preliminary job status
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "Runner availability: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}"
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - name: Send message to Slack
+        env:
+          CI_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
+          CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID_DAILY: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID_DAILY }}
+          CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_DUMMY_TESTS: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_DUMMY_TESTS }}
+          CI_SLACK_REPORT_CHANNEL_ID: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID_DAILY }}
+          CI_EVENT: runner status check
+          RUNNER_STATUS: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}
+        # We pass `needs.setup.outputs.matrix` as the argument. A processing in `notification_service.py` to change
+        # `models/bert` to `models_bert` is required, as the artifact names use `_` instead of `/`.
+        run: |
+          pip install slack_sdk
+          python utils/notification_service.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/self-nightly-scheduled.yml b/.github/workflows/self-nightly-scheduled.yml
index 2b3283abf3..8865707dc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/self-nightly-scheduled.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/self-nightly-scheduled.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,21 @@ env:
   RUN_PT_TF_CROSS_TESTS: 1
 
 jobs:
-  run_check_runners:
+  check_runner_status:
+    name: Check Runner Status
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout transformers
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: Check Runner Status
+        run: python utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py --target_runners single-gpu-scheduled-ci-runner-docker,multi-gpu-scheduled-ci-runner-docker --token ${{ secrets.ACCESS_REPO_INFO_TOKEN }}
+
+  check_runners:
     name: Check Runners
+    needs: check_runner_status
     strategy:
       matrix:
         machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
@@ -39,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
 
   setup:
     name: Setup
-    needs: run_check_runners
+    needs: check_runners
     strategy:
       matrix:
         machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
@@ -83,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-all-latest-torch-nightly-gpu
       options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup]
+    needs: setup
     steps:
       - name: Echo folder ${{ matrix.folders }}
         shell: bash
@@ -136,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-all-latest-torch-nightly-gpu
       options: --gpus all --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup]
+    needs: setup
     steps:
       - name: Echo folder ${{ matrix.folders }}
         shell: bash
@@ -185,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
     runs-on: ${{ format('{0}-{1}', matrix.machine_type, 'docker') }}
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup]
+    needs: setup
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-pytorch-deepspeed-nightly-gpu
       options: --gpus all --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
@@ -236,13 +249,21 @@ jobs:
     name: Send results to webhook
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: always()
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup, run_tests_single_gpu, run_tests_multi_gpu, run_all_tests_torch_cuda_extensions_gpu]
+    needs: [
+      check_runner_status,
+      check_runners,
+      setup,
+      run_tests_single_gpu,
+      run_tests_multi_gpu,
+      run_all_tests_torch_cuda_extensions_gpu
+    ]
     steps:
       - name: Preliminary job status
         shell: bash
         # For the meaning of these environment variables, see the job `Setup`
         run: |
-          echo "Runner status: ${{ needs.run_check_runners.result }}"
+          echo "Runner availability: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}"
+          echo "Runner status: ${{ needs.check_runners.result }}"
           echo "Setup status: ${{ needs.setup.result }}"
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -255,8 +276,9 @@ jobs:
           CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_DUMMY_TESTS: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_DUMMY_TESTS }}
           CI_SLACK_REPORT_CHANNEL_ID: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID_PAST_FUTURE }}
           CI_EVENT: nightly-build
+          RUNNER_STATUS: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}
+          RUNNER_ENV_STATUS: ${{ needs.check_runners.result }}
           SETUP_STATUS: ${{ needs.setup.result }}
-          RUNNER_STATUS: ${{ needs.run_check_runners.result }}
         # We pass `needs.setup.outputs.matrix` as the argument. A processing in `notification_service.py` to change
         # `models/bert` to `models_bert` is required, as the artifact names use `_` instead of `/`.
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/self-past.yml b/.github/workflows/self-past.yml
index 8e9130023b..71814cf3f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/self-past.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/self-past.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,43 @@ env:
   RUN_PT_TF_CROSS_TESTS: 1
 
 jobs:
+  check_runner_status:
+    name: Check Runner Status
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout transformers
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: Check Runner Status
+        run: python utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py --target_runners single-gpu-past-ci-runner-docker,multi-gpu-past-ci-runner-docker --token ${{ secrets.ACCESS_REPO_INFO_TOKEN }}
+
+  check_runners:
+    name: Check Runners
+    needs: check_runner_status
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
+    runs-on: ${{ format('{0}-{1}', matrix.machine_type, 'docker-past-ci') }}
+    container:
+      image: huggingface/transformers-${{ inputs.framework }}-past-${{ inputs.version }}-gpu
+      options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
+    steps:
+      - name: NVIDIA-SMI
+        run: |
+          nvidia-smi
+
   setup:
     name: Setup
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: check_runners
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
+    runs-on: ${{ format('{0}-{1}', matrix.machine_type, 'docker-past-ci') }}
+    container:
+      image: huggingface/transformers-${{ inputs.framework }}-past-${{ inputs.version }}-gpu
+      options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
     steps:
@@ -50,21 +84,6 @@ jobs:
           cd tests
           echo "::set-output name=matrix::$(python3 -c 'import os; tests = os.getcwd(); model_tests = os.listdir(os.path.join(tests, "models")); d1 = sorted(list(filter(os.path.isdir, os.listdir(tests)))); d2 = sorted(list(filter(os.path.isdir, [f"models/{x}" for x in model_tests]))); d1.remove("models"); d = d2 + d1; print(d)')"
 
