Update releaseVersion

* Update releaseNote.md

* Update runnerversion

* Update releaseNote.md

Co-authored-by: Thomas Boop <52323235+thboop@users.noreply.github.com>

Co-authored-by: Thomas Boop <52323235+thboop@users.noreply.github.com>

.editorconfig

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

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 ---
-name: Bug report
+name: 🛑 Report a bug in the runner application
-about: Create a report to help us improve
+about: If you have issues with GitHub Actions, please follow the "support for GitHub Actions" link, below.
 title: ''
 labels: bug
 assignees: ''
 
 ---
 
+<!--
+👋 You're opening a bug report against the GitHub Actions **runner application**.
+
+🛑 Please stop if you're not certain that the bug you're seeing is in the runner application - if you have general problems with actions, workflows, or runners, please see the [GitHub Community Support Forum](https://github.community/c/code-to-cloud/52) which is actively monitored.  Using the forum ensures that we route your problem to the correct team.  😃
+-->
+
 **Describe the bug**
 A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
 

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+blank_issues_enabled: false
+contact_links:
+  - name: ✅ Support for GitHub Actions
+    url: https://github.community/c/code-to-cloud/52
+    about: If you have questions about GitHub Actions or need support writing workflows, please ask in the GitHub Community Support forum.
+  - name: ✅ Feedback and suggestions for GitHub Actions
+    url: https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/categories/actions-and-packages-feedback
+    about: If you have feedback or suggestions about GitHub Actions, please open a discussion (or add to an existing one) in the GitHub Actions Feedback.  GitHub Actions Product Managers and Engineers monitor the feedback forum.
+  - name: ‼️ GitHub Security Bug Bounty
+    url: https://bounty.github.com/
+    about: Please report security vulnerabilities here.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/enhancement_request.md

@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 ---
-name: Feature Request
+name: 🛑 Request a feature in the runner application 
-about: Create a request to help us improve
+about: If you have feature requests for GitHub Actions, please use the "feedback and suggestions for GitHub Actions" link below.
 title: ''
 labels: enhancement
 assignees: ''
 
 ---
 
-Thank you 🙇‍♀ for wanting to create a feature in this repository. Before you do, please ensure you are filing the issue in the right place. Issues should only be opened on if the issue **relates to code in this repository**.  
+<!--
+👋 You're opening a request for an enhancement in the GitHub Actions **runner application**.
 
+🛑 Please stop if you're not certain that the feature you want is in the runner application - if you have a suggestion for improving GitHub Actions, please see the [GitHub Actions Feedback](https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/categories/actions-and-packages-feedback) discussion forum which is actively monitored.  Using the forum ensures that we route your problem to the correct team.  😃
+
+Some additional useful links:
 * If you have found a security issue [please submit it here](https://hackerone.com/github)
 * If you have questions or issues with the service, writing workflows or actions, then please [visit the GitHub Community Forum's Actions Board](https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/bd-p/actions)
-* If you are having an issue or question about GitHub Actions then please [contact customer support](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/about-github-actions#contacting-support)
+* If you are having an issue or have a question about GitHub Actions then please [contact customer support](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/about-github-actions#contacting-support)
 
 If you have a feature request that is relevant to this repository, the runner, then please include the information below:
+-->
 
 **Describe the enhancement**
 A clear and concise description of what the features or enhancement you need.

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ jobs:
           devScript: ./dev.sh
 
         - runtime: win-x64
-          os: windows-latest
+          os: windows-2019
           devScript: ./dev
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
     # Build runner layout
     - name: Build & Layout Release
@@ -50,6 +50,29 @@ jobs:
         ${{ matrix.devScript }} layout Release ${{ matrix.runtime }}
       working-directory: src
 
+    # Check runtime/externals hash
+    - name: Compute/Compare runtime and externals Hash
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "Current dotnet runtime hash result: $DOTNET_RUNTIME_HASH"
+        echo "Current Externals hash result: $EXTERNALS_HASH"
+
+        NeedUpdate=0
+        if [ "$EXTERNALS_HASH" != "$(cat ./src/Misc/contentHash/externals/${{ matrix.runtime }})" ] ;then
+          echo Hash mismatch, Update ./src/Misc/contentHash/externals/${{ matrix.runtime }} to $EXTERNALS_HASH
+          NeedUpdate=1
+        fi
+
+        if [ "$DOTNET_RUNTIME_HASH" != "$(cat ./src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/${{ matrix.runtime }})" ] ;then
+          echo Hash mismatch, Update ./src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/${{ matrix.runtime }} to $DOTNET_RUNTIME_HASH
+          NeedUpdate=1
+        fi
+
+        exit $NeedUpdate
+      env:
+        DOTNET_RUNTIME_HASH: ${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/runtime/**/*')}}
+        EXTERNALS_HASH: ${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/externals/**/*')}}
+
     # Run tests
     - name: L0
       run: |
@@ -67,7 +90,11 @@ jobs:
     # Upload runner package tar.gz/zip as artifact
     - name: Publish Artifact
       if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
         name: runner-package-${{ matrix.runtime }}
-        path: _package
+        path: | 
+          _package
+          _package_trims/trim_externals
+          _package_trims/trim_runtime
+          _package_trims/trim_runtime_externals

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 name: "Code Scanning - Action"
 
+permissions:
+  security-events: write
+
 on:
   push:
+    branches: 
+      - main
   pull_request:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * 0'

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -51,6 +51,21 @@ jobs:
       linux-arm-sha: ${{ steps.sha.outputs.linux-arm-sha256 }}
       win-x64-sha: ${{ steps.sha.outputs.win-x64-sha256 }}
       osx-x64-sha: ${{ steps.sha.outputs.osx-x64-sha256 }}
+      linux-x64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.linux-x64-sha256 }}
+      linux-arm64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.linux-arm64-sha256 }}
+      linux-arm-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.linux-arm-sha256 }}
+      win-x64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.win-x64-sha256 }}
+      osx-x64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.osx-x64-sha256 }}
+      linux-x64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.linux-x64-sha256 }}
+      linux-arm64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.linux-arm64-sha256 }}
+      linux-arm-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.linux-arm-sha256 }}
+      win-x64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.win-x64-sha256 }}
+      osx-x64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.osx-x64-sha256 }}
+      linux-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.linux-x64-sha256 }}
+      linux-arm64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.linux-arm64-sha256 }}
+      linux-arm-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.linux-arm-sha256 }}
+      win-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.win-x64-sha256 }}
+      osx-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.osx-x64-sha256 }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         runtime: [ linux-x64, linux-arm64, linux-arm, win-x64, osx-x64 ]
@@ -72,12 +87,12 @@ jobs:
           devScript: ./dev.sh
 
         - runtime: win-x64
-          os: windows-latest
+          os: windows-2019
           devScript: ./dev
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
     # Build runner layout
     - name: Build & Layout Release
@@ -86,11 +101,11 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: src
 
     # Run tests
-    - name: L0
+    #- name: L0
-      run: |
+    #  run: |
-        ${{ matrix.devScript }} test
+    #    ${{ matrix.devScript }} test
-      working-directory: src
+    #  working-directory: src
-      if: matrix.runtime != 'linux-arm64' && matrix.runtime != 'linux-arm'
+    #  if: matrix.runtime != 'linux-arm64' && matrix.runtime != 'linux-arm'
 
     # Create runner package tar.gz/zip
     - name: Package Release
@@ -99,14 +114,6 @@ jobs:
         ${{ matrix.devScript }} package Release ${{ matrix.runtime }}
       working-directory: src
 
-    # Upload runner package tar.gz/zip as artifact.
-    # Since each package name is unique, so we don't need to put ${{matrix}} info into artifact name
-    - name: Publish Artifact
-      if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
-      with:
-        name: runner-packages
-        path: _package
     # compute shas and set as job outputs to use in release notes
     - run: brew install coreutils #needed for shasum util
       if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macOS-latest' }}
@@ -120,6 +127,91 @@ jobs:
       id: sha
       name: Compute SHA256
       working-directory: _package
+    - run: |
+        file=$(ls)
+        sha=$(sha256sum $file | awk '{ print $1 }')
+        echo "Computed sha256: $sha for $file"
+        echo "::set-output name=${{matrix.runtime}}-sha256::$sha"
+        echo "::set-output name=sha256::$sha"
+      shell: bash
+      id: sha_noexternals
+      name: Compute SHA256
+      working-directory: _package_trims/trim_externals
+    - run: |
+        file=$(ls)
+        sha=$(sha256sum $file | awk '{ print $1 }')
+        echo "Computed sha256: $sha for $file"
+        echo "::set-output name=${{matrix.runtime}}-sha256::$sha"
+        echo "::set-output name=sha256::$sha"
+      shell: bash
+      id: sha_noruntime
+      name: Compute SHA256
+      working-directory: _package_trims/trim_runtime
+    - run: |
+        file=$(ls)
+        sha=$(sha256sum $file | awk '{ print $1 }')
+        echo "Computed sha256: $sha for $file"
+        echo "::set-output name=${{matrix.runtime}}-sha256::$sha"
+        echo "::set-output name=sha256::$sha"
+      shell: bash
+      id: sha_noruntime_noexternals
+      name: Compute SHA256
+      working-directory: _package_trims/trim_runtime_externals
+    
+    - name: Create trimmedpackages.json for ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+      if: matrix.runtime == 'win-x64'
+      uses: actions/github-script@0.3.0
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+        script: |
+          const core = require('@actions/core')
+          const fs = require('fs');
+          const runnerVersion = fs.readFileSync('src/runnerversion', 'utf8').replace(/\n$/g, '')
+          var trimmedPackages = fs.readFileSync('src/Misc/trimmedpackages_zip.json', 'utf8').replace(/<RUNNER_VERSION>/g, runnerVersion).replace(/<RUNNER_PLATFORM>/g, '${{ matrix.runtime }}')
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<RUNTIME_HASH>/g, '${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/runtime/**/*')}}')
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/externals/**/*')}}')
+
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_RUNTIME_EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.sha256}}')
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_RUNTIME_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.sha256}}')
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.sha256}}')
+
+          console.log(trimmedPackages)
+          fs.writeFileSync('${{ matrix.runtime }}-trimmedpackages.json', trimmedPackages)
+
+    - name: Create trimmedpackages.json for ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+      if: matrix.runtime != 'win-x64'
+      uses: actions/github-script@0.3.0
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+        script: |
+          const core = require('@actions/core')
+          const fs = require('fs');
+          const runnerVersion = fs.readFileSync('src/runnerversion', 'utf8').replace(/\n$/g, '')
+          var trimmedPackages = fs.readFileSync('src/Misc/trimmedpackages_targz.json', 'utf8').replace(/<RUNNER_VERSION>/g, runnerVersion).replace(/<RUNNER_PLATFORM>/g, '${{ matrix.runtime }}')
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<RUNTIME_HASH>/g, '${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/runtime/**/*')}}')
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/externals/**/*')}}')
+
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_RUNTIME_EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.sha256}}')
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_RUNTIME_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.sha256}}')
+          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.sha256}}')
+
+          console.log(trimmedPackages)
+          fs.writeFileSync('${{ matrix.runtime }}-trimmedpackages.json', trimmedPackages)
+
+    # Upload runner package tar.gz/zip as artifact.
+    # Since each package name is unique, so we don't need to put ${{matrix}} info into artifact name
+    - name: Publish Artifact
+      if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: runner-packages
+        path: |
+          _package
+          _package_trims/trim_externals
+          _package_trims/trim_runtime
+          _package_trims/trim_runtime_externals
+          ${{ matrix.runtime }}-trimmedpackages.json
+
   release:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -150,9 +242,35 @@ jobs:
           releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_X64_SHA>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-x64-sha}}')
           releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM_SHA>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm-sha}}')
           releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM64_SHA>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm64-sha}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<WIN_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.win-x64-sha-noexternals}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<OSX_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.osx-x64-sha-noexternals}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-x64-sha-noexternals}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm-sha-noexternals}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm64-sha-noexternals}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<WIN_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.win-x64-sha-noruntime}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<OSX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.osx-x64-sha-noruntime}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-x64-sha-noruntime}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm-sha-noruntime}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm64-sha-noruntime}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<WIN_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.win-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<OSX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.osx-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
+          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
           console.log(releaseNote)
           core.setOutput('version', runnerVersion);
           core.setOutput('note', releaseNote);
+
+    - name: Validate Packages HASH
+      working-directory: _package
+      run: |
+        ls -l
+        echo "${{needs.build.outputs.win-x64-sha}}  actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip" | shasum -a 256 -c
+        echo "${{needs.build.outputs.osx-x64-sha}}  actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz" | shasum -a 256 -c
+        echo "${{needs.build.outputs.linux-x64-sha}}  actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz" | shasum -a 256 -c
+        echo "${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm-sha}}  actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz" | shasum -a 256 -c
+        echo "${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm64-sha}}  actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz" | shasum -a 256 -c
+
     # Create GitHub release
     - uses: actions/create-release@master
       id: createRelease
@@ -165,14 +283,14 @@ jobs:
         body: |
           ${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.note }}
 
-    # Upload release assets
+    # Upload release assets (full runner packages)
     - name: Upload Release Asset (win-x64)
       uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip
         asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -182,7 +300,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -192,7 +310,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -202,7 +320,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -212,6 +330,210 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    # Upload release assets (trim externals)
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-x64-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.zip
+        asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.zip
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-x64-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-x64-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm64-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    # Upload release assets (trim runtime)
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-x64-noruntime)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.zip
+        asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.zip
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-x64-noruntime)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-x64-noruntime)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm-noruntime)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm64-noruntime)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    # Upload release assets (trim runtime and externals)
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-x64-noruntime-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.zip
+        asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.zip
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-x64-noruntime-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-x64-noruntime-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm-noruntime-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm64-noruntime-noexternals)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    # Upload release assets (trimmedpackages.json)
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-x64-trimmedpackages.json)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/win-x64-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-x64-trimmedpackages.json)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/linux-x64-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-x64-trimmedpackages.json)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/osx-x64-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm-trimmedpackages.json)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/linux-arm-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm64-trimmedpackages.json)
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/linux-arm64-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
+        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream

.gitignore

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 node_modules
 _downloads
 _layout
+_layout_trims
 _package
+_package_trims
 _dotnetsdk
 TestResults
 TestLogs

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src",
             "console": "integratedTerminal",
             "requireExactSource": false,
+            "targetArchitecture": "x86_64"
         },
         {
             "name": "Run",
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src",
             "console": "integratedTerminal",
             "requireExactSource": false,
+            "targetArchitecture": "x86_64"
         },
         {
             "name": "Configure",
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src",
             "console": "integratedTerminal",
             "requireExactSource": false,
+            "targetArchitecture": "x86_64"
         },
         {
             "name": "Debug Worker",
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@
             "request": "attach",
             "processName": "Runner.Worker",
             "requireExactSource": false,
+            "targetArchitecture": "x86_64"
         },
         {
             "name": "Attach Debugger",
@@ -52,6 +56,8 @@
             "request": "attach",
             "processId": "${command:pickProcess}",
             "requireExactSource": false,
+            "targetArchitecture": "x86_64"
         },
     ],
 }
+

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 # GitHub Actions Runner
 
 [![Actions Status](https://github.com/actions/runner/workflows/Runner%20CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actions/runner/actions)
-[![Runner E2E Test](https://github.com/actions/runner/workflows/Runner%20E2E%20Test/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actions/runner/actions)
 
 The runner is the application that runs a job from a GitHub Actions workflow. It is used by GitHub Actions in the [hosted virtual environments](https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments), or you can [self-host the runner](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/about-self-hosted-runners) in your own environment.
 

docs/adrs/0276-problem-matchers.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Compilation failures during a CI build should surface good error messages.
 
 For example, the actual compile errors from the typescript compiler should bubble as issues in the UI. And not simply "tsc exited with exit code 1".
 
-VSCode has an extensible model for solving this type of problem. VSCode allows users to configure which problems matchers to use, when scanning output. For example, a user can apply the `tsc` problem matcher to receive a rich error output experience in VSCode, when compiling their typescript project.
+VSCode has an extensible model for solving this type of problem. VSCode allows users to configure which [problems matchers](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/tasks#_defining-a-problem-matcher) to use, when scanning output. For example, a user can apply the `tsc` problem matcher to receive a rich error output experience in VSCode, when compiling their typescript project.
 
 The problem-matcher concept fits well with "setup" actions. For example, the `setup-nodejs` action will download node.js, add it to the PATH, and register the `tsc` problem matcher. For the duration of the job, the `tsc` problem matcher will be applied against the output.
 
@@ -18,21 +18,23 @@ The problem-matcher concept fits well with "setup" actions. For example, the `se
 
 ### Registration
 
-#### Using `##` command
+#### Using `::` command
 
-`##[add-matcher]path-to-problem-matcher-config.json`
+`::add-matcher::path-to-problem-matcher-config.json`
 
-Using a `##` command allows for flexibility:
+Using a `::` command allows for flexibility:
 - Ad hoc scripts can register problem matchers
 - Allows problem matchers to be conditionally registered
 
 Note, if a matcher with the same name is registered a second time, it will clobber the first instance.
 
-#### Unregister using `##` command
+Note, at some point the syntax changed from `##` to `::`.
+
+#### Unregister using `::` command
 
 A way out for rare cases where scoping is a problem.
 
-`##[remove-matcher]owner`
+`::remove-matcher::owner`
 
 For this to be usable, the `owner` needs to be discoverable. Therefore, debug print the owner on registration.
 
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ message:  ; expected
 fromPath: C:\myrepo\myproject\ConsoleApp1\ClassLibrary1\ClassLibrary1.csproj
 ```
 
-Additionally the line will appear red in the web UI (prefix with `##[error]`).
+Additionally the line will appear red in the web UI (prefix with `::error`).
 
 Note, an error does not imply task failure. Exit codes communicate failure.
 

docs/adrs/0354-runner-machine-info.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ The runner will look for a file `.setup_info` under the runner's root directory,
   }
 ]
 ```
-The runner will use `##[group]` and `##[endgroup]` to fold all detail info into an expandable group.
+The runner will use `::group` and `::endgroup` to fold all detail info into an expandable group.
 
 Both [virtual-environments](https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments) and self-hosted runners can use this mechanism to add extra logging info to the `Set up job` step's log.
 

docs/adrs/1438-conditional-composite.md

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# ADR 1438: Support Conditionals In Composite Actions
+
+**Date**: 2021-10-13
+
+**Status**: Accepted
+
+## Context
+
+We recently shipped composite actions, which allows you to reuse individual steps inside an action. 
+However, one of the [most requested features](https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/834) has been a way to support the `if` keyword.
+
+### Goals
+- We want to keep consistent with current behavior
+- We want to support conditionals via the `if` keyword
+- Our built in functions like `success` should be implementable without calling them, for example you can do `job.status == success` rather then `success()` currently.
+
+### How does composite currently work?
+
+Currently, we have limited conditional support in composite actions for `pre` and `post` steps. 
+These are based on the `job status`, and support keywords like `always()`, `failed()`, `success()` and `cancelled()`. 
+However, generic or main steps do **not** support conditionals.
+
+By default, in a regular workflow, a step runs on the `success()` condition. Which looks at the **job** **status**, sees if it is successful and runs.
+
+By default, in a composite action, main steps run until a single step fails in that composite action, then the composite action is halted early. It does **not** care about the job status.
+Pre, and post steps in composite actions use the job status to determine if they should run.
+
+### How do we go forward?
+
+Well, if we think about what composite actions are currently doing when invoking main steps, they are checking if the current composite action is successful. 
+Lets formalize that concept into a "real" idea.
+
+- We will add an `action_status` field to the github context to mimic the [job's context status](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#job-context).
+  - We have an existing concept that does this `action_path` which is only set for composite actions on the github context.
+- In a composite action during a main step, the `success()` function will check if `action_status == success`, rather then `job_status == success`. Failure will work the same way. 
+  - Pre and post steps in composite actions will not change, they will continue to check the job status.
+
+
+### Nested Scenario
+For nested composite actions, we will follow the existing behavior, you only care about your current composite action, not any parents. 
+For example, lets imagine a scenario with a simple nested composite action
+
+```
+- Job
+  - Regular Step
+  - Composite Action
+    - runs: exit 1
+    - if: always()
+      uses: A child composite action
+        - if: success()
+          runs: echo "this should print"
+        - runs: echo "this should also print"
+    - if: success()
+      runs: echo "this will not print as the current composite action has failed already"
+      
+```
+The child composite actions steps should run in this example, the child composite action has not yet failed, so it should run all steps until a step fails. This is consistent with how a composite action currently works in production if the main job fails but a composite action is invoked with `if:always()` or `if: failure()`
+
+### Other options explored
+We could add the `current_step_status` to the job context rather then `__status` to the steps context, however this comes with two major downsides:
+- We need to support the field for every type of step, because its non trivial to remove a field from the job context once it has been added (its readonly)
+  - For all actions besides composite it would only every be `success`
+  - Its weird to have a `current_step` value on the job context
+- We also explored a `__status` on the steps context.
+  - The `__` is required to prevent us from colliding with a step with id: status
+  - This felt wrong because the naming was not smooth, and did not fit into current conventions.
+
+### Consequences
+- github context has a new field for the status of the current composite action.
+- We support conditional's in composite actions
+- We keep the existing behavior for all users, but allow them to expand that functionality.

docs/checks/actions.md

@@ -6,13 +6,35 @@
 Make sure the runner has access to actions service for GitHub.com or GitHub Enterprise Server
 
 - For GitHub.com
-  - The runner needs to access https://api.github.com for downloading actions.
+  - The runner needs to access `https://api.github.com` for downloading actions.
-  - The runner needs to access https://vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/.../ for requesting an access token.
+  - The runner needs to access `https://vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/.../` for requesting an access token.
-  - The runner needs to access https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/.../ for receiving workflow jobs.
+  - The runner needs to access `https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/.../` for receiving workflow jobs.
+
+  These can by tested by running the following `curl` commands from your self-hosted runner machine:
+
+    ```
+    curl -v https://api.github.com/api/v3/zen
+    curl -v https://vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health
+    curl -v https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent/_apis/health
+    ```
+
 - For GitHub Enterprise Server
-  - The runner needs to access https://myGHES.com/api/v3 for downloading actions.
+  - The runner needs to access `https://[hostname]/api/v3` for downloading actions.
-  - The runner needs to access https://myGHES.com/_services/vstoken/_apis/.../ for requesting an access token.
+  - The runner needs to access `https://[hostname]/_services/vstoken/_apis/.../` for requesting an access token.
-  - The runner needs to access https://myGHES.com/_services/pipelines/_apis/.../ for receiving workflow jobs.
+  - The runner needs to access `https://[hostname]/_services/pipelines/_apis/.../` for receiving workflow jobs.
+  
+  These can by tested by running the following `curl` commands from your self-hosted runner machine, replacing `[hostname]` with the hostname of your appliance, for instance `github.example.com`:
+
+    ```
+    curl -v https://[hostname]/api/v3/zen
+    curl -v https://[hostname]/_services/vstoken/_apis/health
+    curl -v https://[hostname]/_services/pipelines/_apis/health
+    ```
+
+    A common cause of this these connectivity issues is if your to GitHub Enterprise Server appliance is using [the self-signed certificate that is enabled the first time](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server/admin/configuration/configuring-network-settings/configuring-tls) your appliance is started. As self-signed certificates are not trusted by web browsers and Git clients, these clients (including the GitHub Actions runner) will report certificate warnings.
+    
+    We recommend [upload a certificate signed by a trusted authority](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server/admin/configuration/configuring-network-settings/configuring-tls) to GitHub Enterprise Server, or enabling the built-in ][Let's Encrypt support](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server/admin/configuration/configuring-network-settings/configuring-tls).
+
 
 ## What is checked?
 
@@ -42,4 +64,4 @@ Make sure the runner has access to actions service for GitHub.com or GitHub Ente
   
 ## Still not working?
 
-Contact GitHub customer service or log an issue at https://github.com/actions/runner if you think it's a runner issue.
+Contact [GitHub Support](https://support.github.com] if you have further questuons, or log an issue at https://github.com/actions/runner if you think it's a runner issue.

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
@@ -30,3 +32,31 @@ 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
+
+### 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.
+        - Most notably, on windows server 2012 make sure [the tls cipher suite update](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/update-adds-new-tls-cipher-suites-and-changes-cipher-suite-priorities-in-windows-8-1-and-windows-server-2012-r2-8e395e43-c8ef-27d8-b60c-0fc57d526d94) is installed
+      - 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)

docs/checks/nodejs.md

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 Make sure the built-in node.js has access to GitHub.com or GitHub Enterprise Server.
 
-The runner carries it's own copy of node.js executable under `<runner_root>/externals/node12/`.
+The runner carries its own copy of node.js executable under `<runner_root>/externals/node16/`.
 
-All javascript base Actions will get executed by the built-in `node` at `<runner_root>/externals/node12/`.
+All javascript base Actions will get executed by the built-in `node` at `<runner_root>/externals/node16/`.
 
