Release 2.320.1 patch runner with #3548 (#3727)

* Adding Snapshot additional mapping tokens

* Lint failure fixes

* Lint failure fixes - 2

* Lint failure fixes - 3

* Fixed a few nits

* Lint fixes

* Removed unncessary white space

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
     # Upload runner package tar.gz/zip as artifact
     - name: Publish Artifact
       if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: runner-package-${{ matrix.runtime }}
         path: |

.github/workflows/publish-image.yml

@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compute image version
         id: image
         uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        env:
+          RUNNER_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.runnerVersion }}
         with:
           script: |
             const fs = require('fs');
-            const inputRunnerVersion = "${{ github.event.inputs.runnerVersion }}"
+            const inputRunnerVersion = process.env.RUNNER_VERSION;
             if (inputRunnerVersion) {
               console.log(`Using input runner version ${inputRunnerVersion}`)
               core.setOutput('version', inputRunnerVersion);

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -117,12 +117,11 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: _package
 
     # Upload runner package tar.gz/zip as artifact.
-    # Since each package name is unique, so we don't need to put ${{matrix}} info into artifact name
     - name: Publish Artifact
       if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: runner-packages
+        name: runner-packages-${{ matrix.runtime }}
         path: |
           _package
 
@@ -134,10 +133,40 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     # Download runner package tar.gz/zip produced by 'build' job
-    - name: Download Artifact
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+    - name: Download Artifact (win-x64)
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: runner-packages
+        name: runner-packages-win-x64
+        path: ./
+    - name: Download Artifact (win-arm64)
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: runner-packages-win-arm64
+        path: ./
+    - name: Download Artifact (osx-x64)
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: runner-packages-osx-x64
+        path: ./
+    - name: Download Artifact (osx-arm64)
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: runner-packages-osx-arm64
+        path: ./
+    - name: Download Artifact (linux-x64)
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: runner-packages-linux-x64
+        path: ./
+    - name: Download Artifact (linux-arm)
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: runner-packages-linux-arm
+        path: ./
+    - name: Download Artifact (linux-arm64)
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: runner-packages-linux-arm64
         path: ./
 
     # Create ReleaseNote file
@@ -256,54 +285,54 @@ jobs:
         asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
-  publish-image:
-    needs: release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-    env:
-      REGISTRY: ghcr.io
-      IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/actions-runner
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  # publish-image:
+  #   needs: release
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   permissions:
+  #     contents: read
+  #     packages: write
+  #   env:
+  #     REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  #     IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/actions-runner
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Checkout repository
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Compute image version
-        id: image
-        uses: actions/github-script@v6
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const fs = require('fs');
-            const runnerVersion = fs.readFileSync('${{ github.workspace }}/releaseVersion', 'utf8').replace(/\n$/g, '')
-            console.log(`Using runner version ${runnerVersion}`)
-            core.setOutput('version', runnerVersion);
+  #     - name: Compute image version
+  #       id: image
+  #       uses: actions/github-script@v6
+  #       with:
+  #         script: |
+  #           const fs = require('fs');
+  #           const runnerVersion = fs.readFileSync('${{ github.workspace }}/releaseVersion', 'utf8').replace(/\n$/g, '')
+  #           console.log(`Using runner version ${runnerVersion}`)
+  #           core.setOutput('version', runnerVersion);
 
-      - name: Setup Docker buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+  #     - name: Setup Docker buildx
+  #       uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
 
-      - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
-        uses: docker/login-action@v2
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  #     - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+  #       uses: docker/login-action@v2
+  #       with:
+  #         registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+  #         username: ${{ github.actor }}
+  #         password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Build and push Docker image
-        id: build-and-push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
-        with:
-          context: ./images
-          platforms: |
-            linux/amd64
-            linux/arm64
-          tags: |
-            ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
-            ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
-          build-args: |
-            RUNNER_VERSION=${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
-          push: true
-          labels: |
-            org.opencontainers.image.source=${{github.server_url}}/${{github.repository}}
-            org.opencontainers.image.description=https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
-            org.opencontainers.image.licenses=MIT
+  #     - name: Build and push Docker image
+  #       id: build-and-push
+  #       uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
+  #       with:
+  #         context: ./images
+  #         platforms: |
+  #           linux/amd64
+  #           linux/arm64
+  #         tags: |
+  #           ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
+  #           ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
+  #         build-args: |
+  #           RUNNER_VERSION=${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
+  #         push: true
+  #         labels: |
+  #           org.opencontainers.image.source=${{github.server_url}}/${{github.repository}}
+  #           org.opencontainers.image.description=https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/tag/v${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
+  #           org.opencontainers.image.licenses=MIT

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 its own copy of node.js executable under `<runner_root>/externals/node20/`.
+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/node20/`.
+All javascript base Actions will get executed by the built-in `node` at `<runner_root>/externals/node16/`.
 
 > Not the `node` from `$PATH`
 

docs/start/envlinux.md

@@ -4,16 +4,7 @@
 
 ## Supported Distributions and Versions
 
-x64
-  - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7+
-  - CentOS 7+
-  - Oracle Linux 7+
-  - Fedora 29+
-  - Debian 9+
-  - Ubuntu 16.04+
-  - Linux Mint 18+
-  - openSUSE 15+
-  - SUSE Enterprise Linux (SLES) 12 SP2+
+Please see "[Supported architectures and operating systems for self-hosted runners](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/about-self-hosted-runners#linux)."
 
 ## Install .Net Core 3.x Linux Dependencies
 

docs/start/envosx.md

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 ## Supported Versions
 
-  - macOS High Sierra (10.13) and later versions
-  - x64 and arm64 (Apple Silicon)
+Please see "[Supported architectures and operating systems for self-hosted runners](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/about-self-hosted-runners#macos)."
 
 ## [More .Net Core Prerequisites Information](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/macos-prerequisites?tabs=netcore30)

docs/start/envwin.md

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 
 ## Supported Versions
 
- - Windows 7 64-bit
- - Windows 8.1 64-bit
- - Windows 10 64-bit
- - Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit
- - Windows Server 2016 64-bit
- - Windows Server 2019 64-bit
+Please see "[Supported architectures and operating systems for self-hosted runners](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/about-self-hosted-runners#windows)."
 
 ## [More .NET Core Prerequisites Information](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/windows-prerequisites?tabs=netcore30)

images/Dockerfile

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime-deps:6.0-jammy as build
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG RUNNER_VERSION
-ARG RUNNER_CONTAINER_HOOKS_VERSION=0.6.0
-ARG DOCKER_VERSION=25.0.4
-ARG BUILDX_VERSION=0.13.1
+ARG RUNNER_CONTAINER_HOOKS_VERSION=0.6.1
+ARG DOCKER_VERSION=27.1.1
+ARG BUILDX_VERSION=0.16.2
 
 RUN apt update -y && apt install curl unzip -y
 
@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ ENV RUNNER_MANUALLY_TRAP_SIG=1
 ENV ACTIONS_RUNNER_PRINT_LOG_TO_STDOUT=1
 ENV ImageOS=ubuntu22
 
-RUN apt-get update -y \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    sudo \
-    lsb-release \
+# 'gpg-agent' and 'software-properties-common' are needed for the 'add-apt-repository' command that follows
+RUN apt update -y \
+    && apt install -y --no-install-recommends sudo lsb-release gpg-agent software-properties-common curl jq unzip \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Configure git-core/ppa based on guidance here:  https://git-scm.com/download/linux
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa \
+    && apt update -y \
+    && apt install -y --no-install-recommends git
+
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" --uid 1001 runner \
     && groupadd docker --gid 123 \
     && usermod -aG sudo runner \

releaseNote.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ## What's Changed
 
-- Preserve dates when deserializing job message from Run Service by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3269
+- Backport: Expose ENV for cache service v2. https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3548
 
-**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/actions/runner/compare/v2.316.0...v2.316.1
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/actions/runner/compare/v2.320.0...v2.320.1
 
 _Note: Actions Runner follows a progressive release policy, so the latest release might not be available to your enterprise, organization, or repository yet.
 To confirm which version of the Actions Runner you should expect, please view the download instructions for your enterprise, organization, or repository.

releaseVersion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<Update to ./src/runnerversion when creating release>
+2.320.1

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-arm

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-54d95a44d118dba852395991224a6b9c1abe916858c87138656f80c619e85331

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-68015af17f06a824fa478e62ae7393766ce627fd5599ab916432a14656a19a52

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a2628119ca419cb54e279103ffae7986cdbd0814d57c73ff0dc74c38be08b9ae

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/osx-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-de71ca09ead807e1a2ce9df0a5b23eb7690cb71fff51169a77e4c3992be53dda

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/osx-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-d009e05e6b26d614d65be736a15d1bd151932121c16a9ff1b986deadecc982b9

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/win-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-f730db39c2305800b4653795360ba9c10c68f384a46b85d808f1f9f0ed3c42e4

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/win-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a35b5722375490e9473cdcccb5e18b41eba3dbf4344fe31abc9821e21f18ea5a

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-arm

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4bf3e1af0d482af1b2eaf9f08250248a8c1aea8ec20a3c5be116d58cdd930009

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ec1719a8cb4d8687328aa64f4aa7c4e3498a715d8939117874782e3e6e63a14b

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-50538de29f173bb73f708c4ed2c8328a62b8795829b97b2a6cb57197e2305287

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/osx-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a0a96cbb7593643b69e669bf14d7b29b7f27800b3a00bb3305aebe041456c701

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/osx-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6255b22692779467047ecebd60ad46984866d75cdfe10421d593a7b51d620b09

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/win-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6ff1abd055dc35bfbf06f75c2f08908f660346f66ad1d8f81c910068e9ba029d

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/win-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-433a6d748742d12abd20dc2a79b62ac3d9718ae47ef26f8e84dc8c180eea3659

src/Misc/externals.sh

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ PRECACHE=$2
 NODE_URL=https://nodejs.org/dist
 UNOFFICIAL_NODE_URL=https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/download/release
 NODE_ALPINE_URL=https://github.com/actions/alpine_nodejs/releases/download
+# When you update Node versions you must also create a new release of alpine_nodejs at that updated version.
+# Follow the instructions here: https://github.com/actions/alpine_nodejs?tab=readme-ov-file#getting-started
 NODE16_VERSION="16.20.2"
-NODE20_VERSION="20.8.1"
-# used only for win-arm64, remove node16 unofficial version when official version is available
-NODE16_UNOFFICIAL_VERSION="16.20.0"
+NODE20_VERSION="20.13.1"
+NODE16_UNOFFICIAL_VERSION="16.20.0" # used only for win-arm64, remove node16 unofficial version when official version is available
 
 get_abs_path() {
   # exploits the fact that pwd will print abs path when no args

src/Misc/layoutbin/runsvc.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [ -f ".path" ]; then
     echo ".path=${PATH}"
 fi
 
