Issue

There are stale EC2 instances tagged as Orphan (orphan=true) but they are not being terminated as expected during the scale down process. This occurs when the scale-down lambda fails to fetch runner details from the GitHub API (returns no state or a failed fetch, such as a 404).

Impact

• Orphaned EC2 instances remain active, causing resource leakage and increased costs.
• The termination logic does not handle cases where the GitHub runner state cannot be fetched, resulting in instances persisting indefinitely.

Expected Behavior

• Orphaned EC2 instances should be terminated if the GitHub API fails to fetch runner details or returns no state (e.g., 404 Not Found) by re-verifying it.
• The scale-down process should treat missing runner details as sufficient to proceed with termination.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Deregister a GitHub runner so it no longer exists in the GitHub API.
2. Ensure the corresponding EC2 instance is tagged with orphan=true.
3. Observe that the scale-down lambda fails to terminate the instance when the API fetch fails or returns 404.