Update releaseVersion to 2.282.0

This optional flag will configure the runner to only take one job, and let the service un-configure the runner after that job finishes.

docs/checks/network.md

@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@
 
 ### Common things that can cause the runner to not working properly
 
-- Bug in the runner or the dotnet framework that causes actions runner can't make Http request in a certain network environment.
+- A bug in the runner or the dotnet framework that causes the actions runner to be unable to make Http requests in a certain network environment.
 
-- Proxy/Firewall block certain HTTP method, like it block all POST and PUT calls which the runner will use to upload logs.
+- A Proxy or Firewall may block certain HTTP method, such as blocking all POST and PUT calls which the runner will use to upload logs.
 
-- Proxy/Firewall only allows requests with certain user-agent to pass through and the actions runner user-agent is not in the allow list.
+- A Proxy or Firewall may only allows requests with certain user-agent to pass through and the actions runner user-agent is not in the allow list.
 
-- Proxy try to decrypt and exam HTTPS traffic for security purpose but cause the actions-runner to fail to finish SSL handshake due to the lack of trusting proxy's CA.
+- A Proxy try to decrypt and exam HTTPS traffic for security purpose but cause the actions-runner to fail to finish SSL handshake due to the lack of trusting proxy's CA.
 
-- Proxy try to modify the HTTPS request (like add or change some http headers) and causes the request become incompatible with the Actions Service (ASP.NetCore), Ex: [Nginx](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/17081)
+- The SSL handshake may fail if the client and server do not support the same TLS version, or the same cipher suites.
 
-- Firewall rules that block action runner from accessing certain hosts, ex: `*.github.com`, `*.actions.githubusercontent.com`, etc.
+- A Proxy may try to modify the HTTPS request (like add or change some http headers) and causes the request become incompatible with the Actions Service (ASP.NetCore), Ex: [Nginx](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/17081)
+
+- Firewall rules that block action runner from accessing certain hosts, ex: `*.github.com`, `*.actions.githubusercontent.com`, etc
 
 
 ### Identify and solve these problems
@@ -29,4 +31,31 @@ Use a 3rd party tool to make the same requests as the runner did would be a good
 
 If the 3rd party tool is also experiencing the same error as the runner does, then you might want to contact your network administrator for help.
 
-Otherwise, contact GitHub customer support or log an issue at https://github.com/actions/runner
+Otherwise, contact GitHub customer support or log an issue at https://github.com/actions/runner
+
+### Troubleshooting: Why can't I configure a runner?
+
+If you are having trouble connecting, try these steps:
+
+1. Validate you can reach our endpoints from your web browser. If not, double check your local network connection
+    - For hosted Github:
+      - https://api.github.com/
+      - https://vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health
+      - https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health
+    - For GHES/GHAE
+      - https://myGHES.com/_services/vstoken/_apis/health
+      - https://myGHES.com/_services/pipelines/_apis/health
+      - https://myGHES.com/api/v3
+2. Validate you can reach those endpoints in powershell core
+    - The runner runs on .net core, lets validate the local settings for that stack
+    - Open up `pwsh`
+    - Run the command using the urls above `Invoke-WebRequest {url}`
+3. If not, get a packet trace using a tool like wireshark and start looking at the TLS handshake. 
+    - If you see a Client Hello followed by a Server RST:
+      - You may need to configure your TLS settings to use the correct version
+        - You should support TLS version 1.2 or later
+      - You may need to configure your TLS settings to have up to date cipher suites, this may be solved by system updates and patches.
+      - Your firewall, proxy or network configuration may be blocking the connection
+      - You will want to reach out to whoever is in charge of your network with these pcap files to further troubleshoot
+    - If you see a failure later in the handshake:
+      - Try the fix in the [SSLCert Fix](./sslcert.md)

releaseNote.md

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 ## Features
 
+- Support the `--ephemeral` flag (#660)
+  - This optional flag will configure the runner to only take one job, and let the service un-configure the runner after that job finishes.
+  - Expect to see more info in the Github API documentation soon. We'll link to those docs directly as they become generally available!
+
 ## Bugs
 
-- Fixed an issue where GHES runners fail to download public docker images (#1199)
+- Fix a bug in `script/delete` wherein a repo with multiple runners would be unable to find the correct runner (#1268) (#1269)
+- Mitigate a race condition when requesting an OIDC `Id_token` (#1320)
+- Make client retries more resilient in JobServer (#1316)
 