-nodever=${GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCED_NODE_VERSION:-node20}
+nodever=${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

src/Misc/layoutbin/update.sh.template

@@ -135,17 +135,12 @@ if [[ "$currentplatform" == 'darwin'  && restartinteractiverunner -eq 0 ]]; then
     then
         # inspect the open file handles to find the node process
         # we can't actually inspect the process using ps because it uses relative paths and doesn't follow symlinks
-        nodever="node20"
+        nodever="node16"
         path=$(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 node16
+        if [[ $? -ne 0 || -z "$path" ]] # Fallback if RunnerService.js was started with node12
         then
-            nodever="node16"
+            nodever="node12"
             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
         fi
         if [[ $? -eq 0 && -n "$path" ]]
         then

src/Runner.Common/BrokerServer.cs

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 
         public bool ShouldRetryException(Exception ex)
         {
-            if (ex is AccessDeniedException ade && ade.ErrorCode == 1)
+            if (ex is AccessDeniedException ade)
             {
                 return false;
             }

src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             public static readonly string DeprecatedNodeVersion = "node16";
             public static readonly string EnforcedNode12DetectedAfterEndOfLife = "The following actions uses node12 which is deprecated and will be forced to run on node16: {0}. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-13-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node16-instead-of-node12-by-default/";
             public static readonly string EnforcedNode12DetectedAfterEndOfLifeEnvVariable = "Node16ForceActionsWarnings";
-            public static readonly string EnforcedNode16DetectedAfterEndOfLife = "The following actions uses Node.js version which is deprecated and will be forced to run on node20: {0}. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-03-07-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node20-instead-of-node16-by-default/";
+            public static readonly string EnforcedNode16DetectedAfterEndOfLife = "The following actions use a deprecated Node.js version and will be forced to run on node20: {0}. For more info: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-03-07-github-actions-all-actions-will-run-on-node20-instead-of-node16-by-default/";
             public static readonly string EnforcedNode16DetectedAfterEndOfLifeEnvVariable = "Node20ForceActionsWarnings";
 
         }
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             {
                 public static readonly string ToolsDirectory = "agent.ToolsDirectory";
 
-                // Set this env var to "node16" to downgrade the node version for internal functions (e.g hashfiles). This does NOT affect the version of node actions.
+                // 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 readonly string ForcedActionsNodeVersion = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCE_ACTIONS_NODE_VERSION";
                 public static readonly string PrintLogToStdout = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_PRINT_LOG_TO_STDOUT";
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 public static readonly string PhaseDisplayName = "system.phaseDisplayName";
                 public static readonly string JobRequestType = "system.jobRequestType";
                 public static readonly string OrchestrationId = "system.orchestrationId";
+                public static readonly string TestDotNet8Compatibility = "system.testDotNet8Compatibility";
+                public static readonly string DotNet8CompatibilityOutputLength = "system.dotNet8CompatibilityOutputLength";
+                public static readonly string DotNet8CompatibilityOutputPattern = "system.dotNet8CompatibilityOutputPattern";
+                public static readonly string DotNet8CompatibilityWarning = "system.dotNet8CompatibilityWarning";
             }
         }
 

src/Runner.Common/HostContext.cs

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         event EventHandler Unloading;
         void ShutdownRunner(ShutdownReason reason);
         void WritePerfCounter(string counter);
+        void LoadDefaultUserAgents();
     }
 
     public enum StartupType
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         private StartupType _startupType;
         private string _perfFile;
         private RunnerWebProxy _webProxy = new();
+        private string _hostType = string.Empty;
 
         public event EventHandler Unloading;
         public CancellationToken RunnerShutdownToken => _runnerShutdownTokenSource.Token;
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         {
             // Validate args.
             ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(hostType, nameof(hostType));
+            _hostType = hostType;
 
             _loadContext = AssemblyLoadContext.GetLoadContext(typeof(HostContext).GetTypeInfo().Assembly);
             _loadContext.Unloading += LoadContext_Unloading;
@@ -196,6 +199,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 }
             }
 
+            if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY")))
+            {
+                _trace.Warning($"Runner is running under insecure mode: HTTPS server certificate validation has been turned off by GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY environment variable.");
+            }
+
+            LoadDefaultUserAgents();
+        }
+
+        public void LoadDefaultUserAgents()
+        {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(WebProxy.HttpProxyAddress) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(WebProxy.HttpsProxyAddress))
             {
                 _trace.Info($"No proxy settings were found based on environmental variables (http_proxy/https_proxy/HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY)");
@@ -205,11 +218,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue("HttpProxyConfigured", bool.TrueString));
             }
 
-            if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY")))
-            {
-                _trace.Warning($"Runner is running under insecure mode: HTTPS server certificate validation has been turned off by GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY environment variable.");
-            }
-
             var credFile = GetConfigFile(WellKnownConfigFile.Credentials);
             if (File.Exists(credFile))
             {
@@ -244,6 +252,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 _trace.Info($"Adding extra user agent '{extraUserAgentHeader}' to all HTTP requests.");
                 _userAgents.Add(extraUserAgentHeader);
             }
+
+            var currentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
+            _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue("Pid", currentProcess.Id.ToString()));
+            _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue("CreationTime", Uri.EscapeDataString(DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O"))));
+            _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue($"({_hostType})"));
         }
 
         public string GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory directory)

src/Runner.Common/JobServer.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Net.Security;
 using System.Net.WebSockets;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -179,6 +180,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                     userAgentValues.AddRange(UserAgentUtility.GetDefaultRestUserAgent());
                     userAgentValues.AddRange(HostContext.UserAgents);
                     this._websocketClient.Options.SetRequestHeader("User-Agent", string.Join(" ", userAgentValues.Select(x => x.ToString())));
+                    if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY")))
+                    {
+                        this._websocketClient.Options.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback = (_, _, _, _) => true;
+                    }
 
                     this._websocketConnectTask = ConnectWebSocketClient(feedStreamUrl, delay);
                 }

src/Runner.Common/JobServerQueue.cs

@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 
         private void SendResultsTelemetry(Exception ex)
         {
-            var issue = new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Warning, Message = $"Caught exception with results. {ex.Message}" };
+            var issue = new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Warning, Message = $"Caught exception with results. {HostContext.SecretMasker.MaskSecrets(ex.Message)}" };
             issue.Data[Constants.Runner.InternalTelemetryIssueDataKey] = Constants.Runner.ResultsUploadFailure;
 
             var telemetryRecord = new TimelineRecord()
@@ -709,7 +709,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                             {
                                 Trace.Info("Catch exception during update steps, skip update Results.");
                                 Trace.Error(e);
-                                if (!_resultsServiceOnly)
+                                _resultsServiceExceptionsCount++;
+                                // If we hit any exceptions uploading to Results, let's skip any additional uploads to Results unless Results is serving logs
+                                if (!_resultsServiceOnly && _resultsServiceExceptionsCount > 3)
                                 {
                                     _resultsClientInitiated = false;
                                     SendResultsTelemetry(e);

src/Runner.Common/LaunchServer.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using GitHub.Services.Launch.Client;
-using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 {
@@ -23,8 +24,21 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 
         public void InitializeLaunchClient(Uri uri, string token)
         {
-            var httpMessageHandler = HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler();
-            this._launchClient = new LaunchHttpClient(uri, httpMessageHandler, token, disposeHandler: true);
+            // Using default 100 timeout
+            RawClientHttpRequestSettings settings = VssUtil.GetHttpRequestSettings(null);
+
+            // Create retry handler
+            IEnumerable<DelegatingHandler> delegatingHandlers = new List<DelegatingHandler>();
+            if (settings.MaxRetryRequest > 0)
+            {
+                delegatingHandlers = new DelegatingHandler[] { new VssHttpRetryMessageHandler(settings.MaxRetryRequest) };
+            }
+
+            // Setup RawHttpMessageHandler without credentials
+            var httpMessageHandler = new RawHttpMessageHandler(new NoOpCredentials(null), settings);
+            var pipeline = HttpClientFactory.CreatePipeline(httpMessageHandler, delegatingHandlers);
+
+            this._launchClient = new LaunchHttpClient(uri, pipeline, token, disposeHandler: true);
         }
 
         public Task<ActionDownloadInfoCollection> ResolveActionsDownloadInfoAsync(Guid planId, Guid jobId, ActionReferenceList actionReferenceList,

src/Runner.Common/RunServer.cs

@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             CheckConnection();
             return RetryRequest<AgentJobRequestMessage>(
                 async () => await _runServiceHttpClient.GetJobMessageAsync(requestUri, id, VarUtil.OS, cancellationToken), cancellationToken,
-                shouldRetry: ex => ex is not TaskOrchestrationJobAlreadyAcquiredException);
+                shouldRetry: ex =>
+                    ex is not TaskOrchestrationJobNotFoundException &&          // HTTP status 404
+                    ex is not TaskOrchestrationJobAlreadyAcquiredException &&   // HTTP status 409
+                    ex is not TaskOrchestrationJobUnprocessableException);      // HTTP status 422
         }
 
         public Task CompleteJobAsync(

src/Runner.Common/Util/NodeUtil.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Util
 {
     public static class NodeUtil
     {
-        private const string _defaultNodeVersion = "node20";
+        private const string _defaultNodeVersion = "node16";
         public static readonly ReadOnlyCollection<string> BuiltInNodeVersions = new(new[] { "node16", "node20" });
         public static string GetInternalNodeVersion()
         {

src/Runner.Listener/BrokerMessageListener.cs

@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 Version = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version,
                 OSDescription = RuntimeInformation.OSDescription,
             };
-            string sessionName = $"{Environment.MachineName ?? "RUNNER"}";
+            var currentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
+            string sessionName = $"{Environment.MachineName ?? "RUNNER"} (PID: {currentProcess.Id})";
             var taskAgentSession = new TaskAgentSession(sessionName, agent);
 
             string errorMessage = string.Empty;

src/Runner.Listener/ErrorThrottler.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
+
+namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
+{
+    [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(ErrorThrottler))]
+    public interface IErrorThrottler : IRunnerService
+    {
+        void Reset();
+        Task IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken token);
+    }
+
+    public sealed class ErrorThrottler : RunnerService, IErrorThrottler
+    {
+        internal static readonly TimeSpan MinBackoff = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+        internal static readonly TimeSpan MaxBackoff = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1);
+        internal static readonly TimeSpan BackoffCoefficient = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+        private int _count = 0;
+
+        public void Reset()
+        {
+            _count = 0;
+        }
+
+        public async Task IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            if (++_count <= 1)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            TimeSpan backoff = BackoffTimerHelper.GetExponentialBackoff(
+                attempt: _count - 2, // 0-based attempt
+                minBackoff: MinBackoff,
+                maxBackoff: MaxBackoff,
+                deltaBackoff: BackoffCoefficient);
+            Trace.Warning($"Back off {backoff.TotalSeconds} seconds before next attempt. Current consecutive error count: {_count}");
+            await HostContext.Delay(backoff, token);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Runner.Listener/MessageListener.cs

@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 Version = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version,
                 OSDescription = RuntimeInformation.OSDescription,
             };
-            string sessionName = $"{Environment.MachineName ?? "RUNNER"}";
+            var currentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
+            string sessionName = $"{Environment.MachineName ?? "RUNNER"} (PID: {currentProcess.Id})";
             var taskAgentSession = new TaskAgentSession(sessionName, agent);
 
             string errorMessage = string.Empty;

src/Runner.Listener/Runner.cs

@@ -32,10 +32,25 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         private bool _inConfigStage;
         private ManualResetEvent _completedCommand = new(false);
 
