Add flag to control trace writer logging behaviour

.editorconfig

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# https://editorconfig.org/
+
+[*]
+charset = utf-8 # Set default charset to utf-8
+insert_final_newline = true # ensure all files end with a single newline
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true # attempt to remove trailing whitespace on save
+
+[*.md]
+trim_trailing_whitespace = false # in markdown, "two trailing spaces" is unfortunately meaningful; it means `<br>`

src/.editorconfig

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [*.cs]
-charset = utf-8-bom
+charset = utf-8
 insert_final_newline = true
 
 csharp_new_line_before_else = true

src/Runner.Common/ActionCommand.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 

src/Runner.Common/ActionResult.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
+namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 {
     public enum ActionResult
     {
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 
         Skipped = 3
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Common/BrokerServer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;

src/Runner.Common/CommandLineParser.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Logging;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;

src/Runner.Common/ConfigurationStore.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;

src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 {
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             {
                 public static readonly string DiskSpaceWarning = "runner.diskspace.warning";
                 public static readonly string Node12Warning = "DistributedTask.AddWarningToNode12Action";
+                public static readonly string LogTemplateErrorsToTraceWriter = "DistributedTask.LogTemplateErrorsToTraceWriter";
                 public static readonly string UseContainerPathForTemplate = "DistributedTask.UseContainerPathForTemplate";
                 public static readonly string AllowRunnerContainerHooks = "DistributedTask.AllowRunnerContainerHooks";
             }

src/Runner.Common/ExtensionManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;

src/Runner.Common/HostContext.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;

src/Runner.Common/HostTraceListener.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;

src/Runner.Common/HttpClientHandlerFactory.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             return client;
         }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Common/JobNotification.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
 using System.Text;
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         {
             ConnectMonitor(monitorSocketAddress);
         }
-
+        
         private void StartMonitor(Guid jobId, string accessToken, Uri serverUri)
         {
-            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(accessToken))
+            if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(accessToken)) 
             {
                 Trace.Info("No access token could be retrieved to start the monitor.");
                 return;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                     _monitorSocket.Send(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(message));
                     Trace.Info("Finished EndMonitor writing to socket");
 
-                    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
+                    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));                    
                 }
             }
             catch (SocketException e)

src/Runner.Common/JobServer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;

src/Runner.Common/JobServerQueue.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;

src/Runner.Common/JobStatusEventArgs.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Common

src/Runner.Common/LaunchServer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;

src/Runner.Common/Logging.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Common

src/Runner.Common/ProcessInvoker.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;

src/Runner.Common/ResultsServer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;

src/Runner.Common/RunServer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;

src/Runner.Common/RunnerDotcomServer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;

src/Runner.Common/RunnerServer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;

src/Runner.Common/RunnerService.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;

src/Runner.Common/StdoutTraceListener.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             IndentLevel--;
         }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Common/ThrottlingReportHandler.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;

src/Runner.Common/TraceManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Logging;

src/Runner.Common/Tracing.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

src/Runner.Common/Unit.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-// Represents absence of value.
+// Represents absence of value.
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 {
     public readonly struct Unit
     {
         public static readonly Unit Value = default;
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Common/Util/EncodingUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;

src/Runner.Common/Util/EnumUtil.cs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     public static class EnumUtil
     {
-        public static T? TryParse<T>(string value) where T : struct
+        public static T? TryParse<T>(string value) where T: struct
         {
             T val;
             if (Enum.TryParse(value ?? string.Empty, ignoreCase: true, result: out val))

src/Runner.Common/Util/MessageUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Util
+namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Util
 {
     using System;
     using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;

src/Runner.Common/Util/VarUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Util
 {

src/Runner.Listener/BrokerMessageListener.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/ActionsCheck.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
             return result;
         }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/CheckUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics.Tracing;
 using System.IO;
@@ -415,4 +415,4 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/GitCheck.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/ICheckExtension.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
 
         public List<string> Logs { get; set; }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/InternetCheck.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
             return result;
         }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;

src/Runner.Listener/CommandSettings.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration;
+using GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using System;
 using System.Collections;

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/CredentialManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/NativeWindowsServiceHelper.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#if OS_WINDOWS
+#if OS_WINDOWS
 #pragma warning disable CA1416
 using System;
 using System.Collections;

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/PromptManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System;
 

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/RSAEncryptedFileKeyManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#if OS_WINDOWS
+#if OS_WINDOWS
 using System.IO;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/RSAFileKeyManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#if OS_LINUX || OS_OSX
+#if OS_LINUX || OS_OSX
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ServiceControlManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                 // Lets add a suffix with a random number to reduce the chance of collisions between runner names once we truncate
                 var random = new Random();
                 var num = random.Next(1000, 9999).ToString();
-                runnerNameSubstring += $"-{num}";
+                runnerNameSubstring +=$"-{num}";
                 serviceName = StringUtil.Format(serviceNamePattern, repoOrOrgNameSubstring, runnerNameSubstring);
             }
 
