Update release version to 2.331.0

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "features": {
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:1": {},
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/dotnet": {
-      "version": "8.0.417"
+      "version": "8.0.416"
     },
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
       "version": "20"

docs/start/envlinux.md

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Debian based OS (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint)
 - liblttng-ust1 or liblttng-ust0
 - libkrb5-3
 - zlib1g
-- libssl3t64, libssl3, libssl1.1, libssl1.0.2 or libssl1.0.0
-- libicu76, libicu75, ..., libicu66, libicu65, libicu63, libicu60, libicu57, libicu55, or libicu52
+- libssl1.1, libssl1.0.2 or libssl1.0.0
+- libicu63, libicu60, libicu57 or libicu55
 
 Fedora based OS (Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Oracle Linux 7)
 

images/Dockerfile

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG RUNNER_VERSION
 ARG RUNNER_CONTAINER_HOOKS_VERSION=0.7.0
-ARG DOCKER_VERSION=29.2.0
-ARG BUILDX_VERSION=0.31.1
+ARG DOCKER_VERSION=29.0.2
+ARG BUILDX_VERSION=0.30.1
 
 RUN apt update -y && apt install curl unzip -y
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RUN curl -f -L -o runner-container-hooks.zip https://github.com/actions/runner-c
     && unzip ./runner-container-hooks.zip -d ./k8s \
     && rm runner-container-hooks.zip
 
-RUN curl -f -L -o runner-container-hooks.zip https://github.com/actions/runner-container-hooks/releases/download/v0.8.1/actions-runner-hooks-k8s-0.8.1.zip \
+RUN curl -f -L -o runner-container-hooks.zip https://github.com/actions/runner-container-hooks/releases/download/v0.8.0/actions-runner-hooks-k8s-0.8.0.zip \
     && unzip ./runner-container-hooks.zip -d ./k8s-novolume \
     && rm runner-container-hooks.zip
 

releaseVersion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<Update to ./src/runnerversion when creating release>
+2.331.0

src/Misc/externals.sh

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ NODE_URL=https://nodejs.org/dist
 NODE_ALPINE_URL=https://github.com/actions/alpine_nodejs/releases/download
 # When you update Node versions you must also create a new release of alpine_nodejs at that updated version.
 # Follow the instructions here: https://github.com/actions/alpine_nodejs?tab=readme-ov-file#getting-started
-NODE20_VERSION="20.20.0"
-NODE24_VERSION="24.13.0"
+NODE20_VERSION="20.19.6"
+NODE24_VERSION="24.12.0"
 
 get_abs_path() {
   # exploits the fact that pwd will print abs path when no args

src/Misc/layoutbin/installdependencies.sh

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ then
             exit 1
         fi
 
-        apt_get_with_fallbacks libssl3t64$ libssl3$ libssl1.1$ libssl1.0.2$ libssl1.0.0$
+        apt_get_with_fallbacks libssl1.1$ libssl1.0.2$ libssl1.0.0$
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]
         then
             echo "'$apt_get' failed with exit code '$?'"

src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs

@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 public static readonly string SnapshotPreflightImageGenPoolCheck = "actions_snapshot_preflight_image_gen_pool_check";
                 public static readonly string CompareWorkflowParser = "actions_runner_compare_workflow_parser";
                 public static readonly string SetOrchestrationIdEnvForActions = "actions_set_orchestration_id_env_for_actions";
-                public static readonly string SendJobLevelAnnotations = "actions_send_job_level_annotations";
             }
 
             // Node version migration related constants

src/Runner.Listener/JobDispatcher.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
     public interface IJobDispatcher : IRunnerService
     {
         bool Busy { get; }
-        TaskCompletionSource<TaskResult> RunOnceJobCompleted { get; }
+        TaskCompletionSource<bool> RunOnceJobCompleted { get; }
         void Run(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message, bool runOnce = false);
         bool Cancel(JobCancelMessage message);
         Task WaitAsync(CancellationToken token);
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         // timeout limit can be overwritten by environment GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_CHANNEL_TIMEOUT
         private TimeSpan _channelTimeout;
 
-        private TaskCompletionSource<TaskResult> _runOnceJobCompleted = new();
+        private TaskCompletionSource<bool> _runOnceJobCompleted = new();
 
         public event EventHandler<JobStatusEventArgs> JobStatus;
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             Trace.Info($"Set runner/worker IPC timeout to {_channelTimeout.TotalSeconds} seconds.");
         }
 
-        public TaskCompletionSource<TaskResult> RunOnceJobCompleted => _runOnceJobCompleted;
+        public TaskCompletionSource<bool> RunOnceJobCompleted => _runOnceJobCompleted;
 
         public bool Busy { get; private set; }
 
@@ -340,19 +340,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
         private async Task RunOnceAsync(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message, string orchestrationId, WorkerDispatcher previousJobDispatch, CancellationToken jobRequestCancellationToken, CancellationToken workerCancelTimeoutKillToken)
         {
-            var jobResult = TaskResult.Succeeded;
             try
             {
-                jobResult = await RunAsync(message, orchestrationId, previousJobDispatch, jobRequestCancellationToken, workerCancelTimeoutKillToken);
+                await RunAsync(message, orchestrationId, previousJobDispatch, jobRequestCancellationToken, workerCancelTimeoutKillToken);
             }
             finally
             {
                 Trace.Info("Fire signal for one time used runner.");
-                _runOnceJobCompleted.TrySetResult(jobResult);
+                _runOnceJobCompleted.TrySetResult(true);
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task<TaskResult> RunAsync(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message, string orchestrationId, WorkerDispatcher previousJobDispatch, CancellationToken jobRequestCancellationToken, CancellationToken workerCancelTimeoutKillToken)
+        private async Task RunAsync(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message, string orchestrationId, WorkerDispatcher previousJobDispatch, CancellationToken jobRequestCancellationToken, CancellationToken workerCancelTimeoutKillToken)
         {
             Busy = true;
             try
@@ -400,7 +399,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     {
                         // renew job request task complete means we run out of retry for the first job request renew.
                         Trace.Info($"Unable to renew job request for job {message.JobId} for the first time, stop dispatching job to worker.");
-                        return TaskResult.Abandoned;
+                        return;
                     }
 
                     if (jobRequestCancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
@@ -413,7 +412,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
                         // complete job request with result Cancelled
                         await CompleteJobRequestAsync(_poolId, message, systemConnection, lockToken, TaskResult.Canceled);
-                        return TaskResult.Canceled;
+                        return;
                     }
 
                     HostContext.WritePerfCounter($"JobRequestRenewed_{requestId.ToString()}");
@@ -524,7 +523,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                             await renewJobRequest;
 
                             // not finish the job request since the job haven't run on worker at all, we will not going to set a result to server.
-                            return TaskResult.Failed;
+                            return;
                         }
 
                         // we get first jobrequest renew succeed and start the worker process with the job message.
@@ -605,7 +604,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                     Trace.Error(detailInfo);
                                 }
 
-                                return TaskResultUtil.TranslateFromReturnCode(returnCode);
+                                return;
                             }
                             else if (completedTask == renewJobRequest)
                             {
@@ -707,8 +706,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
                             // complete job request
                             await CompleteJobRequestAsync(_poolId, message, systemConnection, lockToken, resultOnAbandonOrCancel);
-
-                            return resultOnAbandonOrCancel;
                         }
                         finally
                         {

src/Runner.Listener/Runner.cs

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using System.Security.Claims;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Security.Claims;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -324,11 +324,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         HostContext.EnableAuthMigration("EnableAuthMigrationByDefault");
                     }
 