+        // <summary>
+        // Helps avoid excessive calls to Run Service when encountering non-retriable errors from /acquirejob.
+        // Normally we rely on the HTTP clients to back off between retry attempts. However, acquiring a job
+        // involves calls to both Run Serivce and Broker. And Run Service and Broker communicate with each other
+        // in an async fashion.
+        //
+        // When Run Service encounters a non-retriable error, it sends an async message to Broker. The runner will,
+        // however, immediately call Broker to get the next message. If the async event from Run Service to Broker
+        // has not yet been processed, the next message from Broker may be the same job message.
+        //
+        // The error throttler helps us back off when encountering successive, non-retriable errors from /acquirejob.
+        // </summary>
+        private IErrorThrottler _acquireJobThrottler;
+
         public override void Initialize(IHostContext hostContext)
         {
             base.Initialize(hostContext);
             _term = HostContext.GetService<ITerminal>();
+            _acquireJobThrottler = HostContext.CreateService<IErrorThrottler>();
         }
 
         public async Task<int> ExecuteCommand(CommandSettings command)
@@ -222,6 +237,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                             File.SetAttributes(configFile, File.GetAttributes(configFile) | FileAttributes.Hidden);
                             Trace.Info($"Saved {configContent.Length} bytes to '{configFile}'.");
                         }
+
+                        // make sure we have the right user agent data added from the jitconfig
+                        HostContext.LoadDefaultUserAgents();
+                        VssUtil.InitializeVssClientSettings(HostContext.UserAgents, HostContext.WebProxy);
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex)
                     {
@@ -563,13 +582,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                         await runServer.ConnectAsync(new Uri(messageRef.RunServiceUrl), creds);
                                         try
                                         {
-                                            jobRequestMessage =
-                                            await runServer.GetJobMessageAsync(messageRef.RunnerRequestId,
-                                            messageQueueLoopTokenSource.Token);
+                                            jobRequestMessage = await runServer.GetJobMessageAsync(messageRef.RunnerRequestId, messageQueueLoopTokenSource.Token);
+                                            _acquireJobThrottler.Reset();
                                         }
-                                        catch (TaskOrchestrationJobAlreadyAcquiredException)
+                                        catch (Exception ex) when (
+                                            ex is TaskOrchestrationJobNotFoundException ||          // HTTP status 404
+                                            ex is TaskOrchestrationJobAlreadyAcquiredException ||   // HTTP status 409
+                                            ex is TaskOrchestrationJobUnprocessableException)       // HTTP status 422
                                         {
-                                            Trace.Info("Job is already acquired, skip this message.");
+                                            Trace.Info($"Skipping message Job. {ex.Message}");
+                                            await _acquireJobThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(messageQueueLoopTokenSource.Token);
                                             continue;
                                         }
                                         catch (Exception ex)

src/Runner.Worker/ActionManager.cs

@@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             int timeoutSeconds = 20 * 60;
             while (retryCount < 3)
             {
+                string requestId = string.Empty;
                 using (var actionDownloadTimeout = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeoutSeconds)))
                 using (var actionDownloadCancellation = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(actionDownloadTimeout.Token, executionContext.CancellationToken))
                 {
@@ -1117,7 +1118,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                             httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.AddRange(HostContext.UserAgents);
                             using (var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(downloadUrl))
                             {
-                                var requestId = UrlUtil.GetGitHubRequestId(response.Headers);
+                                requestId = UrlUtil.GetGitHubRequestId(response.Headers);
                                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(requestId))
                                 {
                                     Trace.Info($"Request URL: {downloadUrl} X-GitHub-Request-Id: {requestId} Http Status: {response.StatusCode}");
@@ -1155,7 +1156,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     catch (OperationCanceledException ex) when (!executionContext.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested && retryCount >= 2)
                     {
                         Trace.Info($"Action download final retry timeout after {timeoutSeconds} seconds.");
-                        throw new TimeoutException($"Action '{downloadUrl}' download has timed out. Error: {ex.Message}");
+                        throw new TimeoutException($"Action '{downloadUrl}' download has timed out. Error: {ex.Message} {requestId}");
                     }
                     catch (ActionNotFoundException)
                     {
@@ -1170,11 +1171,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                         if (actionDownloadTimeout.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
                         {
                             // action download didn't finish within timeout
-                            executionContext.Warning($"Action '{downloadUrl}' didn't finish download within {timeoutSeconds} seconds.");
+                            executionContext.Warning($"Action '{downloadUrl}' didn't finish download within {timeoutSeconds} seconds. {requestId}");
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                            executionContext.Warning($"Failed to download action '{downloadUrl}'. Error: {ex.Message}");
+                            executionContext.Warning($"Failed to download action '{downloadUrl}'. Error: {ex.Message} {requestId}");
                         }
                     }
                 }

src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ 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, 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, TimeSpan? timeout = 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, List<Issue> embeddedIssueCollector = null, CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = null, Guid embeddedId = default(Guid), string siblingScopeName = null, TimeSpan? timeout = null);
         IExecutionContext CreateEmbeddedChild(string scopeName, string contextName, Guid embeddedId, ActionRunStage stage, Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null, string siblingScopeName = null);
 
         // logging
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         private readonly TimelineRecord _record = new();
         private readonly Dictionary<Guid, TimelineRecord> _detailRecords = new();
-        private readonly List<Issue> _embeddedIssueCollector;
         private readonly object _loggerLock = new();
         private readonly object _matchersLock = new();
         private readonly ExecutionContext _parentExecutionContext;
@@ -154,6 +153,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         private CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource;
         private TaskCompletionSource<int> _forceCompleted = new();
         private bool _throttlingReported = false;
+        private List<Issue> _embeddedIssueCollector;
 
         // only job level ExecutionContext will track throttling delay.
         private long _totalThrottlingDelayInMilliseconds = 0;
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             int? recordOrder = null,
             IPagingLogger logger = null,
             bool isEmbedded = false,
+            List<Issue> embeddedIssueCollector = null,
             CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource = null,
             Guid embeddedId = default(Guid),
             string siblingScopeName = null,
@@ -365,6 +366,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             var child = new ExecutionContext(this, isEmbedded);
             child.Initialize(HostContext);
+            if ((Global.Variables.GetBoolean("RunService.FixEmbeddedIssues") ?? false) && embeddedIssueCollector != null)
+            {
+                child._embeddedIssueCollector = embeddedIssueCollector;
+            }
             child.Global = Global;
             child.ScopeName = scopeName;
             child.ContextName = contextName;
@@ -433,7 +438,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             Dictionary<string, string> intraActionState = null,
             string siblingScopeName = null)
         {
-            return Root.CreateChild(_record.Id, _record.Name, _record.Id.ToString("N"), scopeName, contextName, stage, logger: _logger, isEmbedded: true, cancellationTokenSource: null, intraActionState: intraActionState, embeddedId: embeddedId, siblingScopeName: siblingScopeName, timeout: GetRemainingTimeout(), recordOrder: _record.Order);
+            return Root.CreateChild(_record.Id, _record.Name, _record.Id.ToString("N"), scopeName, contextName, stage, logger: _logger, isEmbedded: true, embeddedIssueCollector: _embeddedIssueCollector, cancellationTokenSource: null, intraActionState: intraActionState, embeddedId: embeddedId, siblingScopeName: siblingScopeName, timeout: GetRemainingTimeout(), recordOrder: _record.Order);
         }
 
         public void Start(string currentOperation = null)
@@ -520,7 +525,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 Global.StepsResult.Add(stepResult);
             }
 
-
             if (Root != this)
             {
                 // only dispose TokenSource for step level ExecutionContext

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/NodeScriptActionHandler.cs

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                 Environment["ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL"] = resultsUrl;
             }
 
+            if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("actions_uses_cache_service_v2") ?? false)
+            {
+                Environment["ACTIONS_CACHE_SERVICE_V2"] = bool.TrueString;
+            }
+
             // Resolve the target script.
             string target = null;
             if (stage == ActionRunStage.Main)
@@ -93,7 +98,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                 ExecutionContext.StepTelemetry.HasPreStep = Data.HasPre;
                 ExecutionContext.StepTelemetry.HasPostStep = Data.HasPost;
             }
-            ExecutionContext.StepTelemetry.Type = Data.NodeVersion;
 
             ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(target, nameof(target));
             target = Path.Combine(ActionDirectory, target);
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                 Data.NodeVersion = "node20";
             }
             var nodeRuntimeVersion = await StepHost.DetermineNodeRuntimeVersion(ExecutionContext, Data.NodeVersion);
+            ExecutionContext.StepTelemetry.Type = nodeRuntimeVersion;
             string file = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), nodeRuntimeVersion, "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
 
             // Format the arguments passed to node.

src/Runner.Worker/JobExtension.cs

@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                         }
                     }
 
+                    // Check OS warning
+                    var osWarningChecker = HostContext.GetService<IOSWarningChecker>();
+                    await osWarningChecker.CheckOSAsync(context);
+
                     try
                     {
                         var tokenPermissions = jobContext.Global.Variables.Get("system.github.token.permissions") ?? "";
@@ -399,7 +403,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                         var snapshotOperationProvider = HostContext.GetService<ISnapshotOperationProvider>();
                         jobContext.RegisterPostJobStep(new JobExtensionRunner(
                             runAsync: (executionContext, _) => snapshotOperationProvider.CreateSnapshotRequestAsync(executionContext, snapshotRequest),
-                            condition: $"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Success}()",
+                            condition: snapshotRequest.Condition,
                             displayName: $"Create custom image",
                             data: null));
                     }

src/Runner.Worker/OSWarningChecker.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+
+namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
+{
+    [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(OSWarningChecker))]
+    public interface IOSWarningChecker : IRunnerService
+    {
+        Task CheckOSAsync(IExecutionContext context);
+    }
+
+    public sealed class OSWarningChecker : RunnerService, IOSWarningChecker
+    {
+        private static TimeSpan s_regexTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+
+        public async Task CheckOSAsync(IExecutionContext context)
+        {
+            ArgUtil.NotNull(context, nameof(context));
+            if (!context.Global.Variables.System_TestDotNet8Compatibility)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            context.Output("Testing runner upgrade compatibility");
+            List<string> output = new();
+            object outputLock = new();
+            try
+            {
+                using (var process = HostContext.CreateService<IProcessInvoker>())
+                {
+                    process.OutputDataReceived += delegate (object sender, ProcessDataReceivedEventArgs stdout)
+                    {
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(stdout.Data))
+                        {
+                            lock (outputLock)
+                            {
+                                output.Add(stdout.Data);
+                                Trace.Info(stdout.Data);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    };
+
+                    process.ErrorDataReceived += delegate (object sender, ProcessDataReceivedEventArgs stderr)
+                    {
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(stderr.Data))
+                        {
+                            lock (outputLock)
+                            {
+                                output.Add(stderr.Data);
+                                Trace.Error(stderr.Data);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    };
+
+                    using (var cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10)))
+                    {
+                        int exitCode = await process.ExecuteAsync(
+                            workingDirectory: HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root),
+                            fileName: Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin), "testDotNet8Compatibility", $"TestDotNet8Compatibility{IOUtil.ExeExtension}"),
+                            arguments: string.Empty,
+                            environment: null,
+                            cancellationToken: cancellationTokenSource.Token);
+
+                        var outputStr = string.Join("\n", output).Trim();
+                        if (exitCode != 0 || !string.Equals(outputStr, "Hello from .NET 8!", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                        {
+                            var pattern = context.Global.Variables.System_DotNet8CompatibilityOutputPattern;
+                            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(pattern))
+                            {
+                                var regex = new Regex(pattern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant, s_regexTimeout);
+                                if (!regex.IsMatch(outputStr))
+                                {
+                                    return;
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            var warningMessage = context.Global.Variables.System_DotNet8CompatibilityWarning;
+                            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(warningMessage))
+                            {
+                                context.Warning(warningMessage);
+                            }
+
+                            context.Global.JobTelemetry.Add(new JobTelemetry() { Type = JobTelemetryType.General, Message = $".NET 8 OS compatibility test failed with exit code '{exitCode}' and output: {GetShortOutput(context, output)}" });
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Trace.Error("An error occurred while testing .NET 8 compatibility'");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
+                context.Global.JobTelemetry.Add(new JobTelemetry() { Type = JobTelemetryType.General, Message = $".NET 8 OS compatibility test encountered exception type '{ex.GetType().FullName}', message: '{ex.Message}', process output: '{GetShortOutput(context, output)}'" });
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static string GetShortOutput(IExecutionContext context, List<string> output)
+        {
+            var length = context.Global.Variables.System_DotNet8CompatibilityOutputLength ?? 200;
+            var outputStr = string.Join("\n", output).Trim();
+            return outputStr.Length > length ? string.Concat(outputStr.Substring(0, length), "[...]") : outputStr;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Runner.Worker/Variables.cs

