From bdceac4ab3936920c6e244ff1c6a39eba9ba0121 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tingluo Huang <tingluohuang@github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 13:27:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Allow hosted VM report job telemetry via .setup_info file.
 (#4186)

---
 src/Runner.Worker/JobExtension.cs | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Runner.Worker/JobExtension.cs b/src/Runner.Worker/JobExtension.cs
index 14b798e6d..ea36034ec 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Worker/JobExtension.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Worker/JobExtension.cs
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                                             groupName = "Machine Setup Info";
                                         }
 
+                                        // not output internal groups
+                                        if (groupName.StartsWith("_internal_", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                                        {
+                                            jobContext.Global.JobTelemetry.Add(new JobTelemetry() { Type = JobTelemetryType.General, Message = info.Detail });
+                                            continue;
+                                        }
+
                                         context.Output($"##[group]{groupName}");
                                         var multiLines = info.Detail.Replace("\r\n", "\n").TrimEnd('\n').Split('\n');
                                         foreach (var line in multiLines)