 ## Misc
 
+- Increase readability of colored console output (#1295) (#1319)
+- Add more network troubleshooting to the docs (#1325)
+- Bump [path-parse](https://github.com/jbgutierrez/path-parse) from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 (#1256)
+
 ## Windows x64
 We recommend configuring the runner in a root folder of the Windows drive (e.g. "C:\actions-runner"). This will help avoid issues related to service identity folder permissions and long file path restrictions on Windows.
 

releaseVersion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<Update to ./src/runnerversion when creating release>
+2.282.0

scripts/delete.sh

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fi
 # Ensure offline
 #--------------------------------------
 runner_status=$(curl -s -X GET ${base_api_url}/${runner_scope}/actions/runners?per_page=100  -H "accept: application/vnd.github.everest-preview+json" -H "authorization: token ${RUNNER_CFG_PAT}" \
-        | jq -M -j ".runners | .[] | [select(.name == \"${runner_name}\")] | .[0].status")
+        | jq -M -j ".runners | .[] | select(.name == \"${runner_name}\") | .status")
 
 if [ -z "${runner_status}" ]; then 
     fatal "Could not find runner with name ${runner_name}"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fi
 # Get id of runner to remove
 #--------------------------------------
 runner_id=$(curl -s -X GET ${base_api_url}/${runner_scope}/actions/runners?per_page=100  -H "accept: application/vnd.github.everest-preview+json" -H "authorization: token ${RUNNER_CFG_PAT}" \
-        | jq -M -j ".runners | .[] | [select(.name == \"${runner_name}\")] | .[0].id")
+        | jq -M -j ".runners | .[] | select(.name == \"${runner_name}\") | .id")
 
 if [ -z "${runner_id}" ]; then 
     fatal "Could not find runner with name ${runner_name}"

src/Misc/expressionFunc/hashFiles/package-lock.json

@@ -1947,9 +1947,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "path-parse": {
-      "version": "1.0.6",
+      "version": "1.0.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-parse/-/path-parse-1.0.6.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-parse/-/path-parse-1.0.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-GSmOT2EbHrINBf9SR7CDELwlJ8AENk3Qn7OikK4nFYAu3Ote2+JYNVvkpAEQm3/TLNEJFD/xZJjzyxg3KBWOzw==",
+      "integrity": "sha512-LDJzPVEEEPR+y48z93A0Ed0yXb8pAByGWo/k5YYdYgpY2/2EsOsksJrq7lOHxryrVOn1ejG6oAp8ahvOIQD8sw==",
       "dev": true
     },
     "path-type": {

src/Misc/layoutbin/update.sh.template

@@ -118,6 +118,43 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# fix upgrade issue with macOS
+currentplatform=$(uname | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
+if [[ "$currentplatform" == 'darwin' ]]; then
+    # need a short-term fix for https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/743
+    # we will recreate all the ./externals/node12/bin/node of the past 5 versions
+    # v2.280.3 v2.280.2 v2.280.1 v2.279.0 v2.278.0
+    if [[ ! -e "$rootfolder/externals.2.280.3/node12/bin/node" ]]
+    then
+        mkdir -p "$rootfolder/externals.2.280.3/node12/bin"
+        cp "$rootfolder/externals/node12/bin/node" "$rootfolder/externals.2.280.3/node12/bin/node"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ ! -e "$rootfolder/externals.2.280.2/node12/bin/node" ]]
+    then
+        mkdir -p "$rootfolder/externals.2.280.2/node12/bin"
+        cp "$rootfolder/externals/node12/bin/node" "$rootfolder/externals.2.280.2/node12/bin/node"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ ! -e "$rootfolder/externals.2.280.1/node12/bin/node" ]]
+    then
+        mkdir -p "$rootfolder/externals.2.280.1/node12/bin"
+        cp "$rootfolder/externals/node12/bin/node" "$rootfolder/externals.2.280.1/node12/bin/node"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ ! -e "$rootfolder/externals.2.279.0/node12/bin/node" ]]
+    then
+        mkdir -p "$rootfolder/externals.2.279.0/node12/bin"
+        cp "$rootfolder/externals/node12/bin/node" "$rootfolder/externals.2.279.0/node12/bin/node"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ ! -e "$rootfolder/externals.2.278.0/node12/bin/node" ]]
+    then
+        mkdir -p "$rootfolder/externals.2.278.0/node12/bin"
+        cp "$rootfolder/externals/node12/bin/node" "$rootfolder/externals.2.278.0/node12/bin/node"
+    fi
+fi
+
 date "+[%F %T-%4N] Update succeed" >> "$logfile"
 