@@ -72,8 +72,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         public bool? Step_Debug => GetBoolean(Constants.Variables.Actions.StepDebug);
 
+        public string System_DotNet8CompatibilityWarning => Get(Constants.Variables.System.DotNet8CompatibilityWarning);
+
+        public string System_DotNet8CompatibilityOutputPattern => Get(Constants.Variables.System.DotNet8CompatibilityOutputPattern);
+
+        public int? System_DotNet8CompatibilityOutputLength => GetInt(Constants.Variables.System.DotNet8CompatibilityOutputLength);
+
         public string System_PhaseDisplayName => Get(Constants.Variables.System.PhaseDisplayName);
 
+        public bool System_TestDotNet8Compatibility => GetBoolean(Constants.Variables.System.TestDotNet8Compatibility) ?? false;
+
         public string Get(string name)
         {
             Variable variable;

src/Sdk/DTPipelines/Pipelines/ObjectTemplating/PipelineTemplateConstants.cs

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating
         public const String If = "if";
         public const String Image = "image";
         public const String ImageName = "image-name";
+        public const String CustomImageVersion = "version";
         public const String Include = "include";
         public const String Inputs = "inputs";
         public const String Job = "job";

src/Sdk/DTPipelines/Pipelines/ObjectTemplating/PipelineTemplateConverter.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Expressions2;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Expressions2.Sdk;
@@ -349,6 +350,10 @@ namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating
         internal static Snapshot ConvertToJobSnapshotRequest(TemplateContext context, TemplateToken token)
         {
             string imageName = null;
+            string version = "1.*";
+            string versionString = string.Empty;
+            var condition = $"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Success}()";
+
             if (token is StringToken snapshotStringLiteral)
             {
                 imageName = snapshotStringLiteral.Value;
@@ -359,11 +364,19 @@ namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating
                 foreach (var snapshotPropertyPair in snapshotMapping)
                 {
                     var propertyName = snapshotPropertyPair.Key.AssertString($"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Snapshot} key");
+                    var propertyValue = snapshotPropertyPair.Value;
                     switch (propertyName.Value)
                     {
                         case PipelineTemplateConstants.ImageName:
                             imageName = snapshotPropertyPair.Value.AssertString($"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Snapshot} {propertyName}").Value;
                             break;
+                        case PipelineTemplateConstants.If:
+                            condition = ConvertToIfCondition(context, propertyValue, false);
+                            break;
+                        case PipelineTemplateConstants.CustomImageVersion:
+                            versionString = propertyValue.AssertString($"job {PipelineTemplateConstants.Snapshot} {PipelineTemplateConstants.CustomImageVersion}").Value;
+                            version = IsSnapshotImageVersionValid(versionString) ? versionString : null;
+                            break;
                         default:
                             propertyName.AssertUnexpectedValue($"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Snapshot} key");
                             break;
@@ -376,7 +389,26 @@ namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating
                 return null;
             }
 
-            return new Snapshot(imageName);
+            return new Snapshot(imageName)
+            {
+                Condition = condition,
+                Version = version
+            };
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsSnapshotImageVersionValid(string versionString)
+        {
+            var versionSegments = versionString.Split(".");
+
+            if (versionSegments.Length != 2 ||
+                !versionSegments[1].Equals("*") ||
+                !Int32.TryParse(versionSegments[0], NumberStyles.None, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, result: out int parsedMajor) ||
+                parsedMajor < 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
         }
 
         private static ActionStep ConvertToStep(

src/Sdk/DTPipelines/Pipelines/Snapshot.cs

@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating.Tokens;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating;
 
 namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines
 {
     [DataContract]
     public class Snapshot
     {
-        public Snapshot(string imageName)
+        public Snapshot(string imageName, string condition = null, string version = null)
         {
             ImageName = imageName;
+            Condition = condition ?? $"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Success}()";
+            Version = version ?? "1.*";
         }
 
         [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
         public String ImageName { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public String Condition { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public String Version { get; set; }
     }
 }

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

@@ -169,11 +169,28 @@
           "image-name": {
             "type": "non-empty-string",
             "required": true
+          },
+          "if": "snapshot-if",
+          "version": {
+            "type": "non-empty-string",
+            "required": false
           }
         }
       }
     },
 
+    "snapshot-if": {
+      "context": [
+        "github",
+        "inputs",
+        "vars",
+        "needs",
+        "strategy",
+        "matrix"
+      ],
+      "string": {}
+    },
+
     "runs-on": {
       "context": [
         "github",

src/Sdk/DTWebApi/WebApi/Exceptions.cs

@@ -1539,6 +1539,26 @@ namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi
         }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
+    [ExceptionMapping("0.0", "3.0", "TaskOrchestrationJobUnprocessableException", "GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi.TaskOrchestrationJobUnprocessableException, GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
+    public sealed class TaskOrchestrationJobUnprocessableException : DistributedTaskException
+    {
+        public TaskOrchestrationJobUnprocessableException(String message)
+            : base(message)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public TaskOrchestrationJobUnprocessableException(String message, Exception innerException)
+            : base(message, innerException)
+        {
+        }
+
+        private TaskOrchestrationJobUnprocessableException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
+            : base(info, context)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
     [Serializable]
     [ExceptionMapping("0.0", "3.0", "TaskOrchestrationPlanSecurityException", "GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi.TaskOrchestrationPlanSecurityException, GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi, Version=14.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a")]
     public sealed class TaskOrchestrationPlanSecurityException : DistributedTaskException

src/Sdk/RSWebApi/Contracts/BrokerError.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
+{
+    [DataContract]
+    public class BrokerError
+    {
+        [DataMember(Name = "source", EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public string Source { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "errorKind", EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public string ErrorKind { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "statusCode", EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public int StatusCode { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "errorMessage", EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public string Message { get; set; }
+    }
+}

src/Sdk/RSWebApi/Contracts/BrokerErrorKind.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
+{
+    [DataContract]
+    public class BrokerErrorKind
+    {
+        public const string RunnerVersionTooOld = "RunnerVersionTooOld";
+    }
+}

src/Sdk/RSWebApi/Contracts/RunServiceError.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
+{
+    [DataContract]
+    public class RunServiceError
+    {
+        [DataMember(Name = "source", EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public string Source { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "statusCode", EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public int Code { get; set; }
+
+        [DataMember(Name = "errorMessage", EmitDefaultValue = false)]
+        public string Message { get; set; }
+    }
+}

src/Sdk/RSWebApi/RunServiceHttpClient.cs

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
                 httpMethod,
                 requestUri: requestUri,
                 content: requestContent,
+                readErrorBody: true,
                 cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
 
             if (result.IsSuccess)
@@ -93,14 +94,26 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
                 return result.Value;
             }
 
-            switch (result.StatusCode)
+            if (TryParseErrorBody(result.ErrorBody, out RunServiceError error))
             {
-                case HttpStatusCode.NotFound:
-                    throw new TaskOrchestrationJobNotFoundException($"Job message not found: {messageId}");
-                case HttpStatusCode.Conflict:
-                    throw new TaskOrchestrationJobAlreadyAcquiredException($"Job message already acquired: {messageId}");
-                default:
-                    throw new Exception($"Failed to get job message: {result.Error}");
+                switch ((HttpStatusCode)error.Code)
+                {
+                    case HttpStatusCode.NotFound:
+                        throw new TaskOrchestrationJobNotFoundException($"Job message not found '{messageId}'. {error.Message}");
+                    case HttpStatusCode.Conflict:
+                        throw new TaskOrchestrationJobAlreadyAcquiredException($"Job message already acquired '{messageId}'. {error.Message}");
+                    case HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity:
+                        throw new TaskOrchestrationJobUnprocessableException($"Unprocessable job '{messageId}'. {error.Message}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(result.ErrorBody))
+            {
+                throw new Exception($"Failed to get job message: {result.Error}. {Truncate(result.ErrorBody)}");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new Exception($"Failed to get job message: {result.Error}");
             }
         }
 
@@ -108,7 +121,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
             Uri requestUri,
             Guid planId,
             Guid jobId,
-            TaskResult result,
+            TaskResult conclusion,
             Dictionary<String, VariableValue> outputs,
             IList<StepResult> stepResults,
             IList<Annotation> jobAnnotations,
@@ -120,7 +133,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
             {
                 PlanID = planId,
                 JobID = jobId,
-                Conclusion = result,
+                Conclusion = conclusion,
                 Outputs = outputs,
                 StepResults = stepResults,
                 Annotations = jobAnnotations,
@@ -130,22 +143,32 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
             requestUri = new Uri(requestUri, "completejob");
 
             var requestContent = new ObjectContent<CompleteJobRequest>(payload, new VssJsonMediaTypeFormatter(true));
-            var response = await SendAsync(
+            var result = await Send2Async(
                     httpMethod,
                     requestUri,
                     content: requestContent,
                     cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
-            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            if (result.IsSuccess)
             {
                 return;
             }
 
-            switch (response.StatusCode)
+            if (TryParseErrorBody(result.ErrorBody, out RunServiceError error))
             {
-                case HttpStatusCode.NotFound:
-                    throw new TaskOrchestrationJobNotFoundException($"Job not found: {jobId}");
-                default:
-                    throw new Exception($"Failed to complete job: {response.ReasonPhrase}");
+                switch ((HttpStatusCode)error.Code)
+                {
+                    case HttpStatusCode.NotFound:
+                        throw new TaskOrchestrationJobNotFoundException($"Job not found: {jobId}. {error.Message}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(result.ErrorBody))
+            {
+                throw new Exception($"Failed to complete job: {result.Error}. {Truncate(result.ErrorBody)}");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new Exception($"Failed to complete job: {result.Error}");
             }
         }
 
@@ -169,6 +192,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
                 httpMethod,
                 requestUri,
                 content: requestContent,
+                readErrorBody: true,
                 cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
 
             if (result.IsSuccess)
@@ -176,12 +200,22 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
                 return result.Value;
             }
 