-                    // hosted runner only run one job and would like to know the result of the job for telemetry and alerting on failure spike.
-                    var returnJobResultForHosted = StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ACTIONS_RUNNER_RETURN_JOB_RESULT_FOR_HOSTED"));
-
                     // Run the runner interactively or as service
-                    return await ExecuteRunnerAsync(settings, command.RunOnce || settings.Ephemeral || returnJobResultForHosted, returnJobResultForHosted);
+                    return await ExecuteRunnerAsync(settings, command.RunOnce || settings.Ephemeral);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -404,32 +401,17 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         }
 
         //create worker manager, create message listener and start listening to the queue
-        private async Task<int> RunAsync(RunnerSettings settings, bool runOnce = false, bool returnRunOnceJobResult = false)
+        private async Task<int> RunAsync(RunnerSettings settings, bool runOnce = false)
         {
             try
             {
                 Trace.Info(nameof(RunAsync));
-
-                // Validate directory permissions.
-                string workDirectory = HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Work);
-                Trace.Info($"Validating directory permissions for: '{workDirectory}'");
-                try
-                {
-                    Directory.CreateDirectory(workDirectory);
-                    IOUtil.ValidateExecutePermission(workDirectory);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Trace.Error(ex);
-                    _term.WriteError($"Fail to create and validate runner's work directory '{workDirectory}'.");
-                    return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.TerminatedError;
-                }
-
+                
                 // First try using migrated settings if available
                 var configManager = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationManager>();
                 RunnerSettings migratedSettings = null;
-
-                try
+                
+                try 
                 {
                     migratedSettings = configManager.LoadMigratedSettings();
                     Trace.Info("Loaded migrated settings from .runner_migrated file");
@@ -440,15 +422,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     // If migrated settings file doesn't exist or can't be loaded, we'll use the provided settings
                     Trace.Info($"Failed to load migrated settings: {ex.Message}");
                 }
-
+                
                 bool usedMigratedSettings = false;
-
+                
                 if (migratedSettings != null)
                 {
                     // Try to create session with migrated settings first
                     Trace.Info("Attempting to create session using migrated settings");
                     _listener = GetMessageListener(migratedSettings, isMigratedSettings: true);
-
+                    
                     try
                     {
                         CreateSessionResult createSessionResult = await _listener.CreateSessionAsync(HostContext.RunnerShutdownToken);
@@ -468,7 +450,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         Trace.Error($"Exception when creating session with migrated settings: {ex}");
                     }
                 }
-
+                
                 // If migrated settings weren't used or session creation failed, use original settings
                 if (!usedMigratedSettings)
                 {
@@ -521,7 +503,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                             restartSession = true;
                             break;
                         }
-
+                        
                         TaskAgentMessage message = null;
                         bool skipMessageDeletion = false;
                         try
@@ -583,21 +565,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                         Trace.Info($"Ignore any exception after cancel message loop. {ex}");
                                     }
 
-                                    if (returnRunOnceJobResult)
-                                    {
-                                        try
-                                        {
-                                            var jobResult = await jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task;
-                                            return TaskResultUtil.TranslateToReturnCode(jobResult);
-                                        }
-                                        catch (Exception ex)
-                                        {
-                                            Trace.Error("run once job finished with error.");
-                                            Trace.Error(ex);
-                                            return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.TerminatedError;
-                                        }
-                                    }
-
                                     return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success;
                                 }
                             }
@@ -884,15 +851,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success;
         }
 
-        private async Task<int> ExecuteRunnerAsync(RunnerSettings settings, bool runOnce, bool returnRunOnceJobResult)
+        private async Task<int> ExecuteRunnerAsync(RunnerSettings settings, bool runOnce)
         {
             int returnCode = Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success;
             bool restart = false;
             do
             {
                 restart = false;
-                returnCode = await RunAsync(settings, runOnce, returnRunOnceJobResult);
-
+                returnCode = await RunAsync(settings, runOnce);
+                
                 if (returnCode == Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.RunnerConfigurationRefreshed)
                 {
                     Trace.Info("Runner configuration was refreshed, restarting session...");

src/Runner.Sdk/Runner.Sdk.csproj

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="8.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="5.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Channels" Version="10.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Channels" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">

src/Runner.Worker/ActionCommandManager.cs

@@ -318,17 +318,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 context.AddIssue(issue, ExecutionContextLogOptions.Default);
             }
 
-            if (!context.Global.HasDeprecatedSetOutput)
-            {
-                context.Global.HasDeprecatedSetOutput = true;
-                var telemetry = new JobTelemetry
-                {
-                    Type = JobTelemetryType.ActionCommand,
-                    Message = "DeprecatedCommand: set-output"
-                };
-                context.Global.JobTelemetry.Add(telemetry);
-            }
-
             if (!command.Properties.TryGetValue(SetOutputCommandProperties.Name, out string outputName) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(outputName))
             {
                 throw new Exception("Required field 'name' is missing in ##[set-output] command.");
@@ -364,17 +353,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 context.AddIssue(issue, ExecutionContextLogOptions.Default);
             }
 
-            if (!context.Global.HasDeprecatedSaveState)
-            {
-                context.Global.HasDeprecatedSaveState = true;
-                var telemetry = new JobTelemetry
-                {
-                    Type = JobTelemetryType.ActionCommand,
-                    Message = "DeprecatedCommand: save-state"
-                };
-                context.Global.JobTelemetry.Add(telemetry);
-            }
-
             if (!command.Properties.TryGetValue(SaveStateCommandProperties.Name, out string stateName) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(stateName))
             {
                 throw new Exception("Required field 'name' is missing in ##[save-state] command.");

src/Runner.Worker/ActionManifestManagerWrapper.cs

@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 "EvaluateContainerEnvironment",
                 () => _legacyManager.EvaluateContainerEnvironment(executionContext, token, extraExpressionValues),
                 () => _newManager.EvaluateContainerEnvironment(executionContext, ConvertToNewToken(token) as GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ObjectTemplating.Tokens.MappingToken, ConvertToNewExpressionValues(extraExpressionValues)),
-                (legacyResult, newResult) =>
-                {
+                (legacyResult, newResult) => {
                     var trace = HostContext.GetTrace(nameof(ActionManifestManagerWrapper));
                     return CompareDictionaries(trace, legacyResult, newResult, "ContainerEnvironment");
                 });
@@ -166,150 +165,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 return null;
             }
 