 # rename the update log file with %logfile%.succeed/.failed/succeedneedrestart

src/Runner.Common/ConfigurationStore.cs

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
         public string PoolName { get; set; }
 
+        [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public bool Ephemeral { get; set; }
+
         [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
         public string ServerUrl { get; set; }
 

src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs

@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 {
                     public static readonly string Check = "check";
                     public static readonly string Commit = "commit";
+                    public static readonly string Ephemeral = "ephemeral";
                     public static readonly string Help = "help";
                     public static readonly string Replace = "replace";
-                    public static readonly string Once = "once";
+                    public static readonly string Once = "once"; // TODO: Remove in 10/2021
                     public static readonly string RunAsService = "runasservice";
                     public static readonly string Unattended = "unattended";
                     public static readonly string Version = "version";

src/Runner.Common/JobServer.cs

@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 {
     [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(JobServer))]
     public interface IJobServer : IRunnerService
     {
-        Task ConnectAsync(VssConnection jobConnection);
+        Task ConnectAsync(Uri jobServerUrl, VssCredentials jobServerCredential, DelegatingHandler[] delegatingHandler = null);
 
         // logging and console
         Task<TaskLog> AppendLogContentAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, int logId, Stream uploadStream, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
@@ -32,20 +35,21 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         private VssConnection _connection;
         private TaskHttpClient _taskClient;
 
-        public async Task ConnectAsync(VssConnection jobConnection)
+        public async Task ConnectAsync(Uri jobServerUrl, VssCredentials jobServerCredential, DelegatingHandler[] delegatingHandler = null)
         {
-            _connection = jobConnection;
+            Trace.Info($"Establishing connection for JobServer");
             int attemptCount = 5;
-            while (!_connection.HasAuthenticated && attemptCount-- > 0)
+
+            while (attemptCount-- > 0)
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    await _connection.ConnectAsync();
+                    await RefreshConnectionAsync(jobServerUrl, jobServerCredential, delegatingHandler);
                     break;
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex) when (attemptCount > 0)
                 {
-                    Trace.Info($"Catch exception during connect. {attemptCount} attemp left.");
+                    Trace.Info($"Catch exception during connect. {attemptCount} attempts left.");
                     Trace.Error(ex);
                 }
 
@@ -53,6 +57,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             }
 
             _taskClient = _connection.GetClient<TaskHttpClient>();
+        }
+
+        private async Task RefreshConnectionAsync(Uri jobServerUrl, VssCredentials jobServerCredential, DelegatingHandler[] delegatingHandler)
+        {
+            Trace.Info($"Refresh JobServer VssConnection to get on a different AFD node.");
+            _hasConnection = false;
+            _connection?.Dispose();
+            _connection = VssUtil.CreateConnection(jobServerUrl, jobServerCredential, delegatingHandler);
+            await _connection.ConnectAsync();
             _hasConnection = true;
         }
 

src/Runner.Common/JobServerQueue.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
     [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(JobServerQueue))]
     public interface IJobServerQueue : IRunnerService, IThrottlingReporter
     {
+        TaskCompletionSource<int> JobRecordUpdated { get; }
         event EventHandler<ThrottlingEventArgs> JobServerQueueThrottling;
         Task ShutdownAsync();
         void Start(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage jobRequest);
@@ -62,8 +63,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         private IJobServer _jobServer;
         private Task[] _allDequeueTasks;
         private readonly TaskCompletionSource<int> _jobCompletionSource = new TaskCompletionSource<int>();
+        private readonly TaskCompletionSource<int> _jobRecordUpdated = new TaskCompletionSource<int>();
         private bool _queueInProcess = false;
 
+        public TaskCompletionSource<int> JobRecordUpdated => _jobRecordUpdated;
+
         public event EventHandler<ThrottlingEventArgs> JobServerQueueThrottling;
 