-            switch (result.StatusCode)
+            if (TryParseErrorBody(result.ErrorBody, out RunServiceError error))
             {
-                case HttpStatusCode.NotFound:
-                    throw new TaskOrchestrationJobNotFoundException($"Job not found: {jobId}");
-                default:
-                    throw new Exception($"Failed to renew job: {result.Error}");
+                switch ((HttpStatusCode)error.Code)
+                {
+                    case HttpStatusCode.NotFound:
+                        throw new TaskOrchestrationJobNotFoundException($"Job not found: {jobId}. {error.Message}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(result.ErrorBody))
+            {
+                throw new Exception($"Failed to renew job: {result.Error}. {Truncate(result.ErrorBody)}");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new Exception($"Failed to renew job: {result.Error}");
             }
         }
 
@@ -190,5 +224,36 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
             var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, s_serializerSettings);
         }
+
+        private static bool TryParseErrorBody(string errorBody, out RunServiceError error)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorBody))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    error = JsonUtility.FromString<RunServiceError>(errorBody);
+                    if (error?.Source == "actions-run-service")
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                }
+            }
+
+            error = null;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private static string Truncate(string errorBody)
+        {
+            if (errorBody.Length > 100)
+            {
+                return errorBody.Substring(0, 100) + "[truncated]";
+            }
+
+            return errorBody;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Sdk/WebApi/WebApi/BrokerHttpClient.cs

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
                 new HttpMethod("GET"),
                 requestUri: requestUri,
                 queryParameters: queryParams,
+                readErrorBody: true,
                 cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
 
             if (result.IsSuccess)
@@ -110,8 +111,21 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
                 return result.Value;
             }
 
-            // the only time we throw a `Forbidden` exception from Listener /messages is when the runner is
-            // disable_update and is too old to poll
+            if (TryParseErrorBody(result.ErrorBody, out BrokerError brokerError))
+            {
+                switch (brokerError.ErrorKind)
+                {
+                    case BrokerErrorKind.RunnerVersionTooOld:
+                        throw new AccessDeniedException(brokerError.Message)
+                        {
+                            ErrorCode = 1
+                        };
+                    default:
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // temporary back compat
             if (result.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Forbidden)
             {
                 throw new AccessDeniedException($"{result.Error} Runner version v{runnerVersion} is deprecated and cannot receive messages.")
@@ -120,7 +134,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
                 };
             }
 
-            throw new Exception($"Failed to get job message: {result.Error}");
+            throw new Exception($"Failed to get job message. Request to {requestUri} failed with status: {result.StatusCode}. Error message {result.Error}");
         }
 
         public async Task<TaskAgentSession> CreateSessionAsync(
@@ -172,5 +186,26 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
 
             throw new Exception($"Failed to delete broker session: {result.Error}");
         }
+
+        private static bool TryParseErrorBody(string errorBody, out BrokerError error)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorBody))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    error = JsonUtility.FromString<BrokerError>(errorBody);
+                    if (error?.Source == "actions-broker-listener")
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                }
+            }
+
+            error = null;
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Sdk/WebApi/WebApi/RawHttpClientBase.cs

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace Sdk.WebApi.WebApi
             }
         }
 
-        protected Task<RawHttpClientResult<T>> SendAsync<T>(
+        protected async Task<RawHttpClientResult> Send2Async(
             HttpMethod method,
             Uri requestUri,
             HttpContent content = null,
@@ -109,7 +109,47 @@ namespace Sdk.WebApi.WebApi
             Object userState = null,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
         {
-            return SendAsync<T>(method, null, requestUri, content, queryParameters, userState, cancellationToken);
+            using (var response = await SendAsync(method, requestUri, content, queryParameters, userState, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                {
+                    return new RawHttpClientResult(
+                        isSuccess: true,
+                        error: string.Empty,
+                        statusCode: response.StatusCode);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    var errorBody = default(string);
+                    try
+                    {
+                        errorBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        errorBody = $"Error reading HTTP response body: {ex.Message}";
+                    }
+
+                    string errorMessage = $"Error: {response.ReasonPhrase}";
+                    return new RawHttpClientResult(
+                        isSuccess: false,
+                        error: errorMessage,
+                        statusCode: response.StatusCode,
+                        errorBody: errorBody);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        protected Task<RawHttpClientResult<T>> SendAsync<T>(
+            HttpMethod method,
+            Uri requestUri,
+            HttpContent content = null,
+            IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<String, String>> queryParameters = null,
+            Boolean readErrorBody = false,
+            Object userState = null,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
+        {
+            return SendAsync<T>(method, null, requestUri, content, queryParameters, readErrorBody, userState, cancellationToken);
         }
 
         protected async Task<RawHttpClientResult<T>> SendAsync<T>(
@@ -118,18 +158,20 @@ namespace Sdk.WebApi.WebApi
             Uri requestUri,
             HttpContent content = null,
             IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<String, String>> queryParameters = null,
+            Boolean readErrorBody = false,
             Object userState = null,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
         {
             using (VssTraceActivity.GetOrCreate().EnterCorrelationScope())
             using (HttpRequestMessage requestMessage = CreateRequestMessage(method, additionalHeaders, requestUri, content, queryParameters))
             {
-                return await SendAsync<T>(requestMessage, userState, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return await SendAsync<T>(requestMessage, readErrorBody, userState, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
 
         protected async Task<RawHttpClientResult<T>> SendAsync<T>(
             HttpRequestMessage message,
+            Boolean readErrorBody = false,
             Object userState = null,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
         {
@@ -145,8 +187,21 @@ namespace Sdk.WebApi.WebApi
                 }
                 else
                 {
+                    var errorBody = default(string);
+                    if (readErrorBody)
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            errorBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception ex)
+                        {
+                            errorBody = $"Error reading HTTP response body: {ex.Message}";
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     string errorMessage = $"Error: {response.ReasonPhrase}";
-                    return RawHttpClientResult<T>.Fail(errorMessage, response.StatusCode);
+                    return RawHttpClientResult<T>.Fail(errorMessage, response.StatusCode, errorBody);
                 }
             }
         }

src/Sdk/WebApi/WebApi/RawHttpClientResult.cs

@@ -5,15 +5,27 @@ namespace Sdk.WebApi.WebApi
     public class RawHttpClientResult
     {
         public bool IsSuccess { get; protected set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A description of the HTTP status code, like "Error: Unprocessable Entity"
+        /// </summary>
         public string Error { get; protected set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The HTTP response body for unsuccessful HTTP status codes, or an error message when reading the response body fails.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string ErrorBody { get; protected set; }
+
         public HttpStatusCode StatusCode { get; protected set; }
+
         public bool IsFailure => !IsSuccess;
 
-        protected RawHttpClientResult(bool isSuccess, string error, HttpStatusCode statusCode)
+        public RawHttpClientResult(bool isSuccess, string error, HttpStatusCode statusCode, string errorBody = null)
         {
             IsSuccess = isSuccess;
             Error = error;
             StatusCode = statusCode;
+            ErrorBody = errorBody;
         }
     }
 
@@ -21,13 +33,13 @@ namespace Sdk.WebApi.WebApi
     {
         public T Value { get; private set; }
 
-        protected internal RawHttpClientResult(T value, bool isSuccess, string error, HttpStatusCode statusCode)
-            : base(isSuccess, error, statusCode)
+        protected internal RawHttpClientResult(T value, bool isSuccess, string error, HttpStatusCode statusCode, string errorBody)
+            : base(isSuccess, error, statusCode, errorBody)
         {
             Value = value;
         }
 
-        public static RawHttpClientResult<T> Fail(string message, HttpStatusCode statusCode) => new RawHttpClientResult<T>(default(T), false, message, statusCode);
-        public static RawHttpClientResult<T> Ok(T value) => new RawHttpClientResult<T>(value, true, string.Empty, HttpStatusCode.OK);
+        public static RawHttpClientResult<T> Fail(string message, HttpStatusCode statusCode, string errorBody) => new RawHttpClientResult<T>(default(T), false, message, statusCode, errorBody);
+        public static RawHttpClientResult<T> Ok(T value) => new RawHttpClientResult<T>(value, true, string.Empty, HttpStatusCode.OK, null);
     }
 }

src/Test/L0/CommandLineParserL0.cs

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                 trace.Info("Parsed");
 
                 trace.Info("Commands: {0}", clp.Commands.Count);
-                Assert.True(clp.Commands.Count == 2);
+                Assert.Equal(2, clp.Commands.Count);
             }
         }
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                 trace.Info("Parsed");
 
                 trace.Info("Args: {0}", clp.Args.Count);
-                Assert.True(clp.Args.Count == 2);
+                Assert.Equal(2, clp.Args.Count);
                 Assert.True(clp.Args.ContainsKey("arg1"));
                 Assert.Equal("arg1val", clp.Args["arg1"]);
                 Assert.True(clp.Args.ContainsKey("arg2"));
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                 trace.Info("Parsed");
 
                 trace.Info("Args: {0}", clp.Flags.Count);
-                Assert.True(clp.Flags.Count == 2);
+                Assert.Equal(2, clp.Flags.Count);
                 Assert.Contains("flag1", clp.Flags);
                 Assert.Contains("flag2", clp.Flags);
             }

src/Test/L0/ConstantGenerationL0.cs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                 "osx-arm64"
             };
 
-            Assert.True(BuildConstants.Source.CommitHash.Length == 40, $"CommitHash should be SHA-1 hash {BuildConstants.Source.CommitHash}");
+            Assert.Equal(40, BuildConstants.Source.CommitHash.Length);
             Assert.True(validPackageNames.Contains(BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.PackageName), $"PackageName should be one of the following '{string.Join(", ", validPackageNames)}', current PackageName is '{BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.PackageName}'");
         }
     }

src/Test/L0/Listener/CommandSettingsL0.cs

@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                         "test runner" });
 
                 // Assert.
-                Assert.True(command.Validate().Count == 0);
+                Assert.Equal(0, command.Validate().Count);
             }
         }
 
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                 var command = new CommandSettings(hc, args: new string[] { validCommand, $"--{flag}" });
 
                 // Assert.
-                Assert.True(command.Validate().Count == 0);
+                Assert.Equal(0, command.Validate().Count);
             }
         }
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                 var command = new CommandSettings(hc, args: new string[] { validCommand, $"--{arg}", argValue });
 
                 // Assert.
-                Assert.True(command.Validate().Count == 0);
+                Assert.Equal(0, command.Validate().Count);
             }
         }
 

src/Test/L0/Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManagerL0.cs

@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener.Configuration
                 trace.Info("Configured, verifying all the parameter value");
                 var s = configManager.LoadSettings();
                 Assert.NotNull(s);
-                Assert.True(s.ServerUrl.Equals(_expectedServerUrl));
-                Assert.True(s.AgentName.Equals(_expectedAgentName));
-                Assert.True(s.PoolId.Equals(_secondRunnerGroupId));
-                Assert.True(s.WorkFolder.Equals(_expectedWorkFolder));
-                Assert.True(s.Ephemeral.Equals(true));
+                Assert.Equal(_expectedServerUrl, s.ServerUrl);
+                Assert.Equal(_expectedAgentName, s.AgentName);
+                Assert.Equal(_secondRunnerGroupId, s.PoolId);
+                Assert.Equal(_expectedWorkFolder, s.WorkFolder);
+                Assert.True(s.Ephemeral);
 
