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src/Runner.Listener/MessageRef.cs

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {
     [DataContract]
-    public sealed class MessageRef
+    public sealed class RunnerJobRequestRef
     {
         [DataMember(Name = "id")]
         public string Id { get; set; }
+        [DataMember(Name = "runner_request_id")]
+        public string RunnerRequestId { get; set; }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Listener/Runner.cs

@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {
-                                    var messageRef = StringUtil.ConvertFromJson<MessageRef>(message.Body);
+                                    var messageRef = StringUtil.ConvertFromJson<RunnerJobRequestRef>(message.Body);
 
                                     // Create connection
                                     var credMgr = HostContext.GetService<ICredentialManager>();
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                     // todo: add retries
                                     var runServer = HostContext.CreateService<IRunServer>();
                                     await runServer.ConnectAsync(new Uri(settings.ServerUrl), creds);
-                                    var jobMessage = await runServer.GetJobMessageAsync(messageRef.Id);
+                                    var jobMessage = await runServer.GetJobMessageAsync(messageRef.RunnerRequestId);
 
                                     jobDispatcher.Run(jobMessage, runOnce);
                                     if (runOnce)

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/VssUtil.cs

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
                 settings.SendTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Math.Min(Math.Max(httpRequestTimeoutSeconds, 100), 1200));
             }
 
+            settings.AllowAutoRedirect = true;
 
             // Remove Invariant from the list of accepted languages.
             //