         // Web console dequeue will start with process queue every 250ms for the first 60*4 times (~60 seconds).
@@ -287,11 +291,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                                 {
                                     await _jobServer.AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(_scopeIdentifier, _hubName, _planId, _jobTimelineId, _jobTimelineRecordId, stepRecordId, batch.Select(logLine => logLine.Line).ToList(), batch[0].LineNumber.Value, default(CancellationToken));
                                 }
-                                else 
+                                else
                                 {
                                     await _jobServer.AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(_scopeIdentifier, _hubName, _planId, _jobTimelineId, _jobTimelineRecordId, stepRecordId, batch.Select(logLine => logLine.Line).ToList(), default(CancellationToken));
                                 }
-                                
+
                                 if (_firstConsoleOutputs)
                                 {
                                     HostContext.WritePerfCounter($"WorkerJobServerQueueAppendFirstConsoleOutput_{_planId.ToString()}");
@@ -455,6 +459,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                             {
                                 Trace.Verbose("Cleanup buffered timeline record for timeline: {0}.", update.TimelineId);
                             }
+
+                            if (!_jobRecordUpdated.Task.IsCompleted &&
+                                update.PendingRecords.Any(x => x.Id == _jobTimelineRecordId && x.State != null))
+                            {
+                                // We have changed the state of the job
+                                Trace.Info("Job timeline record has been updated for the first time.");
+                                _jobRecordUpdated.TrySetResult(0);
+                            }
                         }
                         catch (Exception ex)
                         {

src/Runner.Common/Terminal.cs

@@ -164,9 +164,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             if (!Silent)
             {
                 Console.WriteLine();
-                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
-                Console.WriteLine($"# {message}");
                 Console.ResetColor();
+                Console.WriteLine($"# {message}");
                 Console.WriteLine();
             }
         }
@@ -177,9 +176,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             {
                 Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
                 Console.Write("√ ");
-                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
-                Console.WriteLine(message);
                 Console.ResetColor();
+                Console.WriteLine(message);
             }
         }
 

src/Runner.Listener/CommandSettings.cs

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         {
             Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Check,
             Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Commit,
+            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Ephemeral,
             Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Help,
             Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Replace,
             Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.RunAsService,
-            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Once,
             Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Unattended,
             Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Version
         };
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         public bool Help => TestFlag(Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Help);
         public bool Unattended => TestFlag(Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Unattended);
         public bool Version => TestFlag(Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Version);
+        public bool Ephemeral => TestFlag(Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Ephemeral);
 
+        // TODO: Remove in 10/2021
         public bool RunOnce => TestFlag(Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Once);
 
         // Constructor.

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs

@@ -65,18 +65,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
         public async Task ConfigureAsync(CommandSettings command)
         {
             _term.WriteLine();
-            _term.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
-            _term.WriteLine("|        ____ _ _   _   _       _          _        _   _                      |", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("|        ____ _ _   _   _       _          _        _   _                      |");
-            _term.WriteLine("|       / ___(_) |_| | | |_   _| |__      / \\   ___| |_(_) ___  _ __  ___      |", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("|       / ___(_) |_| | | |_   _| |__      / \\   ___| |_(_) ___  _ __  ___      |");
-            _term.WriteLine("|      | |  _| | __| |_| | | | | '_ \\    / _ \\ / __| __| |/ _ \\| '_ \\/ __|     |", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("|      | |  _| | __| |_| | | | | '_ \\    / _ \\ / __| __| |/ _ \\| '_ \\/ __|     |");
-            _term.WriteLine("|      | |_| | | |_|  _  | |_| | |_) |  / ___ \\ (__| |_| | (_) | | | \\__ \\     |", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("|      | |_| | | |_|  _  | |_| | |_) |  / ___ \\ (__| |_| | (_) | | | \\__ \\     |");
-            _term.WriteLine("|       \\____|_|\\__|_| |_|\\__,_|_.__/  /_/   \\_\\___|\\__|_|\\___/|_| |_|___/     |", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("|       \\____|_|\\__|_| |_|\\__,_|_.__/  /_/   \\_\\___|\\__|_|\\___/|_| |_|___/     |");
-            _term.WriteLine("|                                                                              |", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("|                                                                              |");
-            _term.Write("|                       ", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.Write("|                       ");
             _term.Write("Self-hosted runner registration", ConsoleColor.Cyan);
-            _term.WriteLine("                        |", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("                        |");
-            _term.WriteLine("|                                                                              |", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("|                                                                              |");
-            _term.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------", ConsoleColor.White);
+            _term.WriteLine("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------");
 