 > Not the `node` from `$PATH`
 

docs/contribute.md

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ An ADR is an Architectural Decision Record.  This allows consensus on the direct
 
 ![Win](res/win_sm.png) ![*nix](res/linux_sm.png)  Git for Windows and Linux [Install Here](https://git-scm.com/downloads) (needed for dev sh script)
 
+![*nix](res/linux_sm.png) cURL [Install here](https://curl.se/download.html) (needed for external sh script)
+
+![Win](res/win_sm.png) Visual Studio 2017 or newer [Install here](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com) (needed for dev sh script)
+
 ## Quickstart: Run a job from a real repository
 
 If you just want to get from building the sourcecode to using it to execute an action, you will need:

docs/start/envlinux.md

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ You might see something like this which indicate a dependency's missing.
 ./config.sh
     libunwind.so.8 => not found
     libunwind-x86_64.so.8 => not found
-Dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 3.0
+Dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 6.0
-Execute ./bin/installdependencies.sh to install any missing Dotnet Core 3.0 dependencies.
+Execute ./bin/installdependencies.sh to install any missing Dotnet Core 6.0 dependencies.
 ```
 You can easily correct the problem by executing `./bin/installdependencies.sh`.  
 The `installdependencies.sh` script should install all required dependencies on all supported Linux versions  

releaseNote.md

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 ## Features
+- Relaxed naming requirements for dockerfiles (e.g. `Dockerfile.test` can now be built) (#1738)
 
 ## Bugs
-
+- Fixed a bug where windows path separators were used in generated folders (#1617)
-- Fixed an issue where GHES runners fail to download public docker images (#1199)
+- Fixed an issue where runner's invoked via `run.sh` or `run.cmd` did not properly restart after update (#1812). This fix applies to all future updates after installing this version
 
 ## Misc
+- Relaxed Actions Summary size limit to 1MiB (#1839)
 
 ## 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.
@@ -76,3 +78,21 @@ The SHA-256 checksums for the packages included in this build are shown below:
 - actions-runner-linux-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-x64 --><LINUX_X64_SHA><!-- END SHA linux-x64 -->
 - actions-runner-linux-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm64 --><LINUX_ARM64_SHA><!-- END SHA linux-arm64 -->
 - actions-runner-linux-arm-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm --><LINUX_ARM_SHA><!-- END SHA linux-arm -->
+
+- actions-runner-win-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.zip <!-- BEGIN SHA win-x64_noexternals --><WIN_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA win-x64_noexternals -->
+- actions-runner-osx-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA osx-x64_noexternals --><OSX_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA osx-x64_noexternals -->
+- actions-runner-linux-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-x64_noexternals --><LINUX_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-x64_noexternals -->
+- actions-runner-linux-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm64_noexternals --><LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-arm64_noexternals -->
+- actions-runner-linux-arm-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm_noexternals --><LINUX_ARM_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-arm_noexternals -->
+
+- actions-runner-win-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.zip <!-- BEGIN SHA win-x64_noruntime --><WIN_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA win-x64_noruntime -->
+- actions-runner-osx-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA osx-x64_noruntime --><OSX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA osx-x64_noruntime -->
+- actions-runner-linux-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-x64_noruntime --><LINUX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA linux-x64_noruntime -->
+- actions-runner-linux-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm64_noruntime --><LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA linux-arm64_noruntime -->
+- actions-runner-linux-arm-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm_noruntime --><LINUX_ARM_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA linux-arm_noruntime -->
+
+- actions-runner-win-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.zip <!-- BEGIN SHA win-x64_noruntime_noexternals --><WIN_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA win-x64_noruntime_noexternals -->
+- actions-runner-osx-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA osx-x64_noruntime_noexternals --><OSX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA osx-x64_noruntime_noexternals -->
+- actions-runner-linux-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-x64_noruntime_noexternals --><LINUX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-x64_noruntime_noexternals -->
+- actions-runner-linux-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm64_noruntime_noexternals --><LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-arm64_noruntime_noexternals -->
+- actions-runner-linux-arm-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm_noruntime_noexternals --><LINUX_ARM_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-arm_noruntime_noexternals -->

releaseVersion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<Update to ./src/runnerversion when creating release>
+2.291.0

scripts/create-latest-svc.sh

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -e
 
 flags_found=false
 
-while getopts 's:g:n:u:l:' opt; do
+while getopts 's:g:n:r:u:l:' opt; do
     flags_found=true
 
     case $opt in
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ while getopts 's:g:n:u:l:' opt; do
     n)
         runner_name=$OPTARG
         ;;
+    r)
+        runner_group=$OPTARG
+        ;;
     u)
         svc_user=$OPTARG
         ;;
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ Usage:
     -s          required  scope: repo (:owner/:repo) or org (:organization)
     -g          optional  ghe_hostname: the fully qualified domain name of your GitHub Enterprise Server deployment
     -n          optional  name of the runner, defaults to hostname
+    -r          optional  name of the runner group to add the runner to, defaults to the Default group
     -u          optional  user svc will run as, defaults to current
     -l          optional  list of labels (split by comma) applied on the runner"
         exit 0
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ if ! "$flags_found"; then
     runner_name=${3:-$(hostname)}
     svc_user=${4:-$USER}
     labels=${5}
+    runner_group=${6}
 fi
 
 # apply defaults
@@ -164,8 +169,8 @@ fi
 
 echo
 echo "Configuring ${runner_name} @ $runner_url"
-echo "./config.sh --unattended --url $runner_url --token *** --name $runner_name --labels $labels"
+echo "./config.sh --unattended --url $runner_url --token *** --name $runner_name ${labels:+--labels $labels} ${runner_group:+--runnergroup \"$runner_group\"}"
-sudo -E -u ${svc_user} ./config.sh --unattended --url $runner_url --token $RUNNER_TOKEN --name $runner_name --labels $labels
+sudo -E -u ${svc_user} ./config.sh --unattended --url $runner_url --token $RUNNER_TOKEN --name $runner_name ${labels:+--labels $labels} ${runner_group:+--runnergroup "$runner_group"}
 
 #---------------------------------------
 # Configuring as a service

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/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-arm

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+de62d296708908cfd1236e58869aebbc2bae8a8c3d629276968542626c508e37

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-arm64

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+44fcd0422dd98ed17d2c8e9057ff2260c50165f20674236a4ae7d2645a07df25

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-x64

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e57652cf322ee16ce3af4f9e58f80858746b9e1e60279e991a3b3d9a6baf8d79

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/osx-x64

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bdd247b2ff3f51095524412e2ac588e7a87af805e114d6caf2368366ee7be1ea

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/win-x64

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d23a0cb9f20c0aa1cddb7a39567cd097020cdeb06a1e952940601d1a405c53b8

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-arm

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6ed30a2c1ee403a610d63e82bb230b9ba846a9c25cec9e4ea8672fb6ed4e1a51

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-arm64

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+711c30c51ec52c9b7a9a2eb399d6ab2ab5ee1dc72de11879f2f36f919f163d78

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-x64

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a49479ca4b4988a06c097e8d22c51fd08a11c13f40807366236213d0e008cf6a

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/osx-x64

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8e97df75230b843462a9b4c578ccec604ee4b4a1066120c85b04374317fa372b

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/win-x64

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f75a671e5a188c76680739689aa75331a2c09d483dce9c80023518c48fd67a18

src/Misc/expressionFunc/hashFiles/.eslintrc.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "plugins": ["jest", "@typescript-eslint"],
+    "plugins": ["@typescript-eslint"],
-    "extends": ["plugin:github/es6"],
+    "extends": ["plugin:github/recommended"],
     "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
     "parserOptions": {
       "ecmaVersion": 9,
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@
       "@typescript-eslint/no-require-imports": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/array-type": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/await-thenable": "error",
-      "@typescript-eslint/ban-ts-ignore": "error",
+      "@typescript-eslint/naming-convention": [
+        "error",
+        {
+          "selector": "default",
+          "format": ["camelCase"]
+        }
+      ],
       "camelcase": "off",
-      "@typescript-eslint/camelcase": "error",
-      "@typescript-eslint/class-name-casing": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": ["error", {"allowExpressions": true}],
       "@typescript-eslint/func-call-spacing": ["error", "never"],
-      "@typescript-eslint/generic-type-naming": ["error", "^[A-Z][A-Za-z]*$"],
       "@typescript-eslint/no-array-constructor": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": "error",
@@ -33,7 +36,6 @@
       "@typescript-eslint/no-misused-new": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/no-namespace": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion": "warn",
-      "@typescript-eslint/no-object-literal-type-assertion": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-qualifier": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/no-useless-constructor": "error",
@@ -41,19 +43,19 @@
       "@typescript-eslint/prefer-for-of": "warn",
       "@typescript-eslint/prefer-function-type": "warn",
       "@typescript-eslint/prefer-includes": "error",
-      "@typescript-eslint/prefer-interface": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/prefer-string-starts-ends-with": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/promise-function-async": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/require-array-sort-compare": "error",
       "@typescript-eslint/restrict-plus-operands": "error",
-      "semi": "off",
       "@typescript-eslint/semi": ["error", "never"],
       "@typescript-eslint/type-annotation-spacing": "error",
-      "@typescript-eslint/unbound-method": "error"
+      "@typescript-eslint/unbound-method": "error",
+      "filenames/match-regex" : "off",
+      "github/no-then" : 1, // warning
+      "semi": "off"
     },
     "env": {
       "node": true,
-      "es6": true,
+      "es6": true
-      "jest/globals": true
     }
   }

src/Misc/expressionFunc/hashFiles/package.json

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^12.7.12",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^2.8.0",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.15.0",
     "@zeit/ncc": "^0.20.5",
-    "eslint": "^6.8.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.11.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-github": "^2.0.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-github": "^4.3.5",
     "prettier": "^1.19.1",
     "typescript": "^3.6.4"
   }

src/Misc/expressionFunc/hashFiles/src/hashFiles.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import * as glob from '@actions/glob'
 import * as crypto from 'crypto'
 import * as fs from 'fs'
+import * as glob from '@actions/glob'
+import * as path from 'path'
 import * as stream from 'stream'
 import * as util from 'util'
-import * as path from 'path'
 
 async function run(): Promise<void> {
   // arg0 -> node
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
   result.end()
 
   if (hasMatch) {
-    console.log(`Find ${count} files to hash.`)
+    console.log(`Found ${count} files to hash.`)
     console.error(`__OUTPUT__${result.digest('hex')}__OUTPUT__`)
   } else {
     console.error(`__OUTPUT____OUTPUT__`)
@@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 run()
+  .then(out => {
+    console.log(out)
+    process.exit(0)
+  })
+  .catch(err => {
+    console.error(err)
+    process.exit(1)
+  })

src/Misc/externals.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ PACKAGERUNTIME=$1
 PRECACHE=$2
 
 NODE_URL=https://nodejs.org/dist
-NODE12_VERSION="12.13.1"
+NODE12_VERSION="12.22.7"
+NODE16_VERSION="16.13.0"
 
 get_abs_path() {
   # exploits the fact that pwd will print abs path when no args
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ function acquireExternalTool() {
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "win-x64" || "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "win-x86" ]]; then
     acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.exe" node12/bin
     acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.lib" node12/bin
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.exe" node16/bin
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.lib" node16/bin
     if [[ "$PRECACHE" != "" ]]; then
         acquireExternalTool "https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/releases/download/2.6.7/vswhere.exe" vswhere
     fi
@@ -134,18 +137,23 @@ fi
 # Download the external tools only for OSX.
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "osx-x64" ]]; then
     acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-darwin-x64.tar.gz" node12 fix_nested_dir
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-darwin-x64.tar.gz" node16 fix_nested_dir
 fi
 
 # Download the external tools for Linux PACKAGERUNTIMEs.
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "linux-x64" ]]; then
     acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz" node12 fix_nested_dir
-    acquireExternalTool "https://vstsagenttools.blob.core.windows.net/tools/nodejs/${NODE12_VERSION}/alpine/x64/node-${NODE12_VERSION}-alpine-x64.tar.gz" node12_alpine
+    acquireExternalTool "https://vstsagenttools.blob.core.windows.net/tools/nodejs/${NODE12_VERSION}/alpine/x64/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-alpine-x64.tar.gz" node12_alpine
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz" node16 fix_nested_dir
+    acquireExternalTool "https://vstsagenttools.blob.core.windows.net/tools/nodejs/${NODE16_VERSION}/alpine/x64/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-alpine-x64.tar.gz" node16_alpine
 fi
 
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "linux-arm64" ]]; then
     acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-linux-arm64.tar.gz" node12 fix_nested_dir
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-linux-arm64.tar.gz" node16 fix_nested_dir
 fi
 
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "linux-arm" ]]; then
     acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-linux-armv7l.tar.gz" node12 fix_nested_dir
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-linux-armv7l.tar.gz" node16 fix_nested_dir
 fi

src/Misc/layoutbin/RunnerService.js

@@ -3,94 +3,135 @@
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
 var childProcess = require("child_process");
-var path = require("path")
+var path = require("path");
 
-var supported = ['linux', 'darwin']
+var supported = ["linux", "darwin"];
 
 if (supported.indexOf(process.platform) == -1) {
-    console.log('Unsupported platform: ' + process.platform);
+  console.log("Unsupported platform: " + process.platform);
-    console.log('Supported platforms are: ' + supported.toString());
+  console.log("Supported platforms are: " + supported.toString());
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
 var stopping = false;
 var listener = null;
 
+var exitServiceAfterNFailures = Number(
+  process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS_SERVICE_EXIT_AFTER_N_FAILURES
+);
+
+if (exitServiceAfterNFailures <= 0) {
+  exitServiceAfterNFailures = NaN;
+}
+
+var consecutiveFailureCount = 0;
+
+var gracefulShutdown = function () {
+  console.log("Shutting down runner listener");
+  stopping = true;
+  if (listener) {
+    console.log("Sending SIGINT to runner listener to stop");
+    listener.kill("SIGINT");
+
+    console.log("Sending SIGKILL to runner listener");
+    setTimeout(() => listener.kill("SIGKILL"), 30000).unref();
+  }
+};
+
 var runService = function () {
-    var listenerExePath = path.join(__dirname, '../bin/Runner.Listener');
+  var listenerExePath = path.join(__dirname, "../bin/Runner.Listener");
   var interactive = process.argv[2] === "interactive";
 
   if (!stopping) {
     try {
       if (interactive) {
-                console.log('Starting Runner listener interactively');
+        console.log("Starting Runner listener interactively");
-                listener = childProcess.spawn(listenerExePath, ['run'], { env: process.env });
+        listener = childProcess.spawn(listenerExePath, ["run"], {
+          env: process.env,
+        });
       } else {
-                console.log('Starting Runner listener with startup type: service');
+        console.log("Starting Runner listener with startup type: service");
-                listener = childProcess.spawn(listenerExePath, ['run', '--startuptype', 'service'], { env: process.env });
+        listener = childProcess.spawn(
+          listenerExePath,
+          ["run", "--startuptype", "service"],
+          { env: process.env }
+        );
       }
 
       console.log(`Started listener process, pid: ${listener.pid}`);
 
-            listener.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+      listener.stdout.on("data", (data) => {
-                process.stdout.write(data.toString('utf8'));
+        if (data.toString("utf8").includes("Listening for Jobs")) {
+          consecutiveFailureCount = 0;
+        }
+        process.stdout.write(data.toString("utf8"));
       });
 
-            listener.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+      listener.stderr.on("data", (data) => {
-                process.stdout.write(data.toString('utf8'));
+        process.stdout.write(data.toString("utf8"));
       });
 
       listener.on("error", (err) => {
         console.log(`Runner listener fail to start with error ${err.message}`);
       });
 
-            listener.on('close', (code) => {
+      listener.on("close", (code) => {
         console.log(`Runner listener exited with error code ${code}`);
 
         if (code === 0) {
-                    console.log('Runner listener exit with 0 return code, stop the service, no retry needed.');
+          console.log(
+            "Runner listener exit with 0 return code, stop the service, no retry needed."
+          );
           stopping = true;
         } else if (code === 1) {
-                    console.log('Runner listener exit with terminated error, stop the service, no retry needed.');
+          console.log(
+            "Runner listener exit with terminated error, stop the service, no retry needed."
+          );
           stopping = true;
         } else if (code === 2) {
-                    console.log('Runner listener exit with retryable error, re-launch runner in 5 seconds.');
+          console.log(
-                } else if (code === 3) {
+            "Runner listener exit with retryable error, re-launch runner in 5 seconds."
-                    console.log('Runner listener exit because of updating, re-launch runner in 5 seconds.');
+          );
+          consecutiveFailureCount = 0;
+        } else if (code === 3 || code === 4) {
+          console.log(
+            "Runner listener exit because of updating, re-launch runner in 5 seconds."
+          );
+          consecutiveFailureCount = 0;
         } else {
-                    console.log('Runner listener exit with undefined return code, re-launch runner in 5 seconds.');
+          var messagePrefix = "Runner listener exit with undefined return code";
+          consecutiveFailureCount++;
+          if (
+            !isNaN(exitServiceAfterNFailures) &&
+            consecutiveFailureCount >= exitServiceAfterNFailures
+          ) {
+            console.error(
+              `${messagePrefix}, exiting service after ${consecutiveFailureCount} consecutive failures`
+            );
+            gracefulShutdown();
+            return;
+          } else {
+            console.log(`${messagePrefix}, re-launch runner in 5 seconds.`);
+          }
         }
 
         if (!stopping) {
           setTimeout(runService, 5000);
         }
       });
-
     } catch (ex) {
       console.log(ex);
     }
   }
-}
+};
 
 runService();
-console.log('Started running service');
+console.log("Started running service");
 
-var gracefulShutdown = function (code) {
+process.on("SIGINT", () => {
-    console.log('Shutting down runner listener');
+  gracefulShutdown();
-    stopping = true;
-    if (listener) {
-        console.log('Sending SIGINT to runner listener to stop');
-        listener.kill('SIGINT');
-
-        console.log('Sending SIGKILL to runner listener');
-        setTimeout(() => listener.kill('SIGKILL'), 30000);
-    }
-}
-
-process.on('SIGINT', () => {
-    gracefulShutdown(0);
 });
 
-process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
+process.on("SIGTERM", () => {
-    gracefulShutdown(0);
+  gracefulShutdown();
 });

src/Misc/layoutbin/actions.runner.plist.template

@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@
     </dict>
     <key>ProcessType</key>
     <string>Interactive</string>
+    <key>SessionCreate</key>
+    <true/>
   </dict>
 </plist>

src/Misc/layoutbin/darwin.svc.sh.template

@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ RUNNER_ROOT=`pwd`
 
 LAUNCH_PATH="${HOME}/Library/LaunchAgents"
 PLIST_PATH="${LAUNCH_PATH}/${SVC_NAME}.plist"
+TEMPLATE_PATH=$GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE
+IS_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE=0
+if [[ -z $TEMPLATE_PATH ]]; then
     TEMPLATE_PATH=./bin/actions.runner.plist.template
+else
+    IS_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE=1
+fi
 TEMP_PATH=./bin/actions.runner.plist.temp
 CONFIG_PATH=.service
 
@@ -29,7 +35,11 @@ function failed()
 }
 
 if [ ! -f "${TEMPLATE_PATH}" ]; then
+    if [[ $IS_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE = 0 ]]; then
         failed "Must run from runner root or install is corrupt"
+    else
+        failed "Service file at '$GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE' using GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE env variable is not found"
+    fi
 fi
 
 function install()
@@ -53,7 +63,7 @@ function install()
     mkdir -p "${log_path}" || failed "failed to create ${log_path}"
 
     echo Creating ${PLIST_PATH}
-    sed "s/{{User}}/${SUDO_USER:-$USER}/g; s/{{SvcName}}/$SVC_NAME/g; s@{{RunnerRoot}}@${RUNNER_ROOT}@g; s@{{UserHome}}@$HOME@g;" "${TEMPLATE_PATH}" > "${TEMP_PATH}" || failed "failed to create replacement temp file"
+    sed "s/{{User}}/${USER:-$SUDO_USER}/g; s/{{SvcName}}/$SVC_NAME/g; s@{{RunnerRoot}}@${RUNNER_ROOT}@g; s@{{UserHome}}@$HOME@g;" "${TEMPLATE_PATH}" > "${TEMP_PATH}" || failed "failed to create replacement temp file"
     mv "${TEMP_PATH}" "${PLIST_PATH}" || failed "failed to copy plist"
 
     # Since we started with sudo, runsvc.sh will be owned by root. Change this to current login user.

src/Misc/layoutbin/hashFiles/index.js

@@ -43,6 +43,32 @@ module.exports =
 /************************************************************************/
 /******/ ({
 
+/***/ 82:
+/***/ (function(__unusedmodule, exports) {
+
+"use strict";
+
+// We use any as a valid input type
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+/**
+ * Sanitizes an input into a string so it can be passed into issueCommand safely
+ * @param input input to sanitize into a string
+ */
+function toCommandValue(input) {
+    if (input === null || input === undefined) {
+        return '';
+    }
+    else if (typeof input === 'string' || input instanceof String) {
+        return input;
+    }
+    return JSON.stringify(input);
+}
+exports.toCommandValue = toCommandValue;
+//# sourceMappingURL=utils.js.map
+
+/***/ }),
+
 /***/ 87:
 /***/ (function(module) {
 
@@ -978,6 +1004,42 @@ function regExpEscape (s) {
 }
 
 
+/***/ }),
+
+/***/ 102:
+/***/ (function(__unusedmodule, exports, __webpack_require__) {
+
+"use strict";
+
+// For internal use, subject to change.
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) result[k] = mod[k];
+    result["default"] = mod;
+    return result;
+};
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+// We use any as a valid input type
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+const fs = __importStar(__webpack_require__(747));
+const os = __importStar(__webpack_require__(87));
+const utils_1 = __webpack_require__(82);
+function issueCommand(command, message) {
+    const filePath = process.env[`GITHUB_${command}`];
+    if (!filePath) {
+        throw new Error(`Unable to find environment variable for file command ${command}`);
+    }
+    if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+        throw new Error(`Missing file at path: ${filePath}`);
+    }
+    fs.appendFileSync(filePath, `${utils_1.toCommandValue(message)}${os.EOL}`, {
+        encoding: 'utf8'
+    });
+}
+exports.issueCommand = issueCommand;
+//# sourceMappingURL=file-command.js.map
+
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 281:
@@ -1495,12 +1557,12 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
     return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-const glob = __importStar(__webpack_require__(281));
 const crypto = __importStar(__webpack_require__(417));
 const fs = __importStar(__webpack_require__(747));
+const glob = __importStar(__webpack_require__(281));
+const path = __importStar(__webpack_require__(622));
 const stream = __importStar(__webpack_require__(413));
 const util = __importStar(__webpack_require__(669));
-const path = __importStar(__webpack_require__(622));
 function run() {
     var e_1, _a;
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
@@ -1551,7 +1613,7 @@ function run() {
         }
         result.end();
         if (hasMatch) {
-            console.log(`Find ${count} files to hash.`);
+            console.log(`Found ${count} files to hash.`);
             console.error(`__OUTPUT__${result.digest('hex')}__OUTPUT__`);
         }
         else {
@@ -1559,7 +1621,15 @@ function run() {
         }
     });
 }
-run();
+run()
+    .then(out => {
+    console.log(out);
+    process.exit(0);
+})
+    .catch(err => {
+    console.error(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+});
 
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -1687,17 +1757,25 @@ module.exports = require("crypto");
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) result[k] = mod[k];
+    result["default"] = mod;
+    return result;
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-const os = __webpack_require__(87);
+const os = __importStar(__webpack_require__(87));
+const utils_1 = __webpack_require__(82);
 /**
  * Commands
  *
  * Command Format:
- *   ##[name key=value;key=value]message
+ *   ::name key=value,key=value::message
  *
  * Examples:
- *   ##[warning]This is the user warning message
+ *   ::warning::This is the message
- *   ##[set-secret name=mypassword]definitelyNotAPassword!
+ *   ::set-env name=MY_VAR::some value
  */
 function issueCommand(command, properties, message) {
     const cmd = new Command(command, properties, message);
@@ -1722,34 +1800,39 @@ class Command {
         let cmdStr = CMD_STRING + this.command;
         if (this.properties && Object.keys(this.properties).length > 0) {
             cmdStr += ' ';
+            let first = true;
             for (const key in this.properties) {
                 if (this.properties.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
                     const val = this.properties[key];
                     if (val) {
-                        // safely append the val - avoid blowing up when attempting to
+                        if (first) {
-                        // call .replace() if message is not a string for some reason
+                            first = false;
-                        cmdStr += `${key}=${escape(`${val || ''}`)},`;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            cmdStr += ',';
+                        }
+                        cmdStr += `${key}=${escapeProperty(val)}`;
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
-        cmdStr += CMD_STRING;
+        cmdStr += `${CMD_STRING}${escapeData(this.message)}`;
-        // safely append the message - avoid blowing up when attempting to
-        // call .replace() if message is not a string for some reason
-        const message = `${this.message || ''}`;
-        cmdStr += escapeData(message);
         return cmdStr;
     }
 }
 function escapeData(s) {
-    return s.replace(/\r/g, '%0D').replace(/\n/g, '%0A');
+    return utils_1.toCommandValue(s)
+        .replace(/%/g, '%25')
+        .replace(/\r/g, '%0D')
+        .replace(/\n/g, '%0A');
 }
-function escape(s) {
+function escapeProperty(s) {
-    return s
+    return utils_1.toCommandValue(s)
+        .replace(/%/g, '%25')
         .replace(/\r/g, '%0D')
         .replace(/\n/g, '%0A')
-        .replace(/]/g, '%5D')
+        .replace(/:/g, '%3A')
-        .replace(/;/g, '%3B');
+        .replace(/,/g, '%2C');
 }
 //# sourceMappingURL=command.js.map
 
@@ -1769,10 +1852,19 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
         step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
     });
 };
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) result[k] = mod[k];
+    result["default"] = mod;
+    return result;
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 const command_1 = __webpack_require__(431);
-const os = __webpack_require__(87);
+const file_command_1 = __webpack_require__(102);
-const path = __webpack_require__(622);
+const utils_1 = __webpack_require__(82);
+const os = __importStar(__webpack_require__(87));
+const path = __importStar(__webpack_require__(622));
 /**
  * The code to exit an action
  */
@@ -1793,11 +1885,21 @@ var ExitCode;
 /**
  * Sets env variable for this action and future actions in the job
  * @param name the name of the variable to set
- * @param val the value of the variable
+ * @param val the value of the variable. Non-string values will be converted to a string via JSON.stringify
  */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 function exportVariable(name, val) {
-    process.env[name] = val;
+    const convertedVal = utils_1.toCommandValue(val);
-    command_1.issueCommand('set-env', { name }, val);
+    process.env[name] = convertedVal;
+    const filePath = process.env['GITHUB_ENV'] || '';
+    if (filePath) {
+        const delimiter = '_GitHubActionsFileCommandDelimeter_';
+        const commandValue = `${name}<<${delimiter}${os.EOL}${convertedVal}${os.EOL}${delimiter}`;
+        file_command_1.issueCommand('ENV', commandValue);
+    }
+    else {
+        command_1.issueCommand('set-env', { name }, convertedVal);
+    }
 }
 exports.exportVariable = exportVariable;
 /**
@@ -1813,7 +1915,13 @@ exports.setSecret = setSecret;
  * @param inputPath
  */
 function addPath(inputPath) {
+    const filePath = process.env['GITHUB_PATH'] || '';
+    if (filePath) {
+        file_command_1.issueCommand('PATH', inputPath);
+    }
+    else {
         command_1.issueCommand('add-path', {}, inputPath);
+    }
     process.env['PATH'] = `${inputPath}${path.delimiter}${process.env['PATH']}`;
 }
 exports.addPath = addPath;
@@ -1836,12 +1944,22 @@ exports.getInput = getInput;
  * Sets the value of an output.
  *
  * @param     name     name of the output to set
- * @param     value    value to store
+ * @param     value    value to store. Non-string values will be converted to a string via JSON.stringify
  */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 function setOutput(name, value) {
     command_1.issueCommand('set-output', { name }, value);
 }
 exports.setOutput = setOutput;
+/**
+ * Enables or disables the echoing of commands into stdout for the rest of the step.
+ * Echoing is disabled by default if ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG is not set.
+ *
+ */
+function setCommandEcho(enabled) {
+    command_1.issue('echo', enabled ? 'on' : 'off');
+}
+exports.setCommandEcho = setCommandEcho;
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Results
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1858,6 +1976,13 @@ exports.setFailed = setFailed;
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Logging Commands
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+/**
+ * Gets whether Actions Step Debug is on or not
+ */
+function isDebug() {
+    return process.env['RUNNER_DEBUG'] === '1';
+}
+exports.isDebug = isDebug;
 /**
  * Writes debug message to user log
  * @param message debug message
@@ -1868,18 +1993,18 @@ function debug(message) {
 exports.debug = debug;
 /**
  * Adds an error issue
- * @param message error issue message
+ * @param message error issue message. Errors will be converted to string via toString()
  */
 function error(message) {
-    command_1.issue('error', message);
+    command_1.issue('error', message instanceof Error ? message.toString() : message);
 }
 exports.error = error;
 /**
  * Adds an warning issue
- * @param message warning issue message
+ * @param message warning issue message. Errors will be converted to string via toString()
  */
 function warning(message) {
-    command_1.issue('warning', message);
+    command_1.issue('warning', message instanceof Error ? message.toString() : message);
 }
 exports.warning = warning;
 /**
@@ -1937,8 +2062,9 @@ exports.group = group;
  * Saves state for current action, the state can only be retrieved by this action's post job execution.
  *
  * @param     name     name of the state to store
- * @param     value    value to store
+ * @param     value    value to store. Non-string values will be converted to a string via JSON.stringify
  */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 function saveState(name, value) {
     command_1.issueCommand('save-state', { name }, value);
 }

src/Misc/layoutbin/runsvc.sh