-            var result = new List<GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ActionStep>();
-            foreach (var step in newSteps)
-            {
-                var actionStep = new GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ActionStep
-                {
-                    ContextName = step.Id,
-                };
-
-                if (step is GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.RunStep runStep)
-                {
-                    actionStep.Condition = ExtractConditionString(runStep.If);
-                    actionStep.DisplayNameToken = ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(runStep.Name);
-                    actionStep.ContinueOnError = ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(runStep.ContinueOnError);
-                    actionStep.TimeoutInMinutes = ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(runStep.TimeoutMinutes);
-                    actionStep.Environment = ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(runStep.Env);
-                    actionStep.Reference = new GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ScriptReference();
-                    actionStep.Inputs = BuildRunStepInputs(runStep);
-                }
-                else if (step is GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ActionStep usesStep)
-                {
-                    actionStep.Condition = ExtractConditionString(usesStep.If);
-                    actionStep.DisplayNameToken = ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(usesStep.Name);
-                    actionStep.ContinueOnError = ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(usesStep.ContinueOnError);
-                    actionStep.TimeoutInMinutes = ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(usesStep.TimeoutMinutes);
-                    actionStep.Environment = ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(usesStep.Env);
-                    actionStep.Reference = ParseActionReference(usesStep.Uses?.Value);
-                    actionStep.Inputs = ConvertToLegacyToken<MappingToken>(usesStep.With);
-                }
-
-                result.Add(actionStep);
-            }
-            return result;
-        }
-
-        private string ExtractConditionString(GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ObjectTemplating.Tokens.BasicExpressionToken ifToken)
-        {
-            if (ifToken == null)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            // The Expression property is internal, so we use ToString() which formats as "${{ expr }}"
-            // Then strip the delimiters to get just the expression
-            var str = ifToken.ToString();
-            if (str.StartsWith("${{") && str.EndsWith("}}"))
-            {
-                return str.Substring(3, str.Length - 5).Trim();
-            }
-            return str;
-        }
-
-        private MappingToken BuildRunStepInputs(GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.RunStep runStep)
-        {
-            var inputs = new MappingToken(null, null, null);
-
-            // script (from run)
-            if (runStep.Run != null)
-            {
-                inputs.Add(
-                    new StringToken(null, null, null, "script"),
-                    ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(runStep.Run));
-            }
-
-            // shell
-            if (runStep.Shell != null)
-            {
-                inputs.Add(
-                    new StringToken(null, null, null, "shell"),
-                    ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(runStep.Shell));
-            }
-
-            // working-directory
-            if (runStep.WorkingDirectory != null)
-            {
-                inputs.Add(
-                    new StringToken(null, null, null, "workingDirectory"),
-                    ConvertToLegacyToken<TemplateToken>(runStep.WorkingDirectory));
-            }
-
-            return inputs.Count > 0 ? inputs : null;
-        }
-
-        private GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ActionStepDefinitionReference ParseActionReference(string uses)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(uses))
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            // Docker reference: docker://image:tag
-            if (uses.StartsWith("docker://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                return new GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContainerRegistryReference
-                {
-                    Image = uses.Substring("docker://".Length)
-                };
-            }
-
-            // Local path reference: ./path/to/action
-            if (uses.StartsWith("./") || uses.StartsWith(".\\"))
-            {
-                return new GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.RepositoryPathReference
-                {
-                    RepositoryType = "self",
-                    Path = uses
-                };
-            }
-
-            // Repository reference: owner/repo@ref or owner/repo/path@ref
-            var atIndex = uses.LastIndexOf('@');
-            string refPart = null;
-            string repoPart = uses;
-
-            if (atIndex > 0)
-            {
-                refPart = uses.Substring(atIndex + 1);
-                repoPart = uses.Substring(0, atIndex);
-            }
-
-            // Split by / to get owner/repo and optional path
-            var parts = repoPart.Split('/');
-            string name;
-            string path = null;
-
-            if (parts.Length >= 2)
-            {
-                name = $"{parts[0]}/{parts[1]}";
-                if (parts.Length > 2)
-                {
-                    path = string.Join("/", parts, 2, parts.Length - 2);
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                name = repoPart;
-            }
-
-            return new GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.RepositoryPathReference
-            {
-                RepositoryType = "GitHub",
-                Name = name,
-                Ref = refPart,
-                Path = path
-            };
+            // Serialize new steps and deserialize to old steps
+            var json = StringUtil.ConvertToJson(newSteps, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.None);
+            return StringUtil.ConvertFromJson<List<GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ActionStep>>(json);
         }
 
         private T ConvertToLegacyToken<T>(GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ObjectTemplating.Tokens.TemplateToken newToken) where T : TemplateToken
@@ -775,14 +633,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 return false;
             }
 
-            // Check for known equivalent error patterns (e.g., JSON parse errors)
-            // where both parsers correctly reject invalid input but with different wording
-            if (PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper.HasJsonExceptionType(legacyException) && PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper.HasJsonExceptionType(newException))
-            {
-                trace.Info("CompareExceptions - both exceptions are JSON parse errors, treating as matched");
-                return true;
-            }
-
             // Compare exception messages recursively (including inner exceptions)
             var legacyMessages = GetExceptionMessages(legacyException);
             var newMessages = GetExceptionMessages(newException);
@@ -847,6 +697,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             return messages;
         }
-
     }
 }

src/Runner.Worker/ActionRunner.cs

@@ -379,14 +379,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             {
                 prefix = PipelineTemplateConstants.RunDisplayPrefix;
                 var repositoryReference = action.Reference as RepositoryPathReference;
-                var pathString = string.Empty;
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(repositoryReference.Path))
-                {
-                    // For local actions (Name is empty), don't prepend "/" to avoid "/./"
-                    pathString = string.IsNullOrEmpty(repositoryReference.Name)
-                        ? repositoryReference.Path
-                        : $"/{repositoryReference.Path}";
-                }
+                var pathString = string.IsNullOrEmpty(repositoryReference.Path) ? string.Empty : $"/{repositoryReference.Path}";
                 var repoString = string.IsNullOrEmpty(repositoryReference.Ref) ? $"{repositoryReference.Name}{pathString}" :
                     $"{repositoryReference.Name}{pathString}@{repositoryReference.Ref}";
                 tokenToParse = new StringToken(null, null, null, repoString);

src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs

@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             PublishStepTelemetry();
 
-            if (_record.RecordType == ExecutionContextType.Task)
+            if (_record.RecordType == "Task")
             {
                 var stepResult = new StepResult
                 {
@@ -532,25 +532,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 Global.StepsResult.Add(stepResult);
             }
 
-            if (Global.Variables.GetBoolean(Constants.Runner.Features.SendJobLevelAnnotations) ?? false)
-            {
-                if (_record.RecordType == ExecutionContextType.Job)
-                {
-                    _record.Issues?.ForEach(issue =>
-                    {
-                        var annotation = issue.ToAnnotation();
-                        if (annotation != null)
-                        {
-                            Global.JobAnnotations.Add(annotation.Value);
-                            if (annotation.Value.IsInfrastructureIssue && string.IsNullOrEmpty(Global.InfrastructureFailureCategory))
-                            {
-                                Global.InfrastructureFailureCategory = issue.Category;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    });
-                }
-            }
-
             if (Root != this)
             {
                 // only dispose TokenSource for step level ExecutionContext

src/Runner.Worker/GlobalContext.cs

@@ -31,7 +31,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         public JObject ContainerHookState { get; set; }
         public bool HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch { get; set; }
         public bool HasActionManifestMismatch { get; set; }
-        public bool HasDeprecatedSetOutput { get; set; }
-        public bool HasDeprecatedSaveState { get; set; }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Worker/InternalsVisibleTo.cs

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-
-[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Test")]

src/Runner.Worker/PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Expressions2;
@@ -216,15 +216,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
         }
 
-        internal TLegacy EvaluateAndCompare<TLegacy, TNew>(
+        private TLegacy EvaluateAndCompare<TLegacy, TNew>(
             string methodName,
             Func<TLegacy> legacyEvaluator,
             Func<TNew> newEvaluator,
             Func<TLegacy, TNew, bool> resultComparer)
         {
-            // Capture cancellation state before evaluation
-            var cancellationRequestedBefore = _context.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested;
-
             // Legacy evaluator
             var legacyException = default(Exception);
             var legacyResult = default(TLegacy);
@@ -256,18 +253,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     newException = ex;
                 }
 