-  run_check_runners:
-    name: Check Runners
-    needs: setup
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
-    runs-on: ${{ format('{0}-{1}', matrix.machine_type, 'docker-past-ci') }}
-    container:
-      image: huggingface/transformers-${{ inputs.framework }}-past-${{ inputs.version }}-gpu
-      options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    steps:
-      - name: NVIDIA-SMI
-        run: |
-          nvidia-smi
-
   run_tests_single_gpu:
     name: Model tests
     strategy:
@@ -76,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-${{ inputs.framework }}-past-${{ inputs.version }}-gpu
       options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    needs: [setup, run_check_runners]
+    needs: setup
     steps:
       - name: Update clone
         working-directory: /transformers
@@ -129,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-${{ inputs.framework }}-past-${{ inputs.version }}-gpu
       options: --gpus all --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    needs: [setup, run_check_runners]
+    needs: setup
     steps:
       - name: Update clone
         working-directory: /transformers
@@ -175,13 +194,14 @@ jobs:
     name: Send results to webhook
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: always()
-    needs: [setup, run_check_runners, run_tests_single_gpu, run_tests_multi_gpu]
+    needs: [check_runner_status, check_runners, setup, run_tests_single_gpu, run_tests_multi_gpu]
     steps:
       - name: Preliminary job status
         shell: bash
         # For the meaning of these environment variables, see the job `Setup`
         run: |
-          echo "Runner status: ${{ needs.run_check_runners.result }}"
+          echo "Runner availability: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}"
+          echo "Runner status: ${{ needs.check_runners.result }}"
           echo "Setup status: ${{ needs.setup.result }}"
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -199,8 +219,9 @@ jobs:
           CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_DUMMY_TESTS: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_DUMMY_TESTS }}
           CI_SLACK_REPORT_CHANNEL_ID: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID_PAST_FUTURE }}
           CI_EVENT: Past CI - ${{ inputs.framework }}-${{ inputs.version }}
+          RUNNER_STATUS: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}
+          RUNNER_ENV_STATUS: ${{ needs.check_runners.result }}
           SETUP_STATUS: ${{ needs.setup.result }}
-          RUNNER_STATUS: ${{ needs.run_check_runners.result }}
         # We pass `needs.setup.outputs.matrix` as the argument. A processing in `notification_service.py` to change
         # `models/bert` to `models_bert` is required, as the artifact names use `_` instead of `/`.
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/self-push.yml b/.github/workflows/self-push.yml
index 56e425570c..25da61ac66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/self-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/self-push.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,43 @@ env:
   RUN_PT_TF_CROSS_TESTS: 1
 
 jobs:
+  check_runner_status:
+    name: Check Runner Status
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout transformers
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: Check Runner Status
+        run: python utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py --target_runners single-gpu-ci-runner-docker,multi-gpu-ci-runner-docker --token ${{ secrets.ACCESS_REPO_INFO_TOKEN }}
+
+  check_runners:
+    name: Check Runners
+    needs: check_runner_status
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, docker-gpu, '${{ matrix.machine_type }}']
+    container:
+      image: huggingface/transformers-all-latest-gpu
+      options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
+    steps:
+      - name: NVIDIA-SMI
+        run: |
+          nvidia-smi
+
   setup:
     name: Setup
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: check_runners
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, docker-gpu, '${{ matrix.machine_type }}']
+    container:
+      image: huggingface/transformers-all-latest-gpu
+      options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
       test_map: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.test_map }}
@@ -111,24 +145,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "::set-output name=matrix::$keys"
           echo "::set-output name=test_map::$test_map"
 