             Trace.Info(nameof(ConfigureAsync));
             if (IsConfigured())
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             TaskAgent agent;
             while (true)
             {
+                runnerSettings.Ephemeral = command.Ephemeral;
                 runnerSettings.AgentName = command.GetRunnerName();
 
                 _term.WriteLine();
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     if (command.GetReplace())
                     {
                         // Update existing agent with new PublicKey, agent version.
-                        agent = UpdateExistingAgent(agent, publicKey, userLabels);
+                        agent = UpdateExistingAgent(agent, publicKey, userLabels, runnerSettings.Ephemeral);
 
                         try
                         {
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                 else
                 {
                     // Create a new agent.
-                    agent = CreateNewAgent(runnerSettings.AgentName, publicKey, userLabels);
+                    agent = CreateNewAgent(runnerSettings.AgentName, publicKey, userLabels, runnerSettings.Ephemeral);
 
                     try
                     {
@@ -347,12 +348,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
 
                     _term.WriteLine();
                     _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Runner service removed");
-#elif OS_LINUX
+#else
-                    // unconfig system D service first
+                    // unconfig systemd or osx service first
-                    throw new Exception("Unconfigure service first");
+                    throw new Exception("Uninstall service first");
-#elif OS_OSX
-                    // unconfig osx service first
-                    throw new Exception("Unconfigure service first");
 #endif
                 }
 
@@ -459,7 +457,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
         }
 
 
-        private TaskAgent UpdateExistingAgent(TaskAgent agent, RSAParameters publicKey, ISet<string> userLabels)
+        private TaskAgent UpdateExistingAgent(TaskAgent agent, RSAParameters publicKey, ISet<string> userLabels, bool ephemeral)
         {
             ArgUtil.NotNull(agent, nameof(agent));
             agent.Authorization = new TaskAgentAuthorization
@@ -470,6 +468,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             // update should replace the existing labels
             agent.Version = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version;
             agent.OSDescription = RuntimeInformation.OSDescription;
+            agent.Ephemeral = ephemeral;
+            agent.MaxParallelism = 1;
 
             agent.Labels.Clear();
 
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             return agent;
         }
 
-        private TaskAgent CreateNewAgent(string agentName, RSAParameters publicKey, ISet<string> userLabels)
+        private TaskAgent CreateNewAgent(string agentName, RSAParameters publicKey, ISet<string> userLabels, bool ephemeral)
         {
             TaskAgent agent = new TaskAgent(agentName)
             {
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                 MaxParallelism = 1,
                 Version = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version,
                 OSDescription = RuntimeInformation.OSDescription,
+                Ephemeral = ephemeral,
             };
 
             agent.Labels.Add(new AgentLabel("self-hosted", LabelType.System));

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/PromptManager.cs

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             while (true)
             {
                 // Write the message prompt.
-                _terminal.Write($"{description} ", ConsoleColor.White);
+                _terminal.Write($"{description} ");
 
                 if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(defaultValue))
                 {

src/Runner.Listener/JobDispatcher.cs

@@ -510,9 +510,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
                                     var jobServer = HostContext.GetService<IJobServer>();
                                     VssCredentials jobServerCredential = VssUtil.GetVssCredential(systemConnection);
-                                    VssConnection jobConnection = VssUtil.CreateConnection(systemConnection.Url, jobServerCredential);
-                                    await jobServer.ConnectAsync(jobConnection);
 
+                                    await jobServer.ConnectAsync(systemConnection.Url, jobServerCredential);
                                     await LogWorkerProcessUnhandledException(jobServer, message, detailInfo);
 
                                     // Go ahead to finish the job with result 'Failed' if the STDERR from worker is System.IO.IOException, since it typically means we are running out of disk space.
@@ -791,9 +790,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
                 var jobServer = HostContext.GetService<IJobServer>();
                 VssCredentials jobServerCredential = VssUtil.GetVssCredential(systemConnection);
-                VssConnection jobConnection = VssUtil.CreateConnection(systemConnection.Url, jobServerCredential);
 