-                // Capture cancellation state after evaluation
-                var cancellationRequestedAfter = _context.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested;
-
                 // Compare results or exceptions
-                bool hasMismatch = false;
                 if (legacyException != null || newException != null)
                 {
                     // Either one or both threw exceptions - compare them
                     if (!CompareExceptions(legacyException, newException))
                     {
                         _trace.Info($"{methodName} exception mismatch");
-                        hasMismatch = true;
+                        RecordMismatch($"{methodName}");
                     }
                 }
                 else
@@ -276,20 +269,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     if (!resultComparer(legacyResult, newResult))
                     {
                         _trace.Info($"{methodName} mismatch");
-                        hasMismatch = true;
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // Only record mismatch if it wasn't caused by a cancellation race condition
-                if (hasMismatch)
-                {
-                    if (!cancellationRequestedBefore && cancellationRequestedAfter)
-                    {
-                        // Cancellation state changed during evaluation window - skip recording
-                        _trace.Info($"{methodName} mismatch skipped due to cancellation race condition");
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
                         RecordMismatch($"{methodName}");
                     }
                 }
@@ -633,13 +612,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 return false;
             }
 
-            // Check for known equivalent error patterns (e.g., JSON parse errors)
-            // where both parsers correctly reject invalid input but with different wording
-            if (IsKnownEquivalentErrorPattern(legacyException, newException))
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-
             // Compare exception messages recursively (including inner exceptions)
             var legacyMessages = GetExceptionMessages(legacyException);
             var newMessages = GetExceptionMessages(newException);
@@ -662,67 +634,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             return true;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Checks if two exceptions match a known pattern where both parsers correctly reject
-        /// invalid input but with different error messages (e.g., JSON parse errors from fromJSON).
-        /// </summary>
-        private bool IsKnownEquivalentErrorPattern(Exception legacyException, Exception newException)
-        {
-            // fromJSON('') - both parsers fail when parsing empty string as JSON
-            // The error messages differ but both indicate JSON parsing failure.
-            // Legacy throws raw JsonReaderException: "Error reading JToken from JsonReader..."
-            // New wraps it: "Error parsing fromJson" with inner JsonReaderException
-            // Both may be wrapped in TemplateValidationException: "The template is not valid..."
-            if (HasJsonExceptionType(legacyException) && HasJsonExceptionType(newException))
-            {
-                _trace.Info("CompareExceptions - both exceptions are JSON parse errors, treating as matched");
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Checks if the exception chain contains a JSON-related exception type.
-        /// </summary>
-        internal static bool HasJsonExceptionType(Exception ex)
-        {
-            var toProcess = new Queue<Exception>();
-            toProcess.Enqueue(ex);
-            int count = 0;
-
-            while (toProcess.Count > 0 && count < 50)
-            {
-                var current = toProcess.Dequeue();
-                if (current == null) continue;
-
-                count++;
-
-                if (current is Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException ||
-                    current is System.Text.Json.JsonException)
-                {
-                    return true;
-                }
-
-                if (current is AggregateException aggregateEx)
-                {
-                    foreach (var innerEx in aggregateEx.InnerExceptions)
-                    {
-                        if (innerEx != null && count < 50)
-                        {
-                            toProcess.Enqueue(innerEx);
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                else if (current.InnerException != null)
-                {
-                    toProcess.Enqueue(current.InnerException);
-                }
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
         private IList<string> GetExceptionMessages(Exception ex)
         {
             var messages = new List<string>();

src/Sdk/DTPipelines/workflow-v1.0.json

@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
       "mapping": {
         "properties": {
           "image": "string",
-          "options": "string",
+          "options": "non-empty-string",
           "env": "container-env",
           "ports": "sequence-of-non-empty-string",
           "volumes": "sequence-of-non-empty-string",

src/Sdk/Sdk.csproj

@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client" Version="6.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Cng" Version="5.0.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs" Version="10.0.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs" Version="8.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData" Version="8.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Minimatch" Version="2.0.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet.Signed" Version="5.3.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.4" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Text.RegularExpressions" Version="4.3.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Private.Uri" Version="4.3.2" />
-        <PackageReference Include="System.Formats.Asn1" Version="10.0.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="System.Formats.Asn1" Version="8.0.1" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/Conversion/WorkflowTemplateConverter.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#nullable disable // Consider removing in the future to minimize likelihood of NullReferenceException; refer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/nullable-references
+#nullable disable // Consider removing in the future to minimize likelihood of NullReferenceException; refer https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/nullable-references
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.Conversion
                     {
                         case WorkflowTemplateConstants.On:
                             var inputTypes = ConvertToOnWorkflowDispatchInputTypes(workflowPair.Value);
-                            foreach (var item in inputTypes)
+                            foreach(var item in inputTypes)
                             {
                                 result.InputTypes.TryAdd(item.Key, item.Value);
                             }
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.Conversion
                 context.Error(snapshotToken, $"job {WorkflowTemplateConstants.Snapshot} {WorkflowTemplateConstants.ImageName} is required.");
                 return null;
             }
-
+            
             return new Snapshot
             {
                 ImageName = imageName,
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.Conversion
         {
             var versionSegments = versionString.Split(".");
 
-            if (versionSegments.Length != 2 ||
+            if (versionSegments.Length != 2 || 
                 !versionSegments[1].Equals("*") ||
                 !Int32.TryParse(versionSegments[0], NumberStyles.None, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, result: out int parsedMajor) ||
                 parsedMajor < 0)
@@ -1154,12 +1154,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.Conversion
 
             if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(result.Image))
             {
-                // Only error during early validation (parse time)
-                // At runtime (expression evaluation), empty image = no container
-                if (isEarlyValidation)
-                {
-                    context.Error(value, "Container image cannot be empty");
-                }
+                context.Error(value, "Container image cannot be empty");
                 return null;
             }
 
@@ -1843,9 +1838,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.Conversion
                     case "actions":
                         permissions.Actions = permissionLevel;
                         break;
-                    case "artifact-metadata":
-                        permissions.ArtifactMetadata = permissionLevel;
-                        break;
+					case "artifact-metadata":
+						permissions.ArtifactMetadata = permissionLevel;
+						break;
                     case "attestations":
                         permissions.Attestations = permissionLevel;
                         break;

src/Sdk/WorkflowParser/workflow-v1.0.json

@@ -2593,7 +2593,7 @@
             "description": "Use `jobs.<job_id>.container.image` to define the Docker image to use as the container to run the action. The value can be the Docker Hub image or a registry name."
           },
           "options": {
-            "type": "string",
+            "type": "non-empty-string",
             "description": "Use `jobs.<job_id>.container.options` to configure additional Docker container resource options."
           },
           "env": "container-env",

src/Test/L0/Listener/JobDispatcherL0.cs

@@ -739,8 +739,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 Assert.True(jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task.IsCompleted, "JobDispatcher should set task complete token for one time agent.");
                 if (jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task.IsCompleted)
                 {
-                    var result = await jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task;
-                    Assert.Equal(TaskResult.Succeeded, result);
+                    Assert.True(await jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task, "JobDispatcher should set task complete token to 'TRUE' for one time agent.");
                 }
             }
         }

src/Test/L0/Listener/RunnerL0.cs

@@ -295,13 +295,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.DeleteMessageAsync(It.IsAny<TaskAgentMessage>()))
                     .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
 