-  run_check_runners:
-    name: Check Runners
-    needs: setup
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, docker-gpu, '${{ matrix.machine_type }}']
-    container:
-      image: huggingface/transformers-all-latest-gpu
-      options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    steps:
-      - name: NVIDIA-SMI
-        run: |
-          nvidia-smi
-
   run_tests_single_gpu:
     name: Model tests
-    needs: [setup, run_check_runners]
+    needs: setup
     # `dummy` means there is no test to run
     if: contains(fromJson(needs.setup.outputs.matrix), 'dummy') != true
     strategy:
@@ -213,7 +232,7 @@ jobs:
 
   run_tests_multi_gpu:
     name: Model tests
-    needs: [setup, run_check_runners]
+    needs: setup
     # `dummy` means there is no test to run
     if: contains(fromJson(needs.setup.outputs.matrix), 'dummy') != true
     strategy:
@@ -300,7 +319,7 @@ jobs:
 
   run_tests_torch_cuda_extensions_single_gpu:
     name: Torch CUDA extension tests
-    needs: [setup, run_check_runners]
+    needs: setup
     if: contains(fromJson(needs.setup.outputs.matrix), 'deepspeed') || contains(fromJson(needs.setup.outputs.matrix), 'extended')
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -382,7 +401,7 @@ jobs:
 
   run_tests_torch_cuda_extensions_multi_gpu:
     name: Torch CUDA extension tests
-    needs: [setup, run_check_runners]
+    needs: setup
     if: contains(fromJson(needs.setup.outputs.matrix), 'deepspeed') || contains(fromJson(needs.setup.outputs.matrix), 'extended')
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -467,8 +486,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: always()
     needs: [
+        check_runner_status,
+        check_runners,
         setup,
-        run_check_runners,
         run_tests_single_gpu,
         run_tests_multi_gpu,
         run_tests_torch_cuda_extensions_single_gpu,
@@ -479,8 +499,9 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         # For the meaning of these environment variables, see the job `Setup`
         run: |
+          echo "Runner availability: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}"
           echo "Setup status: ${{ needs.setup.result }}"
-          echo "Runner status: ${{ needs.run_check_runners.result }}"
+          echo "Runner status: ${{ needs.check_runners.result }}"
 
       # Necessary to get the correct branch name and commit SHA for `workflow_run` event
       # We also take into account the `push` event (we might want to test some changes in a branch)
@@ -527,8 +548,9 @@ jobs:
           CI_TITLE_PUSH: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
           CI_TITLE_WORKFLOW_RUN: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_commit.message }}
           CI_SHA: ${{ env.CI_SHA }}
+          RUNNER_STATUS: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}
+          RUNNER_ENV_STATUS: ${{ needs.check_runners.result }}
           SETUP_STATUS: ${{ needs.setup.result }}
-          RUNNER_STATUS: ${{ needs.run_check_runners.result }}
 
         # We pass `needs.setup.outputs.matrix` as the argument. A processing in `notification_service.py` to change
         # `models/bert` to `models_bert` is required, as the artifact names use `_` instead of `/`.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/self-scheduled.yml b/.github/workflows/self-scheduled.yml
index a0a10921ae..7de69a573e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/self-scheduled.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/self-scheduled.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,21 @@ env:
   RUN_PT_TF_CROSS_TESTS: 1
 
 jobs:
-  run_check_runners:
+  check_runner_status:
+    name: Check Runner Status
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout transformers
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: Check Runner Status
+        run: python utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py --target_runners single-gpu-scheduled-ci-runner-docker,multi-gpu-scheduled-ci-runner-docker --token ${{ secrets.ACCESS_REPO_INFO_TOKEN }}
+
+  check_runners:
     name: Check Runners
+    needs: check_runner_status
     strategy:
       matrix:
         machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
@@ -38,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
 