-                await jobServer.ConnectAsync(jobConnection);
+                await jobServer.ConnectAsync(systemConnection.Url, jobServerCredential);
 
                 var timeline = await jobServer.GetTimelineAsync(message.Plan.ScopeIdentifier, message.Plan.PlanType, message.Plan.PlanId, message.Timeline.Id, CancellationToken.None);
 

src/Runner.Listener/Runner.cs

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     HostContext.StartupType = startType;
 
                     // Run the runner interactively or as service
-                    return await RunAsync(settings, command.RunOnce);
+                    return await RunAsync(settings, command.RunOnce || settings.Ephemeral);  // TODO: Remove RunOnce later.
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -466,8 +466,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         await jobDispatcher.ShutdownAsync();
                     }
 
-                    //TODO: make sure we don't mask more important exception
+                    try
-                    await _listener.DeleteSessionAsync();
+                    {
+                        await _listener.DeleteSessionAsync();
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex) when (runOnce)
+                    {
+                        // ignore exception during delete session for ephemeral runner since the runner might already be deleted from the server side
+                        // and the delete session call will ends up with 401.
+                        Trace.Info($"Ignore any exception during DeleteSession for an ephemeral runner. {ex}");
+                    }
 
                     messageQueueLoopTokenSource.Dispose();
                 }
@@ -512,7 +520,9 @@ Config Options:
  --labels string        Extra labels in addition to the default: 'self-hosted,{Constants.Runner.Platform},{Constants.Runner.PlatformArchitecture}'
  --work string          Relative runner work directory (default {Constants.Path.WorkDirectory})
  --replace              Replace any existing runner with the same name (default false)
- --pat                  GitHub personal access token used for checking network connectivity when executing `.{separator}run.{ext} --check`");
+ --pat                  GitHub personal access token used for checking network connectivity when executing `.{separator}run.{ext} --check`
+ --ephemeral            Configure the runner to only take one job and then let the service un-configure the runner after the job finishes (default false)");
+
 #if OS_WINDOWS
     _term.WriteLine($@" --runasservice   Run the runner as a service");
     _term.WriteLine($@" --windowslogonaccount string   Account to run the service as. Requires runasservice");

src/Runner.Listener/SelfUpdater.cs

@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 await jobDispatcher.WaitAsync(token);
                 Trace.Info($"All running job has exited.");
 
+                // We need to keep runner backup around for macOS until we fixed https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/743
+#if !OS_OSX
                 // delete runner backup
                 DeletePreviousVersionRunnerBackup(token);
                 Trace.Info($"Delete old version runner backup.");
-
+#endif
                 // generate update script from template
                 await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync("Generate and execute update script.");
 
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 invokeScript.Start();
                 Trace.Info($"Update script start running");
 
-                await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync("Runner will exit shortly for update, should back online within 10 seconds.");
+                await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync("Runner will exit shortly for update, should be back online within 10 seconds.");
 
                 return true;
             }

src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs

@@ -980,18 +980,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             context.Write(null, message);
         }
 
-        public static void WriteDetails(this IExecutionContext context, string message)
-        {
-            if (context.IsEmbedded)
-            {
-                context.Debug(message);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                context.Output(message);
-            }
-        }
-
         // Do not add a format string overload. See comment on ExecutionContext.Write().
         public static void Command(this IExecutionContext context, string message)
         {

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ContainerActionHandler.cs

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                 var dockerFile = Path.Combine(ActionDirectory, Data.Image);
                 ArgUtil.File(dockerFile, nameof(Data.Image));
 
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails(ExecutionContext.IsEmbedded ? "Building docker image" : $"##[group]Building docker image");
+                ExecutionContext.Output($"##[group]Building docker image");
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails($"Dockerfile for action: '{dockerFile}'.");
+                ExecutionContext.Output($"Dockerfile for action: '{dockerFile}'.");
                 var imageName = $"{dockerManager.DockerInstanceLabel}:{ExecutionContext.Id.ToString("N")}";
                 var buildExitCode = await dockerManager.DockerBuild(
                     ExecutionContext,
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                     dockerFile,
                     Directory.GetParent(dockerFile).FullName,
                     imageName);
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails(ExecutionContext.IsEmbedded ? "" : "##[endgroup]");
+                ExecutionContext.Output("##[endgroup]");
 
                 if (buildExitCode != 0)
                 {

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/Handler.cs

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
             
             if (stage == ActionRunStage.Post)
             {
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails($"Post job cleanup.");
+                ExecutionContext.Output($"Post job cleanup.");
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -118,30 +118,30 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                 groupName = "Action details";
             }
 