-                var runOnceJobCompleted = new TaskCompletionSource<TaskResult>();
+                var runOnceJobCompleted = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
                 _jobDispatcher.Setup(x => x.RunOnceJobCompleted)
                     .Returns(runOnceJobCompleted);
                 _jobDispatcher.Setup(x => x.Run(It.IsAny<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(), It.IsAny<bool>()))
                     .Callback(() =>
                     {
-                        runOnceJobCompleted.TrySetResult(TaskResult.Succeeded);
+                        runOnceJobCompleted.TrySetResult(true);
                     });
                 _jobNotification.Setup(x => x.StartClient(It.IsAny<String>()))
                     .Callback(() =>
@@ -399,13 +399,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.DeleteMessageAsync(It.IsAny<TaskAgentMessage>()))
                     .Returns(Task.CompletedTask);
 
-                var runOnceJobCompleted = new TaskCompletionSource<TaskResult>();
+                var runOnceJobCompleted = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
                 _jobDispatcher.Setup(x => x.RunOnceJobCompleted)
                     .Returns(runOnceJobCompleted);
                 _jobDispatcher.Setup(x => x.Run(It.IsAny<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(), It.IsAny<bool>()))
                     .Callback(() =>
                     {
-                        runOnceJobCompleted.TrySetResult(TaskResult.Succeeded);
+                        runOnceJobCompleted.TrySetResult(true);
                     });
                 _jobNotification.Setup(x => x.StartClient(It.IsAny<String>()))
                     .Callback(() =>
@@ -733,8 +733,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 _configStore.Setup(x => x.IsServiceConfigured()).Returns(false);
 
-                var completedTask = new TaskCompletionSource<TaskResult>();
-                completedTask.SetResult(TaskResult.Succeeded);
+                var completedTask = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+                completedTask.SetResult(true);
                 _jobDispatcher.Setup(x => x.RunOnceJobCompleted).Returns(completedTask);
 
                 //Act
@@ -834,8 +834,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 _configStore.Setup(x => x.IsServiceConfigured()).Returns(false);
 
-                var completedTask = new TaskCompletionSource<TaskResult>();
-                completedTask.SetResult(TaskResult.Succeeded);
+                var completedTask = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+                completedTask.SetResult(true);
                 _jobDispatcher.Setup(x => x.RunOnceJobCompleted).Returns(completedTask);
 
                 //Act
@@ -954,8 +954,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 _configStore.Setup(x => x.IsServiceConfigured()).Returns(false);
 
-                var completedTask = new TaskCompletionSource<TaskResult>();
-                completedTask.SetResult(TaskResult.Succeeded);
+                var completedTask = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
+                completedTask.SetResult(true);
                 _jobDispatcher.Setup(x => x.RunOnceJobCompleted).Returns(completedTask);
 
                 //Act

src/Test/L0/Worker/ActionCommandManagerL0.cs

@@ -457,8 +457,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
                 new SetEnvCommandExtension(),
                 new WarningCommandExtension(),
                 new AddMaskCommandExtension(),
-                new SetOutputCommandExtension(),
-                new SaveStateCommandExtension(),
             };
             foreach (var command in commands)
             {
@@ -501,53 +499,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
             };
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void SetOutputCommand_EmitsTelemetryOnce()
-        {
-            using (TestHostContext hc = CreateTestContext())
-            {
-                _ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry = new List<JobTelemetry>();
-                var reference = string.Empty;
-                _ec.Setup(x => x.SetOutput(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>(), out reference));
-
-                // First set-output should add telemetry
-                Assert.True(_commandManager.TryProcessCommand(_ec.Object, "::set-output name=foo::bar", null));
-                Assert.Single(_ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry);
-                Assert.Equal(JobTelemetryType.ActionCommand, _ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry[0].Type);
-                Assert.Equal("DeprecatedCommand: set-output", _ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry[0].Message);
-                Assert.True(_ec.Object.Global.HasDeprecatedSetOutput);
-
-                // Second set-output should not add another telemetry entry
-                Assert.True(_commandManager.TryProcessCommand(_ec.Object, "::set-output name=foo2::bar2", null));
-                Assert.Single(_ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry);
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void SaveStateCommand_EmitsTelemetryOnce()
-        {
-            using (TestHostContext hc = CreateTestContext())
-            {
-                _ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry = new List<JobTelemetry>();
-                _ec.Setup(x => x.IsEmbedded).Returns(false);
-                _ec.Setup(x => x.IntraActionState).Returns(new Dictionary<string, string>());
-
-                // First save-state should add telemetry
-                Assert.True(_commandManager.TryProcessCommand(_ec.Object, "::save-state name=foo::bar", null));
-                Assert.Single(_ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry);
-                Assert.Equal(JobTelemetryType.ActionCommand, _ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry[0].Type);
-                Assert.Equal("DeprecatedCommand: save-state", _ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry[0].Message);
-                Assert.True(_ec.Object.Global.HasDeprecatedSaveState);
-
-                // Second save-state should not add another telemetry entry
-                Assert.True(_commandManager.TryProcessCommand(_ec.Object, "::save-state name=foo2::bar2", null));
-                Assert.Single(_ec.Object.Global.JobTelemetry);
-            }
-        }
-
     }
 }