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
 
             Trace.Info($"Service name '{serviceName}' display name '{serviceDisplayName}' will be used for service configuration.");
         }
-#if (OS_LINUX || OS_OSX)
-        const int MaxServiceNameLength = 150;
-        const int MaxRepoOrgCharacters = 70;
-#elif OS_WINDOWS
+        #if (OS_LINUX || OS_OSX)
+            const int MaxServiceNameLength = 150;
+            const int MaxRepoOrgCharacters = 70;
+        #elif OS_WINDOWS
             const int MaxServiceNameLength = 80;
             const int MaxRepoOrgCharacters = 45;
-#endif
+        #endif
     }
 }

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/SystemdControlManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#if OS_LINUX
+#if OS_LINUX
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/Validators.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System;
 using System.Linq;

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/WindowsServiceControlManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#if OS_WINDOWS
+#if OS_WINDOWS
 #pragma warning disable CA1416
 using System;
 using System.IO;

src/Runner.Listener/InternalsVisibleTo.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Test")]

src/Runner.Listener/JobDispatcher.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;

src/Runner.Listener/MessageListener.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;

src/Runner.Listener/Program.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;

src/Runner.Listener/Runner.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;

src/Runner.Listener/RunnerJobRequestRef.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {

src/Runner.Listener/SelfUpdater.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;

src/Runner.PluginHost/Program.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;

src/Runner.Plugins/Artifact/FileContainerServer.cs

@@ -682,4 +682,4 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Artifact
             : base(message, inner)
         { }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Plugins/Artifact/PipelinesServer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Actions.Pipelines.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Artifact
 
             return await _pipelinesHttpClient.CreateArtifactAsync(
                 parameters,
-                pipelineId,
+                pipelineId, 
                 runId,
                 cancellationToken: cancellationToken) as Pipelines.ActionsStorageArtifact;
         }

src/Runner.Plugins/Artifact/PublishArtifact.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Artifact
                     size,
                     token);
 
-                context.Output($"Associated artifact {artifactName} ({artifact.ContainerId}) with run #{buildId}");
+                context.Output($"Associated artifact {artifactName} ({artifact.ContainerId}) with run #{buildId}"); 
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Plugins/Repository/GitCliManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;

src/Runner.Plugins/Repository/v1.0/GitSourceProvider.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
+using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;

src/Runner.Plugins/Repository/v1.0/RepositoryPlugin.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;

src/Runner.Plugins/Repository/v1.1/GitSourceProvider.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
+using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;

src/Runner.Plugins/Repository/v1.1/RepositoryPlugin.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;

src/Runner.Sdk/ActionPlugin.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
@@ -220,12 +220,20 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
             return input;
         }
 
-        private Dictionary<string, string> _commandEscapeMappings = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        private Dictionary<string, string> _commandEscapeMappings = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
         {
-            { ";", "%3B" },
-            { "\r", "%0D" },
-            { "\n", "%0A" },
-            { "]", "%5D" },
+            {
+                ";", "%3B"
+            },
+            {
+                "\r", "%0D"
+            },
+            {
+                "\n", "%0A"
+            },
+            {
+                "]", "%5D"
+            },
         };
     }
 }

src/Runner.Sdk/BuildConstants.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
+namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 {
     /***
      * WARNING: This file is automatically regenerated on layout so the runner can provide version/commit info (do not manually edit it).

src/Runner.Sdk/ProcessInvoker.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;

src/Runner.Sdk/RunnerWebProxy.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/ArgUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/IOUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/PathUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 {

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/StringUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/UrlUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 {

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/WhichUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
         {
             var fileInfo = new FileInfo(path);
             var linkTargetFullPath = fileInfo.Directory?.FullName + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + fileInfo.LinkTarget;
-            if (fileInfo.LinkTarget == null || File.Exists(linkTargetFullPath) || File.Exists(fileInfo.LinkTarget)) return true;
+            if(fileInfo.LinkTarget == null || File.Exists(linkTargetFullPath) || File.Exists(fileInfo.LinkTarget)) return true;
             trace?.Info($"the target '{fileInfo.LinkTarget}' of the symbolic link '{path}', does not exist");
             return false;
         }

src/Runner.Service/Windows/Program.cs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace RunnerService
                 catch (Win32Exception ex)
                 {
                     Console.WriteLine("[ERROR] Unable to create '{0}' event source under 'Application' event log.", RunnerService.EventSourceName);
-                    Console.WriteLine("[ERROR] {0}", ex.Message);
+                    Console.WriteLine("[ERROR] {0}",ex.Message);
                     Console.WriteLine("[ERROR] Error Code: {0}", ex.ErrorCode);
                     return 1;
                 }

src/Runner.Worker/ActionCommandManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container;
 using System;

src/Runner.Worker/ActionManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;

src/Runner.Worker/ActionManifestManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         public ActionDefinitionData Load(IExecutionContext executionContext, string manifestFile)
         {
-            var templateContext = CreateTemplateContext(executionContext);
+            var templateContext = CreateTemplateContext(executionContext, null, LogTemplateErrorsToTraceWriter(executionContext));
             ActionDefinitionData actionDefinition = new();
 