                 // validate GetAgentPoolsAsync gets called twice with automation pool type
                 _runnerServer.Verify(x => x.GetAgentPoolsAsync(It.IsAny<string>(), It.Is<TaskAgentPoolType>(p => p == TaskAgentPoolType.Automation)), Times.Exactly(2));
@@ -292,11 +292,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener.Configuration
                 trace.Info("Configured, verifying all the parameter value");
                 var s = configManager.LoadSettings();
                 Assert.NotNull(s);
-                Assert.True(s.ServerUrl.Equals(_expectedServerUrl));
-                Assert.True(s.AgentName.Equals(_expectedAgentName));
-                Assert.True(s.PoolId.Equals(_secondRunnerGroupId));
-                Assert.True(s.WorkFolder.Equals(_expectedWorkFolder));
-                Assert.True(s.Ephemeral.Equals(true));
+                Assert.Equal(_expectedServerUrl, s.ServerUrl);
+                Assert.Equal(_expectedAgentName, s.AgentName);
+                Assert.Equal(_secondRunnerGroupId, s.PoolId);
+                Assert.Equal(_expectedWorkFolder, s.WorkFolder);
+                Assert.True(s.Ephemeral);
 
                 // validate GetAgentPoolsAsync gets called twice with automation pool type
                 _runnerServer.Verify(x => x.GetAgentPoolsAsync(It.IsAny<string>(), It.Is<TaskAgentPoolType>(p => p == TaskAgentPoolType.Automation)), Times.Exactly(2));

src/Test/L0/Listener/ErrorThrottlerL0.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Runner.Listener;
+using GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
+using Moq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
+{
+    public sealed class ErrorThrottlerL0
+    {
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(1)]
+        [InlineData(2)]
+        [InlineData(3)]
+        [InlineData(4)]
+        [InlineData(5)]
+        [InlineData(6)]
+        [InlineData(7)]
+        [InlineData(8)]
+        public async void TestIncrementAndWait(int totalAttempts)
+        {
+            using (TestHostContext hc = CreateTestContext())
+            {
+                // Arrange
+                var errorThrottler = new ErrorThrottler();
+                errorThrottler.Initialize(hc);
+                var eventArgs = new List<DelayEventArgs>();
+                hc.Delaying += (sender, args) =>
+                {
+                    eventArgs.Add(args);
+                };
+
+                // Act
+                for (int attempt = 1; attempt <= totalAttempts; attempt++)
+                {
+                    await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+                }
+
+                // Assert
+                Assert.Equal(totalAttempts - 1, eventArgs.Count);
+                for (int i = 0; i < eventArgs.Count; i++)
+                {
+                    // Expected milliseconds
+                    int expectedMin;
+                    int expectedMax;
+
+                    switch (i)
+                    {
+                        case 0:
+                            expectedMin = 1000; // Min backoff
+                            expectedMax = 1000;
+                            break;
+                        case 1:
+                            expectedMin = 1800; // Min + 0.8 * Coefficient
+                            expectedMax = 2200; // Min + 1.2 * Coefficient
+                            break;
+                        case 2:
+                            expectedMin = 3400; // Min + 0.8 * Coefficient * 3
+                            expectedMax = 4600; // Min + 1.2 * Coefficient * 3
+                            break;
+                        case 3:
+                            expectedMin = 6600; // Min + 0.8 * Coefficient * 7
+                            expectedMax = 9400; // Min + 1.2 * Coefficient * 7
+                            break;
+                        case 4:
+                            expectedMin = 13000; // Min + 0.8 * Coefficient * 15
+                            expectedMax = 19000; // Min + 1.2 * Coefficient * 15
+                            break;
+                        case 5:
+                            expectedMin = 25800; // Min + 0.8 * Coefficient * 31
+                            expectedMax = 38200; // Min + 1.2 * Coefficient * 31
+                            break;
+                        case 6:
+                            expectedMin = 51400; // Min + 0.8 * Coefficient * 63
+                            expectedMax = 60000; // Max backoff
+                            break;
+                        case 7:
+                            expectedMin = 60000;
+                            expectedMax = 60000;
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            throw new NotSupportedException("Unexpected eventArgs count");
+                    }
+
+                    var actualMilliseconds = eventArgs[i].Delay.TotalMilliseconds;
+                    Assert.True(expectedMin <= actualMilliseconds, $"Unexpected min delay for eventArgs[{i}]. Expected min {expectedMin}, actual {actualMilliseconds}");
+                    Assert.True(expectedMax >= actualMilliseconds, $"Unexpected max delay for eventArgs[{i}]. Expected max {expectedMax}, actual {actualMilliseconds}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async void TestReset()
+        {
+            using (TestHostContext hc = CreateTestContext())
+            {
+                // Arrange
+                var errorThrottler = new ErrorThrottler();
+                errorThrottler.Initialize(hc);
+                var eventArgs = new List<DelayEventArgs>();
+                hc.Delaying += (sender, args) =>
+                {
+                    eventArgs.Add(args);
+                };
+
+                // Act
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+                errorThrottler.Reset();
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+
+                // Assert
+                Assert.Equal(4, eventArgs.Count);
+                for (int i = 0; i < eventArgs.Count; i++)
+                {
+                    // Expected milliseconds
+                    int expectedMin;
+                    int expectedMax;
+
+                    switch (i)
+                    {
+                        case 0:
+                        case 2:
+                            expectedMin = 1000; // Min backoff
+                            expectedMax = 1000;
+                            break;
+                        case 1:
+                        case 3:
+                            expectedMin = 1800; // Min + 0.8 * Coefficient
+                            expectedMax = 2200; // Min + 1.2 * Coefficient
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            throw new NotSupportedException("Unexpected eventArgs count");
+                    }
+
+                    var actualMilliseconds = eventArgs[i].Delay.TotalMilliseconds;
+                    Assert.True(expectedMin <= actualMilliseconds, $"Unexpected min delay for eventArgs[{i}]. Expected min {expectedMin}, actual {actualMilliseconds}");
+                    Assert.True(expectedMax >= actualMilliseconds, $"Unexpected max delay for eventArgs[{i}]. Expected max {expectedMax}, actual {actualMilliseconds}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async void TestReceivesCancellationToken()
+        {
+            using (TestHostContext hc = CreateTestContext())
+            {
+                // Arrange
+                var errorThrottler = new ErrorThrottler();
+                errorThrottler.Initialize(hc);
+                var eventArgs = new List<DelayEventArgs>();
+                hc.Delaying += (sender, args) =>
+                {
+                    eventArgs.Add(args);
+                };
+                var cancellationTokenSource1 = new CancellationTokenSource();
+                var cancellationTokenSource2 = new CancellationTokenSource();
+                var cancellationTokenSource3 = new CancellationTokenSource();
+
+                // Act
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(cancellationTokenSource1.Token);
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(cancellationTokenSource2.Token);
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(cancellationTokenSource3.Token);
+
+                // Assert
+                Assert.Equal(2, eventArgs.Count);
+                Assert.Equal(cancellationTokenSource2.Token, eventArgs[0].Token);
+                Assert.Equal(cancellationTokenSource3.Token, eventArgs[1].Token);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async void TestReceivesSender()
+        {
+            using (TestHostContext hc = CreateTestContext())
+            {
+                // Arrange
+                var errorThrottler = new ErrorThrottler();
+                errorThrottler.Initialize(hc);
+                var senders = new List<object>();
+                hc.Delaying += (sender, args) =>
+                {
+                    senders.Add(sender);
+                };
+
+                // Act
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+                await errorThrottler.IncrementAndWaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+
+                // Assert
+                Assert.Equal(2, senders.Count);
+                Assert.Equal(hc, senders[0]);
+                Assert.Equal(hc, senders[1]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private TestHostContext CreateTestContext([CallerMemberName] String testName = "")
+        {
+            return new TestHostContext(this, testName);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Test/L0/Listener/JobDispatcherL0.cs

@@ -734,7 +734,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 await jobDispatcher.WaitAsync(CancellationToken.None);
 
                 Assert.True(jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task.IsCompleted, "JobDispatcher should set task complete token for one time agent.");
-                Assert.True(jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task.Result, "JobDispatcher should set task complete token to 'TRUE' for one time agent.");
+                if (jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task.IsCompleted)
+                {
+                    Assert.True(await jobDispatcher.RunOnceJobCompleted.Task, "JobDispatcher should set task complete token to 'TRUE' for one time agent.");
+                }
             }
         }
 

src/Test/L0/Listener/RunnerL0.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
         private Mock<ITerminal> _term;
         private Mock<IConfigurationStore> _configStore;
         private Mock<ISelfUpdater> _updater;
+        private Mock<IErrorThrottler> _acquireJobThrottler;
 
         public RunnerL0()
         {
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
             _term = new Mock<ITerminal>();
             _configStore = new Mock<IConfigurationStore>();
             _updater = new Mock<ISelfUpdater>();
+            _acquireJobThrottler = new Mock<IErrorThrottler>();
         }
 
         private Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage CreateJobRequestMessage(string jobName)
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 hc.SetSingleton<IPromptManager>(_promptManager.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IRunnerServer>(_runnerServer.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IConfigurationStore>(_configStore.Object);
+                hc.EnqueueInstance<IErrorThrottler>(_acquireJobThrottler.Object);
                 runner.Initialize(hc);
                 var settings = new RunnerSettings
                 {
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 //wait for the runner to run one job
                 if (!await signalWorkerComplete.WaitAsync(2000))
                 {
-                    Assert.True(false, $"{nameof(_messageListener.Object.GetNextMessageAsync)} was not invoked.");
+                    Assert.Fail($"{nameof(_messageListener.Object.GetNextMessageAsync)} was not invoked.");
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -174,6 +177,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 hc.SetSingleton<IPromptManager>(_promptManager.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IMessageListener>(_messageListener.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IConfigurationStore>(_configStore.Object);
+                hc.EnqueueInstance<IErrorThrottler>(_acquireJobThrottler.Object);
 
                 var command = new CommandSettings(hc, args);
 
@@ -205,6 +209,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 hc.SetSingleton<IPromptManager>(_promptManager.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IMessageListener>(_messageListener.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IConfigurationStore>(_configStore.Object);
+                hc.EnqueueInstance<IErrorThrottler>(_acquireJobThrottler.Object);
 
                 var command = new CommandSettings(hc, new[] { "run" });
 
@@ -242,6 +247,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 hc.SetSingleton<IPromptManager>(_promptManager.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IRunnerServer>(_runnerServer.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IConfigurationStore>(_configStore.Object);
+                hc.EnqueueInstance<IErrorThrottler>(_acquireJobThrottler.Object);
                 runner.Initialize(hc);
                 var settings = new RunnerSettings
                 {
@@ -305,8 +311,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 await Task.WhenAny(runnerTask, Task.Delay(30000));
 
                 Assert.True(runnerTask.IsCompleted, $"{nameof(runner.ExecuteCommand)} timed out.");
-                Assert.True(!runnerTask.IsFaulted, runnerTask.Exception?.ToString());
-                Assert.True(runnerTask.Result == Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success);
+                Assert.False(runnerTask.IsFaulted, runnerTask.Exception?.ToString());
+                if (runnerTask.IsCompleted)
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal(Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success, await runnerTask);
+                }
 
