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src/Misc/containerEngineHandlers/kubectlHandler/src/kubectlHandler.ts

@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
 
     // get PATH inside the container
 
+    const waitArgs = ['wait', '--for=condition=Ready', 'pod/job-container']
+    await exec.exec('kubectl', waitArgs)
+
     // output containerId for ${{job.container.id}}
 
     // copy over node.js

src/Misc/layoutbin/kubectlHandler/index.js

@@ -3042,6 +3042,8 @@ function run() {
             // ])
             yield exec.exec('kubectl', runArgs);
             // get PATH inside the container
+            const waitArgs = ['wait', '--for=condition=Ready', 'pod/job-container'];
+            yield exec.exec('kubectl', waitArgs);
             // output containerId for ${{job.container.id}}
             // copy over node.js
             const cpNodeArgs = [

src/Runner.Worker/ContainerOperationProvider.cs

@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         [DataMember]
         public List<string> EnvironmentKeys { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember]
+        public Dictionary<string, string> EnvironmentVariables { get; set; }
     }
 
 

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/StepHost.cs

@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                         WorkingDirectory = workingDirectory,
                         FileName = fileName,
                         Arguments = arguments,
-                        EnvironmentKeys = environment.Keys.ToList()
+                        EnvironmentKeys = environment.Keys.ToList(),
+                        EnvironmentVariables = environment.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, y => y.Value)
                     }
                 };