-            ExecutionContext.WriteDetails(ExecutionContext.IsEmbedded ? groupName : $"##[group]{groupName}");
+            ExecutionContext.Output($"##[group]{groupName}");
 
             if (this.Inputs?.Count > 0)
             {
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails("with:");
+                ExecutionContext.Output("with:");
                 foreach (var input in this.Inputs)
                 {
                     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(input.Value))
                     {
-                        ExecutionContext.WriteDetails($"  {input.Key}: {input.Value}");
+                        ExecutionContext.Output($"  {input.Key}: {input.Value}");
                     }
                 }
             }
 
             if (this.Environment?.Count > 0)
             {
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails("env:");
+                ExecutionContext.Output("env:");
                 foreach (var env in this.Environment)
                 {
-                    ExecutionContext.WriteDetails($"  {env.Key}: {env.Value}");
+                    ExecutionContext.Output($"  {env.Key}: {env.Value}");
                 }
             }
 
-            ExecutionContext.WriteDetails(ExecutionContext.IsEmbedded ? "" : "##[endgroup]");
+            ExecutionContext.Output("##[endgroup]");
         }
 
         public override void Initialize(IHostContext hostContext)

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                     firstLine = firstLine.Substring(0, firstNewLine);
                 }
 
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails(ExecutionContext.IsEmbedded ? $"Run {firstLine}" : $"##[group]Run {firstLine}");
+                ExecutionContext.Output($"##[group]Run {firstLine}");
             }
             else
             {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
             foreach (var line in multiLines)
             {
                 // Bright Cyan color
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails($"\x1b[36;1m{line}\x1b[0m");
+                ExecutionContext.Output($"\x1b[36;1m{line}\x1b[0m");
             }
 
             string argFormat;
@@ -110,23 +110,23 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(shellCommandPath))
             {
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails($"shell: {shellCommandPath} {argFormat}");
+                ExecutionContext.Output($"shell: {shellCommandPath} {argFormat}");
             }
             else
             {
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails($"shell: {shellCommand} {argFormat}");
+                ExecutionContext.Output($"shell: {shellCommand} {argFormat}");
             }
 
             if (this.Environment?.Count > 0)
             {
-                ExecutionContext.WriteDetails("env:");
+                ExecutionContext.Output("env:");
                 foreach (var env in this.Environment)
                 {
-                    ExecutionContext.WriteDetails($"  {env.Key}: {env.Value}");
+                    ExecutionContext.Output($"  {env.Key}: {env.Value}");
                 }
             }
 
-            ExecutionContext.WriteDetails(ExecutionContext.IsEmbedded ? "" : "##[endgroup]");
+            ExecutionContext.Output("##[endgroup]");
         }
 
         public async Task RunAsync(ActionRunStage stage)

src/Runner.Worker/IssueMatcher.cs

@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 case "":
                 case "ERROR":
                 case "WARNING":
+                case "NOTICE":
                     break;
                 default:
                     throw new ArgumentException($"Matcher '{_owner}' contains unexpected default severity '{_severity}'");

src/Runner.Worker/JobRunner.cs

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             Trace.Info($"Creating job server with URL: {jobServerUrl}");
             // jobServerQueue is the throttling reporter.
             _jobServerQueue = HostContext.GetService<IJobServerQueue>();
-            VssConnection jobConnection = VssUtil.CreateConnection(jobServerUrl, jobServerCredential, new DelegatingHandler[] { new ThrottlingReportHandler(_jobServerQueue) });
+            
-            await jobServer.ConnectAsync(jobConnection);
+            await jobServer.ConnectAsync(jobServerUrl, jobServerCredential, new DelegatingHandler[] { new ThrottlingReportHandler(_jobServerQueue) });
 
             _jobServerQueue.Start(message);
             HostContext.WritePerfCounter($"WorkerJobServerQueueStarted_{message.RequestId.ToString()}");
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 Trace.Verbose($"Job steps: '{string.Join(", ", jobSteps.Select(x => x.DisplayName))}'");
                 HostContext.WritePerfCounter($"WorkerJobInitialized_{message.RequestId.ToString()}");
 