src/Test/L0/Worker/ActionManifestParserComparisonL0.cs

@@ -1,424 +0,0 @@
-using GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating.Tokens;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Runner.Common;
-using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
-using GitHub.Runner.Worker;
-using LegacyContextData = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
-using LegacyExpressions = GitHub.DistributedTask.Expressions2;
-using Moq;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using System.Threading;
-using Xunit;
-
-namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Tests for parser comparison wrapper classes.
-    /// </summary>
-    public sealed class ActionManifestParserComparisonL0
-    {
-        private CancellationTokenSource _ecTokenSource;
-        private Mock<IExecutionContext> _ec;
-        private TestHostContext _hc;
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void ConvertToLegacySteps_ProducesCorrectSteps_WithExplicitPropertyMapping()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                // Arrange - Test that ActionManifestManagerWrapper properly converts new steps to legacy format
-                Setup();
-
-                // Enable comparison feature
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                // Register required services
-                var legacyManager = new ActionManifestManagerLegacy();
-                legacyManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManagerLegacy>(legacyManager);
-
-                var newManager = new ActionManifestManager();
-                newManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManager>(newManager);
-
-                var wrapper = new ActionManifestManagerWrapper();
-                wrapper.Initialize(_hc);
-
-                var manifestPath = Path.Combine(TestUtil.GetTestDataPath(), "conditional_composite_action.yml");
-
-                // Act - Load through the wrapper (which internally converts)
-                var result = wrapper.Load(_ec.Object, manifestPath);
-
-                // Assert
-                Assert.NotNull(result);
-                Assert.Equal(ActionExecutionType.Composite, result.Execution.ExecutionType);
-
-                var compositeExecution = result.Execution as CompositeActionExecutionData;
-                Assert.NotNull(compositeExecution);
-                Assert.NotNull(compositeExecution.Steps);
-                Assert.Equal(6, compositeExecution.Steps.Count);
-
-                // Verify steps are NOT null (this was the bug - JSON round-trip produced nulls)
-                foreach (var step in compositeExecution.Steps)
-                {
-                    Assert.NotNull(step);
-                    Assert.NotNull(step.Reference);
-                    Assert.IsType<GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ScriptReference>(step.Reference);
-                }
-
-                // Verify step with condition
-                var successStep = compositeExecution.Steps[2];
-                Assert.Equal("success-conditional", successStep.ContextName);
-                Assert.Equal("success()", successStep.Condition);
-
-                // Verify step with complex condition
-                var lastStep = compositeExecution.Steps[5];
-                Assert.Contains("inputs.exit-code == 1", lastStep.Condition);
-                Assert.Contains("failure()", lastStep.Condition);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateJobContainer_EmptyImage_BothParsersReturnNull()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                // Arrange - Test that both parsers return null for empty container image at runtime
-                Setup();
-
-                var fileTable = new List<string>();
-
-                // Create legacy evaluator
-                var legacyTraceWriter = new GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating.EmptyTraceWriter();
-                var schema = PipelineTemplateSchemaFactory.GetSchema();
-                var legacyEvaluator = new PipelineTemplateEvaluator(legacyTraceWriter, schema, fileTable);
-
-                // Create new evaluator
-                var newTraceWriter = new GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ObjectTemplating.EmptyTraceWriter();
-                var newEvaluator = new WorkflowTemplateEvaluator(newTraceWriter, fileTable, features: null);
-
-                // Create a token representing an empty container image (simulates expression evaluated to empty string)
-                var emptyImageToken = new StringToken(null, null, null, "");
-
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var expressionFunctions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                // Act - Call both evaluators
-                var legacyResult = legacyEvaluator.EvaluateJobContainer(emptyImageToken, contextData, expressionFunctions);
-
-                // Convert token for new evaluator
-                var newToken = new GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ObjectTemplating.Tokens.StringToken(null, null, null, "");
-                var newContextData = new GitHub.Actions.Expressions.Data.DictionaryExpressionData();
-                var newExpressionFunctions = new List<GitHub.Actions.Expressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var newResult = newEvaluator.EvaluateJobContainer(newToken, newContextData, newExpressionFunctions);
-
-                // Assert - Both should return null for empty image (no container)
-                Assert.Null(legacyResult);
-                Assert.Null(newResult);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void FromJsonEmptyString_BothParsersFail_WithDifferentMessages()
-        {
-            // This test verifies that both parsers fail with different error messages when parsing fromJSON('')
-            // The comparison layer should treat these as semantically equivalent (both are JSON parse errors)
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-
-                var fileTable = new List<string>();
-
-                // Create legacy evaluator
-                var legacyTraceWriter = new GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating.EmptyTraceWriter();
-                var schema = PipelineTemplateSchemaFactory.GetSchema();
-                var legacyEvaluator = new PipelineTemplateEvaluator(legacyTraceWriter, schema, fileTable);
-
-                // Create new evaluator
-                var newTraceWriter = new GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ObjectTemplating.EmptyTraceWriter();
-                var newEvaluator = new WorkflowTemplateEvaluator(newTraceWriter, fileTable, features: null);
-
-                // Create expression token for fromJSON('')
-                var legacyToken = new BasicExpressionToken(null, null, null, "fromJson('')");
-                var newToken = new GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ObjectTemplating.Tokens.BasicExpressionToken(null, null, null, "fromJson('')");
-
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var newContextData = new GitHub.Actions.Expressions.Data.DictionaryExpressionData();
-                var expressionFunctions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-                var newExpressionFunctions = new List<GitHub.Actions.Expressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                // Act - Both should throw
-                Exception legacyException = null;
-                Exception newException = null;
-
-                try
-                {
-                    legacyEvaluator.EvaluateStepDisplayName(legacyToken, contextData, expressionFunctions);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    legacyException = ex;
-                }
-
-                try
-                {
-                    newEvaluator.EvaluateStepName(newToken, newContextData, newExpressionFunctions);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    newException = ex;
-                }
-
-                // Assert - Both threw exceptions
-                Assert.NotNull(legacyException);
-                Assert.NotNull(newException);
-
-                // Verify the error messages are different (which is why we need semantic comparison)
-                Assert.NotEqual(legacyException.Message, newException.Message);
-
-                // Verify both are JSON parse errors (contain JSON-related error indicators)
-                var legacyFullMsg = GetFullExceptionMessage(legacyException);
-                var newFullMsg = GetFullExceptionMessage(newException);
-
-                // At least one should contain indicators of JSON parsing failure
-                var legacyIsJsonError = legacyFullMsg.Contains("JToken") ||
-                                        legacyFullMsg.Contains("JsonReader") ||
-                                        legacyFullMsg.Contains("fromJson");
-                var newIsJsonError = newFullMsg.Contains("JToken") ||
-                                     newFullMsg.Contains("JsonReader") ||
-                                     newFullMsg.Contains("fromJson");
-
-                Assert.True(legacyIsJsonError, $"Legacy exception should be JSON error: {legacyFullMsg}");
-                Assert.True(newIsJsonError, $"New exception should be JSON error: {newFullMsg}");
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateDefaultInput_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var legacyManager = new ActionManifestManagerLegacy();
-                legacyManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManagerLegacy>(legacyManager);
-
-                var newManager = new ActionManifestManager();
-                newManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManager>(newManager);
-
-                var wrapper = new ActionManifestManagerWrapper();
-                wrapper.Initialize(_hc);
-
-                _ec.Object.ExpressionValues["github"] = new LegacyContextData.DictionaryContextData();
-                _ec.Object.ExpressionValues["strategy"] = new LegacyContextData.DictionaryContextData();
-                _ec.Object.ExpressionValues["matrix"] = new LegacyContextData.DictionaryContextData();
-                _ec.Object.ExpressionValues["steps"] = new LegacyContextData.DictionaryContextData();
-                _ec.Object.ExpressionValues["job"] = new LegacyContextData.DictionaryContextData();
-                _ec.Object.ExpressionValues["runner"] = new LegacyContextData.DictionaryContextData();
-                _ec.Object.ExpressionValues["env"] = new LegacyContextData.DictionaryContextData();
-                _ec.Object.ExpressionFunctions.Add(new LegacyExpressions.FunctionInfo<GitHub.Runner.Worker.Expressions.HashFilesFunction>("hashFiles", 1, 255));
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateDefaultInput(_ec.Object, "testInput", new StringToken(null, null, null, "defaultValue"));
-
-                Assert.Equal("defaultValue", result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasActionManifestMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateContainerArguments_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var legacyManager = new ActionManifestManagerLegacy();
-                legacyManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManagerLegacy>(legacyManager);
-
-                var newManager = new ActionManifestManager();
-                newManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManager>(newManager);
-
-                var wrapper = new ActionManifestManagerWrapper();
-                wrapper.Initialize(_hc);
-
-                var arguments = new SequenceToken(null, null, null);
-                arguments.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "arg1"));
-                arguments.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "arg2"));
-
-                var evaluateContext = new Dictionary<string, LegacyContextData.PipelineContextData>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateContainerArguments(_ec.Object, arguments, evaluateContext);
-
-                Assert.Equal(2, result.Count);
-                Assert.Equal("arg1", result[0]);
-                Assert.Equal("arg2", result[1]);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasActionManifestMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateContainerEnvironment_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var legacyManager = new ActionManifestManagerLegacy();
-                legacyManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManagerLegacy>(legacyManager);
-
-                var newManager = new ActionManifestManager();
-                newManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManager>(newManager);
-
-                var wrapper = new ActionManifestManagerWrapper();
-                wrapper.Initialize(_hc);
-
-                var environment = new MappingToken(null, null, null);
-                environment.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "hello"), new StringToken(null, null, null, "world"));
-
-                var evaluateContext = new Dictionary<string, LegacyContextData.PipelineContextData>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateContainerEnvironment(_ec.Object, environment, evaluateContext);
-
-                Assert.Equal(1, result.Count);
-                Assert.Equal("world", result["hello"]);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasActionManifestMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateCompositeOutputs_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var legacyManager = new ActionManifestManagerLegacy();
-                legacyManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManagerLegacy>(legacyManager);
-
-                var newManager = new ActionManifestManager();
-                newManager.Initialize(_hc);
-                _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManager>(newManager);
-
-                var wrapper = new ActionManifestManagerWrapper();
-                wrapper.Initialize(_hc);
-
-                var outputDef = new MappingToken(null, null, null);
-                outputDef.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "description"), new StringToken(null, null, null, "test output"));
-                outputDef.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "value"), new StringToken(null, null, null, "value1"));
-
-                var token = new MappingToken(null, null, null);
-                token.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "output1"), outputDef);
-
-                var evaluateContext = new Dictionary<string, LegacyContextData.PipelineContextData>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateCompositeOutputs(_ec.Object, token, evaluateContext);
-
-                Assert.NotNull(result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasActionManifestMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        private string GetFullExceptionMessage(Exception ex)
-        {
-            var messages = new List<string>();
-            var current = ex;
-            while (current != null)
-            {
-                messages.Add(current.Message);
-                current = current.InnerException;
-            }
-            return string.Join(" -> ", messages);
-        }
-
-        private void Setup([CallerMemberName] string name = "")
-        {
-            _ecTokenSource?.Dispose();
-            _ecTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
-
-            _hc = new TestHostContext(this, name);
-
-            var expressionValues = new LegacyContextData.DictionaryContextData();
-            var expressionFunctions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-            _ec = new Mock<IExecutionContext>();
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.Global)
-                .Returns(new GlobalContext
-                {
-                    FileTable = new List<String>(),
-                    Variables = new Variables(_hc, new Dictionary<string, VariableValue>()),
-                    WriteDebug = true,
-                });
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.CancellationToken).Returns(_ecTokenSource.Token);
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.ExpressionValues).Returns(expressionValues);
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.ExpressionFunctions).Returns(expressionFunctions);
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.Write(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>())).Callback((string tag, string message) => { _hc.GetTrace().Info($"{tag}{message}"); });
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.AddIssue(It.IsAny<Issue>(), It.IsAny<ExecutionContextLogOptions>())).Callback((Issue issue, ExecutionContextLogOptions logOptions) => { _hc.GetTrace().Info($"[{issue.Type}]{logOptions.LogMessageOverride ?? issue.Message}"); });
-        }
-
-        private void Teardown()
-        {
-            _hc?.Dispose();
-        }
-    }
-}