                 _jobDispatcher.Verify(x => x.Run(It.IsAny<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(), true), Times.Once(),
                      $"{nameof(_jobDispatcher.Object.Run)} was not invoked.");
@@ -335,6 +344,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 hc.SetSingleton<IPromptManager>(_promptManager.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IRunnerServer>(_runnerServer.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IConfigurationStore>(_configStore.Object);
+                hc.EnqueueInstance<IErrorThrottler>(_acquireJobThrottler.Object);
                 runner.Initialize(hc);
                 var settings = new RunnerSettings
                 {
@@ -406,7 +416,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 Assert.True(runnerTask.IsCompleted, $"{nameof(runner.ExecuteCommand)} timed out.");
                 Assert.True(!runnerTask.IsFaulted, runnerTask.Exception?.ToString());
-                Assert.True(runnerTask.Result == Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success);
+                if (runnerTask.IsCompleted)
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal(Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success, await runnerTask);
+                }
 
                 _jobDispatcher.Verify(x => x.Run(It.IsAny<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(), true), Times.Once(),
                      $"{nameof(_jobDispatcher.Object.Run)} was not invoked.");
@@ -433,6 +446,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 hc.SetSingleton<IRunnerServer>(_runnerServer.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IConfigurationStore>(_configStore.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<ISelfUpdater>(_updater.Object);
+                hc.EnqueueInstance<IErrorThrottler>(_acquireJobThrottler.Object);
 
                 runner.Initialize(hc);
                 var settings = new RunnerSettings
@@ -492,7 +506,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 Assert.True(runnerTask.IsCompleted, $"{nameof(runner.ExecuteCommand)} timed out.");
                 Assert.True(!runnerTask.IsFaulted, runnerTask.Exception?.ToString());
-                Assert.True(runnerTask.Result == Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.RunOnceRunnerUpdating);
+                if (runnerTask.IsCompleted)
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal(Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.RunOnceRunnerUpdating, await runnerTask);
+                }
 
                 _updater.Verify(x => x.SelfUpdate(It.IsAny<AgentRefreshMessage>(), It.IsAny<IJobDispatcher>(), false, It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()), Times.Once);
                 _jobDispatcher.Verify(x => x.Run(It.IsAny<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(), true), Times.Never());
@@ -513,6 +530,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 hc.SetSingleton<IConfigurationManager>(_configurationManager.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IConfigurationStore>(_configStore.Object);
                 hc.SetSingleton<IPromptManager>(_promptManager.Object);
+                hc.EnqueueInstance<IErrorThrottler>(_acquireJobThrottler.Object);
 
                 var command = new CommandSettings(hc, new[] { "remove", "--local" });
 

src/Test/L0/ProcessExtensionL0.cs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                         trace.Error(ex);
                     }
 
-                    Assert.True(false, "Fail to retrive process environment variable.");
+                    Assert.Fail("Failed to retrieve process environment variable.");
                 }
                 finally
                 {

src/Test/L0/RunnerWebProxyL0.cs

@@ -65,7 +65,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                 }
             }
 
-            Assert.True(badCode.Count == 0, $"The following code is using Raw HttpClientHandler() which will not follow the proxy setting agent have. Please use HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler() instead.\n {string.Join("\n", badCode)}");
+            if (badCode.Count > 0)
+            {
+                Assert.Fail($"The following code is using Raw HttpClientHandler() which will not follow the proxy setting agent have. Please use HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler() instead.\n {string.Join("\n", badCode)}");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Assert.True(true);
+            }
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -112,7 +119,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                 }
             }
 
-            Assert.True(badCode.Count == 0, $"The following code is using Raw HttpClient() which will not follow the proxy setting agent have. Please use New HttpClient(HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler()) instead.\n {string.Join("\n", badCode)}");
+            if (badCode.Count > 0)
+            {
+                Assert.Fail($"The following code is using Raw HttpClient() which will not follow the proxy setting agent have. Please use New HttpClient(HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler()) instead.\n {string.Join("\n", badCode)}");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Assert.True(true);
+            }
         }
 
         [Fact]

src/Test/L0/TestHostContext.cs

@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
         private string _tempDirectoryRoot = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString("D"));
         private StartupType _startupType;
         public event EventHandler Unloading;
+        public event EventHandler<DelayEventArgs> Delaying;
         public CancellationToken RunnerShutdownToken => _runnerShutdownTokenSource.Token;
         public ShutdownReason RunnerShutdownReason { get; private set; }
         public ISecretMasker SecretMasker => _secretMasker;
+
         public TestHostContext(object testClass, [CallerMemberName] string testName = "")
         {
             ArgUtil.NotNull(testClass, nameof(testClass));
@@ -92,6 +94,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
 
         public async Task Delay(TimeSpan delay, CancellationToken token)
         {
+            // Event callback
+            EventHandler<DelayEventArgs> handler = Delaying;
+            if (handler != null)
+            {
+                handler(this, new DelayEventArgs(delay, token));
+            }
+
+            // Delay zero
             await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.Zero);
         }
 
@@ -360,5 +370,25 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests
                 Unloading(this, null);
             }
         }
+
+        public void LoadDefaultUserAgents()
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class DelayEventArgs : EventArgs
+    {
+        public DelayEventArgs(
+            TimeSpan delay,
+            CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            Delay = delay;
+            Token = token;
+        }
+
+        public TimeSpan Delay { get; }
+
+        public CancellationToken Token { get; }
     }
 }

src/Test/L0/Worker/ActionManagerL0.cs

@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ runs:
                 //Act
                 var steps = (await _actionManager.PrepareActionsAsync(_ec.Object, actions)).ContainerSetupSteps;
 
-                Assert.True(steps.Count == 0);
+                Assert.Equal(0, steps.Count);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ runs:
                 var steps = (await _actionManager.PrepareActionsAsync(_ec.Object, actions)).ContainerSetupSteps;
 
                 // node.js based action doesn't need any extra steps to build/pull containers.
-                Assert.True(steps.Count == 0);
+                Assert.Equal(0, steps.Count);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ runs:
                 var steps = (await _actionManager.PrepareActionsAsync(_ec.Object, actions)).ContainerSetupSteps;
 
                 // node.js based action doesn't need any extra steps to build/pull containers.
-                Assert.True(steps.Count == 0);
+                Assert.Equal(0, steps.Count);
                 var watermarkFile = Path.Combine(_hc.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Actions), "TingluoHuang/runner_L0", "CompositeBasic.completed");
                 Assert.True(File.Exists(watermarkFile));
                 // Comes from the composite action
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ runs:
                 // Assert.
                 Assert.NotNull(definition);
                 Assert.NotNull(definition.Data);
-                Assert.True(definition.Data.Execution.ExecutionType == ActionExecutionType.Script);
+                Assert.Equal(ActionExecutionType.Script, definition.Data.Execution.ExecutionType);
             }
             finally
             {

src/Test/L0/Worker/ExecutionContextL0.cs

@@ -773,6 +773,82 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
         [Trait("Level", "L0")]
         [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
         public void PublishStepResult_EmbeddedStep()
+        {
+            using (TestHostContext hc = CreateTestContext())
+            {
+                // Job request
+                TaskOrchestrationPlanReference plan = new();
+                TimelineReference timeline = new();
+                Guid jobId = Guid.NewGuid();
+                string jobName = "some job name";
+                var variables = new Dictionary<string, VariableValue>()
+                {
+                    ["RunService.FixEmbeddedIssues"] = new VariableValue("true"),
+                };
+                var jobRequest = new Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage(plan, timeline, jobId, jobName, jobName, null, null, null, variables, new List<MaskHint>(), new Pipelines.JobResources(), new Pipelines.ContextData.DictionaryContextData(), new Pipelines.WorkspaceOptions(), new List<Pipelines.ActionStep>(), null, null, null, null, null);
+                jobRequest.Resources.Repositories.Add(new Pipelines.RepositoryResource()
+                {
+                    Alias = Pipelines.PipelineConstants.SelfAlias,
+                    Id = "github",
+                    Version = "sha1"
+                });
+                jobRequest.ContextData["github"] = new Pipelines.ContextData.DictionaryContextData();
+
+                // Mocks
+                var pagingLogger = new Mock<IPagingLogger>();
+                var pagingLogger2 = new Mock<IPagingLogger>();
+                var jobServerQueue = new Mock<IJobServerQueue>();
+                jobServerQueue.Setup(x => x.QueueTimelineRecordUpdate(It.IsAny<Guid>(), It.IsAny<TimelineRecord>()));
+                hc.EnqueueInstance(pagingLogger.Object);
+                hc.EnqueueInstance(pagingLogger2.Object);
+                hc.SetSingleton(jobServerQueue.Object);
+
+                // Job context
+                var jobContext = new Runner.Worker.ExecutionContext();
+                jobContext.Initialize(hc);
+                jobContext.InitializeJob(jobRequest, CancellationToken.None);
+                jobContext.Start();
+
+                // Step 1 context
+                var step1 = jobContext.CreateChild(Guid.NewGuid(), "my_step", "my_step", null, null, ActionRunStage.Main);
+                step1.Start();
+
+                // Embedded step 1a context
+                var embeddedStep1a = step1.CreateEmbeddedChild(null, null, Guid.NewGuid(), ActionRunStage.Main);
+                embeddedStep1a.Start();
+                embeddedStep1a.StepTelemetry.Type = "node16";
+                embeddedStep1a.StepTelemetry.Action = "actions/checkout";
+                embeddedStep1a.StepTelemetry.Ref = "v2";
+                embeddedStep1a.AddIssue(new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Error, Message = "error" }, ExecutionContextLogOptions.Default);
+                embeddedStep1a.AddIssue(new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Warning, Message = "warning" }, ExecutionContextLogOptions.Default);
+                embeddedStep1a.AddIssue(new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Notice, Message = "notice" }, ExecutionContextLogOptions.Default);
+                embeddedStep1a.Complete();
+
+                // Embedded step 1b context
+                var embeddedStep1b = step1.CreateEmbeddedChild(null, null, Guid.NewGuid(), ActionRunStage.Main);
+                embeddedStep1b.Start();
+                embeddedStep1b.StepTelemetry.Type = "node16";
+                embeddedStep1b.StepTelemetry.Action = "actions/checkout";
+                embeddedStep1b.StepTelemetry.Ref = "v2";
+                embeddedStep1b.AddIssue(new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Error, Message = "error 2" }, ExecutionContextLogOptions.Default);
+                embeddedStep1b.AddIssue(new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Warning, Message = "warning 2" }, ExecutionContextLogOptions.Default);
+                embeddedStep1b.AddIssue(new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Notice, Message = "notice 2" }, ExecutionContextLogOptions.Default);
+                embeddedStep1b.Complete();
+
+                step1.Complete();
+
+                // Assert
+                Assert.Equal(3, jobContext.Global.StepsResult.Count);
+                Assert.Equal(0, jobContext.Global.StepsResult[0].Annotations.Count);
+                Assert.Equal(0, jobContext.Global.StepsResult[1].Annotations.Count);
+                Assert.Equal(6, jobContext.Global.StepsResult[2].Annotations.Count);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
+        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
+        public void PublishStepResult_EmbeddedStep_Legacy()
         {
             using (TestHostContext hc = CreateTestContext())
             {
@@ -807,7 +883,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
                 ec.InitializeJob(jobRequest, CancellationToken.None);
                 ec.Start();
 