   setup:
     name: Setup
-    needs: run_check_runners
+    needs: check_runners
     strategy:
       matrix:
         machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
@@ -82,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-all-latest-gpu
       options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup]
+    needs: setup
     steps:
       - name: Echo folder ${{ matrix.folders }}
         shell: bash
@@ -135,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-all-latest-gpu
       options: --gpus all --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup]
+    needs: setup
     steps:
       - name: Echo folder ${{ matrix.folders }}
         shell: bash
@@ -183,7 +196,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-all-latest-gpu
       options: --gpus 0 --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup]
+    needs: setup
     steps:
       - name: Update clone
         working-directory: /transformers
@@ -226,7 +239,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-pytorch-gpu
       options: --gpus all --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup]
+    needs: setup
     steps:
       - name: Update clone
         working-directory: /transformers
@@ -270,7 +283,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-tensorflow-gpu
       options: --gpus all --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup]
+    needs: setup
     steps:
       - name: Update clone
         working-directory: /transformers
@@ -312,7 +325,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         machine_type: [single-gpu, multi-gpu]
     runs-on: ${{ format('{0}-{1}', matrix.machine_type, 'docker') }}
-    needs: [run_check_runners, setup]
+    needs: setup
     container:
       image: huggingface/transformers-pytorch-deepspeed-latest-gpu
       options: --gpus all --shm-size "16gb" --ipc host -v /mnt/cache/.cache/huggingface:/mnt/cache/
@@ -362,7 +375,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: always()
     needs: [
-      run_check_runners,
+      check_runner_status,
+      check_runners,
       setup,
       run_tests_single_gpu,
       run_tests_multi_gpu,
@@ -376,7 +390,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         # For the meaning of these environment variables, see the job `Setup`
         run: |
-          echo "Runner status: ${{ needs.run_check_runners.result }}"
+          echo "Runner availability: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}"
+          echo "Runner status: ${{ needs.check_runners.result }}"
           echo "Setup status: ${{ needs.setup.result }}"
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -389,8 +404,9 @@ jobs:
           CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_DUMMY_TESTS: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_DUMMY_TESTS }}
           CI_SLACK_REPORT_CHANNEL_ID: ${{ secrets.CI_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID_DAILY }}
           CI_EVENT: scheduled
+          RUNNER_STATUS: ${{ needs.check_runner_status.result }}
+          RUNNER_ENV_STATUS: ${{ needs.check_runners.result }}
           SETUP_STATUS: ${{ needs.setup.result }}
-          RUNNER_STATUS: ${{ needs.run_check_runners.result }}
         # We pass `needs.setup.outputs.matrix` as the argument. A processing in `notification_service.py` to change
         # `models/bert` to `models_bert` is required, as the artifact names use `_` instead of `/`.
         run: |
diff --git a/utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py b/utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47049d9925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/check_self_hosted_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import argparse
+import json
+import subprocess
+
+
+def get_runner_status(target_runners, token):
+
+    cmd = (
+        f'curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "Authorization: Bearer {token}"'
+        " https://api.github.com/repos/huggingface/transformers/actions/runners"
+    )
+    output = subprocess.run(cmd, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    o = output.stdout.decode("utf-8")
+    status = json.loads(o)
+
+    runners = status["runners"]
+    for runner in runners:
+        if runner["name"] in target_runners:
+            if runner["status"] == "offline":
+                raise ValueError(f"{runner['name']} is offline!")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    def list_str(values):
+        return values.split(",")
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    # Required parameters
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--target_runners",
+        default=None,
+        type=list_str,
+        required=True,
+        help="Comma-separated list of runners to check status.",
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--token", default=None, type=str, required=True, help="A token that has actions:read permission."
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    get_runner_status(args.target_runners, args.token)
diff --git a/utils/notification_service.py b/utils/notification_service.py
index 9ed97236d4..5b5fdd46f1 100644
--- a/utils/notification_service.py
+++ b/utils/notification_service.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class Message:
         return json.dumps(blocks)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def error_out(title, ci_title="", setup_failed=False, runner_failed=False):
+    def error_out(title, ci_title="", runner_not_available=False, runner_failed=False, setup_failed=False):
 
         blocks = []
         title_block = {"type": "header", "text": {"type": "plain_text", "text": title}}
@@ -397,10 +397,12 @@ class Message:
             ci_title_block = {"type": "section", "text": {"type": "mrkdwn", "text": ci_title}}
             blocks.append(ci_title_block)
 
-        if setup_failed:
-            text = "💔 Setup job failed. Tests are not run. 😭"
+        if runner_not_available:
+            text = "💔 CI runners are not available! Tests are not run. 😭"
         elif runner_failed:
             text = "💔 CI runners have problems! Tests are not run. 😭"
+        elif setup_failed:
+            text = "💔 Setup job failed. Tests are not run. 😭"
         else:
             text = "💔 There was an issue running the tests. 😭"
 
@@ -654,10 +656,13 @@ def prepare_reports(title, header, reports, to_truncate=True):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 
-    setup_status = os.environ.get("SETUP_STATUS")
     runner_status = os.environ.get("RUNNER_STATUS")
+    runner_env_status = os.environ.get("RUNNER_ENV_STATUS")
+    setup_status = os.environ.get("SETUP_STATUS")
+
+    runner_not_available = True if runner_status is not None and runner_status != "success" else False
+    runner_failed = True if runner_env_status is not None and runner_env_status != "success" else False
     setup_failed = True if setup_status is not None and setup_status != "success" else False
-    runner_failed = True if runner_status is not None and runner_status != "success" else False
 
     org = "huggingface"
     repo = "transformers"
@@ -718,8 +723,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     else:
         ci_title = ""
 
-    if setup_failed or runner_failed:
-        Message.error_out(title, ci_title, setup_failed, runner_failed)
+    if runner_not_available or runner_failed or setup_failed:
+        Message.error_out(title, ci_title, runner_not_available, runner_failed, setup_failed)
         exit(0)
 
     arguments = sys.argv[1:][0]
@@ -728,7 +733,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         # Need to change from elements like `models/bert` to `models_bert` (the ones used as artifact names).
         models = [x.replace("models/", "models_") for x in models]
     except SyntaxError:
-        Message.error_out()
+        Message.error_out(title, ci_title)
         raise ValueError("Errored out.")
 
     github_actions_job_links = get_job_links()