src/Test/L0/Worker/ActionRunnerL0.cs

@@ -316,94 +316,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
             Assert.Equal("${{ matrix.node }}", _actionRunner.DisplayName);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateDisplayNameForLocalAction()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            Setup();
-            var actionId = Guid.NewGuid();
-            var action = new Pipelines.ActionStep()
-            {
-                Name = "action",
-                Id = actionId,
-                Reference = new Pipelines.RepositoryPathReference()
-                {
-                    RepositoryType = Pipelines.PipelineConstants.SelfAlias,
-                    Path = "./"
-                }
-            };
-            _actionRunner.Action = action;
-
-            // Act
-            var validDisplayName = _actionRunner.EvaluateDisplayName(_context, _actionRunner.ExecutionContext, out bool updated);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.True(validDisplayName);
-            Assert.True(updated);
-            Assert.Equal("Run ./", _actionRunner.DisplayName);  // NOT "Run /./"
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateDisplayNameForLocalActionWithPath()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            Setup();
-            var actionId = Guid.NewGuid();
-            var action = new Pipelines.ActionStep()
-            {
-                Name = "action",
-                Id = actionId,
-                Reference = new Pipelines.RepositoryPathReference()
-                {
-                    RepositoryType = Pipelines.PipelineConstants.SelfAlias,
-                    Path = "./.github/actions/my-action"
-                }
-            };
-            _actionRunner.Action = action;
-
-            // Act
-            var validDisplayName = _actionRunner.EvaluateDisplayName(_context, _actionRunner.ExecutionContext, out bool updated);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.True(validDisplayName);
-            Assert.True(updated);
-            Assert.Equal("Run ./.github/actions/my-action", _actionRunner.DisplayName);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateDisplayNameForRemoteActionWithPath()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            Setup();
-            var actionId = Guid.NewGuid();
-            var action = new Pipelines.ActionStep()
-            {
-                Name = "action",
-                Id = actionId,
-                Reference = new Pipelines.RepositoryPathReference()
-                {
-                    Name = "owner/repo",
-                    Path = "subdir",
-                    Ref = "v1"
-                }
-            };
-            _actionRunner.Action = action;
-
-            // Act
-            var validDisplayName = _actionRunner.EvaluateDisplayName(_context, _actionRunner.ExecutionContext, out bool updated);
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.True(validDisplayName);
-            Assert.True(updated);
-            Assert.Equal("Run owner/repo/subdir@v1", _actionRunner.DisplayName);
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         [Trait("Level", "L0")]
         [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
@@ -547,7 +459,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
 
             _handlerFactory = new Mock<IHandlerFactory>();
             _defaultStepHost = new Mock<IDefaultStepHost>();
-
+            
             var actionManifestLegacy = new ActionManifestManagerLegacy();
             actionManifestLegacy.Initialize(_hc);
             _hc.SetSingleton<IActionManifestManagerLegacy>(actionManifestLegacy);

src/Test/L0/Worker/PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapperL0.cs