@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ if [ -f ".path" ]; then
     echo ".path=${PATH}"
 fi
 
-# insert anything to setup env when running as a service
+nodever=${GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCED_NODE_VERSION:-node16}
 
+# insert anything to setup env when running as a service
 # run the host process which keep the listener alive
-./externals/node12/bin/node ./bin/RunnerService.js &
+./externals/$nodever/bin/node ./bin/RunnerService.js &
 PID=$!
 wait $PID
 trap - TERM INT

src/Misc/layoutbin/systemd.svc.sh.template

@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ arg_2=${2}
 RUNNER_ROOT=`pwd`
 
 UNIT_PATH=/etc/systemd/system/${SVC_NAME}
+TEMPLATE_PATH=$GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE
+IS_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE=0
+if [[ -z $TEMPLATE_PATH ]]; then
     TEMPLATE_PATH=./bin/actions.runner.service.template
+else
+    IS_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE=1
+fi
 TEMP_PATH=./bin/actions.runner.service.temp
 CONFIG_PATH=.service
 
@@ -31,7 +37,11 @@ function failed()
 }
 
 if [ ! -f "${TEMPLATE_PATH}" ]; then
+    if [[ $IS_CUSTOM_TEMPLATE = 0 ]]; then
         failed "Must run from runner root or install is corrupt"
+    else
+        failed "Service file at '$GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE' using GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_SERVICE_TEMPLATE env variable is not found"
+    fi
 fi
 
 #check if we run as root

src/Misc/layoutbin/update.sh.template

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ downloadrunnerversion=_DOWNLOAD_RUNNER_VERSION_
 logfile="_UPDATE_LOG_"
 restartinteractiverunner=_RESTART_INTERACTIVE_RUNNER_
 
+telemetryfile="$rootfolder/_diag/.telemetry"
+
 # log user who run the script
 date "+[%F %T-%4N] --------whoami--------" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
 whoami >> "$logfile" 2>&1
@@ -28,13 +30,13 @@ date "+[%F %T-%4N] Waiting for $runnerprocessname ($runnerpid) to complete" >> "
 while [ -e /proc/$runnerpid ]
 do
     date "+[%F %T-%4N] Process $runnerpid still running" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
-    sleep 2
+    "$rootfolder"/safe_sleep.sh 2
 done
 date "+[%F %T-%4N] Process $runnerpid finished running" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
 
 # start re-organize folders
 date "+[%F %T-%4N] Sleep 1 more second to make sure process exited" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
-sleep 1
+"$rootfolder"/safe_sleep.sh 1
 
 # the folder structure under runner root will be
 # ./bin -> bin.2.100.0 (junction folder)
@@ -118,6 +120,64 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# fix upgrade issue with macOS when running as a service
+attemptedtargetedfix=0
+currentplatform=$(uname | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
+if [[ "$currentplatform" == 'darwin'  && restartinteractiverunner -eq 0 ]]; then
+    # We needed a fix for https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/743
+    # We will recreate the ./externals/nodeXY/bin/node of the past runner version that launched the runnerlistener service
+    # Otherwise mac gatekeeper kills the processes we spawn on creation as we are running a process with no backing file
+
+    # We need the pid for the nodejs loop, get that here, its the parent of the runner C# pid
+    # assumption here is only one process is invoking rootfolder/runsvc.sh
+    procgroup=$(ps x -o pgid,command | grep "$rootfolder/runsvc.sh" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')
+    if [[ $? -eq 0 && -n "$procgroup" ]]
+    then
+        # inspect the open file handles to find the node process
+        # we can't actually inspect the process using ps because it uses relative paths and doesn't follow symlinks
+        nodever="node16"
+        path=$(lsof -a -g "$procgroup" -F n | grep $nodever/bin/node | grep externals | tail -1 | cut -c2-)
+        if [[ $? -ne 0 || -z "$path" ]] # Fallback if RunnerService.js was started with node12
+        then
+            nodever="node12"
+            path=$(lsof -a -g "$procgroup" -F n | grep $nodever/bin/node | grep externals | tail -1 | cut -c2-)
+        fi
+        if [[ $? -eq 0 && -n "$path" ]]
+        then
+            # trim the last 5 characters of the path '/node'
+            trimmedpath=$(dirname "$path")
+            if [[ $? -eq 0 && -n "$trimmedpath" ]]
+            then
+                attemptedtargetedfix=1
+                # Create the path if it does not exist
+                if [[ ! -e "$path" ]]
+                then
+                    date "+[%F %T-%4N] Creating fallback node at path $path" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+                    mkdir -p "$trimmedpath"
+                    cp "$rootfolder/externals/$nodever/bin/node" "$path"
+                else
+                    date "+[%F %T-%4N] Path for fallback node exists, skipping creating $path" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+                fi
+            else
+                date "+[%F %T-%4N] DarwinRunnerUpgrade: Failed to trim runner path. TrimmedPath: $trimmedpath, path: $path, pgid: $procgroup, root: $rootfolder" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+                date "+[%F %T-%4N] DarwinRunnerUpgrade: Failed to trim runner path. TrimmedPath: $trimmedpath, path: $path, pgid: $procgroup, root: $rootfolder" >> "$telemetryfile" 2>&1
+            fi
+        else
+            date "+[%F %T-%4N] DarwinRunnerUpgrade: Failed to find runner path. Path: $path, pgid: $procgroup, root: $rootfolder" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+            date "+[%F %T-%4N] DarwinRunnerUpgrade: Failed to find runner path. Path: $path, pgid: $procgroup, root: $rootfolder" >> "$telemetryfile" 2>&1
+        fi
+    else
+        runproc=$(ps x -o pgid,command | grep "run.sh" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')
+        if [[ $? -eq 0 && -n "$runproc" ]]
+        then
+            date "+[%F %T-%4N] Running as ephemeral using run.sh, no need to recreate node folder" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+        else
+            date "+[%F %T-%4N] DarwinRunnerUpgrade: Failed to find runner pgid. pgid: $procgroup, root: $rootfolder" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+            date "+[%F %T-%4N] DarwinRunnerUpgrade: Failed to find runner pgid. pgid: $procgroup, root: $rootfolder" >> "$telemetryfile" 2>&1
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
 date "+[%F %T-%4N] Update succeed" >> "$logfile"
 
 # rename the update log file with %logfile%.succeed/.failed/succeedneedrestart

src/Misc/layoutroot/config.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ $user_id -eq 0 -a -z "$RUNNER_ALLOW_RUNASROOT" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Check dotnet core 3.0 dependencies for Linux
+# Check dotnet Core 6.0 dependencies for Linux
 if [[ (`uname` == "Linux") ]]
 then
     command -v ldd > /dev/null
@@ -18,25 +18,25 @@ then
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    message="Execute sudo ./bin/installdependencies.sh to install any missing Dotnet Core 3.0 dependencies."
+    message="Execute sudo ./bin/installdependencies.sh to install any missing Dotnet Core 6.0 dependencies."
 
     ldd ./bin/libcoreclr.so | grep 'not found'
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "Dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 3.0"
+        echo "Dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 6.0"
         echo $message
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    ldd ./bin/System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl.so | grep 'not found'
+    ldd ./bin/libSystem.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl.so | grep 'not found'
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "Dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 3.0"
+        echo "Dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 6.0"
         echo $message
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    ldd ./bin/System.IO.Compression.Native.so | grep 'not found'
+    ldd ./bin/libSystem.IO.Compression.Native.so | grep 'not found'
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "Dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 3.0"
+        echo "Dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 6.0"
         echo $message
         exit 1
     fi
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ then
     libpath=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:-}
     $LDCONFIG_COMMAND -NXv ${libpath//:/ } 2>&1 | grep libicu >/dev/null 2>&1
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        echo "Libicu's dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 3.0"
+        echo "Libicu's dependencies is missing for Dotnet Core 6.0"
         echo $message
         exit 1
     fi

src/Misc/layoutroot/run-helper.cmd.template

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+@echo off
+
+"%~dp0\bin\Runner.Listener.exe" run %*
+
+rem using `if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU N` insterad of `if ERRORLEVEL N`
+rem `if ERRORLEVEL N` means: error level is N or MORE
+  
+if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 (
+  echo "Runner listener exit with 0 return code, stop the service, no retry needed."
+  exit /b 0
+)
+
+if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 1 (
+  echo "Runner listener exit with terminated error, stop the service, no retry needed."
+  exit /b 0
+)
+
+if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 2 (
+  echo "Runner listener exit with retryable error, re-launch runner in 5 seconds."
+  ping 127.0.0.1 -n 6 -w 1000 >NUL
+  exit /b 1
+)
+
+if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 3 (
+  rem Sleep 5 seconds to wait for the runner update process finish
+  echo "Runner listener exit because of updating, re-launch runner in 5 seconds"
+  ping 127.0.0.1 -n 6 -w 1000 >NUL
+  exit /b 1
+)
+
+if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 4 (
+  rem Sleep 5 seconds to wait for the ephemeral runner update process finish
+  echo "Runner listener exit because of updating, re-launch ephemeral runner in 5 seconds"
+  ping 127.0.0.1 -n 6 -w 1000 >NUL
+  exit /b 1
+)
+
+echo "Exiting after unknown error code: %ERRORLEVEL%"
+exit /b 0

src/Misc/layoutroot/run-helper.sh.template

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Validate not sudo
+user_id=`id -u`
+if [ $user_id -eq 0 -a -z "$RUNNER_ALLOW_RUNASROOT" ]; then
+    echo "Must not run interactively with sudo"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Run
+shopt -s nocasematch
+
+SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
+    DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+    SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+    [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
+done
+DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
+"$DIR"/bin/Runner.Listener run $*
+
+returnCode=$?
+if [[ $returnCode == 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Runner listener exit with 0 return code, stop the service, no retry needed."
+    exit 0
+elif [[ $returnCode == 1 ]]; then
+    echo "Runner listener exit with terminated error, stop the service, no retry needed."
+    exit 0
+elif [[ $returnCode == 2 ]]; then
+    echo "Runner listener exit with retryable error, re-launch runner in 5 seconds."
+    "$DIR"/safe_sleep.sh 5
+    exit 2
+elif [[ $returnCode == 3 ]]; then
+    # Sleep 5 seconds to wait for the runner update process finish
+    echo "Runner listener exit because of updating, re-launch runner in 5 seconds"
+    "$DIR"/safe_sleep.sh 5
+    exit 2
+elif [[ $returnCode == 4 ]]; then
+    # Sleep 5 seconds to wait for the ephemeral runner update process finish
+    echo "Runner listener exit because of updating, re-launch ephemeral runner in 5 seconds"
+    "$DIR"/safe_sleep.sh 5
+    exit 2
+else
+    echo "Exiting with unknown error code: ${returnCode}"
+    exit 0
+fi

src/Misc/layoutroot/run.cmd

@@ -13,21 +13,19 @@ if defined VERBOSE_ARG (
 rem Unblock files in the root of the layout folder. E.g. .cmd files.
 powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$VerbosePreference = %VERBOSE_ARG% ; Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath '%~dp0' | ForEach-Object { Write-Verbose ('Unblock: {0}' -f $_.FullName) ; $_ } | Unblock-File | Out-Null"
 
-if /i "%~1" equ "localRun" (
+
-    rem ********************************************************************************
-    rem Local run.
-    rem ********************************************************************************
-    "%~dp0bin\Runner.Listener.exe" %*
-) else (
 rem ********************************************************************************
 rem Run.
 rem ********************************************************************************
-  "%~dp0bin\Runner.Listener.exe" run %*
 
-  rem Return code 4 means the run once runner received an update message.
+:launch_helper
-  rem Sleep 5 seconds to wait for the update process finish and run the runner again.
+copy "%~dp0run-helper.cmd.template" "%~dp0run-helper.cmd" /Y
-  if ERRORLEVEL 4 (
+call "%~dp0run-helper.cmd" %*
-    timeout /t 5 /nobreak > NUL
+  
-    "%~dp0bin\Runner.Listener.exe" run %*
+if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 1 (
-  )
+  echo "Restarting runner..."
+  goto :launch_helper
+) else (  
+  echo "Exiting runner..."
+  exit /b 0
 )

src/Misc/layoutroot/run.sh

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Validate not sudo
-user_id=`id -u`
-if [ $user_id -eq 0 -a -z "$RUNNER_ALLOW_RUNASROOT" ]; then
-    echo "Must not run interactively with sudo"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 # Change directory to the script root directory
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59895/getting-the-source-directory-of-a-bash-script-from-within
 SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
@@ -16,34 +9,16 @@ while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symli
     [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
 done
 DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
-
+cp -f "$DIR"/run-helper.sh.template "$DIR"/run-helper.sh
-# Do not "cd $DIR". For localRun, the current directory is expected to be the repo location on disk.
+# run the helper process which keep the listener alive
-
+while :;
-# Run
+do
-shopt -s nocasematch
+    "$DIR"/run-helper.sh $*
-if [[ "$1" == "localRun" ]]; then
-    "$DIR"/bin/Runner.Listener $*
-else
-    "$DIR"/bin/Runner.Listener run $*
-
-# Return code 3 means the run once runner received an update message.
-# Sleep 5 seconds to wait for the update process finish
     returnCode=$?
-    if [[ $returnCode == 3 ]]; then
+    if [[ $returnCode -eq 2 ]]; then
-        if [ ! -x "$(command -v sleep)" ]; then
+        echo "Restarting runner..."
-            if [ ! -x "$(command -v ping)" ]; then
+    else
-                COUNT="0"
+        echo "Exiting runner..."
-                while [[ $COUNT != 5000 ]]; do
+        exit 0
-                    echo "SLEEP" > /dev/null
+    fi
-                    COUNT=$[$COUNT+1]
 done
-            else
-                ping -c 5 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null
-            fi
-        else
-            sleep 5
-        fi
-    else
-        exit $returnCode
-    fi
-fi

src/Misc/layoutroot/safe_sleep.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SECONDS=0
+while [[ $SECONDS != $1 ]]; do
+    :
+done

src/Misc/runnercoreassets

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+actions.runner.plist.template
+actions.runner.service.template
+checkScripts/downloadCert.js
+checkScripts/makeWebRequest.js
+darwin.svc.sh.template
+hashFiles/index.js
+installdependencies.sh
+macos-run-invoker.js
+Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging.dll
+Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.dll
+Minimatch.dll
+Newtonsoft.Json.Bson.dll
+Newtonsoft.Json.dll
+Runner.Common.deps.json
+Runner.Common.dll
+Runner.Common.pdb
+Runner.Listener
+Runner.Listener.deps.json
+Runner.Listener.dll
+Runner.Listener.exe
+Runner.Listener.pdb
+Runner.Listener.runtimeconfig.json
+Runner.PluginHost
+Runner.PluginHost.deps.json
+Runner.PluginHost.dll
+Runner.PluginHost.exe
+Runner.PluginHost.pdb
+Runner.PluginHost.runtimeconfig.json
+Runner.Plugins.deps.json
+Runner.Plugins.dll
+Runner.Plugins.pdb
+Runner.Sdk.deps.json
+Runner.Sdk.dll
+Runner.Sdk.pdb
+Runner.Worker
+Runner.Worker.deps.json
+Runner.Worker.dll
+Runner.Worker.exe
+Runner.Worker.pdb
+Runner.Worker.runtimeconfig.json
+RunnerService.exe
+RunnerService.exe.config
+RunnerService.js
+RunnerService.pdb
+runsvc.sh
+Sdk.deps.json
+Sdk.dll
+Sdk.pdb
+System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt.dll
+System.Net.Http.Formatting.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData.dll
+System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.dll
+systemd.svc.sh.template
+update.cmd.template
+update.sh.template
+YamlDotNet.dll

src/Misc/runnerdotnetruntimeassets

@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
+api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
+api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
+clrcompression.dll
+clretwrc.dll
+clrjit.dll
+coreclr.dll
+createdump
+createdump.exe
+dbgshim.dll
+hostfxr.dll
+hostpolicy.dll
+libclrjit.dylib
+libclrjit.so
+libcoreclr.dylib
+libcoreclr.so
+libcoreclrtraceptprovider.so
+libdbgshim.dylib
+libdbgshim.so
+libhostfxr.dylib
+libhostfxr.so
+libhostpolicy.dylib
+libhostpolicy.so
+libmscordaccore.dylib
+libmscordaccore.so
+libmscordbi.dylib
+libmscordbi.so
+Microsoft.CSharp.dll
+Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.amd64.dll
+Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll
+Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
+Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll
+Microsoft.Win32.Registry.dll
+mscordaccore.dll
+mscordaccore_amd64_amd64_6.0.21.52210.dll
+mscordbi.dll
+mscorlib.dll
+mscorrc.debug.dll
+mscorrc.dll
+msquic.dll
+netstandard.dll
+SOS_README.md
+System.AppContext.dll
+System.Buffers.dll
+System.Collections.Concurrent.dll
+System.Collections.dll
+System.Collections.Immutable.dll
+System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll
+System.Collections.Specialized.dll
+System.ComponentModel.Annotations.dll
+System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll
+System.ComponentModel.dll
+System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll
+System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll
+System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll
+System.Configuration.dll
+System.Console.dll
+System.Core.dll
+System.Data.Common.dll
+System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll
+System.Data.dll
+System.Diagnostics.Contracts.dll
+System.Diagnostics.Debug.dll
+System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll
+System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.dll
+System.Diagnostics.Process.dll
+System.Diagnostics.StackTrace.dll
+System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener.dll
+System.Diagnostics.Tools.dll
+System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll
+System.Diagnostics.Tracing.dll
+System.dll
+System.Drawing.dll
+System.Drawing.Primitives.dll
+System.Dynamic.Runtime.dll
+System.Formats.Asn1.dll
+System.Globalization.Calendars.dll
+System.Globalization.dll
+System.Globalization.Extensions.dll
+System.Globalization.Native.dylib
+System.Globalization.Native.so
+System.IO.Compression.Brotli.dll
+System.IO.Compression.dll
+System.IO.Compression.FileSystem.dll
+System.IO.Compression.Native.a
+System.IO.Compression.Native.dll
+System.IO.Compression.Native.dylib
+System.IO.Compression.Native.so
+System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.dll
+System.IO.dll
+System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl.dll
+System.IO.FileSystem.dll
+System.IO.FileSystem.DriveInfo.dll
+System.IO.FileSystem.Primitives.dll
+System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher.dll
+System.IO.IsolatedStorage.dll
+System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.dll
+System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl.dll
+System.IO.Pipes.dll
+System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream.dll
+System.Linq.dll
+System.Linq.Expressions.dll
+System.Linq.Parallel.dll
+System.Linq.Queryable.dll
+System.Memory.dll
+System.Native.a
+System.Native.dylib
+System.Native.so
+System.Net.dll
+System.Net.Http.dll
+System.Net.Http.Json.dll
+System.Net.Http.Native.a
+System.Net.Http.Native.dylib
+System.Net.Http.Native.so
+System.Net.HttpListener.dll
+System.Net.Mail.dll
+System.Net.NameResolution.dll
+System.Net.NetworkInformation.dll
+System.Net.Ping.dll
+System.Net.Primitives.dll
+System.Net.Quic.dll
+System.Net.Requests.dll
+System.Net.Security.dll
+System.Net.Security.Native.a
+System.Net.Security.Native.dylib
+System.Net.Security.Native.so
+System.Net.ServicePoint.dll
+System.Net.Sockets.dll
+System.Net.WebClient.dll
+System.Net.WebHeaderCollection.dll
+System.Net.WebProxy.dll
+System.Net.WebSockets.Client.dll
+System.Net.WebSockets.dll
+System.Numerics.dll
+System.Numerics.Vectors.dll
+System.ObjectModel.dll
+System.Private.CoreLib.dll
+System.Private.DataContractSerialization.dll
+System.Private.Uri.dll
+System.Private.Xml.dll
+System.Private.Xml.Linq.dll
+System.Reflection.DispatchProxy.dll
+System.Reflection.dll
+System.Reflection.Emit.dll
+System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration.dll
+System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight.dll
+System.Reflection.Extensions.dll
+System.Reflection.Metadata.dll
+System.Reflection.Primitives.dll
+System.Reflection.TypeExtensions.dll
+System.Resources.Reader.dll
+System.Resources.ResourceManager.dll
+System.Resources.Writer.dll
+System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll
+System.Runtime.CompilerServices.VisualC.dll
+System.Runtime.dll
+System.Runtime.Extensions.dll
+System.Runtime.Handles.dll
+System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll
+System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll
+System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.dll
+System.Runtime.Intrinsics.dll
+System.Runtime.Loader.dll
+System.Runtime.Numerics.dll
+System.Runtime.Serialization.dll
+System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.dll
+System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.dll
+System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll
+System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml.dll
+System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.dll
+System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.UI.Xaml.dll
+System.Security.AccessControl.dll
+System.Security.Claims.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.Cng.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.Csp.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.Encoding.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Apple.a
+System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Apple.dylib
+System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl.a
+System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl.dylib
+System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl.so
+System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.Primitives.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.dll
+System.Security.Cryptography.XCertificates.dll
+System.Security.dll
+System.Security.Principal.dll
+System.Security.Principal.Windows.dll
+System.Security.SecureString.dll
+System.ServiceModel.Web.dll
+System.ServiceProcess.dll
+System.Text.Encoding.CodePages.dll
+System.Text.Encoding.dll
+System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll
+System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll
+System.Text.Json.dll
+System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll
+System.Threading.Channels.dll
+System.Threading.dll
+System.Threading.Overlapped.dll
+System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll
+System.Threading.Tasks.dll
+System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
+System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.dll
+System.Threading.Thread.dll
+System.Threading.ThreadPool.dll
+System.Threading.Timer.dll
+System.Transactions.dll
+System.Transactions.Local.dll
+System.ValueTuple.dll
+System.Web.dll
+System.Web.HttpUtility.dll
+System.Windows.dll
+System.Xml.dll
+System.Xml.Linq.dll
+System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll
+System.Xml.Serialization.dll
+System.Xml.XDocument.dll
+System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll
+System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll
+System.Xml.XPath.dll
+System.Xml.XPath.XDocument.dll
+ucrtbase.dll
+WindowsBase.dll

src/Misc/trimmedpackages_targz.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[
+    {
+        "HashValue": "<NO_RUNTIME_EXTERNALS_HASH>",
+        "DownloadUrl": "https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v<RUNNER_VERSION>/actions-runner-<RUNNER_PLATFORM>-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz",
+        "TrimmedContents": {
+            "dotnetRuntime": "<RUNTIME_HASH>",
+            "externals": "<EXTERNALS_HASH>"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "HashValue": "<NO_RUNTIME_HASH>",
+        "DownloadUrl": "https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v<RUNNER_VERSION>/actions-runner-<RUNNER_PLATFORM>-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz",
+        "TrimmedContents": {
+            "dotnetRuntime": "<RUNTIME_HASH>"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "HashValue": "<NO_EXTERNALS_HASH>",
+        "DownloadUrl": "https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v<RUNNER_VERSION>/actions-runner-<RUNNER_PLATFORM>-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz",
+        "TrimmedContents": {
+            "externals": "<EXTERNALS_HASH>"
+        }
+    }
+]

src/Misc/trimmedpackages_zip.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[
+    {
+        "HashValue": "<NO_RUNTIME_EXTERNALS_HASH>",
+        "DownloadUrl": "https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v<RUNNER_VERSION>/actions-runner-<RUNNER_PLATFORM>-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.zip",
+        "TrimmedContents": {
+            "dotnetRuntime": "<RUNTIME_HASH>",
+            "externals": "<EXTERNALS_HASH>"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "HashValue": "<NO_RUNTIME_HASH>",
+        "DownloadUrl": "https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v<RUNNER_VERSION>/actions-runner-<RUNNER_PLATFORM>-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.zip",
+        "TrimmedContents": {
+            "dotnetRuntime": "<RUNTIME_HASH>"
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "HashValue": "<NO_EXTERNALS_HASH>",
+        "DownloadUrl": "https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v<RUNNER_VERSION>/actions-runner-<RUNNER_PLATFORM>-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.zip",
+        "TrimmedContents": {
+            "externals": "<EXTERNALS_HASH>"
+        }
+    }
+]

src/Runner.Common/ConfigurationStore.cs

@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
         public string PoolName { get; set; }
 
+        [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public bool DisableUpdate { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public bool Ephemeral { get; set; }
+
         [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
         public string ServerUrl { get; set; }
 

src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         Certificates,
         Options,
         SetupInfo,
+        Telemetry
     }
 
     public static class Constants
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             public static class CommandLine
             {
                 //if you are adding a new arg, please make sure you update the
-                //validArgs array as well present in the CommandSettings.cs
+                //validOptions dictionary as well present in the CommandSettings.cs
                 public static class Args
                 {
                     public static readonly string Auth = "auth";
@@ -120,14 +121,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 }
 
                 //if you are adding a new flag, please make sure you update the
-                //validFlags array as well present in the CommandSettings.cs
+                //validOptions dictionary as well present in the CommandSettings.cs
                 public static class Flags
                 {
                     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 DisableUpdate = "disableupdate";
+                    public static readonly string Once = "once"; // Keep this around since customers still relies on it
                     public static readonly string RunAsService = "runasservice";
                     public static readonly string Unattended = "unattended";
                     public static readonly string Version = "version";
@@ -146,6 +149,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             public static class Features
             {
                 public static readonly string DiskSpaceWarning = "runner.diskspace.warning";
+                public static readonly string Node12Warning = "DistributedTask.AddWarningToNode12Action";
+                public static readonly string UseContainerPathForTemplate = "DistributedTask.UseContainerPathForTemplate";
             }
 
             public static readonly string InternalTelemetryIssueDataKey = "_internal_telemetry";
@@ -153,6 +158,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             public static readonly string LowDiskSpace = "LOW_DISK_SPACE";
             public static readonly string UnsupportedCommand = "UNSUPPORTED_COMMAND";
             public static readonly string UnsupportedCommandMessageDisabled = "The `{0}` command is disabled. Please upgrade to using Environment Files or opt into unsecure command execution by setting the `ACTIONS_ALLOW_UNSECURE_COMMANDS` environment variable to `true`. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2020-10-01-github-actions-deprecating-set-env-and-add-path-commands/";
+            public static readonly string UnsupportedStopCommandTokenDisabled = "You cannot use a endToken that is an empty string, the string 'pause-logging', or another workflow command. For more information see: https://docs.github.com/actions/learn-github-actions/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#example-stopping-and-starting-workflow-commands or opt into insecure command execution by setting the `ACTIONS_ALLOW_UNSECURE_STOPCOMMAND_TOKENS` environment variable to `true`.";
+            public static readonly string UnsupportedSummarySize = "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY upload aborted, supports content up to a size of {0}k, got {1}k. For more information see: https://docs.github.com/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#adding-a-markdown-summary";
+            public static readonly string Node12DetectedAfterEndOfLife = "Node.js 12 actions are deprecated. Please update the following actions to use Node.js 16: {0}";
         }
 
         public static class RunnerEvent
@@ -184,6 +192,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             public static readonly string Success = "success";
         }
 
+        public static class Hooks
+        {
+            public static readonly string JobStartedStepName = "Set up runner";
+            public static readonly string JobCompletedStepName = "Complete runner";
+        }
+
         public static class Path
         {
             public static readonly string ActionsDirectory = "_actions";
@@ -212,13 +226,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 // Keep alphabetical
                 //
                 public static readonly string AllowUnsupportedCommands = "ACTIONS_ALLOW_UNSECURE_COMMANDS";
+                public static readonly string AllowUnsupportedStopCommandTokens = "ACTIONS_ALLOW_UNSECURE_STOPCOMMAND_TOKENS";
                 public static readonly string RunnerDebug = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG";
                 public static readonly string StepDebug = "ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG";
+                public static readonly string AllowActionsUseUnsecureNodeVersion = "ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION";
             }
 
             public static class Agent
             {
                 public static readonly string ToolsDirectory = "agent.ToolsDirectory";
+
+                // Set this env var to "node12" to downgrade the node version for internal functions (e.g hashfiles). This does NOT affect the version of node actions.
+                public static readonly string ForcedInternalNodeVersion = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCED_INTERNAL_NODE_VERSION"; 
             }
 
             public static class System

src/Runner.Common/ExtensionManager.cs

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 case "GitHub.Runner.Worker.IFileCommandExtension":
                     Add<T>(extensions, "GitHub.Runner.Worker.AddPathFileCommand, Runner.Worker");
                     Add<T>(extensions, "GitHub.Runner.Worker.SetEnvFileCommand, Runner.Worker");
+                    Add<T>(extensions, "GitHub.Runner.Worker.CreateStepSummaryCommand, Runner.Worker");
                     break;
                 case "GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check.ICheckExtension":
                     Add<T>(extensions, "GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check.InternetCheck, Runner.Listener");

src/Runner.Common/HostContext.cs

@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             {
                 int logPageSize;
                 string logSizeEnv = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable($"{hostType.ToUpperInvariant()}_LOGSIZE");
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(logSizeEnv) || !int.TryParse(logSizeEnv, out logPageSize))
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(logSizeEnv) || !int.TryParse(logSizeEnv, out logPageSize))
                 {
                     logPageSize = _defaultLogPageSize;
                 }
 
                 int logRetentionDays;
                 string logRetentionDaysEnv = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable($"{hostType.ToUpperInvariant()}_LOGRETENTION");
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(logRetentionDaysEnv) || !int.TryParse(logRetentionDaysEnv, out logRetentionDays))
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(logRetentionDaysEnv) || !int.TryParse(logRetentionDaysEnv, out logRetentionDays))
                 {
                     logRetentionDays = _defaultLogRetentionDays;
                 }
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 _trace.Info($"No proxy settings were found based on environmental variables (http_proxy/https_proxy/HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY)");
             }
 
+            if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY")))
+            {
+                _trace.Warning($"Runner is running under insecure mode: HTTPS server certifcate validation has been turned off by GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY environment variable.");
+            }
+
             var credFile = GetConfigFile(WellKnownConfigFile.Credentials);