-                var embeddedStep = ec.CreateChild(Guid.NewGuid(), "action_1_pre", "action_1_pre", null, null, ActionRunStage.Main, isEmbedded: true);
+                var embeddedStep = ec.CreateEmbeddedChild(null, null, Guid.NewGuid(), ActionRunStage.Main);
                 embeddedStep.Start();
 
                 embeddedStep.StepTelemetry.Type = "node16";

src/Test/L0/Worker/JobExtensionL0.cs

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
             hc.SetSingleton(_diagnosticLogManager.Object);
             hc.SetSingleton(_jobHookProvider.Object);
             hc.SetSingleton(_snapshotOperationProvider.Object);
+            hc.SetSingleton(new Mock<IOSWarningChecker>().Object);
             hc.EnqueueInstance<IPagingLogger>(_logger.Object); // JobExecutionContext
             hc.EnqueueInstance<IPagingLogger>(_logger.Object); // job start hook
             hc.EnqueueInstance<IPagingLogger>(_logger.Object); // Initial Job
@@ -505,7 +506,27 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
             return EnsureSnapshotPostJobStepForToken(mappingToken, snapshot);
         }
 
-        private async Task EnsureSnapshotPostJobStepForToken(TemplateToken snapshotToken, Pipelines.Snapshot expectedSnapshot)
+        [Fact]
+        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
+        [Trait("Category", "Worker")]
+        public Task EnsureSnapshotPostJobStepForMappingToken_WithIf_Is_False()
+        {
+            var snapshot = new Pipelines.Snapshot("TestImageNameFromMappingToken", condition: $"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Success}() && 1==0", version: "2.*");
+            var imageNameValueStringToken = new StringToken(null, null, null, snapshot.ImageName);
+            var condition = new StringToken(null, null, null, snapshot.Condition);
+            var version = new StringToken(null, null, null, snapshot.Version);
+
+            var mappingToken = new MappingToken(null, null, null)
+            {
+                { new StringToken(null,null,null, PipelineTemplateConstants.ImageName), imageNameValueStringToken },
+                { new StringToken(null,null,null, PipelineTemplateConstants.If), condition },
+                { new StringToken(null,null,null, PipelineTemplateConstants.CustomImageVersion), version }
+            };
+
+            return EnsureSnapshotPostJobStepForToken(mappingToken, snapshot, skipSnapshotStep: true);
+        }
+
+        private async Task EnsureSnapshotPostJobStepForToken(TemplateToken snapshotToken, Pipelines.Snapshot expectedSnapshot, bool skipSnapshotStep = false)
         {
             using (TestHostContext hc = CreateTestContext())
             {
@@ -523,14 +544,28 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Worker
 
                 Assert.Equal(1, postJobSteps.Count);
                 var snapshotStep = postJobSteps.First();
+                _jobEc.JobSteps.Enqueue(snapshotStep);
+
+                var _stepsRunner = new StepsRunner();
+                _stepsRunner.Initialize(hc);
+                await _stepsRunner.RunAsync(_jobEc);
+
                 Assert.Equal("Create custom image", snapshotStep.DisplayName);
-                Assert.Equal($"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Success}()", snapshotStep.Condition);
+                Assert.Equal(expectedSnapshot.Condition ?? $"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Success}()", snapshotStep.Condition);
 
                 // Run the mock snapshot step, so we can verify it was executed with the expected snapshot object.
-                await snapshotStep.RunAsync();
-
-                Assert.NotNull(_requestedSnapshot);
-                Assert.Equal(expectedSnapshot.ImageName, _requestedSnapshot.ImageName);
+                // await snapshotStep.RunAsync();
+                if (skipSnapshotStep)
+                {
+                    Assert.Null(_requestedSnapshot);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Assert.NotNull(_requestedSnapshot);
+                    Assert.Equal(expectedSnapshot.ImageName, _requestedSnapshot.ImageName);
+                    Assert.Equal(expectedSnapshot.Condition ?? $"{PipelineTemplateConstants.Success}()", _requestedSnapshot.Condition);
+                    Assert.Equal(expectedSnapshot.Version ?? "1.*", _requestedSnapshot.Version);
+                }
             }
         }
     }

src/Test/Test.csproj

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.2.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.4.1" />
+        <PackageReference Include="xunit" Version="2.7.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="2.4.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Buffers" Version="4.5.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.TypeExtensions" Version="4.4.0" />

src/TestDotNet8Compatibility/Program.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace TestDotNet8Compatibility
+{
+    public static class Program
+    {
+        public static int Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine("Hello from .NET 8!");
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/TestDotNet8Compatibility/TestDotNet8Compatibility.csproj

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86;linux-x64;linux-arm64;linux-arm;osx-x64;osx-arm64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
+    <SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+    <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
+    <Version>$(Version)</Version>
+    <PredefinedCulturesOnly>false</PredefinedCulturesOnly>
+    <PublishReadyToRunComposite>true</PublishReadyToRunComposite>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
+    <DebugType>portable</DebugType>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>

src/TestDotNet8Compatibility/dir.proj

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build"
+    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+
+    <ItemGroup>
+        <ProjectFiles Include="TestDotNet8Compatibility.csproj" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+
+    <Target Name="Build">
+        <MSBuild Targets="Restore" Projects="@(ProjectFiles)" StopOnFirstFailure="true" />
+        <MSBuild Targets="Publish" Projects="@(ProjectFiles)" BuildInParallel="false" StopOnFirstFailure="true" Properties="Configuration=$(BUILDCONFIG);PackageRuntime=$(PackageRuntime);Version=$(RunnerVersion);RuntimeIdentifier=$(PackageRuntime);PublishDir=$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../../_layout/bin/testDotNet8Compatibility" />
+    </Target>
+
+    <Target Name="Clean">
+        <RemoveDir Directories="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)/../../_layout/bin/testDotNet8Compatibility" />
+        <RemoveDir Directories="TestDotNet8Compatibility/bin" />
+        <RemoveDir Directories="TestDotNet8Compatibility/obj" />
+    </Target>
+
+    <Target Name="Layout" DependsOnTargets="Clean;Build">
+    </Target>
+</Project>

src/TestDotNet8Compatibility/global.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "sdk": {
+    "version": "8.0.303"
+  }
+}

src/dev.sh

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ PACKAGE_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_package"
 DOTNETSDK_ROOT="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_dotnetsdk"
 DOTNETSDK_VERSION="6.0.421"
 DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR="$DOTNETSDK_ROOT/$DOTNETSDK_VERSION"
+DOTNET8SDK_VERSION="8.0.303"
+DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR="$DOTNETSDK_ROOT/$DOTNET8SDK_VERSION"
 RUNNER_VERSION=$(cat runnerversion)
 
 pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
@@ -125,6 +127,19 @@ function build ()
 {
     heading "Building ..."
     dotnet msbuild -t:Build -p:PackageRuntime="${RUNTIME_ID}" -p:BUILDCONFIG="${BUILD_CONFIG}" -p:RunnerVersion="${RUNNER_VERSION}" ./dir.proj || failed build
+
+    # Build TestDotNet8Compatibility
+    heading "Building .NET 8 compatibility test"
+    echo "Prepend ${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR} to %PATH%"         # Prepend .NET 8 SDK to PATH
+    PATH_BAK=$PATH
+    export PATH=${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR}:$PATH
+    pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR/TestDotNet8Compatibility" > /dev/null  # Working directory
+    pwd
+    echo "Dotnet 8 SDK Version"
+    dotnet --version
+    dotnet msbuild -t:Build -p:PackageRuntime="${RUNTIME_ID}" -p:BUILDCONFIG="${BUILD_CONFIG}" -p:RunnerVersion="${RUNNER_VERSION}" ./dir.proj || failed build
+    popd > /dev/null       # Restore working directory
+    export PATH=$PATH_BAK  # Restore PATH
 }
 
 function layout ()
@@ -143,6 +158,18 @@ function layout ()
 
     heading "Setup externals folder for $RUNTIME_ID runner's layout"
     bash ./Misc/externals.sh $RUNTIME_ID || checkRC externals.sh
+
+    # Build TestDotNet8Compatibility
+    echo "Prepend ${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR} to %PATH%"         # Prepend .NET 8 SDK to PATH
+    PATH_BAK=$PATH
+    export PATH=${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR}:$PATH
+    pushd "$SCRIPT_DIR/TestDotNet8Compatibility" > /dev/null  # Working directory
+    heading "Dotnet 8 SDK Version"
+    dotnet --version
+    heading "Building .NET 8 compatibility test"
+    dotnet msbuild -t:layout -p:PackageRuntime="${RUNTIME_ID}" -p:BUILDCONFIG="${BUILD_CONFIG}" -p:RunnerVersion="${RUNNER_VERSION}" ./dir.proj || failed build
+    popd > /dev/null       # Restore working directory
+    export PATH=$PATH_BAK  # Restore PATH
 }
 
 function runtest ()
@@ -199,6 +226,7 @@ function package ()
     popd > /dev/null
 }
 
+# Install .NET SDK
 if [[ (! -d "${DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR}") || (! -e "${DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR}/.${DOTNETSDK_VERSION}") || (! -e "${DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR}/dotnet") ]]; then
 
     # Download dotnet SDK to ../_dotnetsdk directory
@@ -224,6 +252,32 @@ if [[ (! -d "${DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR}") || (! -e "${DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR}/.${DOTN
     echo "${DOTNETSDK_VERSION}" > "${DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR}/.${DOTNETSDK_VERSION}"
 fi
 
+# Install .NET 8 SDK
+if [[ (! -d "${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR}") || (! -e "${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR}/.${DOTNET8SDK_VERSION}") || (! -e "${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR}/dotnet") ]]; then
+
+    # Download dotnet 8 SDK to ../_dotnetsdk directory
+    heading "Ensure Dotnet 8 SDK"
+
+    # _dotnetsdk
+    #           \1.0.x
+    #                            \dotnet
+    #                            \.1.0.x
+    echo "Download dotnet8sdk into ${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR}"
+    rm -Rf "${DOTNETSDK_DIR}"
+
+    # run dotnet-install.ps1 on windows, dotnet-install.sh on linux
+    if [[ ("$CURRENT_PLATFORM" == "windows") ]]; then
+        echo "Convert ${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR} to Windows style path"
+        sdkinstallwindow_path=${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR:1}
+        sdkinstallwindow_path=${sdkinstallwindow_path:0:1}:${sdkinstallwindow_path:1}
+        $POWERSHELL -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& \"./Misc/dotnet-install.ps1\" -Version ${DOTNET8SDK_VERSION} -InstallDir \"${sdkinstallwindow_path}\" -NoPath; exit \$LastExitCode;" || checkRC dotnet-install.ps1
+    else
+        bash ./Misc/dotnet-install.sh --version ${DOTNET8SDK_VERSION} --install-dir "${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR}" --no-path || checkRC dotnet-install.sh
+    fi
+
+    echo "${DOTNET8SDK_VERSION}" > "${DOTNET8SDK_INSTALLDIR}/.${DOTNET8SDK_VERSION}"
+fi
+
 echo "Prepend ${DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR} to %PATH%"
 export PATH=${DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR}:$PATH
 

src/runnerversion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.316.1
+2.320.1