@@ -1,550 +0,0 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating.Tokens;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Runner.Common;
-using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
-using GitHub.Runner.Worker;
-using LegacyContextData = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
-using LegacyExpressions = GitHub.DistributedTask.Expressions2;
-using Moq;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using System.Threading;
-using Xunit;
-
-namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
-{
-    public sealed class PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapperL0
-    {
-        private CancellationTokenSource _ecTokenSource;
-        private Mock<IExecutionContext> _ec;
-        private TestHostContext _hc;
-
-        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
-        // EvaluateAndCompare core behavior
-        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateAndCompare_DoesNotRecordMismatch_WhenResultsMatch()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-
-                var token = new StringToken(null, null, null, "test-value");
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var expressionFunctions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateStepDisplayName(token, contextData, expressionFunctions);
-
-                Assert.Equal("test-value", result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateAndCompare_SkipsMismatchRecording_WhenCancellationOccursDuringEvaluation()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-
-                // Call EvaluateAndCompare directly: the new evaluator cancels the token
-                // and returns a different value, forcing hasMismatch = true.
-                // Because cancellation flipped during the evaluation window, the
-                // mismatch should be skipped.
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateAndCompare<string, string>(
-                    "TestCancellationSkip",
-                    () => "legacy-value",
-                    () =>
-                    {
-                        _ecTokenSource.Cancel();
-                        return "different-value";
-                    },
-                    (legacy, @new) => string.Equals(legacy, @new, StringComparison.Ordinal));
-
-                Assert.Equal("legacy-value", result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateAndCompare_RecordsMismatch_WhenResultsDifferWithoutCancellation()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-
-                // Different results without cancellation — mismatch SHOULD be recorded.
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateAndCompare<string, string>(
-                    "TestMismatchRecorded",
-                    () => "legacy-value",
-                    () => "different-value",
-                    (legacy, @new) => string.Equals(legacy, @new, StringComparison.Ordinal));
-
-                Assert.Equal("legacy-value", result);
-                Assert.True(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
-        // Smoke tests — both parsers agree, no mismatch recorded
-        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateStepContinueOnError_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var token = new BooleanToken(null, null, null, true);
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateStepContinueOnError(token, contextData, functions);
-
-                Assert.True(result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateStepEnvironment_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var token = new MappingToken(null, null, null);
-                token.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "FOO"), new StringToken(null, null, null, "bar"));
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateStepEnvironment(token, contextData, functions, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-                Assert.NotNull(result);
-                Assert.Equal("bar", result["FOO"]);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateStepIf_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var token = new BasicExpressionToken(null, null, null, "true");
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-                var expressionState = new List<KeyValuePair<string, object>>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateStepIf(token, contextData, functions, expressionState);
-
-                Assert.True(result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateStepInputs_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var token = new MappingToken(null, null, null);
-                token.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "input1"), new StringToken(null, null, null, "val1"));
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateStepInputs(token, contextData, functions);
-
-                Assert.NotNull(result);
-                Assert.Equal("val1", result["input1"]);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateStepTimeout_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var token = new NumberToken(null, null, null, 10);
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateStepTimeout(token, contextData, functions);
-
-                Assert.Equal(10, result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateJobContainer_EmptyImage_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var token = new StringToken(null, null, null, "");
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateJobContainer(token, contextData, functions);
-
-                Assert.Null(result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateJobOutput_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var token = new MappingToken(null, null, null);
-                token.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "out1"), new StringToken(null, null, null, "val1"));
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateJobOutput(token, contextData, functions);
-
-                Assert.NotNull(result);
-                Assert.Equal("val1", result["out1"]);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateEnvironmentUrl_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var token = new StringToken(null, null, null, "https://example.com");
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateEnvironmentUrl(token, contextData, functions);
-
-                Assert.NotNull(result);
-                var stringResult = result as StringToken;
-                Assert.NotNull(stringResult);
-                Assert.Equal("https://example.com", stringResult.Value);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateJobDefaultsRun_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var token = new MappingToken(null, null, null);
-                token.Add(new StringToken(null, null, null, "shell"), new StringToken(null, null, null, "bash"));
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateJobDefaultsRun(token, contextData, functions);
-
-                Assert.NotNull(result);
-                Assert.Equal("bash", result["shell"]);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateJobServiceContainers_Null_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateJobServiceContainers(null, contextData, functions);
-
-                Assert.Null(result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateJobSnapshotRequest_Null_BothParsersAgree()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-                var contextData = new DictionaryContextData();
-                var functions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-                var result = wrapper.EvaluateJobSnapshotRequest(null, contextData, functions);
-
-                Assert.Null(result);
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
-        // JSON parse error equivalence via EvaluateAndCompare
-        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateAndCompare_JsonReaderExceptions_TreatedAsEquivalent()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-
-                // Both throw JsonReaderException with different messages — should be treated as equivalent
-                var legacyEx = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException("Error reading JToken from JsonReader. Path '', line 0, position 0.");
-                var newEx = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException("Error parsing fromJson", new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException("Unexpected end"));
-
-                Assert.Throws<Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException>(() =>
-                    wrapper.EvaluateAndCompare<string, string>(
-                        "TestJsonEquivalence",
-                        () => throw legacyEx,
-                        () => throw newEx,
-                        (a, b) => string.Equals(a, b, StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateAndCompare_MixedJsonExceptionTypes_TreatedAsEquivalent()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-
-                // Legacy throws Newtonsoft JsonReaderException, new throws System.Text.Json.JsonException
-                var legacyEx = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException("Error reading JToken");
-                var newEx = new System.Text.Json.JsonException("Error parsing fromJson");
-
-                Assert.Throws<Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException>(() =>
-                    wrapper.EvaluateAndCompare<string, string>(
-                        "TestMixedJsonTypes",
-                        () => throw legacyEx,
-                        () => throw newEx,
-                        (a, b) => string.Equals(a, b, StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-
-                Assert.False(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
-        public void EvaluateAndCompare_NonJsonExceptions_RecordsMismatch()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                Setup();
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set(Constants.Runner.Features.CompareWorkflowParser, "true");
-
-                var wrapper = new PipelineTemplateEvaluatorWrapper(_hc, _ec.Object);
-
-                // Both throw non-JSON exceptions with different messages — should record mismatch
-                var legacyEx = new InvalidOperationException("some error");
-                var newEx = new InvalidOperationException("different error");
-
-                Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
-                    wrapper.EvaluateAndCompare<string, string>(
-                        "TestNonJsonMismatch",
-                        () => throw legacyEx,
-                        () => throw newEx,
-                        (a, b) => string.Equals(a, b, StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-
-                Assert.True(_ec.Object.Global.HasTemplateEvaluatorMismatch);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                Teardown();
-            }
-        }
-
-        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
-        // Helpers
-        // -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-        private void Setup([CallerMemberName] string name = "")
-        {
-            _ecTokenSource?.Dispose();
-            _ecTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
-
-            _hc = new TestHostContext(this, name);
-
-            var expressionValues = new LegacyContextData.DictionaryContextData();
-            var expressionFunctions = new List<LegacyExpressions.IFunctionInfo>();
-
-            _ec = new Mock<IExecutionContext>();
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.Global)
-                .Returns(new GlobalContext
-                {
-                    FileTable = new List<String>(),
-                    Variables = new Variables(_hc, new Dictionary<string, VariableValue>()),
-                    WriteDebug = true,
-                });
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.CancellationToken).Returns(_ecTokenSource.Token);
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.ExpressionValues).Returns(expressionValues);
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.ExpressionFunctions).Returns(expressionFunctions);
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.Write(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>())).Callback((string tag, string message) => { _hc.GetTrace().Info($"{tag}{message}"); });
-            _ec.Setup(x => x.AddIssue(It.IsAny<Issue>(), It.IsAny<ExecutionContextLogOptions>())).Callback((Issue issue, ExecutionContextLogOptions logOptions) => { _hc.GetTrace().Info($"[{issue.Type}]{logOptions.LogMessageOverride ?? issue.Message}"); });
-        }
-
-        private void Teardown()
-        {
-            _hc?.Dispose();
-        }
-    }
-}

src/dev.sh

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ LAYOUT_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_layout"
 DOWNLOAD_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_downloads/netcore2x"
 PACKAGE_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_package"
 DOTNETSDK_ROOT="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_dotnetsdk"
-DOTNETSDK_VERSION="8.0.417"
+DOTNETSDK_VERSION="8.0.416"
 DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR="$DOTNETSDK_ROOT/$DOTNETSDK_VERSION"
 RUNNER_VERSION=$(cat runnerversion)
 

src/global.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "8.0.417"
+    "version": "8.0.416"
   }
 }