             if (File.Exists(credFile))
             {
@@ -200,9 +205,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 if (credData != null &&
                     credData.Data.TryGetValue("clientId", out var clientId))
                 {
-                    _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue($"RunnerId", clientId));
+                    _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue("ClientId", clientId));
                 }
             }
+
+            var runnerFile = GetConfigFile(WellKnownConfigFile.Runner);
+            if (File.Exists(runnerFile))
+            {
+                var runnerSettings = IOUtil.LoadObject<RunnerSettings>(runnerFile);
+                _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue("RunnerId", runnerSettings.AgentId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)));
+                _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue("GroupId", runnerSettings.PoolId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)));
+            }
+
+            _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue("CommitSHA", BuildConstants.Source.CommitHash));
         }
 
         public string GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory directory)
@@ -343,6 +358,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                         ".setup_info");
                     break;
 
+                case WellKnownConfigFile.Telemetry:
+                    path = Path.Combine(
+                        GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Diag),
+                        ".telemetry");
+                    break;
+
                 default:
                     throw new NotSupportedException($"Unexpected well known config file: '{configFile}'");
             }

src/Runner.Common/HttpClientHandlerFactory.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
     {
         public HttpClientHandler CreateClientHandler(RunnerWebProxy webProxy)
         {
-            return new HttpClientHandler() { Proxy = webProxy };
+            var client = new HttpClientHandler() { Proxy = webProxy };
+
+            if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY")))
+            {
+                client.ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = HttpClientHandler.DangerousAcceptAnyServerCertificateValidator;
+            }
+
+            return client;
         }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Common/JobServer.cs

@@ -1,29 +1,39 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Net.WebSockets;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi.Utilities.Internal;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 {
     [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(JobServer))]
-    public interface IJobServer : IRunnerService
+    public interface IJobServer : IRunnerService, IAsyncDisposable
     {
         Task ConnectAsync(VssConnection jobConnection);
 
+        void InitializeWebsocketClient(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint);
+
         // logging and console
         Task<TaskLog> AppendLogContentAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, int logId, Stream uploadStream, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
-        Task AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid stepId, IList<string> lines, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+        Task AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid stepId, IList<string> lines, long? startLine, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
-        Task AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid stepId, IList<string> lines, long startLine, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
         Task<TaskAttachment> CreateAttachmentAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, String type, String name, Stream uploadStream, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
         Task<TaskLog> CreateLogAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, TaskLog log, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
         Task<Timeline> CreateTimelineAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
         Task<List<TimelineRecord>> UpdateTimelineRecordsAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, IEnumerable<TimelineRecord> records, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
         Task RaisePlanEventAsync<T>(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, T eventData, CancellationToken cancellationToken) where T : JobEvent;
         Task<Timeline> GetTimelineAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
-        Task<ActionDownloadInfoCollection> ResolveActionDownloadInfoAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, ActionReferenceList actions, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+        Task<ActionDownloadInfoCollection> ResolveActionDownloadInfoAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid jobId, ActionReferenceList actions, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
     }
 
     public sealed class JobServer : RunnerService, IJobServer
@@ -31,11 +41,29 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         private bool _hasConnection;
         private VssConnection _connection;
         private TaskHttpClient _taskClient;
+        private ClientWebSocket _websocketClient;
+
+        private ServiceEndpoint _serviceEndpoint;
+
+        private int totalBatchedLinesAttemptedByWebsocket = 0;
+        private int failedAttemptsToPostBatchedLinesByWebsocket = 0;
+
+
+        private static readonly TimeSpan _minDelayForWebsocketReconnect = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100);
+        private static readonly TimeSpan _maxDelayForWebsocketReconnect = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
+        private static readonly int _minWebsocketFailurePercentageAllowed = 50;
+        private static readonly int _minWebsocketBatchedLinesCountToConsider = 5;
+
+        private Task _websocketConnectTask;
 
         public async Task ConnectAsync(VssConnection jobConnection)
         {
             _connection = jobConnection;
-            int attemptCount = 5;
+            int totalAttempts = 5;
+            int attemptCount = totalAttempts;
+            var configurationStore = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationStore>();
+            var runnerSettings = configurationStore.GetSettings();
+
             while (!_connection.HasAuthenticated && attemptCount-- > 0)
             {
                 try
@@ -45,17 +73,86 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 }
                 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);
+
+                    if (runnerSettings.IsHostedServer)
+                    {
+                        await CheckNetworkEndpointsAsync(attemptCount);
+                    }
                 }
 
-                await Task.Delay(100);
+                int attempt = totalAttempts - attemptCount;
+                TimeSpan backoff = BackoffTimerHelper.GetExponentialBackoff(attempt, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3.2), TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+
+                await Task.Delay(backoff);
             }
 
             _taskClient = _connection.GetClient<TaskHttpClient>();
             _hasConnection = true;
         }
 
+        private async Task CheckNetworkEndpointsAsync(int attemptsLeft)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Trace.Info("Requesting Actions Service health endpoint status");
+                using (var httpClientHandler = HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler())
+                using (var actionsClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler))
+                {
+                    var baseUri = new Uri(_connection.Uri.GetLeftPart(UriPartial.Authority));
+
+                    actionsClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.AddRange(HostContext.UserAgents);
+
+                    // Call the _apis/health endpoint, and include how many attempts are left as a URL query for easy tracking
+                    var response = await actionsClient.GetAsync(new Uri(baseUri, $"_apis/health?_internalRunnerAttemptsLeft={attemptsLeft}"));
+                    Trace.Info($"Actions health status code: {response.StatusCode}");
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                // Log error, but continue as this call is best-effort
+                Trace.Info($"Actions Service health endpoint failed due to {ex.GetType().Name}");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                Trace.Info("Requesting Github API endpoint status");
+                // This is a dotcom public API... just call it directly
+                using (var httpClientHandler = HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler())
+                using (var gitHubClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler))
+                {
+                    gitHubClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.AddRange(HostContext.UserAgents);
+
+                    // Call the api.github.com endpoint, and include how many attempts are left as a URL query for easy tracking
+                    var response = await gitHubClient.GetAsync($"https://api.github.com?_internalRunnerAttemptsLeft={attemptsLeft}");
+                    Trace.Info($"api.github.com status code: {response.StatusCode}");
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                // Log error, but continue as this call is best-effort
+                Trace.Info($"Github API endpoint failed due to {ex.GetType().Name}");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void InitializeWebsocketClient(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint)
+        {
+             this._serviceEndpoint = serviceEndpoint;
+             InitializeWebsocketClient(TimeSpan.Zero);
+        }
+
+        public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+        {
+            CloseWebSocket(WebSocketCloseStatus.NormalClosure, CancellationToken.None);
+
+            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+
+            return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
         private void CheckConnection()
         {
             if (!_hasConnection)
@@ -64,6 +161,53 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             }
         }
 
+        private void InitializeWebsocketClient(TimeSpan delay)
+        {
+             if (_serviceEndpoint.Authorization != null &&
+                 _serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Parameters.TryGetValue(EndpointAuthorizationParameters.AccessToken, out var accessToken) &&
+                 !string.IsNullOrEmpty(accessToken))
+            {
+                if (_serviceEndpoint.Data.TryGetValue("FeedStreamUrl", out var feedStreamUrl) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(feedStreamUrl))
+                {
+                    // let's ensure we use the right scheme
+                    feedStreamUrl = feedStreamUrl.Replace("https://", "wss://").Replace("http://", "ws://");
+                    Trace.Info($"Creating websocket client ..." + feedStreamUrl);
+                    this._websocketClient = new ClientWebSocket();
+                    this._websocketClient.Options.SetRequestHeader("Authorization", $"Bearer {accessToken}");
+                    var userAgentValues = new List<ProductInfoHeaderValue>();
+                    userAgentValues.AddRange(UserAgentUtility.GetDefaultRestUserAgent());
+                    userAgentValues.AddRange(HostContext.UserAgents);
+                    this._websocketClient.Options.SetRequestHeader("User-Agent", string.Join(" ", userAgentValues.Select(x=>x.ToString())));
+
+                    this._websocketConnectTask = ConnectWebSocketClient(feedStreamUrl, delay);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Trace.Info($"No FeedStreamUrl found, so we will use Rest API calls for sending feed data");
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"No access token from the service endpoint");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task ConnectWebSocketClient(string feedStreamUrl, TimeSpan delay)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Attempting to start websocket client with delay {delay}.");
+                await Task.Delay(delay);
+                await this._websocketClient.ConnectAsync(new Uri(feedStreamUrl), default(CancellationToken));
+                Trace.Info($"Successfully started websocket client.");
+            }
+            catch(Exception ex)
+            {
+                Trace.Info("Exception caught during websocket client connect, fallback of HTTP would be used now instead of websocket.");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
+            }
+        }
+
         //-----------------------------------------------------------------
         // Feedback: WebConsole, TimelineRecords and Logs
         //-----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -74,16 +218,86 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             return _taskClient.AppendLogContentAsync(scopeIdentifier, hubName, planId, logId, uploadStream, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
         }
 
-        public Task AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid stepId, IList<string> lines, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public async Task AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid stepId, IList<string> lines, long? startLine, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             CheckConnection();
-            return _taskClient.AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(scopeIdentifier, hubName, planId, timelineId, timelineRecordId, stepId, lines, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+            var pushedLinesViaWebsocket = false;
+            if (_websocketConnectTask != null)
+            {
+                await _websocketConnectTask;
             }
 
-        public Task AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid stepId, IList<string> lines, long startLine, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+            // "_websocketClient != null" implies either: We have a successful connection OR we have to attempt sending again and then reconnect
+            // ...in other words, if websocket client is null, we will skip sending to websocket and just use rest api calls to send data
+            if (_websocketClient != null)
             {
-            CheckConnection();
+                var linesWrapper =  startLine.HasValue? new TimelineRecordFeedLinesWrapper(stepId, lines, startLine.Value):  new TimelineRecordFeedLinesWrapper(stepId, lines);
-            return _taskClient.AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(scopeIdentifier, hubName, planId, timelineId, timelineRecordId, stepId, lines, startLine, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+                var jsonData = StringUtil.ConvertToJson(linesWrapper);
+                try
+                {
+                    totalBatchedLinesAttemptedByWebsocket++;
+                    var jsonDataBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jsonData);
+                    // break the message into chunks of 1024 bytes
+                    for (var i = 0; i < jsonDataBytes.Length; i += 1 * 1024)
+                    {
+                        var lastChunk = i + (1 * 1024) >= jsonDataBytes.Length;
+                        var chunk = new ArraySegment<byte>(jsonDataBytes, i, Math.Min(1 * 1024, jsonDataBytes.Length - i));
+                        await _websocketClient.SendAsync(chunk, WebSocketMessageType.Text, endOfMessage:lastChunk, cancellationToken);
+                    }
+
+                    pushedLinesViaWebsocket = true;
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    failedAttemptsToPostBatchedLinesByWebsocket++;
+                    Trace.Info($"Caught exception during append web console line to websocket, let's fallback to sending via non-websocket call (total calls: {totalBatchedLinesAttemptedByWebsocket}, failed calls: {failedAttemptsToPostBatchedLinesByWebsocket}, websocket state: {this._websocketClient?.State}).");
+                    Trace.Error(ex);
+                    if (totalBatchedLinesAttemptedByWebsocket > _minWebsocketBatchedLinesCountToConsider)
+                    {
+                        // let's consider failure percentage
+                        if (failedAttemptsToPostBatchedLinesByWebsocket * 100 / totalBatchedLinesAttemptedByWebsocket > _minWebsocketFailurePercentageAllowed)
+                        {
+                            Trace.Info($"Exhausted websocket allowed retries, we will not attempt websocket connection for this job to post lines again.");
+                            CloseWebSocket(WebSocketCloseStatus.InternalServerError, cancellationToken);
+
+                            // By setting it to null, we will ensure that we never try websocket path again for this job
+                            _websocketClient = null;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (_websocketClient != null)
+                    {
+                        var delay = BackoffTimerHelper.GetRandomBackoff(_minDelayForWebsocketReconnect, _maxDelayForWebsocketReconnect);
+                        Trace.Info($"Websocket is not open, let's attempt to connect back again with random backoff {delay} ms (total calls: {totalBatchedLinesAttemptedByWebsocket}, failed calls: {failedAttemptsToPostBatchedLinesByWebsocket}).");
+                        InitializeWebsocketClient(delay);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!pushedLinesViaWebsocket)
+            {
+                if (startLine.HasValue)
+                {
+                    await _taskClient.AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(scopeIdentifier, hubName, planId, timelineId, timelineRecordId, stepId, lines, startLine.Value, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    await _taskClient.AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(scopeIdentifier, hubName, planId, timelineId, timelineRecordId, stepId, lines, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void CloseWebSocket(WebSocketCloseStatus closeStatus, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                _websocketClient?.CloseOutputAsync(closeStatus, "Closing websocket", cancellationToken);
+            }
+            catch (Exception websocketEx)
+            {
+                // In some cases this might be okay since the websocket might be open yet, so just close and don't trace exceptions
+                Trace.Info($"Failed to close websocket gracefully {websocketEx.GetType().Name}");
+            }
         }
 
         public Task<TaskAttachment> CreateAttachmentAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, string type, string name, Stream uploadStream, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -125,10 +339,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         //-----------------------------------------------------------------
         // Action download info
         //-----------------------------------------------------------------
-        public Task<ActionDownloadInfoCollection> ResolveActionDownloadInfoAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, ActionReferenceList actions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public Task<ActionDownloadInfoCollection> ResolveActionDownloadInfoAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid jobId, ActionReferenceList actions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             CheckConnection();
-            return _taskClient.ResolveActionDownloadInfoAsync(scopeIdentifier, hubName, planId, actions, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+            return _taskClient.ResolveActionDownloadInfoAsync(scopeIdentifier, hubName, planId, jobId, actions, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
         }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Common/JobServerQueue.cs

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
 
 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 +62,11 @@ 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).
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         // at the same time we can cut the load to server after the build run for more than 60s
         private int _webConsoleLineAggressiveDequeueCount = 0;
         private const int _webConsoleLineAggressiveDequeueLimit = 4 * 60;
+        private const int _webConsoleLineQueueSizeLimit = 1024;
         private bool _webConsoleLineAggressiveDequeue = true;
         private bool _firstConsoleOutputs = true;
 
@@ -85,6 +89,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         {
             Trace.Entering();
 
+            var serviceEndPoint = jobRequest.Resources.Endpoints.Single(x => string.Equals(x.Name, WellKnownServiceEndpointNames.SystemVssConnection, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
+            _jobServer.InitializeWebsocketClient(serviceEndPoint);
+
             if (_queueInProcess)
             {
                 Trace.Info("No-opt, all queue process tasks are running.");
@@ -152,14 +160,29 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             await ProcessTimelinesUpdateQueueAsync(runOnce: true);
             Trace.Info("Timeline update queue drained.");
 
+            Trace.Info($"Disposing job server ...");
+            await _jobServer.DisposeAsync();
+
             Trace.Info("All queue process tasks have been stopped, and all queues are drained.");
         }
 
         public void QueueWebConsoleLine(Guid stepRecordId, string line, long? lineNumber)
+        {
+            // We only process 500 lines of the queue everytime.
+            // If the queue is backing up due to slow Http request or flood of output from step,
+            // we will drop the output to avoid extra memory consumption from the runner since the live console feed is best effort.
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(line) && _webConsoleLineQueue.Count < _webConsoleLineQueueSizeLimit)
             {
                 Trace.Verbose("Enqueue web console line queue: {0}", line);
+                if (line.Length > 1024)
+                {
+                    Trace.Verbose("Web console line is more than 1024 chars, truncate to first 1024 chars");
+                    line = $"{line.Substring(0, 1024)}...";
+                }
+
                 _webConsoleLineQueue.Enqueue(new ConsoleLineInfo(stepRecordId, line, lineNumber));
             }
+        }
 
         public void QueueFileUpload(Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, string type, string name, string path, bool deleteSource)
         {
@@ -226,12 +249,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                         stepRecordIds.Add(lineInfo.StepRecordId);
                     }
 
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(lineInfo.Line) && lineInfo.Line.Length > 1024)
-                    {
-                        Trace.Verbose("Web console line is more than 1024 chars, truncate to first 1024 chars");
-                        lineInfo.Line = $"{lineInfo.Line.Substring(0, 1024)}...";
-                    }
-
                     stepsConsoleLines[lineInfo.StepRecordId].Add(new TimelineRecordLogLine(lineInfo.Line, lineInfo.LineNumber));
                     linesCounter++;
 
@@ -282,15 +299,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                         {
                             try
                             {
-                                // we will not requeue failed batch, since the web console lines are time sensitive.
+                                await _jobServer.AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(_scopeIdentifier, _hubName, _planId, _jobTimelineId, _jobTimelineRecordId, stepRecordId, batch.Select(logLine => logLine.Line).ToList(), batch[0].LineNumber, default(CancellationToken));
-                                if (batch[0].LineNumber.HasValue)
-                                {
-                                    await _jobServer.AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(_scopeIdentifier, _hubName, _planId, _jobTimelineId, _jobTimelineRecordId, stepRecordId, batch.Select(logLine => logLine.Line).ToList(), batch[0].LineNumber.Value, default(CancellationToken));
-                                }
-                                else 
-                                {
-                                    await _jobServer.AppendTimelineRecordFeedAsync(_scopeIdentifier, _hubName, _planId, _jobTimelineId, _jobTimelineRecordId, stepRecordId, batch.Select(logLine => logLine.Line).ToList(), default(CancellationToken));
-                                }
 
                                 if (_firstConsoleOutputs)
                                 {
@@ -455,6 +464,14 @@ 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/Runner.Common.csproj

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86;linux-x64;linux-arm64;linux-arm;osx-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
-    <AssetTargetFallback>portable-net45+win8</AssetTargetFallback>
     <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
-    <TieredCompilationQuickJit>true</TieredCompilationQuickJit>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

src/Runner.Common/RunnerServer.cs

@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         // Configuration
         Task<TaskAgent> AddAgentAsync(Int32 agentPoolId, TaskAgent agent);
         Task DeleteAgentAsync(int agentPoolId, int agentId);
+        Task DeleteAgentAsync(int agentId);
         Task<List<TaskAgentPool>> GetAgentPoolsAsync(string agentPoolName = null, TaskAgentPoolType poolType = TaskAgentPoolType.Automation);
         Task<List<TaskAgent>> GetAgentsAsync(int agentPoolId, string agentName = null);
+        Task<List<TaskAgent>> GetAgentsAsync(string agentName);
         Task<TaskAgent> ReplaceAgentAsync(int agentPoolId, TaskAgent agent);
 
         // messagequeue
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         Task<PackageMetadata> GetPackageAsync(string packageType, string platform, string version, bool includeToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 
         // agent update
-        Task<TaskAgent> UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(int agentPoolId, int agentId, string currentState);
+        Task<TaskAgent> UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(int agentPoolId, int agentId, string currentState, string trace);
     }
 
     public sealed class RunnerServer : RunnerService, IRunnerServer
@@ -252,6 +254,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             return _genericTaskAgentClient.GetAgentsAsync(agentPoolId, agentName, false);
         }
 
+        public Task<List<TaskAgent>> GetAgentsAsync(string agentName)
+        {
+            return GetAgentsAsync(0, agentName); // search in all all agentPools
+        }
+
         public Task<TaskAgent> ReplaceAgentAsync(int agentPoolId, TaskAgent agent)
         {
             CheckConnection(RunnerConnectionType.Generic);
@@ -264,6 +271,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             return _genericTaskAgentClient.DeleteAgentAsync(agentPoolId, agentId);
         }
 
+        public Task DeleteAgentAsync(int agentId)
+        {
+            return DeleteAgentAsync(0, agentId); // agentPool is ignored server side
+        }
+
         //-----------------------------------------------------------------
         // MessageQueue
         //-----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -329,25 +341,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             return _genericTaskAgentClient.GetPackageAsync(packageType, platform, version, includeToken, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
         }
 
-        public Task<TaskAgent> UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(int agentPoolId, int agentId, string currentState)
+        public Task<TaskAgent> UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(int agentPoolId, int agentId, string currentState, string trace)
         {
             CheckConnection(RunnerConnectionType.Generic);
-            return _genericTaskAgentClient.UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(agentPoolId, agentId, currentState);
+            return _genericTaskAgentClient.UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(agentPoolId, agentId, currentState, trace);
-        }
-
-        //-----------------------------------------------------------------
-        // Runner Auth Url
-        //-----------------------------------------------------------------
-        public Task<string> GetRunnerAuthUrlAsync(int runnerPoolId, int runnerId)
-        {
-            CheckConnection(RunnerConnectionType.MessageQueue);
-            return _messageTaskAgentClient.GetAgentAuthUrlAsync(runnerPoolId, runnerId);
-        }
-
-        public Task ReportRunnerAuthUrlErrorAsync(int runnerPoolId, int runnerId, string error)
-        {
-            CheckConnection(RunnerConnectionType.MessageQueue);
-            return _messageTaskAgentClient.ReportAgentAuthUrlMigrationErrorAsync(runnerPoolId, runnerId, error);
         }
     }
 }

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.Common/Util/NodeUtil.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+
+namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Util
+{
+    public static class NodeUtil
+    {
+        private const string _defaultNodeVersion = "node16";
+        public static readonly ReadOnlyCollection<string> BuiltInNodeVersions = new(new[] {"node12", "node16"});
+        public static string GetInternalNodeVersion()
+        {
+            var forcedNodeVersion = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ForcedInternalNodeVersion);
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(forcedNodeVersion) && BuiltInNodeVersions.Contains(forcedNodeVersion) ? forcedNodeVersion : _defaultNodeVersion;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/CheckUtil.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using GitHub.Services.Common;
 
@@ -314,12 +315,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
                     });
 
                     var downloadCertScript = Path.Combine(hostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin), "checkScripts", "downloadCert");
-                    var node12 = Path.Combine(hostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), "node12", "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+                    var node = Path.Combine(hostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
-                    result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} Run '{node12} \"{downloadCertScript}\"' ");
+                    result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} Run '{node} \"{downloadCertScript}\"' ");
                     result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(env)}");
                     await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(
                         hostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root),
-                        node12,
+                        node,
                         $"\"{downloadCertScript}\"",
                         env,
                         true,

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/NodeJsCheck.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Net;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
@@ -144,12 +145,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
                     });
 
                     var makeWebRequestScript = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin), "checkScripts", "makeWebRequest.js");
-                    var node12 = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), "node12", "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+                    var node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
-                    result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} Run '{node12} \"{makeWebRequestScript}\"' ");
+                    result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} Run '{node} \"{makeWebRequestScript}\"' ");
                     result.Logs.Add($"{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O")} {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(env)}");
                     await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(
                         HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root),
-                        node12,
+                        node,
                         $"\"{makeWebRequestScript}\"",
                         env,
                         true,

src/Runner.Listener/CommandSettings.cs

@@ -17,41 +17,57 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         private readonly IPromptManager _promptManager;
         private readonly Tracing _trace;
 
-        private readonly string[] validCommands =
+        // Valid flags for all commands
+        private readonly string[] genericOptions =
         {
-            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Configure,
+            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Help,
-            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Remove,
+            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Version,
-            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Run,
+            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Commit,
-            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Warmup,
+            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Check
         };
 
-        private readonly string[] validFlags =
+        // Valid flags and args for specific command - key: command, value: array of valid flags and args
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, string[]> validOptions = new Dictionary<string, string[]>
         {
-            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Check,
+            // Valid configure flags and args
-            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Commit,
+            [Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Configure] = 
-            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Help,
+                new string[] 
+                {
+                    Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.DisableUpdate,
+                    Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Ephemeral,
                     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
-        };
-
-        private readonly string[] validArgs =
-        {
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.Auth,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.Labels,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.MonitorSocketAddress,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.Name,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.PAT,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.RunnerGroup,
-            Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.StartupType,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.Token,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.Url,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.UserName,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.WindowsLogonAccount,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.WindowsLogonPassword,