             // Clean up file name real quick
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 foreach (var error in templateContext.Errors)
                 {
                     Trace.Error($"Action.yml load error: {error.Message}");
-                    executionContext.Error("And let's duplicate errors: " + error.Message);
+                    executionContext.Error(error.Message);
                 }
 
                 throw new ArgumentException($"Fail to load {fileRelativePath}");
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         private TemplateContext CreateTemplateContext(
             IExecutionContext executionContext,
-            IDictionary<string, PipelineContextData> extraExpressionValues = null)
+            IDictionary<string, PipelineContextData> extraExpressionValues = null,
+            bool addErrorsToTraceWriter = true)
         {
             var result = new TemplateContext
             {
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     maxBytes: 10 * 1024 * 1024),
                 Schema = _actionManifestSchema,
                 TraceWriter = executionContext.ToTemplateTraceWriter(),
+                LogErrorsToTraceWriter = addErrorsToTraceWriter
             };
 
             // Expression values from execution context
@@ -539,6 +541,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        private bool LogTemplateErrorsToTraceWriter(IExecutionContext executionContext)
+        {
+            if (executionContext == null || executionContext.Global == null || executionContext.Global.EnvironmentVariables == null) return true;
+            executionContext.Global.EnvironmentVariables.TryGetValue(Constants.Runner.Features.LogTemplateErrorsToTraceWriter, out var logErrorsAsDebug);
+            return StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(logErrorsAsDebug, defaultValue: true);
+        }
     }
 }
 

src/Runner.Worker/ActionNotFoundException.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             return $"An action could not be found at the URI '{actionUri}'";
         }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Worker/ActionRunner.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating;

src/Runner.Worker/ConditionTraceWriter.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Text;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;

src/Runner.Worker/Container/ContainerHooks/HookInput.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;

src/Runner.Worker/Container/ContainerHooks/HookResponse.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 

src/Runner.Worker/Container/DockerUtil.cs

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container
             // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.environment.getcommandlineargs?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=net-6.0#remarks
 
             // First, find any \ followed by a " and double the number of \ + 1.
-            value = QuoteEscape.Replace(value, @"$1$1\" + "\"");
+             value = QuoteEscape.Replace(value, @"$1$1\" + "\"");
             // Next, what if it ends in `\`, it would escape the end quote. So, we need to detect that at the end of the string and perform the same escape
             // Luckily, we can just use the $ character with detects the end of string in regex
             value = EndOfStringEscape.Replace(value, @"$1$1");

src/Runner.Worker/DiagnosticLogManager.cs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
     {
         private static string DateTimeFormat = "yyyyMMdd-HHmmss";
         public void UploadDiagnosticLogs(IExecutionContext executionContext,
-                                         IExecutionContext parentContext,
+                                         IExecutionContext parentContext, 
                                          Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message,
                                          DateTime jobStartTimeUtc)
         {

src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Sdk.RSWebApi.Contracts;
 using ObjectTemplating = GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating;
 using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
+using constants = GitHub.Runner.Common.Constants;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 {
@@ -1401,7 +1402,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         public void Error(string format, params Object[] args)
         {
-            _executionContext.Error("error from template trace writer: " + string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, format, args));
+            _executionContext.Error(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, format, args));
         }
 
         public void Info(string format, params Object[] args)
@@ -1425,4 +1426,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         public static readonly string Notice = "##[notice]";
         public static readonly string Debug = "##[debug]";
     }
+
 }

src/Runner.Worker/Expressions/HashFilesFunction.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Expressions2.Sdk;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
@@ -136,4 +136,4 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Expressions
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

src/Runner.Worker/FileCommandManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using System;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         }
     }
 
-    public sealed class EnvFileKeyValuePairs : IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>>
+    public sealed class EnvFileKeyValuePairs: IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>>
     {
         private IExecutionContext _context;
         private string _filePath;

src/Runner.Worker/GitHubContext.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 

src/Runner.Worker/GlobalContext.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/CompositeActionHandler.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/Handler.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
         protected IActionCommandManager ActionCommandManager { get; private set; }
 
         public Pipelines.ActionStepDefinitionReference Action { get; set; }
-        public bool IsActionStep => Action != null;
+        public bool IsActionStep => Action != null; 
         public Dictionary<string, string> Environment { get; set; }
         public Variables RuntimeVariables { get; set; }
         public IExecutionContext ExecutionContext { get; set; }

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/NodeScriptActionHandler.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/OutputManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandlerHelpers.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;

src/Runner.Worker/IEnvironmentContextData.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 public interface IEnvironmentContextData
 {

src/Runner.Worker/IssueMatcher.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         {
             _owner = config.Owner;
             _defaultSeverity = config.Severity;
-            _patterns = config.Patterns.Select(x => new IssuePattern(x, timeout)).ToArray();
+            _patterns = config.Patterns.Select(x => new IssuePattern(x , timeout)).ToArray();
             Reset();
         }
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             if (Loop && Message == null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException($"The {_loopPropertyName} pattern must set '{_messagePropertyName}'");
-            }
+            }   
 
             var regex = new Regex(Pattern ?? string.Empty, RegexOptions);
             var groupCount = regex.GetGroupNumbers().Length;