+                if (systemConnection.Data.TryGetValue("GenerateIdTokenUrl", out var generateIdTokenUrl) &&
+                    !string.IsNullOrEmpty(generateIdTokenUrl))
+                {
+                    // Server won't issue ID_TOKEN for non-inprogress job.
+                    // If the job is trying to use OIDC feature, we want the job to be marked as in-progress before running any customer's steps as much as we can.
+                    // Timeline record update background process runs every 500ms, so delay 1000ms is enough for most of the cases
+                    Trace.Info($"Waiting for job to be marked as started.");
+                    await Task.WhenAny(_jobServerQueue.JobRecordUpdated.Task, Task.Delay(1000));
+                }
+
                 // Run all job steps
                 Trace.Info("Run all job steps.");
                 var stepsRunner = HostContext.GetService<IStepsRunner>();

src/Sdk/DTWebApi/WebApi/TaskAgentReference.cs

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi
             this.OSDescription = referenceToBeCloned.OSDescription;
             this.ProvisioningState = referenceToBeCloned.ProvisioningState;
             this.AccessPoint = referenceToBeCloned.AccessPoint;
+            this.Ephemeral = referenceToBeCloned.Ephemeral;
 
             if (referenceToBeCloned.m_links != null)
             {
@@ -81,6 +82,16 @@ namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi
             set;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Signifies that this Agent can only run one job and will be removed by the server after that one job finish.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DataMember]
+        public bool? Ephemeral
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether or not the agent is online.
         /// </summary>

src/Test/L0/Listener/RunnerL0.cs

@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 runner.Initialize(hc);
                 var settings = new RunnerSettings
                 {
-                    PoolId = 43242
+                    PoolId = 43242,
+                    Ephemeral = true
                 };
 
                 var message = new TaskAgentMessage()
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 _configStore.Setup(x => x.IsServiceConfigured()).Returns(false);
                 //Act
-                var command = new CommandSettings(hc, new string[] { "run", "--once" });
+                var command = new CommandSettings(hc, new string[] { "run" });
                 Task<int> runnerTask = runner.ExecuteCommand(command);
 
                 //Assert
@@ -332,7 +333,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 runner.Initialize(hc);
                 var settings = new RunnerSettings
                 {
-                    PoolId = 43242
+                    PoolId = 43242,
+                    Ephemeral = true
                 };
 
                 var message1 = new TaskAgentMessage()
@@ -390,7 +392,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 _configStore.Setup(x => x.IsServiceConfigured()).Returns(false);
                 //Act
-                var command = new CommandSettings(hc, new string[] { "run", "--once" });
+                var command = new CommandSettings(hc, new string[] { "run" });
                 Task<int> runnerTask = runner.ExecuteCommand(command);
 
                 //Assert
@@ -431,7 +433,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 var settings = new RunnerSettings
                 {
                     PoolId = 43242,
-                    AgentId = 5678
+                    AgentId = 5678,
+                    Ephemeral = true
                 };
 
                 var message1 = new TaskAgentMessage()
@@ -475,7 +478,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 _configStore.Setup(x => x.IsServiceConfigured()).Returns(false);
                 //Act
-                var command = new CommandSettings(hc, new string[] { "run", "--once" });
+                var command = new CommandSettings(hc, new string[] { "run" });
                 Task<int> runnerTask = runner.ExecuteCommand(command);
 
                 //Assert

src/Test/L0/Worker/IssueMatcherL0.cs

@@ -392,6 +392,35 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
             Assert.Equal("not-working", match.Message);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
+        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
+        public void Matcher_MultiplePatterns_DefaultSeverityNotice()
+        {
+            var config = JsonUtility.FromString<IssueMatchersConfig>(@"
+{
+  ""problemMatcher"": [
+    {
+      ""owner"": ""myMatcher"",
+      ""severity"": ""notice"",
+      ""pattern"": [
+        {
+          ""regexp"": ""^(.+)$"",
+          ""message"": 1
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+");
+            config.Validate();
+            var matcher = new IssueMatcher(config.Matchers[0], TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
+
+            var match = matcher.Match("just-a-notice");
+            Assert.Equal("notice", match.Severity);
+            Assert.Equal("just-a-notice", match.Message);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         [Trait("Level", "L0")]
         [Trait("Category", "Worker")]

src/runnerversion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.281.0
+2.282.0