                     Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.Work
+                },
+            // Valid remove flags and args
+            [Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Remove] =
+                new string[]
+                {
+                    Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.Token,
+                    Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.PAT
+                },
+            // Valid run flags and args
+            [Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Run] =
+                new string[]
+                {
+                    Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Once,
+                    Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.StartupType
+                },
+            // valid warmup flags and args
+            [Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Warmup] =
+                new string[] { }
         };
 
         // Commands.
@@ -66,7 +82,10 @@ 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);
+        public bool DisableUpdate => TestFlag(Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.DisableUpdate);
 
+        // Keep this around since customers still relies on it
         public bool RunOnce => TestFlag(Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Flags.Once);
 
         // Constructor.
@@ -121,17 +140,48 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             List<string> unknowns = new List<string>();
 
             // detect unknown commands
-            unknowns.AddRange(_parser.Commands.Where(x => !validCommands.Contains(x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
+            unknowns.AddRange(_parser.Commands.Where(x => !validOptions.Keys.Contains(x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
 
-            // detect unknown flags
+            if (unknowns.Count == 0)
-            unknowns.AddRange(_parser.Flags.Where(x => !validFlags.Contains(x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
+            {
-
+                // detect unknown flags and args for valid commands
-            // detect unknown args
+                foreach (var command in _parser.Commands)
-            unknowns.AddRange(_parser.Args.Keys.Where(x => !validArgs.Contains(x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
+                {
+                    if (validOptions.TryGetValue(command, out string[] options))
+                    {
+                        unknowns.AddRange(_parser.Flags.Where(x => !options.Contains(x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && !genericOptions.Contains(x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
+                        unknowns.AddRange(_parser.Args.Keys.Where(x => !options.Contains(x, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
 
             return unknowns;
         }
 
+        public string GetCommandName()
+        {
+            string command = string.Empty;
+
+            if (Configure)
+            {
+                command = Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Configure;
+            }
+            else if (Remove)
+            {
+                command = Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Remove;
+            }
+            else if (Run)
+            {
+                command = Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Run;
+            }
+            else if (Warmup)
+            {
+                command = Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Commands.Warmup;
+            }
+            
+            return command;
+        }
+
         //
         // Interactive flags.
         //
@@ -240,6 +290,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 validator: Validators.ServerUrlValidator);
         }
 
+#if OS_WINDOWS
         public string GetWindowsLogonAccount(string defaultValue, string descriptionMsg)
         {
             return GetArgOrPrompt(
@@ -257,7 +308,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 defaultValue: string.Empty,
                 validator: Validators.NonEmptyValidator);
         }
-
+#endif
         public string GetWork()
         {
             return GetArgOrPrompt(

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
         bool IsConfigured();
         Task ConfigureAsync(CommandSettings command);
         Task UnconfigureAsync(CommandSettings command);
+        void DeleteLocalRunnerConfig();
         RunnerSettings LoadSettings();
     }
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             Trace.Info(nameof(LoadSettings));
             if (!IsConfigured())
             {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException("Not configured. Run config.(sh/cmd) to configure the runner.");
+                throw new NonRetryableException("Not configured. Run config.(sh/cmd) to configure the runner.");
             }
 
             RunnerSettings settings = _store.GetSettings();
@@ -65,18 +66,18 @@ 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 +196,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             TaskAgent agent;
             while (true)
             {
+                runnerSettings.DisableUpdate = command.DisableUpdate;
+                runnerSettings.Ephemeral = command.Ephemeral;
                 runnerSettings.AgentName = command.GetRunnerName();
 
                 _term.WriteLine();
@@ -211,11 +214,22 @@ 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, command.DisableUpdate);
 
                         try
                         {
                             agent = await _runnerServer.ReplaceAgentAsync(runnerSettings.PoolId, agent);
+                            if (command.DisableUpdate &&
+                                command.DisableUpdate != agent.DisableUpdate)
+                            {
+                                throw new NotSupportedException("The GitHub server does not support configuring a self-hosted runner with 'DisableUpdate' flag.");
+                            }
+                            if (command.Ephemeral &&
+                                command.Ephemeral != agent.Ephemeral)
+                            {
+                                throw new NotSupportedException("The GitHub server does not support configuring a self-hosted runner with 'Ephemeral' flag.");
+                            }
+
                             _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Successfully replaced the runner");
                             break;
                         }
@@ -234,11 +248,22 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                 else
                 {
                     // Create a new agent.
-                    agent = CreateNewAgent(runnerSettings.AgentName, publicKey, userLabels);
+                    agent = CreateNewAgent(runnerSettings.AgentName, publicKey, userLabels, runnerSettings.Ephemeral, command.DisableUpdate);
 
                     try
                     {
                         agent = await _runnerServer.AddAgentAsync(runnerSettings.PoolId, agent);
+                        if (command.DisableUpdate &&
+                            command.DisableUpdate != agent.DisableUpdate)
+                        {
+                            throw new NotSupportedException("The GitHub server does not support configuring a self-hosted runner with 'DisableUpdate' flag.");
+                        }
+                        if (command.Ephemeral &&
+                            command.Ephemeral != agent.Ephemeral)
+                        {
+                            throw new NotSupportedException("The GitHub server does not support configuring a self-hosted runner with 'Ephemeral' flag.");
+                        }
+
                         _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Runner successfully added");
                         break;
                     }
@@ -328,6 +353,38 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
 #endif
         }
 
+        // Delete .runner and .credentials files
+        public void DeleteLocalRunnerConfig()
+        {
+            bool isConfigured = _store.IsConfigured();
+            bool hasCredentials = _store.HasCredentials();
+            //delete credential config files
+            var currentAction = "Removing .credentials";
+            if (hasCredentials)
+            {
+                _store.DeleteCredential();
+                var keyManager = HostContext.GetService<IRSAKeyManager>();
+                keyManager.DeleteKey();
+                _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Removed .credentials");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _term.WriteLine("Does not exist. Skipping " + currentAction);
+            }
+
+            //delete settings config file
+            currentAction = "Removing .runner";
+            if (isConfigured)
+            {
+                _store.DeleteSettings();
+                _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Removed .runner");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _term.WriteLine("Does not exist. Skipping " + currentAction);
+            }
+        }
+
         public async Task UnconfigureAsync(CommandSettings command)
         {
             string currentAction = string.Empty;
@@ -347,12 +404,9 @@ 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
                 }
 
@@ -384,7 +438,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     // Determine the service deployment type based on connection data. (Hosted/OnPremises)
                     await _runnerServer.ConnectAsync(new Uri(settings.ServerUrl), creds);
 
-                    var agents = await _runnerServer.GetAgentsAsync(settings.PoolId, settings.AgentName);
+                    var agents = await _runnerServer.GetAgentsAsync(settings.AgentName);
                     Trace.Verbose("Returns {0} agents", agents.Count);
                     TaskAgent agent = agents.FirstOrDefault();
                     if (agent == null)
@@ -393,7 +447,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        await _runnerServer.DeleteAgentAsync(settings.PoolId, settings.AgentId);
+                        await _runnerServer.DeleteAgentAsync(settings.AgentId);
 
                         _term.WriteLine();
                         _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Runner removed successfully");
@@ -404,31 +458,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     _term.WriteLine("Cannot connect to server, because config files are missing. Skipping removing runner from the server.");
                 }
 
-                //delete credential config files
+                DeleteLocalRunnerConfig();
-                currentAction = "Removing .credentials";
-                if (hasCredentials)
-                {
-                    _store.DeleteCredential();
-                    var keyManager = HostContext.GetService<IRSAKeyManager>();
-                    keyManager.DeleteKey();
-                    _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Removed .credentials");
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    _term.WriteLine("Does not exist. Skipping " + currentAction);
-                }
-
-                //delete settings config file
-                currentAction = "Removing .runner";
-                if (isConfigured)
-                {
-                    _store.DeleteSettings();
-                    _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Removed .runner");
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    _term.WriteLine("Does not exist. Skipping " + currentAction);
-                }
             }
             catch (Exception)
             {
@@ -459,7 +489,7 @@ 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, bool disableUpdate)
         {
             ArgUtil.NotNull(agent, nameof(agent));
             agent.Authorization = new TaskAgentAuthorization
@@ -470,6 +500,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             // update should replace the existing labels
             agent.Version = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version;
             agent.OSDescription = RuntimeInformation.OSDescription;
+            agent.Ephemeral = ephemeral;
+            agent.DisableUpdate = disableUpdate;
+            agent.MaxParallelism = 1;
 
             agent.Labels.Clear();
 
@@ -485,7 +518,7 @@ 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, bool disableUpdate)
         {
             TaskAgent agent = new TaskAgent(agentName)
             {
@@ -496,6 +529,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                 MaxParallelism = 1,
                 Version = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version,
                 OSDescription = RuntimeInformation.OSDescription,
+                Ephemeral = ephemeral,
+                DisableUpdate = disableUpdate
             };
 
             agent.Labels.Add(new AgentLabel("self-hosted", LabelType.System));
@@ -578,6 +613,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                 throw new ArgumentException($"'{githubUrl}' should point to an org or repository.");
             }
 
+            int retryCount = 0;
+            while(retryCount < 3)
+            {
                 using (var httpClientHandler = HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler())
                 using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler))
                 {
@@ -587,7 +625,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.AddRange(HostContext.UserAgents);
                     httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.ParseAdd("application/vnd.github.v3+json");
                     
+                    var responseStatus = System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK;
+                    try
+                    {
                         var response = await httpClient.PostAsync(githubApiUrl, new StringContent(string.Empty));
+                        responseStatus = response.StatusCode;
 
                         if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                         {
@@ -601,10 +643,21 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                             var errorResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                             _term.WriteError(errorResponse);
                             response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch(Exception ex) when (retryCount < 2 && responseStatus != System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
+                    {
+                        retryCount++;
+                        Trace.Error($"Failed to get JIT runner token -- Atempt: {retryCount}");
+                        Trace.Error(ex);
+                    }
+                }
+                var backOff = BackoffTimerHelper.GetRandomBackoff(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+                Trace.Info($"Retrying in {backOff.Seconds} seconds");
+                await Task.Delay(backOff);
+            }
             return null;
         }
-            }
-        }
 
         private async Task<GitHubAuthResult> GetTenantCredential(string githubUrl, string githubToken, string runnerEvent)
         {
@@ -619,6 +672,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                 githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/actions/runner-registration";
             }
 
+            int retryCount = 0;
+            while (retryCount < 3)
+            {
                 using (var httpClientHandler = HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler())
                 using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler))
                 {
@@ -631,7 +687,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                         {"runner_event", runnerEvent}
                     };
 
+                    var responseStatus = System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK;
+                    try
+                    {
                         var response = await httpClient.PostAsync(githubApiUrl, new StringContent(StringUtil.ConvertToJson(bodyObject), null, "application/json"));
+                        responseStatus = response.StatusCode;
 
                         if(response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                         {
@@ -645,9 +705,20 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                             var errorResponse = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                             _term.WriteError(errorResponse);
                             response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch(Exception ex) when (retryCount < 2 && responseStatus != System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
+                    {
+                        retryCount++;
+                        Trace.Error($"Failed to get tenant credentials -- Atempt: {retryCount}");
+                        Trace.Error(ex);
+                    }
+                }
+                var backOff = BackoffTimerHelper.GetRandomBackoff(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+                Trace.Info($"Retrying in {backOff.Seconds} seconds");
+                await Task.Delay(backOff);
+            }
             return null;
         }
     }
 }
-    }
-}

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/NativeWindowsServiceHelper.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #if OS_WINDOWS
+#pragma warning disable CA1416
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             Trace.Entering();
             LocalGroupInfo groupInfo = new LocalGroupInfo();
             groupInfo.Name = groupName;
-            groupInfo.Comment = StringUtil.Format("Built-in group used by Team Foundation Server.");
+            groupInfo.Comment = StringUtil.Format("Built-in group used by GitHub Actions Runner.");
 
             int returnCode = NetLocalGroupAdd(null,               // computer name
                                               1,                  // 1 means include comment 
@@ -1327,4 +1328,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
         public IntPtr hProfile;
     }
 }
+#pragma warning restore CA1416
 #endif

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/Configuration/ServiceControlManager.cs

@@ -48,13 +48,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             string repoOrOrgName = regex.Replace(settings.RepoOrOrgName, "-");
 
             serviceName = StringUtil.Format(serviceNamePattern, repoOrOrgName, settings.AgentName);
-
+            if (serviceName.Length > MaxServiceNameLength)
-            if (serviceName.Length > 80)
             {
-                Trace.Verbose($"Calculated service name is too long (> 80 chars). Trying again by calculating a shorter name.");
+                Trace.Verbose($"Calculated service name is too long (> {MaxServiceNameLength} chars). Trying again by calculating a shorter name.");
-
+                // Add 5 to add -xxxx random number on the end
-                int exceededCharLength = serviceName.Length - 80;
+                int exceededCharLength = serviceName.Length - MaxServiceNameLength + 5;
-                string repoOrOrgNameSubstring = StringUtil.SubstringPrefix(repoOrOrgName, 45);
+                string repoOrOrgNameSubstring = StringUtil.SubstringPrefix(repoOrOrgName, MaxRepoOrgCharacters);
 
                 exceededCharLength -= repoOrOrgName.Length - repoOrOrgNameSubstring.Length;
 
@@ -66,6 +65,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     runnerNameSubstring = StringUtil.SubstringPrefix(settings.AgentName, settings.AgentName.Length - exceededCharLength);
                 }
 
+                // Lets add a suffix with a random number to reduce the chance of collisions between runner names once we truncate
+                var random = new Random();
+                var num = random.Next(1000, 9999).ToString();
+                runnerNameSubstring +=$"-{num}";
                 serviceName = StringUtil.Format(serviceNamePattern, repoOrOrgNameSubstring, runnerNameSubstring);
             }
 
@@ -73,5 +76,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
 
             Trace.Info($"Service name '{serviceName}' display name '{serviceDisplayName}' will be used for service configuration.");
         }
+        #if (OS_LINUX || OS_OSX)
+            const int MaxServiceNameLength = 150;
+            const int MaxRepoOrgCharacters = 70;
+        #elif OS_WINDOWS
+            const int MaxServiceNameLength = 80;
+            const int MaxRepoOrgCharacters = 45;
+        #endif
     }
 }

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/Validators.cs

@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
             return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(value);
         }
 
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+#pragma warning disable CA1416
         public static bool NTAccountValidator(string arg)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(arg) || String.IsNullOrEmpty(arg.TrimStart('.', '\\')))
@@ -87,5 +89,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
 
             return true;
         }
+#pragma warning restore CA1416
+#endif
     }
 }

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/WindowsServiceControlManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #if OS_WINDOWS
+#pragma warning disable CA1416
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -169,4 +170,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
         }
     }
 }
+#pragma warning restore CA1416
 #endif

src/Runner.Listener/JobDispatcher.cs

@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
-using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
-using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
-using System.Linq;
-using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Services.WebApi.Jwt;
+using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {
@@ -34,9 +36,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
     // and the server will not send another job while this one is still running.
     public sealed class JobDispatcher : RunnerService, IJobDispatcher
     {
+        private static Regex _invalidJsonRegex = new Regex(@"invalid\ Json\ at\ position\ '(\d+)':", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
         private readonly Lazy<Dictionary<long, TaskResult>> _localRunJobResult = new Lazy<Dictionary<long, TaskResult>>();
         private int _poolId;
-        RunnerSettings _runnerSetting;
+
+        IConfigurationStore _configurationStore;
+
+        RunnerSettings _runnerSettings;
         private static readonly string _workerProcessName = $"Runner.Worker{IOUtil.ExeExtension}";
 
         // this is not thread-safe
@@ -54,9 +60,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             base.Initialize(hostContext);
 
             // get pool id from config
-            var configurationStore = hostContext.GetService<IConfigurationStore>();
+            _configurationStore = hostContext.GetService<IConfigurationStore>();
-            _runnerSetting = configurationStore.GetSettings();
+            _runnerSettings = _configurationStore.GetSettings();
-            _poolId = _runnerSetting.PoolId;
+            _poolId = _runnerSettings.PoolId;
 
             int channelTimeoutSeconds;
             if (!int.TryParse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_CHANNEL_TIMEOUT") ?? string.Empty, out channelTimeoutSeconds))
@@ -279,7 +285,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     {
                         // at this point, the job execution might encounter some dead lock and even not able to be cancelled.
                         // no need to localize the exception string should never happen.
-                        throw new InvalidOperationException($"Job dispatch process for {jobDispatch.JobId} has encountered unexpected error, the dispatch task is not able to be canceled within 45 seconds.");
+                        throw new InvalidOperationException($"Job dispatch process for {jobDispatch.JobId} has encountered unexpected error, the dispatch task is not able to be cancelled within 45 seconds.");
                     }
                 }
                 else
@@ -357,7 +363,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     Trace.Info($"Start renew job request {requestId} for job {message.JobId}.");
                     Task renewJobRequest = RenewJobRequestAsync(_poolId, requestId, lockToken, orchestrationId, firstJobRequestRenewed, lockRenewalTokenSource.Token);
 
-                    // wait till first renew succeed or job request is canceled
+                    // wait till first renew succeed or job request is cancelled
                     // not even start worker if the first renew fail
                     await Task.WhenAny(firstJobRequestRenewed.Task, renewJobRequest, Task.Delay(-1, jobRequestCancellationToken));
 
@@ -661,13 +667,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 try
                 {
                     request = await runnerServer.RenewAgentRequestAsync(poolId, requestId, lockToken, orchestrationId, token);
-
                     Trace.Info($"Successfully renew job request {requestId}, job is valid till {request.LockedUntil.Value}");
 
                     if (!firstJobRequestRenewed.Task.IsCompleted)
                     {
                         // fire first renew succeed event.
                         firstJobRequestRenewed.TrySetResult(0);
+
+                        // Update settings if the runner name has been changed server-side
+                        UpdateAgentNameIfNeeded(request.ReservedAgent?.Name);
                     }
 
                     if (encounteringError > 0)
@@ -696,7 +704,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 {
                     // OperationCanceledException may caused by http timeout or _lockRenewalTokenSource.Cance();
                     // Stop renew only on cancellation token fired.
-                    Trace.Info($"job renew has been canceled, stop renew job request {requestId}.");
+                    Trace.Info($"job renew has been cancelled, stop renew job request {requestId}.");
                     return;
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
@@ -754,7 +762,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         }
                         catch (OperationCanceledException) when (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                         {
-                            Trace.Info($"job renew has been canceled, stop renew job request {requestId}.");
+                            Trace.Info($"job renew has been cancelled, stop renew job request {requestId}.");
                         }
                     }
                     else
@@ -767,6 +775,27 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             }
         }
 
+        private void UpdateAgentNameIfNeeded(string agentName)
+        {
+            var isNewAgentName = !string.Equals(_runnerSettings.AgentName, agentName, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            if (!isNewAgentName || string.IsNullOrEmpty(agentName))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _runnerSettings.AgentName = agentName;
+            try
+            {
+                _configurationStore.SaveSettings(_runnerSettings);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Trace.Error("Cannot update the settings file:");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
+            }
+
+        }
+
         // Best effort upload any logs for this job.
         private async Task TryUploadUnfinishedLogs(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message)
         {
@@ -938,6 +967,30 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 TimelineRecord jobRecord = timeline.Records.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == message.JobId && x.RecordType == "Job");
                 ArgUtil.NotNull(jobRecord, nameof(jobRecord));
 
+                try
+                {
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMessage) &&
+                        message.Variables.TryGetValue("DistributedTask.EnableRunnerIPCDebug", out var enableRunnerIPCDebug) &&
+                        StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(enableRunnerIPCDebug.Value))
+                    {
+                        // the trace should be best effort and not affect any job result
+                        var match = _invalidJsonRegex.Match(errorMessage);
+                        if (match.Success &&
+                            match.Groups.Count == 2)
+                        {
+                            var jsonPosition = int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value);
+                            var serializedJobMessage = JsonUtility.ToString(message);
+                            var originalJson = serializedJobMessage.Substring(jsonPosition - 10, 20);
+                            errorMessage = $"Runner sent Json at position '{jsonPosition}': {originalJson} ({Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(originalJson))})\n{errorMessage}";
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Trace.Error(ex);
+                    errorMessage = $"Fail to check json IPC error: {ex.Message}\n{errorMessage}";
+                }
+
                 var unhandledExceptionIssue = new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Error, Message = errorMessage };
                 unhandledExceptionIssue.Data[Constants.Runner.InternalTelemetryIssueDataKey] = Constants.Runner.WorkerCrash;
                 jobRecord.ErrorCount++;

src/Runner.Listener/MessageListener.cs

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration;
-using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Text;
-using GitHub.Services.OAuth;
-using System.Diagnostics;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
+using GitHub.Services.OAuth;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         private IRunnerServer _runnerServer;
         private TaskAgentSession _session;
         private TimeSpan _getNextMessageRetryInterval;
+        private bool _accessTokenRevoked = false;
         private readonly TimeSpan _sessionCreationRetryInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
         private readonly TimeSpan _sessionConflictRetryLimit = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(4);
         private readonly TimeSpan _clockSkewRetryLimit = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30);
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 catch (TaskAgentAccessTokenExpiredException)
                 {
                     Trace.Info("Runner OAuth token has been revoked. Session creation failed.");
+                    _accessTokenRevoked = true;
                     throw;
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
@@ -153,12 +155,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         public async Task DeleteSessionAsync()
         {
             if (_session != null && _session.SessionId != Guid.Empty)
+            {
+                if (!_accessTokenRevoked)
                 {
                     using (var ts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)))
                     {
                         await _runnerServer.DeleteAgentSessionAsync(_settings.PoolId, _session.SessionId, ts.Token);
                     }
                 }
+                else
+                {
+                    Trace.Warning("Runner OAuth token has been revoked. Skip deleting session.");
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         public async Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetNextMessageAsync(CancellationToken token)
@@ -205,6 +214,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 catch (TaskAgentAccessTokenExpiredException)
                 {
                     Trace.Info("Runner OAuth token has been revoked. Unable to pull message.");
+                    _accessTokenRevoked = true;
                     throw;
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)

src/Runner.Listener/Program.cs

@@ -95,7 +95,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 var unknownCommandlines = command.Validate();
                 if (unknownCommandlines.Count > 0)
                 {
-                    terminal.WriteError($"Unrecognized command-line input arguments: '{string.Join(", ", unknownCommandlines)}'. For usage refer to: .\\config.cmd --help or ./config.sh --help");
+                    string commandName = command.GetCommandName();
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(commandName))
+                    {
+                        terminal.WriteError($"This command does not recognize the command-line input arguments: '{string.Join(", ", unknownCommandlines)}'. For usage refer to: .\\config.cmd --help or ./config.sh --help");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        terminal.WriteError($"Unrecognized command-line input arguments for command {commandName}: '{string.Join(", ", unknownCommandlines)}'. For usage refer to: .\\config.cmd --help or ./config.sh --help");
+                    }
                 }
 
                 // Defer to the Runner class to execute the command.

src/Runner.Listener/Runner.Listener.csproj

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86;linux-x64;linux-arm64;linux-arm;osx-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
-    <AssetTargetFallback>portable-net45+win8</AssetTargetFallback>
     <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
-    <TieredCompilationQuickJit>true</TieredCompilationQuickJit>
+    <PredefinedCulturesOnly>false</PredefinedCulturesOnly>
-    <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
+    <PublishReadyToRunComposite>true</PublishReadyToRunComposite>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -26,6 +25,12 @@
     <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="4.4.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\Misc\runnercoreassets">
+      <LogicalName>GitHub.Runner.Listener.runnercoreassets</LogicalName>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
     <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
   </PropertyGroup>

src/Runner.Listener/Runner.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System.Linq;
 using GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {
@@ -233,8 +234,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     Trace.Info($"Set runner startup type - {startType}");
                     HostContext.StartupType = startType;
 
+                    if (command.RunOnce)
+                    {
+                        _term.WriteLine("Warning: '--once' is going to be deprecated in the future, please consider using '--ephemeral' during runner registration.", ConsoleColor.Yellow);
+                        _term.WriteLine("https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/autoscaling-with-self-hosted-runners#using-ephemeral-runners-for-autoscaling", ConsoleColor.Yellow);
+                    }
+
                     // Run the runner interactively or as service
-                    return await RunAsync(settings, command.RunOnce);
+                    return await RunAsync(settings, command.RunOnce || settings.Ephemeral);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -306,10 +313,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 }
 
                 HostContext.WritePerfCounter("SessionCreated");
+
+                _term.WriteLine($"Current runner version: '{BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version}'");
                 _term.WriteLine($"{DateTime.UtcNow:u}: Listening for Jobs");
 
                 IJobDispatcher jobDispatcher = null;
                 CancellationTokenSource messageQueueLoopTokenSource = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(HostContext.RunnerShutdownToken);
+
+                // Should we try to cleanup ephemeral runners
+                bool runOnceJobCompleted = false;
                 try
                 {
                     var notification = HostContext.GetService<IJobNotification>();
@@ -371,6 +383,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                 Task completeTask = await Task.WhenAny(getNextMessage, jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task);
                                 if (completeTask == jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task)
                                 {
+                                    runOnceJobCompleted = true;
                                     Trace.Info("Job has finished at backend, the runner will exit since it is running under onetime use mode.");
                                     Trace.Info("Stop message queue looping.");
                                     messageQueueLoopTokenSource.Cancel();
@@ -395,8 +408,29 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                 {
                                     autoUpdateInProgress = true;
                                     var runnerUpdateMessage = JsonUtility.FromString<AgentRefreshMessage>(message.Body);
+#if DEBUG
+                                    // Can mock the update for testing
+                                    if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_IS_MOCK_UPDATE")))
+                                    {
+
+                                        // The mock_update_messages.json file should be an object with keys being the current version and values being the targeted mock version object
+                                        // Example: { "2.283.2": {"targetVersion":"2.284.1"}, "2.284.1": {"targetVersion":"2.285.0"}}
+                                        var mockUpdatesPath = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), "mock_update_messages.json");
+                                        if (File.Exists(mockUpdatesPath))
+                                        {
+                                            var mockUpdateMessages = JsonUtility.FromString<Dictionary<string, AgentRefreshMessage>>(File.ReadAllText(mockUpdatesPath));
+                                            if (mockUpdateMessages.ContainsKey(BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version))
+                                            {
+                                                var mockTargetVersion = mockUpdateMessages[BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version].TargetVersion;
+                                                _term.WriteLine($"Mocking update, using version {mockTargetVersion} instead of {runnerUpdateMessage.TargetVersion}");
+                                                Trace.Info($"Mocking update, using version {mockTargetVersion} instead of {runnerUpdateMessage.TargetVersion}");
+                                                runnerUpdateMessage = new AgentRefreshMessage(runnerUpdateMessage.AgentId, mockTargetVersion, runnerUpdateMessage.Timeout);
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    }
+#endif
                                     var selfUpdater = HostContext.GetService<ISelfUpdater>();
-                                    selfUpdateTask = selfUpdater.SelfUpdate(runnerUpdateMessage, jobDispatcher, !runOnce && HostContext.StartupType != StartupType.Service, HostContext.RunnerShutdownToken);
+                                    selfUpdateTask = selfUpdater.SelfUpdate(runnerUpdateMessage, jobDispatcher, false, HostContext.RunnerShutdownToken);
                                     Trace.Info("Refresh message received, kick-off selfupdate background process.");
                                 }
                                 else
@@ -413,6 +447,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {
+                                    Trace.Info($"Received job message of length {message.Body.Length} from service, with hash '{IOUtil.GetSha256Hash(message.Body)}'");
                                     var jobMessage = StringUtil.ConvertFromJson<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(message.Body);
                                     jobDispatcher.Run(jobMessage, runOnce);
                                     if (runOnce)
@@ -466,10 +501,24 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         await jobDispatcher.ShutdownAsync();
                     }
 
-                    //TODO: make sure we don't mask more important exception
+                    try
+                    {
                         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();
+
+                    if (settings.Ephemeral && runOnceJobCompleted)
+                    {
+                        var configManager = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationManager>();
+                        configManager.DeleteLocalRunnerConfig();
+                    }
                 }
             }
             catch (TaskAgentAccessTokenExpiredException)
@@ -512,7 +561,10 @@ 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`
+ --disableupdate        Disable self-hosted runner automatic update to the latest released version`
+ --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

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {
@@ -27,12 +30,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
     {
         private static string _packageType = "agent";
         private static string _platform = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.PackageName;
+        private static string _dotnetRuntime = "dotnetRuntime";
+        private static string _externals = "externals";
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _contentHashes = new Dictionary<string, string>();
 
         private PackageMetadata _targetPackage;
         private ITerminal _terminal;
         private IRunnerServer _runnerServer;
         private int _poolId;
         private int _agentId;
+        private readonly ConcurrentQueue<string> _updateTrace = new ConcurrentQueue<string>();
+        private Task _cloneAndCalculateContentHashTask;
+        private string _dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory;
+        private string _externalsCloneDirectory;
 
         public bool Busy { get; private set; }
 
@@ -46,6 +56,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             var settings = configStore.GetSettings();
             _poolId = settings.PoolId;
             _agentId = settings.AgentId;
+            _dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Work), "__dotnet_runtime__");
+            _externalsCloneDirectory = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Work), "__externals__");
         }
 
         public async Task<bool> SelfUpdate(AgentRefreshMessage updateMessage, IJobDispatcher jobDispatcher, bool restartInteractiveRunner, CancellationToken token)
@@ -53,6 +65,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             Busy = true;
             try
             {
+                var totalUpdateTime = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+
+                // Copy dotnet runtime and externals of current runner to a temp folder
+                // So we can re-use them with trimmed runner package, if possible.
+                // This process is best effort, if we can't use trimmed runner package, 
+                // we will just go with the full package.
+                var linkedTokenSource = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(token);
+                _cloneAndCalculateContentHashTask = CloneAndCalculateAssetsHash(_dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, _externalsCloneDirectory, linkedTokenSource.Token);
+
                 if (!await UpdateNeeded(updateMessage.TargetVersion, token))
                 {
                     Trace.Info($"Can't find available update package.");
@@ -60,12 +81,31 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 }
 
                 Trace.Info($"An update is available.");
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"RunnerPlatform: {_targetPackage.Platform}");
 
                 // Print console line that warn user not shutdown runner.
                 await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync("Runner update in progress, do not shutdown runner.");
                 await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync($"Downloading {_targetPackage.Version} runner");
 
-                await DownloadLatestRunner(token);
+                if (_targetPackage.TrimmedPackages?.Count > 0)
+                {
+                    // wait for cloning assets task to finish only if we have trimmed packages
+                    await _cloneAndCalculateContentHashTask;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    linkedTokenSource.Cancel();
+                    try
+                    {
+                        await _cloneAndCalculateContentHashTask;
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info($"Ingore errors after cancelling cloning assets task: {ex}");
+                    }
+                }
+
+                await DownloadLatestRunner(token, updateMessage.TargetVersion);
                 Trace.Info($"Download latest runner and unzip into runner root.");
 
                 // wait till all running job finish
@@ -74,16 +114,23 @@ 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
                 // delete runner backup
+                var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
                 DeletePreviousVersionRunnerBackup(token);
                 Trace.Info($"Delete old version runner backup.");
-
+                stopWatch.Stop();
                 // generate update script from template
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"DeleteRunnerBackupTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
                 await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync("Generate and execute update script.");
 
                 string updateScript = GenerateUpdateScript(restartInteractiveRunner);
                 Trace.Info($"Generate update script into: {updateScript}");
 
+
+                // For L0, we will skip execute update script.
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("_GITHUB_ACTION_EXECUTE_UPDATE_SCRIPT")))
+                {
                     // kick off update script
                     Process invokeScript = new Process();
 #if OS_WINDOWS
@@ -95,13 +142,23 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 #endif
                     invokeScript.Start();
                     Trace.Info($"Update script start running");
+                }
 
-                await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync("Runner will exit shortly for update, should back online within 10 seconds.");
+                totalUpdateTime.Stop();
+
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"TotalUpdateTime: {totalUpdateTime.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+                await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync("Runner will exit shortly for update, should be back online within 10 seconds.");
 
                 return true;
             }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue(ex.ToString());
+                throw;
+            }
             finally
             {
+                await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync("Runner update process finished.");
                 Busy = false;
             }
         }
@@ -150,18 +207,222 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="token"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        private async Task DownloadLatestRunner(CancellationToken token)
+        private async Task DownloadLatestRunner(CancellationToken token, string targetVersion)
         {
             string latestRunnerDirectory = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Work), Constants.Path.UpdateDirectory);
             IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(latestRunnerDirectory, token);
             Directory.CreateDirectory(latestRunnerDirectory);
 
+            string archiveFile = null;
+            var packageDownloadUrl = _targetPackage.DownloadUrl;
+            var packageHashValue = _targetPackage.HashValue;
+            var runtimeTrimmed = false;
+            var externalsTrimmed = false;
+            var fallbackToFullPackage = false;
+
+            // Only try trimmed package if sever sends them and we have calculated hash value of the current runtime/externals.
+            if (_contentHashes.Count == 2 &&
+                _contentHashes.ContainsKey(_dotnetRuntime) &&
+                _contentHashes.ContainsKey(_externals) &&
+                _targetPackage.TrimmedPackages?.Count > 0)
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Current runner content hash: {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(_contentHashes)}");
+                Trace.Info($"Trimmed packages info from service: {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(_targetPackage.TrimmedPackages)}");
+                // Try to see whether we can use any size trimmed down package to speed up runner updates.
+                foreach (var trimmedPackage in _targetPackage.TrimmedPackages)
+                {
+                    if (trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.Count == 2 &&
+                        trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.TryGetValue(_dotnetRuntime, out var trimmedRuntimeHash) &&
+                        trimmedRuntimeHash == _contentHashes[_dotnetRuntime] &&
+                        trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.TryGetValue(_externals, out var trimmedExternalsHash) &&
+                        trimmedExternalsHash == _contentHashes[_externals])
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info($"Use trimmed (runtime+externals) package '{trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl}' to update runner.");
+                        packageDownloadUrl = trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl;
+                        packageHashValue = trimmedPackage.HashValue;
+                        runtimeTrimmed = true;
+                        externalsTrimmed = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    else if (trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.Count == 1 &&
+                             trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.TryGetValue(_externals, out trimmedExternalsHash) &&
+                             trimmedExternalsHash == _contentHashes[_externals])
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info($"Use trimmed (externals) package '{trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl}' to update runner.");
+                        packageDownloadUrl = trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl;
+                        packageHashValue = trimmedPackage.HashValue;
+                        externalsTrimmed = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info($"Can't use trimmed package from '{trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl}' since the current runner does not carry those trimmed content (Hash mismatch).");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"DownloadUrl: {packageDownloadUrl}");
+            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"RuntimeTrimmed: {runtimeTrimmed}");
+            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"ExternalsTrimmed: {externalsTrimmed}");
+
+            try
+            {
+#if DEBUG
+                // Much of the update process (targetVersion, archive) is server-side, this is a way to control it from here for testing specific update scenarios
+                // Add files like 'runner2.281.2.tar.gz' or 'runner2.283.0.zip' (depending on your platform) to your runner root folder
+                // Note that runners still need to be older than the server's runner version in order to receive an 'AgentRefreshMessage' and trigger this update
+                // Wrapped in #if DEBUG as this should not be in the RELEASE build
+                if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_IS_MOCK_UPDATE")))
+                {
+                    var waitForDebugger = StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_IS_MOCK_UPDATE_WAIT_FOR_DEBUGGER"));
+                    if (waitForDebugger)
+                    {
+                        int waitInSeconds = 20;
+                        while (!Debugger.IsAttached && waitInSeconds-- > 0)
+                        {
+                            await Task.Delay(1000);
+                        }
+                        Debugger.Break();
+                    }
+
+                    if (_targetPackage.Platform.StartsWith("win"))
+                    {
+                        archiveFile = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"runner{targetVersion}.zip");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        archiveFile = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"runner{targetVersion}.tar.gz");
+                    }
+
+                    if (File.Exists(archiveFile)) 
+                    {
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"Mocking update with file: '{archiveFile}' and targetVersion: '{targetVersion}', nothing is downloaded");
+                        _terminal.WriteLine($"Mocking update with file: '{archiveFile}' and targetVersion: '{targetVersion}', nothing is downloaded");
+                    }
+                    else 
+                    {
+                        archiveFile = null;
+                        _terminal.WriteLine($"Mock runner archive not found at {archiveFile} for target version {targetVersion}, proceeding with download instead");
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"Mock runner archive not found at {archiveFile} for target version {targetVersion}, proceeding with download instead");
+                    }
+                }
+#endif
+                // archiveFile is not null only if we mocked it above
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile))
+                {
+                    archiveFile = await DownLoadRunner(latestRunnerDirectory, packageDownloadUrl, packageHashValue, token);
+
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile))
+                    {
+                        throw new TaskCanceledException($"Runner package '{packageDownloadUrl}' failed after {Constants.RunnerDownloadRetryMaxAttempts} download attempts");
+                    }
+                    await ValidateRunnerHash(archiveFile, packageHashValue);
+                }
+
+                await ExtractRunnerPackage(archiveFile, latestRunnerDirectory, token);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (runtimeTrimmed || externalsTrimmed)
+            {
+                // if anything failed when we use trimmed package (download/validatehase/extract), try again with the full runner package.
+                Trace.Error($"Fail to download latest runner using trimmed package: {ex}");
+                fallbackToFullPackage = true;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    // delete .zip file
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile) && File.Exists(archiveFile))
+                    {
+                        Trace.Verbose("Deleting latest runner package zip: {0}", archiveFile);
+                        IOUtil.DeleteFile(archiveFile);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    //it is not critical if we fail to delete the .zip file
+                    Trace.Warning("Failed to delete runner package zip '{0}'. Exception: {1}", archiveFile, ex);
+                }
+            }
+
+            var trimmedPackageRestoreTasks = new List<Task<bool>>();
+            if (!fallbackToFullPackage)
+            {
+                // Skip restoring externals and runtime if we are going to fullback to the full package.
+                if (externalsTrimmed)
+                {
+                    trimmedPackageRestoreTasks.Add(RestoreTrimmedExternals(latestRunnerDirectory, token));
+                }
+                if (runtimeTrimmed)
+                {
+                    trimmedPackageRestoreTasks.Add(RestoreTrimmedDotnetRuntime(latestRunnerDirectory, token));
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (trimmedPackageRestoreTasks.Count > 0)
+            {
+                var restoreResults = await Task.WhenAll(trimmedPackageRestoreTasks);
+                if (restoreResults.Any(x => x == false))
+                {
+                    // if any of the restore failed, fallback to full package.
+                    fallbackToFullPackage = true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (fallbackToFullPackage)
+            {
+                Trace.Error("Something wrong with the trimmed runner package, failback to use the full package for runner updates.");
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"FallbackToFullPackage: {fallbackToFullPackage}");
+
+                IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(latestRunnerDirectory, token);
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(latestRunnerDirectory);
+
+                packageDownloadUrl = _targetPackage.DownloadUrl;
+                packageHashValue = _targetPackage.HashValue;
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"DownloadUrl: {packageDownloadUrl}");
+
+                try
+                {
+                    archiveFile = await DownLoadRunner(latestRunnerDirectory, packageDownloadUrl, packageHashValue, token);
+
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile))
+                    {
+                        throw new TaskCanceledException($"Runner package '{packageDownloadUrl}' failed after {Constants.RunnerDownloadRetryMaxAttempts} download attempts");
+                    }
+
+                    await ValidateRunnerHash(archiveFile, packageHashValue);
+
+                    await ExtractRunnerPackage(archiveFile, latestRunnerDirectory, token);
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        // delete .zip file
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile) && File.Exists(archiveFile))
+                        {
+                            Trace.Verbose("Deleting latest runner package zip: {0}", archiveFile);
+                            IOUtil.DeleteFile(archiveFile);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        //it is not critical if we fail to delete the .zip file
+                        Trace.Warning("Failed to delete runner package zip '{0}'. Exception: {1}", archiveFile, ex);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            await CopyLatestRunnerToRoot(latestRunnerDirectory, token);
+        }
+
+        private async Task<string> DownLoadRunner(string downloadDirectory, string packageDownloadUrl, string packageHashValue, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             int runnerSuffix = 1;
             string archiveFile = null;
             bool downloadSucceeded = false;
 
-            try
-            {
             // Download the runner, using multiple attempts in order to be resilient against any networking/CDN issues
             for (int attempt = 1; attempt <= Constants.RunnerDownloadRetryMaxAttempts; attempt++)
             {
@@ -170,11 +431,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 {
                     if (_targetPackage.Platform.StartsWith("win"))
                     {
-                            archiveFile = Path.Combine(latestRunnerDirectory, $"runner{runnerSuffix}.zip");
+                        archiveFile = Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, $"runner{runnerSuffix}.zip");
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                            archiveFile = Path.Combine(latestRunnerDirectory, $"runner{runnerSuffix}.tar.gz");
+                        archiveFile = Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, $"runner{runnerSuffix}.tar.gz");
                     }
 
                     try
@@ -210,6 +471,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     try
                     {
                         Trace.Info($"Download runner: begin download");
+                        long downloadSize = 0;
 
                         //open zip stream in async mode
                         using (HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient(HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler()))
@@ -220,24 +482,29 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                 httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new System.Net.Http.Headers.AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", _targetPackage.Token);
                             }
 
-                                Trace.Info($"Downloading {_targetPackage.DownloadUrl}");
+                            Trace.Info($"Downloading {packageDownloadUrl}");
 
                             using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(archiveFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None, bufferSize: 4096, useAsync: true))
-                                using (Stream result = await httpClient.GetStreamAsync(_targetPackage.DownloadUrl))
+                            using (Stream result = await httpClient.GetStreamAsync(packageDownloadUrl))
                             {
                                 //81920 is the default used by System.IO.Stream.CopyTo and is under the large object heap threshold (85k).
                                 await result.CopyToAsync(fs, 81920, downloadCts.Token);
                                 await fs.FlushAsync(downloadCts.Token);
+                                downloadSize = fs.Length;
                             }
                         }
 
                         Trace.Info($"Download runner: finished download");
                         downloadSucceeded = true;
+                        stopWatch.Stop();
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"PackageDownloadTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"Attempts: {attempt}");
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"PackageSize: {downloadSize / 1024 / 1024}MB");
                         break;
                     }
                     catch (OperationCanceledException) when (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                     {
-                            Trace.Info($"Runner download has been canceled.");
+                        Trace.Info($"Runner download has been cancelled.");
                         throw;
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex)
@@ -247,38 +514,54 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                             Trace.Warning($"Runner download has timed out after {timeoutSeconds} seconds");
                         }
 
-                            Trace.Warning($"Failed to get package '{archiveFile}' from '{_targetPackage.DownloadUrl}'. Exception {ex}");
+                        Trace.Warning($"Failed to get package '{archiveFile}' from '{packageDownloadUrl}'. Exception {ex}");
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-                if (!downloadSucceeded)
+            if (downloadSucceeded)
             {
-                    throw new TaskCanceledException($"Runner package '{archiveFile}' failed after {Constants.RunnerDownloadRetryMaxAttempts} download attempts");
+                return archiveFile;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
         }
 
-                // If we got this far, we know that we've successfully downloaded the runner package
+        private async Task ValidateRunnerHash(string archiveFile, string packageHashValue)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             // Validate Hash Matches if it is provided
             using (FileStream stream = File.OpenRead(archiveFile))
             {
-                    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(_targetPackage.HashValue))
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(packageHashValue))
                 {
                     using (SHA256 sha256 = SHA256.Create())
                     {
                         byte[] srcHashBytes = await sha256.ComputeHashAsync(stream);
                         var hash = PrimitiveExtensions.ConvertToHexString(srcHashBytes);
-                            if (hash != _targetPackage.HashValue)
+                        if (hash != packageHashValue)
                         {
                             // Hash did not match, we can't recover from this, just throw
-                                throw new Exception($"Computed runner hash {hash} did not match expected Runner Hash {_targetPackage.HashValue} for {_targetPackage.Filename}");
+                            throw new Exception($"Computed runner hash {hash} did not match expected Runner Hash {packageHashValue} for {archiveFile}");
                         }
-                            Trace.Info($"Validated Runner Hash matches {_targetPackage.Filename} : {_targetPackage.HashValue}");
+
+                        stopWatch.Stop();
+                        Trace.Info($"Validated Runner Hash matches {archiveFile} : {packageHashValue}");
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"ValidateHashTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
                     }
                 }
             }
+        }
+
+        private async Task ExtractRunnerPackage(string archiveFile, string extractDirectory, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+
             if (archiveFile.EndsWith(".zip", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                    ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(archiveFile, latestRunnerDirectory);
+                ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(archiveFile, extractDirectory);
             }
             else if (archiveFile.EndsWith(".tar.gz", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
@@ -308,7 +591,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         }
                     });
 
-                        int exitCode = await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(latestRunnerDirectory, tar, $"-xzf \"{archiveFile}\"", null, token);
+                    int exitCode = await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(extractDirectory, tar, $"-xzf \"{archiveFile}\"", null, token);
                     if (exitCode != 0)
                     {
                         throw new NotSupportedException($"Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: {archiveFile}. return code: {exitCode}.");
@@ -320,26 +603,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 throw new NotSupportedException($"{archiveFile}");
             }
 
-                Trace.Info($"Finished getting latest runner package at: {latestRunnerDirectory}.");
+            stopWatch.Stop();
-            }
+            Trace.Info($"Finished getting latest runner package at: {extractDirectory}.");
-            finally
+            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"PackageExtractTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    // delete .zip file
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile) && File.Exists(archiveFile))
-                    {
-                        Trace.Verbose("Deleting latest runner package zip: {0}", archiveFile);
-                        IOUtil.DeleteFile(archiveFile);
-                    }
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    //it is not critical if we fail to delete the .zip file
-                    Trace.Warning("Failed to delete runner package zip '{0}'. Exception: {1}", archiveFile, ex);
-                }
         }
 
+        private Task CopyLatestRunnerToRoot(string latestRunnerDirectory, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             // copy latest runner into runner root folder
             // copy bin from _work/_update -> bin.version under root
             string binVersionDir = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"{Constants.Path.BinDirectory}.{_targetPackage.Version}");
@@ -365,6 +636,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 IOUtil.DeleteFile(destination);
                 file.CopyTo(destination, true);
             }
+
+            stopWatch.Stop();
+            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"CopyRunnerToRootTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
         private void DeletePreviousVersionRunnerBackup(CancellationToken token)
@@ -488,9 +763,24 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         {
             _terminal.WriteLine(currentState);
 
+            var traces = new List<string>();
+            while (_updateTrace.TryDequeue(out var trace))
+            {
+                traces.Add(trace);
+            }
+
+            if (traces.Count > 0)
+            {
+                foreach (var trace in traces)
+                {
+                    Trace.Info(trace);
+                }
+            }
+
             try
             {
-                await _runnerServer.UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(_poolId, _agentId, currentState);
+                await _runnerServer.UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(_poolId, _agentId, currentState, string.Join(Environment.NewLine, traces));
+                _updateTrace.Clear();
             }
             catch (VssResourceNotFoundException)
             {
@@ -503,5 +793,330 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 Trace.Info($"Catch exception during report update state, ignore this error and continue auto-update.");
             }
         }
+
+        private async Task<bool> RestoreTrimmedExternals(string downloadDirectory, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            // Copy the current runner's externals if we are using a externals trimmed package
+            // Execute the node.js to make sure the copied externals is working.
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            try
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Copy {_externalsCloneDirectory} to {Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.ExternalsDirectory)}.");
+                IOUtil.CopyDirectory(_externalsCloneDirectory, Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.ExternalsDirectory), token);
+
+                // try run node.js to see if current node.js works fine after copy over to new location.
+                var nodeVersions = NodeUtil.BuiltInNodeVersions;
+                foreach (var nodeVersion in nodeVersions)
+                {
+                    var newNodeBinary = Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.ExternalsDirectory, nodeVersion, "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+                    if (File.Exists(newNodeBinary))
+                    {
+                        using (var p = HostContext.CreateService<IProcessInvoker>())
+                        {
+                            var outputs = "";
+                            p.ErrorDataReceived += (_, data) =>
+                            {
+                                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data))
+                                {
+                                    Trace.Error(data.Data);
+                                }
+                            };
+                            p.OutputDataReceived += (_, data) =>
+                            {
+                                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data))
+                                {
+                                    Trace.Info(data.Data);
+                                    outputs = data.Data;
+                                }
+                            };
+                            var exitCode = await p.ExecuteAsync(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), newNodeBinary, $"-e \"console.log('{nameof(RestoreTrimmedExternals)}')\"", null, token);
+                            if (exitCode != 0)
+                            {
+                                Trace.Error($"{newNodeBinary} -e \"console.log()\" failed with exit code {exitCode}");
+                                return false;
+                            }
+
+                            if (!string.Equals(outputs, nameof(RestoreTrimmedExternals), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                            {
+                                Trace.Error($"{newNodeBinary} -e \"console.log()\" did not output expected content.");
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Trace.Error($"Fail to restore externals for trimmed package: {ex}");
+                return false;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                stopWatch.Stop();
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(RestoreTrimmedExternals)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task<bool> RestoreTrimmedDotnetRuntime(string downloadDirectory, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            // Copy the current runner's dotnet runtime if we are using a dotnet runtime trimmed package
+            // Execute the runner.listener to make sure the copied runtime is working.
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            try
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Copy {_dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory} to {Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.BinDirectory)}.");
+                IOUtil.CopyDirectory(_dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.BinDirectory), token);
+
+                // try run the runner executable to see if current dotnet runtime + future runner binary works fine.
+                var newRunnerBinary = Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.BinDirectory, "Runner.Listener");
+                using (var p = HostContext.CreateService<IProcessInvoker>())
+                {
+                    p.ErrorDataReceived += (_, data) =>
+                    {
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data))
+                        {
+                            Trace.Error(data.Data);
+                        }
+                    };
+                    p.OutputDataReceived += (_, data) =>
+                    {
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data))
+                        {
+                            Trace.Info(data.Data);
+                        }
+                    };
+                    var exitCode = await p.ExecuteAsync(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), newRunnerBinary, "--version", null, token);
+                    if (exitCode != 0)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Error($"{newRunnerBinary} --version failed with exit code {exitCode}");
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Trace.Error($"Fail to restore dotnet runtime for trimmed package: {ex}");
+                return false;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                stopWatch.Stop();
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(RestoreTrimmedDotnetRuntime)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task CloneAndCalculateAssetsHash(string dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, string externalsCloneDirectory, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            var runtimeCloneTask = CloneDotnetRuntime(dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, token);
+            var externalsCloneTask = CloneExternals(externalsCloneDirectory, token);
+
+            var waitingTasks = new Dictionary<string, Task>()
+            {
+                {nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime), runtimeCloneTask},
+                {nameof(CloneExternals),externalsCloneTask}
+            };
+
+            while (waitingTasks.Count > 0)
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Waiting for {waitingTasks.Count} tasks to complete.");
+                var complatedTask = await Task.WhenAny(waitingTasks.Values);
+                if (waitingTasks.ContainsKey(nameof(CloneExternals)) &&
+                    complatedTask == waitingTasks[nameof(CloneExternals)])
+                {
+                    Trace.Info($"Externals clone finished.");
+                    waitingTasks.Remove(nameof(CloneExternals));
+                    try
+                    {
+                        if (await externalsCloneTask && !token.IsCancellationRequested)
+                        {
+                            var externalsHash = await HashFiles(externalsCloneDirectory, token);
+                            Trace.Info($"Externals content hash: {externalsHash}");
+                            _contentHashes[_externals] = externalsHash;
+                            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"ExternalsHash: {_contentHashes[_externals]}");
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            Trace.Error($"Skip compute hash since clone externals failed/cancelled.");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Error($"Fail to hash externals content: {ex}");
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (waitingTasks.ContainsKey(nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime)) &&
+                         complatedTask == waitingTasks[nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime)])
+                {
+                    Trace.Info($"Dotnet runtime clone finished.");
+                    waitingTasks.Remove(nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime));
+                    try
+                    {
+                        if (await runtimeCloneTask && !token.IsCancellationRequested)
+                        {
+                            var runtimeHash = await HashFiles(dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, token);
+                            Trace.Info($"Runtime content hash: {runtimeHash}");
+                            _contentHashes[_dotnetRuntime] = runtimeHash;
+                            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"DotnetRuntimeHash: {_contentHashes[_dotnetRuntime]}");
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            Trace.Error($"Skip compute hash since clone dotnet runtime failed/cancelled.");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Error($"Fail to hash runtime content: {ex}");
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Trace.Info($"Still waiting for {waitingTasks.Count} tasks to complete.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task<bool> CloneDotnetRuntime(string runtimeDir, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            try
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Cloning dotnet runtime to {runtimeDir}");
+                IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(runtimeDir, CancellationToken.None);
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(runtimeDir);
+
+                var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
+                var assetsContent = default(string);
+                using (var stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("GitHub.Runner.Listener.runnercoreassets"))
+                using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream))
+                {
+                    assetsContent = await streamReader.ReadToEndAsync();
+                }
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(assetsContent))
+                {
+                    var runnerCoreAssets = assetsContent.Split(new[] { "\n", "\r\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+                    if (runnerCoreAssets.Length > 0)
+                    {
+                        var binDir = HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin);
+                        IOUtil.CopyDirectory(binDir, runtimeDir, token);
+
+                        var clonedFile = 0;
+                        foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(runtimeDir, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
+                        {
+                            token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                            if (runnerCoreAssets.Any(x => file.Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar).EndsWith(x.Trim())))
+                            {
+                                Trace.Verbose($"{file} is part of the runner core, delete from cloned runtime directory.");
+                                IOUtil.DeleteFile(file);
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                clonedFile++;
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        Trace.Info($"Successfully cloned dotnet runtime to {runtimeDir}. Total files: {clonedFile}");
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Trace.Error($"Fail to clone dotnet runtime to {runtimeDir}");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                stopWatch.Stop();
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private Task<bool> CloneExternals(string externalsDir, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            try
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Cloning externals to {externalsDir}");
+                IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(externalsDir, CancellationToken.None);
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(externalsDir);
+                IOUtil.CopyDirectory(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), externalsDir, token);
+                Trace.Info($"Successfully cloned externals to {externalsDir}.");
+                return Task.FromResult(true);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Trace.Error($"Fail to clone externals to {externalsDir}");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                stopWatch.Stop();
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(CloneExternals)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            }
+
+            return Task.FromResult(false);
+        }
+
+        private async Task<string> HashFiles(string fileFolder, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            Trace.Info($"Calculating hash for {fileFolder}");
+
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            string binDir = HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin);
+            string node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+            string hashFilesScript = Path.Combine(binDir, "hashFiles");
+            var hashResult = string.Empty;
+
+            using (var processInvoker = HostContext.CreateService<IProcessInvoker>())
+            {
+                processInvoker.ErrorDataReceived += (_, data) =>
+                {
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data) && data.Data.StartsWith("__OUTPUT__") && data.Data.EndsWith("__OUTPUT__"))
+                    {
+                        hashResult = data.Data.Substring(10, data.Data.Length - 20);
+                        Trace.Info($"Hash result: '{hashResult}'");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info(data.Data);
+                    }
+                };
+
+                processInvoker.OutputDataReceived += (_, data) =>
+                {
+                    Trace.Verbose(data.Data);
+                };
+
+                var env = new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    ["patterns"] = "**"
+                };
+
+                int exitCode = await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(workingDirectory: fileFolder,
+                                              fileName: node,
+                                              arguments: $"\"{hashFilesScript.Replace("\"", "\\\"")}\"",
+                                              environment: env,
+                                              requireExitCodeZero: false,
+                                              outputEncoding: null,
+                                              killProcessOnCancel: true,
+                                              cancellationToken: token);
+
+                if (exitCode != 0)
+                {
+                    Trace.Error($"hashFiles returns '{exitCode}' failed. Fail to hash files under directory '{fileFolder}'");
+                }
+
+                stopWatch.Stop();
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(HashFiles)}{Path.GetFileName(fileFolder)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+                return hashResult;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

src/Runner.PluginHost/Runner.PluginHost.csproj

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86;linux-x64;linux-arm64;linux-arm;osx-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
-    <AssetTargetFallback>portable-net45+win8</AssetTargetFallback>
     <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
-    <TieredCompilationQuickJit>true</TieredCompilationQuickJit>
+    <PredefinedCulturesOnly>false</PredefinedCulturesOnly>
-    <PublishReadyToRun>true</PublishReadyToRun>
+    <PublishReadyToRunComposite>true</PublishReadyToRunComposite>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

src/Runner.Plugins/Artifact/FileContainerServer.cs

@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Artifact
                 {
                     // We should never
                     context.Error($"Error '{ex.Message}' when downloading file '{fileToDownload}'. (Downloader {downloaderId})");
-                    throw ex;
+                    throw;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Artifact
                         try
                         {
                             uploadTimer.Restart();
-                            using (HttpResponseMessage response = await _fileContainerHttpClient.UploadFileAsync(_containerId, itemPath, fs, _projectId, cancellationToken: token, chunkSize: 4 * 1024 * 1024))
+                            using (HttpResponseMessage response = await _fileContainerHttpClient.UploadFileAsync(_containerId, itemPath, fs, _projectId, cancellationToken: token))
                             {
                                 if (response == null || response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.Created)
                                 {
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Artifact
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
                     context.Output($"File error '{ex.Message}' when uploading file '{fileToUpload}'.");
-                    throw ex;
+                    throw;
                 }
             }
 

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

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Repository.v1_0
             }
             else
             {
-                // delete the index.lock file left by previous canceled build or any operation cause git.exe crash last time.
+                // delete the index.lock file left by previous cancelled build or any operation cause git.exe crash last time.
                 string lockFile = Path.Combine(targetPath, ".git\\index.lock");
                 if (File.Exists(lockFile))
                 {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Repository.v1_0
                     }
                 }
 
-                // delete the shallow.lock file left by previous canceled build or any operation cause git.exe crash last time.		
+                // delete the shallow.lock file left by previous cancelled build or any operation cause git.exe crash last time.		
                 string shallowLockFile = Path.Combine(targetPath, ".git\\shallow.lock");
                 if (File.Exists(shallowLockFile))
                 {

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

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Repository.v1_1
             }
             else
             {
-                // delete the index.lock file left by previous canceled build or any operation cause git.exe crash last time.
+                // delete the index.lock file left by previous cancelled build or any operation cause git.exe crash last time.
                 string lockFile = Path.Combine(targetPath, ".git\\index.lock");
                 if (File.Exists(lockFile))
                 {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Repository.v1_1
                     }
                 }
 
-                // delete the shallow.lock file left by previous canceled build or any operation cause git.exe crash last time.		
+                // delete the shallow.lock file left by previous cancelled build or any operation cause git.exe crash last time.		
                 string shallowLockFile = Path.Combine(targetPath, ".git\\shallow.lock");
                 if (File.Exists(shallowLockFile))
                 {

src/Runner.Plugins/Runner.Plugins.csproj

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86;linux-x64;linux-arm64;linux-arm;osx-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
-    <AssetTargetFallback>portable-net45+win8</AssetTargetFallback>
     <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
-    <TieredCompilationQuickJit>true</TieredCompilationQuickJit>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>

src/Runner.Sdk/Runner.Sdk.csproj

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.1</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86;linux-x64;linux-arm64;linux-arm;osx-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
-    <AssetTargetFallback>portable-net45+win8</AssetTargetFallback>
     <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
-    <TieredCompilationQuickJit>true</TieredCompilationQuickJit>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/IOUtil.cs

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
             }
 
             // Create a new token source for the parallel query. The parallel query should be
-            // canceled after the first error is encountered. Otherwise the number of exceptions
+            // cancelled after the first error is encountered. Otherwise the number of exceptions
             // could get out of control for a large directory with access denied on every file.
             using (var tokenSource = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken))
             {

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/VssUtil.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 
             VssClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent = headerValues;
             VssHttpMessageHandler.DefaultWebProxy = proxy;
+
+            if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY")))
+            {
+                VssClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = HttpClientHandler.DangerousAcceptAnyServerCertificateValidator;
+            }
         }
 
         public static VssConnection CreateConnection(Uri serverUri, VssCredentials credentials, IEnumerable<DelegatingHandler> additionalDelegatingHandler = null, TimeSpan? timeout = null)

src/Runner.Worker/ActionCommandManager.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -110,11 +108,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     // Stop command
                     if (string.Equals(actionCommand.Command, _stopCommand, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                     {
-                        context.Output(input);
+                        ValidateStopToken(context, actionCommand.Data);
-                        context.Debug("Paused processing commands until '##[{actionCommand.Data}]' is received");
+
                         _stopToken = actionCommand.Data;
                         _stopProcessCommand = true;
                         _registeredCommands.Add(_stopToken);
+                        if (_stopToken.Length > 6)
+                        {
+                            HostContext.SecretMasker.AddValue(_stopToken);
+                        }
+
+                        context.Output(input);
+                        context.Debug("Paused processing commands until the token you called ::stopCommands:: with is received");
                         return true;
                     }
                     // Found command
@@ -148,7 +153,42 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             return true;
         }
 
-        internal static bool EnhancedAnnotationsEnabled(IExecutionContext context) {
+        private void ValidateStopToken(IExecutionContext context, string stopToken)
+        {
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+            var envContext = context.ExpressionValues["env"] as DictionaryContextData;
+#else
+            var envContext = context.ExpressionValues["env"] as CaseSensitiveDictionaryContextData;
+#endif
+            var allowUnsecureStopCommandTokens = false;
+            allowUnsecureStopCommandTokens = StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Actions.AllowUnsupportedStopCommandTokens));
+            if (!allowUnsecureStopCommandTokens && envContext.ContainsKey(Constants.Variables.Actions.AllowUnsupportedStopCommandTokens))
+            {
+                allowUnsecureStopCommandTokens = StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(envContext[Constants.Variables.Actions.AllowUnsupportedStopCommandTokens].ToString());
+            }
+
+            bool isTokenInvalid = _registeredCommands.Contains(stopToken)
+                || string.IsNullOrEmpty(stopToken)
+                || string.Equals(stopToken, "pause-logging", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            if (isTokenInvalid)
+            {
+                var telemetry = new JobTelemetry
+                {
+                    Message = $"Invoked ::stopCommand:: with token: [{stopToken}]",
+                    Type = JobTelemetryType.ActionCommand
+                };
+                context.Global.JobTelemetry.Add(telemetry);
+            }
+
+            if (isTokenInvalid && !allowUnsecureStopCommandTokens)
+            {
+                throw new Exception(Constants.Runner.UnsupportedStopCommandTokenDisabled);
+            }
+        }
+
+        internal static bool EnhancedAnnotationsEnabled(IExecutionContext context)
+        {
             return context.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.EnhancedAnnotations") ?? false;
         }
     }
@@ -341,6 +381,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
                 HostContext.SecretMasker.AddValue(command.Data);
                 Trace.Info($"Add new secret mask with length of {command.Data.Length}");
+
+                // Also add each individual line. Typically individual lines are processed from STDOUT of child processes.
+                var split = command.Data.Split(new[] { '\r', '\n' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
+                foreach (var item in split)
+                {
+                    HostContext.SecretMasker.AddValue(item);
+                }
             }
         }
     }

src/Runner.Worker/ActionManager.cs

@@ -267,6 +267,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                             _cachedEmbeddedPostSteps[parentStepId].Push(clonedAction);
                         }
                     }
+                    else if (depth > 0)
+                    {
+                        // if we're in a composite action and haven't loaded the local action yet
+                        // we assume it has a post step
+                        if (!_cachedEmbeddedPostSteps.ContainsKey(parentStepId))
+                        {
+                            // If we haven't done so already, add the parent to the post steps
+                            _cachedEmbeddedPostSteps[parentStepId] = new Stack<Pipelines.ActionStep>();
+                        }
+                        // Clone action so we can modify the condition without affecting the original
+                        var clonedAction = action.Clone() as Pipelines.ActionStep;
+                        _cachedEmbeddedPostSteps[parentStepId].Push(clonedAction);
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -430,7 +443,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                         {
                             for (var i = 0; i < compositeAction.Steps.Count; i++)
                             {
-                                // Store Id's for later load actions
+                                // Load stored Ids for later load actions
                                 compositeAction.Steps[i].Id = _cachedEmbeddedStepIds[action.Id][i];
                                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(executionContext.Global.Variables.Get("DistributedTask.EnableCompositeActions")) && compositeAction.Steps[i].Reference.Type != Pipelines.ActionSourceType.Script)
                                 {
@@ -438,6 +451,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                                 }
                             }
                         }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            _cachedEmbeddedStepIds[action.Id] = new List<Guid>();
+                            foreach (var compositeStep in compositeAction.Steps)
+                            {
+                                var guid = Guid.NewGuid();
+                                compositeStep.Id = guid;
+                                _cachedEmbeddedStepIds[action.Id].Add(guid);
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -628,12 +651,17 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    actionDownloadInfos = await jobServer.ResolveActionDownloadInfoAsync(executionContext.Global.Plan.ScopeIdentifier, executionContext.Global.Plan.PlanType, executionContext.Global.Plan.PlanId, new WebApi.ActionReferenceList { Actions = actionReferences }, executionContext.CancellationToken);
+                    actionDownloadInfos = await jobServer.ResolveActionDownloadInfoAsync(executionContext.Global.Plan.ScopeIdentifier, executionContext.Global.Plan.PlanType, executionContext.Global.Plan.PlanId, executionContext.Root.Id, new WebApi.ActionReferenceList { Actions = actionReferences }, executionContext.CancellationToken);
                     break;
                 }
-                catch (Exception ex) when (!executionContext.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested) // Do not retry if the run is canceled.
+                catch (Exception ex) when (!executionContext.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested) // Do not retry if the run is cancelled.
                 {
-                    if (attempt < 3)
+                    // UnresolvableActionDownloadInfoException is a 422 client error, don't retry
+                    // Some possible cases are:
+                    // * Repo is rate limited
+                    // * Repo or tag doesn't exist, or isn't public
+                    // * Policy validation failed
+                    if (attempt < 3 && !(ex is WebApi.UnresolvableActionDownloadInfoException))
                     {
                         executionContext.Output($"Failed to resolve action download info. Error: {ex.Message}");
                         executionContext.Debug(ex.ToString());
@@ -649,6 +677,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                         // Some possible cases are:
                         // * Repo is rate limited
                         // * Repo or tag doesn't exist, or isn't public
+                        // * Policy validation failed
                         if (ex is WebApi.UnresolvableActionDownloadInfoException)
                         {
                             throw;
@@ -975,7 +1004,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 if (actionDefinitionData.Execution.ExecutionType == ActionExecutionType.Container)
                 {
                     var containerAction = actionDefinitionData.Execution as ContainerActionExecutionData;
-                    if (containerAction.Image.EndsWith("Dockerfile") || containerAction.Image.EndsWith("dockerfile"))
+                    if (DockerUtil.IsDockerfile(containerAction.Image))
                     {
                         var dockerFileFullPath = Path.Combine(actionEntryDirectory, containerAction.Image);
                         executionContext.Debug($"Dockerfile for action: '{dockerFileFullPath}'.");
@@ -1028,7 +1057,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                         }
                     }
 
-                    // TODO: remove once we remove the DistributedTask.EnableCompositeActions FF
                     foreach (var step in compositeAction.Steps)
                     {
                         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(executionContext.Global.Variables.Get("DistributedTask.EnableCompositeActions")) && step.Reference.Type != Pipelines.ActionSourceType.Script)
@@ -1171,6 +1199,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         public string Pre { get; set; }
 
         public string Post { get; set; }
+
+        public string NodeVersion { get; set; }
     }
 
     public sealed class PluginActionExecutionData : ActionExecutionData

src/Runner.Worker/ActionManifestManager.cs

@@ -451,7 +451,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                         };
                     }
                 }
-                else if (string.Equals(usingToken.Value, "node12", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                else if (string.Equals(usingToken.Value, "node12", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)||
+                         string.Equals(usingToken.Value, "node16", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(mainToken?.Value))
                     {
@@ -461,6 +462,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     {
                         return new NodeJSActionExecutionData()
                         {
+                            NodeVersion = usingToken.Value,
                             Script = mainToken.Value,
                             Pre = preToken?.Value,
                             InitCondition = preIfToken?.Value ?? "always()",
@@ -490,7 +492,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException($"'using: {usingToken.Value}' is not supported, use 'docker' or 'node12' instead.");
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException($"'using: {usingToken.Value}' is not supported, use 'docker', 'node12' or 'node16' instead.");
                 }
             }
             else if (pluginToken != null)

src/Runner.Worker/ActionRunner.cs

@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 using System;
-using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating.Tokens;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers;
 using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
-using GitHub.Runner.Common;
-using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 {
@@ -141,21 +140,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             IStepHost stepHost = HostContext.CreateService<IDefaultStepHost>();
 
-            // Makes directory for event_path data
+            ExecutionContext.WriteWebhookPayload();
-            var tempDirectory = HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Temp);
-            var workflowDirectory = Path.Combine(tempDirectory, "_github_workflow");
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(workflowDirectory);
-
-            var gitHubEvent = ExecutionContext.GetGitHubContext("event");
-
-            // adds the GitHub event path/file if the event exists
-            if (gitHubEvent != null)
-            {
-                var workflowFile = Path.Combine(workflowDirectory, "event.json");
-                Trace.Info($"Write event payload to {workflowFile}");
-                File.WriteAllText(workflowFile, gitHubEvent, new UTF8Encoding(false));
-                ExecutionContext.SetGitHubContext("event_path", workflowFile);
-            }
 
             // Set GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY if this Action is from a repository
             if (Action.Reference is Pipelines.RepositoryPathReference repoPathReferenceAction &&
@@ -186,8 +171,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             // Load the inputs.
             ExecutionContext.Debug("Loading inputs");
+            Dictionary<string, string> inputs;
+            if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean(Constants.Runner.Features.UseContainerPathForTemplate) ?? false)
+            {
+                inputs = EvaluateStepInputs(stepHost);
+            }
+            else
+            {
                 var templateEvaluator = ExecutionContext.ToPipelineTemplateEvaluator();
-            var inputs = templateEvaluator.EvaluateStepInputs(Action.Inputs, ExecutionContext.ExpressionValues, ExecutionContext.ExpressionFunctions);
+                inputs = templateEvaluator.EvaluateStepInputs(Action.Inputs, ExecutionContext.ExpressionValues, ExecutionContext.ExpressionFunctions);
+            }
 
             var userInputs = new HashSet<string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
             foreach (KeyValuePair<string, string> input in inputs)
@@ -274,8 +267,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                             actionDirectory: definition.Directory,
                             localActionContainerSetupSteps: localActionContainerSetupSteps);
 
-            // Print out action details
+            // Print out action details and log telemetry
-            handler.PrintActionDetails(Stage);
+            handler.PrepareExecution(Stage);
 
             // Run the task.
             try
@@ -314,6 +307,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             return didFullyEvaluate;
         }
 
+        private Dictionary<String, String> EvaluateStepInputs(IStepHost stepHost)
+        {
+            DictionaryContextData expressionValues = ExecutionContext.GetExpressionValues(stepHost);
+            var templateEvaluator = ExecutionContext.ToPipelineTemplateEvaluator();
+            var inputs = templateEvaluator.EvaluateStepInputs(Action.Inputs, expressionValues, ExecutionContext.ExpressionFunctions);
+
+            return inputs;
+        }
+
         private string GenerateDisplayName(ActionStep action, DictionaryContextData contextData, IExecutionContext context, out bool didFullyEvaluate)
         {
             ArgUtil.NotNull(context, nameof(context));

src/Runner.Worker/Container/DockerUtil.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container
@@ -61,5 +62,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container
             }
             return "";
         }
+
+        public static bool IsDockerfile(string image)
+        {
+            if (image.StartsWith("docker://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            var imageWithoutPath = image.Split('/').Last();
+            return imageWithoutPath.StartsWith("Dockerfile.") || imageWithoutPath.StartsWith("dockerfile.") || imageWithoutPath.EndsWith("Dockerfile") || imageWithoutPath.EndsWith("dockerfile");
+        }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Worker/ContainerOperationProvider.cs

@@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             // Our container feature requires to map working directory from host to the container.
             // If we are already inside a container, we will not able to find out the real working direcotry path on the host.
 #if OS_WINDOWS
+#pragma warning disable CA1416
             // service CExecSvc is Container Execution Agent.
             ServiceController[] scServices = ServiceController.GetServices();
             if (scServices.Any(x => String.Equals(x.ServiceName, "cexecsvc", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && x.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Running))
             {
                 throw new NotSupportedException("Container feature is not supported when runner is already running inside container.");
             }
+#pragma warning restore CA1416
 #else
             var initProcessCgroup = File.ReadLines("/proc/1/cgroup");
             if (initProcessCgroup.Any(x => x.IndexOf(":/docker/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0))
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 #endif
 
 #if OS_WINDOWS
+#pragma warning disable CA1416
             // Check OS version (Windows server 1803 is required)
             object windowsInstallationType = Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion", "InstallationType", defaultValue: null);
             ArgUtil.NotNull(windowsInstallationType, nameof(windowsInstallationType));
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             {
                 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ReleaseId");
             }
+#pragma warning restore CA1416
 #endif
 
             // Check docker client/server version
@@ -334,6 +338,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(container.ContainerId))
             {
+                if(!container.IsJobContainer)
+                {
+                    // Print logs for service container jobs (not the "action" job itself b/c that's already logged).
+                    executionContext.Output($"Print service container logs: {container.ContainerDisplayName}");
+                    
+                    int logsExitCode = await _dockerManager.DockerLogs(executionContext, container.ContainerId);
+                    if (logsExitCode != 0)
+                    {
+                        executionContext.Warning($"Docker logs fail with exit code {logsExitCode}");
+                    }
+                }
+
                 executionContext.Output($"Stop and remove container: {container.ContainerDisplayName}");
 
                 int rmExitCode = await _dockerManager.DockerRemove(executionContext, container.ContainerId);

src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs

@@ -1,25 +1,21 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Collections.Specialized;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Web;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Expressions2;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating.Tokens;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ContextData;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
-using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container;
-using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using ObjectTemplating = GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating;
 using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
@@ -40,6 +36,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         string ScopeName { get; }
         string SiblingScopeName { get; }
         string ContextName { get; }
+        ActionRunStage Stage { get; }
         Task ForceCompleted { get; }
         TaskResult? Result { get; set; }
         TaskResult? Outcome { get; set; }
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         Dictionary<string, string> IntraActionState { get; }
         Dictionary<string, VariableValue> JobOutputs { get; }
         ActionsEnvironmentReference ActionsEnvironment { get; }
-        List<ActionsStepTelemetry> ActionsStepsTelemetry { get; }
+        ActionsStepTelemetry StepTelemetry { get; }
         DictionaryContextData ExpressionValues { get; }
         IList<IFunctionInfo> ExpressionFunctions { get; }
         JobContext JobContext { get; }
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         // Only job level ExecutionContext has PostJobSteps
         Stack<IStep> PostJobSteps { get; }
-        HashSet<Guid> EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered{ get; }
+        Dictionary<Guid, string> EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered { get; }
 
         // Keep track of embedded steps states
         Dictionary<Guid, Dictionary<string, string>> EmbeddedIntraActionState { get; }
@@ -75,8 +72,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         // Initialize
         void InitializeJob(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message, CancellationToken token);
         void CancelToken();
-        IExecutionContext CreateChild(Guid recordId, string displayName, string refName, string scopeName, string contextName, Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null, int? recordOrder = null, IPagingLogger logger = null, bool isEmbedded = false, CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = null, Guid embeddedId = default(Guid), string siblingScopeName = null);
+        IExecutionContext CreateChild(Guid recordId, string displayName, string refName, string scopeName, string contextName, ActionRunStage stage, Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null, int? recordOrder = null, IPagingLogger logger = null, bool isEmbedded = false, CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = null, Guid embeddedId = default(Guid), string siblingScopeName = null);
-        IExecutionContext CreateEmbeddedChild(string scopeName, string contextName, Guid embeddedId, Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null, string siblingScopeName = null);
+        IExecutionContext CreateEmbeddedChild(string scopeName, string contextName, Guid embeddedId, ActionRunStage stage, Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null, string siblingScopeName = null);
 
         // logging
         long Write(string tag, string message);
@@ -107,12 +104,21 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         // others
         void ForceTaskComplete();
         void RegisterPostJobStep(IStep step);
+        void PublishStepTelemetry();
+
+        void ApplyContinueOnError(TemplateToken continueOnError);
+        void UpdateGlobalStepsContext();
+
+        void WriteWebhookPayload();
     }
 
     public sealed class ExecutionContext : RunnerService, IExecutionContext
     {
         private const int _maxIssueCount = 10;
         private const int _throttlingDelayReportThreshold = 10 * 1000; // Don't report throttling with less than 10 seconds delay
+        private const int _maxIssueMessageLength = 4096; // Don't send issue with huge message since we can't forward them from actions to check annotation.
+        private const int _maxIssueCountInTelemetry = 3; // Only send the first 3 issues to telemetry
+        private const int _maxIssueMessageLengthInTelemetry = 256; // Only send the first 256 characters of issue message to telemetry
 
         private readonly TimelineRecord _record = new TimelineRecord();
         private readonly Dictionary<Guid, TimelineRecord> _detailRecords = new Dictionary<Guid, TimelineRecord>();
@@ -137,19 +143,21 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         // only job level ExecutionContext will track throttling delay.
         private long _totalThrottlingDelayInMilliseconds = 0;
+        private bool _stepTelemetryPublished = false;
 
         public Guid Id => _record.Id;
         public Guid EmbeddedId { get; private set; }
         public string ScopeName { get; private set; }
         public string SiblingScopeName { get; private set; }
         public string ContextName { get; private set; }
+        public ActionRunStage Stage { get; private set; }
         public Task ForceCompleted => _forceCompleted.Task;
         public CancellationToken CancellationToken => _cancellationTokenSource.Token;
         public Dictionary<string, string> IntraActionState { get; private set; }
         public Dictionary<string, VariableValue> JobOutputs { get; private set; }
 
         public ActionsEnvironmentReference ActionsEnvironment { get; private set; }
-        public List<ActionsStepTelemetry> ActionsStepsTelemetry { get; private set; }
+        public ActionsStepTelemetry StepTelemetry { get; } = new ActionsStepTelemetry();
         public DictionaryContextData ExpressionValues { get; } = new DictionaryContextData();
         public IList<IFunctionInfo> ExpressionFunctions { get; } = new List<IFunctionInfo>();
 
@@ -166,7 +174,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         public HashSet<Guid> StepsWithPostRegistered { get; private set; }
 
         // Only job level ExecutionContext has EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered
-        public HashSet<Guid> EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered { get; private set; }
+        public Dictionary<Guid, string> EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered { get; private set; }
 
         public Dictionary<Guid, Dictionary<string, string>> EmbeddedIntraActionState { get; private set; }
 
@@ -263,12 +271,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             string siblingScopeName = null;
             if (this.IsEmbedded)
             {
-                if (step is IActionRunner actionRunner && !Root.EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered.Add(actionRunner.Action.Id))
+                if (step is IActionRunner actionRunner)
+                {
+                    if (Root.EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered.ContainsKey(actionRunner.Action.Id))
                     {
                         Trace.Info($"'post' of '{actionRunner.DisplayName}' already push to child post step stack.");
                     }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Root.EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered[actionRunner.Action.Id] = actionRunner.Condition;
+                    }
                     return;
                 }
+            }
             else if (step is IActionRunner actionRunner && !Root.StepsWithPostRegistered.Add(actionRunner.Action.Id))
             {
                 Trace.Info($"'post' of '{actionRunner.DisplayName}' already push to post step stack.");
@@ -283,7 +298,20 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             Root.PostJobSteps.Push(step);
         }
 
-        public IExecutionContext CreateChild(Guid recordId, string displayName, string refName, string scopeName, string contextName, Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null, int? recordOrder = null, IPagingLogger logger = null, bool isEmbedded = false, CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = null, Guid embeddedId = default(Guid), string siblingScopeName = null)
+        public IExecutionContext CreateChild(
+            Guid recordId,
+            string displayName,
+            string refName,
+            string scopeName,
+            string contextName,
+            ActionRunStage stage,
+            Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null,
+            int? recordOrder = null,
+            IPagingLogger logger = null,
+            bool isEmbedded = false,
+            CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = null,
+            Guid embeddedId = default(Guid),
+            string siblingScopeName = null)
         {
             Trace.Entering();
 
@@ -292,6 +320,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             child.Global = Global;
             child.ScopeName = scopeName;
             child.ContextName = contextName;
+            child.Stage = stage;
             child.EmbeddedId = embeddedId;
             child.SiblingScopeName = siblingScopeName;
             if (intraActionState == null)
@@ -333,6 +362,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
 
             child.IsEmbedded = isEmbedded;
+            child.StepTelemetry.StepId = recordId;
+            child.StepTelemetry.Stage = stage.ToString();
+            child.StepTelemetry.IsEmbedded = isEmbedded;
 
             return child;
         }
@@ -341,9 +373,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         /// An embedded execution context shares the same record ID, record name, logger,
         /// and a linked cancellation token.
         /// </summary>
-        public IExecutionContext CreateEmbeddedChild(string scopeName, string contextName, Guid embeddedId, Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null, string siblingScopeName = null)
+        public IExecutionContext CreateEmbeddedChild(
+            string scopeName,
+            string contextName,
+            Guid embeddedId,
+            ActionRunStage stage,
+            Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null,
+            string siblingScopeName = null)
         {
-            return Root.CreateChild(_record.Id, _record.Name, _record.Id.ToString("N"), scopeName, contextName, logger: _logger, isEmbedded: true, cancellationTokenSource: CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(_cancellationTokenSource.Token), intraActionState: intraActionState, embeddedId: embeddedId, siblingScopeName: siblingScopeName);
+            return Root.CreateChild(_record.Id, _record.Name, _record.Id.ToString("N"), scopeName, contextName, stage, logger: _logger, isEmbedded: true, cancellationTokenSource: CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(_cancellationTokenSource.Token), intraActionState: intraActionState, embeddedId: embeddedId, siblingScopeName: siblingScopeName);
         }
 
         public void Start(string currentOperation = null)
@@ -391,6 +429,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 }
             }
 
+            PublishStepTelemetry();
+
             if (Root != this)
             {
                 // only dispose TokenSource for step level ExecutionContext
@@ -399,14 +439,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             _logger.End();
 
+            UpdateGlobalStepsContext();
+
+            return Result.Value;
+        }
+
+        public void UpdateGlobalStepsContext()
+        {
             // Skip if generated context name. Generated context names start with "__". After 3.2 the server will never send an empty context name.
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ContextName) && !ContextName.StartsWith("__", StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
                 Global.StepsContext.SetOutcome(ScopeName, ContextName, (Outcome ?? Result ?? TaskResult.Succeeded).ToActionResult());
                 Global.StepsContext.SetConclusion(ScopeName, ContextName, (Result ?? TaskResult.Succeeded).ToActionResult());
             }
-
-            return Result.Value;
         }
 
         public void SetRunnerContext(string name, string value)
@@ -506,11 +551,20 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
 
             issue.Message = HostContext.SecretMasker.MaskSecrets(issue.Message);
+            if (issue.Message.Length > _maxIssueMessageLength)
+            {
+                issue.Message = issue.Message[.._maxIssueMessageLength];
+            }
+
+            // Tracking the line number (logFileLineNumber) and step number (stepNumber) for each issue that gets created
+            // Actions UI from the run summary page use both values to easily link to an exact locations in logs where annotations originate from
+            if (_record.Order != null)
+            {
+                issue.Data["stepNumber"] = _record.Order.ToString();
+            }
 
             if (issue.Type == IssueType.Error)
             {
-                // tracking line number for each issue in log file
-                // log UI use this to navigate from issue to log
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(logMessage))
                 {
                     long logLineNumber = Write(WellKnownTags.Error, logMessage);
@@ -526,8 +580,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
             else if (issue.Type == IssueType.Warning)
             {
-                // tracking line number for each issue in log file
-                // log UI use this to navigate from issue to log
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(logMessage))
                 {
                     long logLineNumber = Write(WellKnownTags.Warning, logMessage);
@@ -543,9 +595,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
             else if (issue.Type == IssueType.Notice)
             {
-
-                // tracking line number for each issue in log file
-                // log UI use this to navigate from issue to log
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(logMessage))
                 {
                     long logLineNumber = Write(WellKnownTags.Notice, logMessage);
@@ -635,20 +684,29 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             // Variables
             Global.Variables = new Variables(HostContext, message.Variables);
 
+            if (Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.ForceInternalNodeVersionOnRunnerTo12") ?? false)
+            {
+                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ForcedInternalNodeVersion, "node12");
+            }
+
             // Environment variables shared across all actions
             Global.EnvironmentVariables = new Dictionary<string, string>(VarUtil.EnvironmentVariableKeyComparer);
 
             // Job defaults shared across all actions
             Global.JobDefaults = new Dictionary<string, IDictionary<string, string>>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
+            // Job Telemetry
+            Global.JobTelemetry = new List<JobTelemetry>();
+
+            // ActionsStepTelemetry for entire job
+            Global.StepsTelemetry = new List<ActionsStepTelemetry>();
+
             // Job Outputs
             JobOutputs = new Dictionary<string, VariableValue>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
             // Actions environment
             ActionsEnvironment = message.ActionsEnvironment;
 
-            // ActionsStepTelemetry
-            ActionsStepsTelemetry = new List<ActionsStepTelemetry>();
 
             // Service container info
             Global.ServiceContainers = new List<ContainerInfo>();
@@ -711,7 +769,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             StepsWithPostRegistered = new HashSet<Guid>();
 
             // EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered for job ExecutionContext
-            EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered = new HashSet<Guid>();
+            EmbeddedStepsWithPostRegistered = new Dictionary<Guid, string>();
 
             // EmbeddedIntraActionState for job ExecutionContext
             EmbeddedIntraActionState = new Dictionary<Guid, Dictionary<string, string>>();
@@ -880,6 +938,83 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             return Root._matchers ?? Array.Empty<IssueMatcherConfig>();
         }
 
+        public void PublishStepTelemetry()
+        {
+            if (!_stepTelemetryPublished)
+            {
+                // Add to the global steps telemetry only if we have something to log.
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(StepTelemetry?.Type))
+                {
+                    if (!IsEmbedded)
+                    {
+                        StepTelemetry.Result = _record.Result;
+                    }
+
+                    if (!IsEmbedded &&
+                        _record.FinishTime != null &&
+                        _record.StartTime != null)
+                    {
+                        StepTelemetry.ExecutionTimeInSeconds = (int)Math.Ceiling((_record.FinishTime - _record.StartTime)?.TotalSeconds ?? 0);
+                    }
+
+                    if (!IsEmbedded &&
+                        _record.Issues.Count > 0)
+                    {
+                        foreach (var issue in _record.Issues)
+                        {
+                            if ((issue.Type == IssueType.Error || issue.Type == IssueType.Warning) &&
+                                !string.IsNullOrEmpty(issue.Message))
+                            {
+                                string issueTelemetry;
+                                if (issue.Message.Length > _maxIssueMessageLengthInTelemetry)
+                                {
+                                    issueTelemetry = $"{issue.Message[.._maxIssueMessageLengthInTelemetry]}";
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    issueTelemetry = issue.Message;
+                                }
+
+                                StepTelemetry.ErrorMessages.Add(issueTelemetry);
+
+                                // Only send over the first 3 issues to avoid sending too much data.
+                                if (StepTelemetry.ErrorMessages.Count >= _maxIssueCountInTelemetry)
+                                {
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    Trace.Info($"Publish step telemetry for current step {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(StepTelemetry)}.");
+                    Global.StepsTelemetry.Add(StepTelemetry);
+                    _stepTelemetryPublished = true;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Step telemetry has already been published.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void WriteWebhookPayload()
+        {
+            // Makes directory for event_path data
+            var tempDirectory = HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Temp);
+            var workflowDirectory = Path.Combine(tempDirectory, "_github_workflow");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(workflowDirectory);
+            var gitHubEvent = GetGitHubContext("event");
+
+            // adds the GitHub event path/file if the event exists
+            if (gitHubEvent != null)
+            {
+                var workflowFile = Path.Combine(workflowDirectory, "event.json");
+                Trace.Info($"Write event payload to {workflowFile}");
+                File.WriteAllText(workflowFile, gitHubEvent, new UTF8Encoding(false));
+                SetGitHubContext("event_path", workflowFile);
+            }
+        }
+
         private void InitializeTimelineRecord(Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid? parentTimelineRecordId, string recordType, string displayName, string refName, int? order)
         {
             _mainTimelineId = timelineId;
@@ -932,7 +1067,37 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
 
             var newGuid = Guid.NewGuid();
-            return CreateChild(newGuid, displayName, newGuid.ToString("N"), null, null, intraActionState, _childTimelineRecordOrder - Root.PostJobSteps.Count, siblingScopeName: siblingScopeName);
+            return CreateChild(newGuid, displayName, newGuid.ToString("N"), null, null, ActionRunStage.Post, intraActionState, _childTimelineRecordOrder - Root.PostJobSteps.Count, siblingScopeName: siblingScopeName);
+        }
+
+        public void ApplyContinueOnError(TemplateToken continueOnErrorToken)
+        {
+            if (Result != TaskResult.Failed)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            var continueOnError = false;
+            try
+            {
+                var templateEvaluator = this.ToPipelineTemplateEvaluator();
+                continueOnError = templateEvaluator.EvaluateStepContinueOnError(continueOnErrorToken, ExpressionValues, ExpressionFunctions);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Trace.Info("The step failed and an error occurred when attempting to determine whether to continue on error.");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
+                this.Error("The step failed and an error occurred when attempting to determine whether to continue on error.");
+                this.Error(ex);
+            }
+
+            if (continueOnError)
+            {
+                Outcome = Result;
+                Result = TaskResult.Succeeded;
+                Trace.Info($"Updated step result (continue on error)");
+            }
+
+            UpdateGlobalStepsContext();
         }
     }
 
@@ -955,7 +1120,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             context.Error(ex.Message);
             context.Debug(ex.ToString());
         }
-
         // Do not add a format string overload. See comment on ExecutionContext.Write().
         public static void Error(this IExecutionContext context, string message)
         {
@@ -980,18 +1144,6 @@ 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)
         {
@@ -1041,6 +1193,66 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         {
             return new TemplateTraceWriter(context);
         }
+
+        public static DictionaryContextData GetExpressionValues(this IExecutionContext context, IStepHost stepHost)
+        {
+            if (stepHost is ContainerStepHost)
+            {
+
+                var expressionValues = context.ExpressionValues.Clone() as DictionaryContextData;
+                context.UpdatePathsInExpressionValues("github", expressionValues, stepHost);
+                context.UpdatePathsInExpressionValues("runner", expressionValues, stepHost);
+                return expressionValues;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return context.ExpressionValues.Clone() as DictionaryContextData;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void UpdatePathsInExpressionValues(this IExecutionContext context, string contextName, DictionaryContextData expressionValues, IStepHost stepHost)
+        {
+            var dict = expressionValues[contextName].AssertDictionary($"expected context {contextName} to be a dictionary");
+            context.ResolvePathsInExpressionValuesDictionary(dict, stepHost);
+            expressionValues[contextName] = dict;
+        }
+
+        private static void ResolvePathsInExpressionValuesDictionary(this IExecutionContext context, DictionaryContextData dict, IStepHost stepHost)
+        {
+            foreach (var key in dict.Keys.ToList())
+            {
+                if (dict[key] is StringContextData)
+                {
+                    var value = dict[key].ToString();
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
+                    {
+                        dict[key] = new StringContextData(stepHost.ResolvePathForStepHost(value));
+                    }
+                }
+                else if (dict[key] is DictionaryContextData)
+                {
+                    var innerDict = dict[key].AssertDictionary("expected dictionary");
+                    context.ResolvePathsInExpressionValuesDictionary(innerDict, stepHost);
+                    var updatedDict = new DictionaryContextData();
+                    foreach (var k in innerDict.Keys.ToList())
+                    {
+                        updatedDict[k] = innerDict[k];
+                    }
+                    dict[key] = updatedDict;
+                }
+                else if (dict[key] is CaseSensitiveDictionaryContextData)
+                {
+                    var innerDict = dict[key].AssertDictionary("expected dictionary");
+                    context.ResolvePathsInExpressionValuesDictionary(innerDict, stepHost);
+                    var updatedDict = new CaseSensitiveDictionaryContextData();
+                    foreach (var k in innerDict.Keys.ToList())
+                    {
+                        updatedDict[k] = innerDict[k];
+                    }
+                    dict[key] = updatedDict;
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     internal sealed class TemplateTraceWriter : ObjectTemplating.ITraceWriter

src/Runner.Worker/Expressions/FailureFunction.cs

@@ -24,8 +24,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Expressions
             ArgUtil.NotNull(templateContext, nameof(templateContext));
             var executionContext = templateContext.State[nameof(IExecutionContext)] as IExecutionContext;
             ArgUtil.NotNull(executionContext, nameof(executionContext));
+
+            // Decide based on 'action_status' for composite MAIN steps and 'job.status' for pre, post and job-level steps
+            var isCompositeMainStep = executionContext.IsEmbedded && executionContext.Stage == ActionRunStage.Main;
+            if (isCompositeMainStep)
+            {
+                ActionResult actionStatus = EnumUtil.TryParse<ActionResult>(executionContext.GetGitHubContext("action_status")) ?? ActionResult.Success;
+                return actionStatus == ActionResult.Failure;
+            }
+            else
+            {
                 ActionResult jobStatus = executionContext.JobContext.Status ?? ActionResult.Success;
                 return jobStatus == ActionResult.Failure;
             }
         }
     }
+}

src/Runner.Worker/Expressions/HashFilesFunction.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Expressions
 {
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Expressions
             string binDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);
             string runnerRoot = new DirectoryInfo(binDir).Parent.FullName;
 
-            string node = Path.Combine(runnerRoot, "externals", "node12", "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+            string node = Path.Combine(runnerRoot, "externals", NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
             string hashFilesScript = Path.Combine(binDir, "hashFiles");
             var hashResult = string.Empty;
             var p = new ProcessInvoker(new HashFilesTrace(context.Trace));

src/Runner.Worker/Expressions/SuccessFunction.cs

@@ -24,8 +24,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Expressions
             ArgUtil.NotNull(templateContext, nameof(templateContext));
             var executionContext = templateContext.State[nameof(IExecutionContext)] as IExecutionContext;
             ArgUtil.NotNull(executionContext, nameof(executionContext));
+
+            // Decide based on 'action_status' for composite MAIN steps and 'job.status' for pre, post and job-level steps
+            var isCompositeMainStep = executionContext.IsEmbedded && executionContext.Stage == ActionRunStage.Main;
+            if (isCompositeMainStep)
+            {
+                ActionResult actionStatus = EnumUtil.TryParse<ActionResult>(executionContext.GetGitHubContext("action_status")) ?? ActionResult.Success;
+                return actionStatus == ActionResult.Success;
+            }
+            else
+            {
                 ActionResult jobStatus = executionContext.JobContext.Status ?? ActionResult.Success;
                 return jobStatus == ActionResult.Success;
             }
         }
     }
+}

src/Runner.Worker/FileCommandManager.cs

@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                                 {
                                     throw new Exception($"Invalid environment variable value. Matching delimiter not found '{delimiter}'");
                                 }
+                                if (newline == null)
+                                {
+                                    throw new Exception($"Invalid environment variable value. EOF marker missing new line.");
+                                }
                                 endIndex = index - newline.Length;
                                 tempLine = ReadLine(text, ref index, out newline);
                             }
@@ -259,4 +263,72 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             return text.Substring(originalIndex, lfIndex - originalIndex);
         }
     }
+
+    public sealed class CreateStepSummaryCommand : RunnerService, IFileCommandExtension
+    {
+        public const int AttachmentSizeLimit = 1024 * 1024;
+
+        public string ContextName => "step_summary";
+        public string FilePrefix => "step_summary_";
+
+        public Type ExtensionType => typeof(IFileCommandExtension);
+
+        public void ProcessCommand(IExecutionContext context, string filePath, ContainerInfo container)
+        {
+            if (!context.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UploadStepSummary") ?? true)
+            {
+                Trace.Info("Step Summary is disabled; skipping attachment upload");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(filePath) || !File.Exists(filePath))
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Step Summary file ({filePath}) does not exist; skipping attachment upload");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                var fileSize = new FileInfo(filePath).Length;
+                if (fileSize == 0)
+                {
+                    Trace.Info($"Step Summary file ({filePath}) is empty; skipping attachment upload");
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (fileSize > AttachmentSizeLimit)
+                {
+                    context.Error(String.Format(Constants.Runner.UnsupportedSummarySize, AttachmentSizeLimit / 1024, fileSize / 1024));
+                    Trace.Info($"Step Summary file ({filePath}) is too large ({fileSize} bytes); skipping attachment upload");
+
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                Trace.Verbose($"Step Summary file exists: {filePath} and has a file size of {fileSize} bytes");
+                var scrubbedFilePath = filePath + "-scrubbed";
+
+                using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(filePath))
+                using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(scrubbedFilePath))
+                {
+                    string line;
+                    while ((line = streamReader.ReadLine()) != null)
+                    {
+                        var maskedLine = HostContext.SecretMasker.MaskSecrets(line);
+                        streamWriter.WriteLine(maskedLine);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                var attachmentName = context.Id.ToString();
+
+                Trace.Info($"Queueing file ({filePath}) for attachment upload ({attachmentName})");
+                // Attachments must be added to the parent context (job), not the current context (step)
+                context.Root.QueueAttachFile(ChecksAttachmentType.StepSummary, attachmentName, scrubbedFilePath);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Trace.Error($"Error while processing file ({filePath}): {e}");
+                context.Error($"Failed to create step summary using 'GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY': {e.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }