Create 2.321.0 runner release.

Bumps [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) from 3 to 4.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v3...v4)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/checkout
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
-// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the README at:
 {
-	"name": "Actions Runner Devcontainer",
-	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:focal",
-	"features": {
-		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:1": {},
-		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/dotnet": {
-			"version": "6.0.405"
-		},
-		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
-			"version": "16"
-		}
-	},
-	"customizations": {
-		"vscode": {
-			"extensions": [
-				"ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
-				"ms-dotnettools.csharp",
-				"eamodio.gitlens"
-			]
-		}
-	},
-	// dotnet restore to install dependencies so OmniSharp works out of the box
-	// src/Test restores all other projects it references, src/Runner.PluginHost is not one of them
-	"postCreateCommand": "dotnet restore src/Test && dotnet restore src/Runner.PluginHost",
-	"remoteUser": "vscode"
-}
+  "name": "Actions Runner Devcontainer",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:focal",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:1": {},
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/dotnet": {
+      "version": "8.0.404"
+    },
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
+      "version": "20"
+    },
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/sshd:1": {
+      "version": "latest"
+    }
+  },
+  "customizations": {
+    "vscode": {
+      "extensions": [
+        "ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
+        "ms-dotnettools.csharp",
+        "eamodio.gitlens"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "postCreateCommand": "dotnet restore src/Test && dotnet restore src/Runner.PluginHost",
+  "remoteUser": "vscode"
+}

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+- package-ecosystem: "docker"
+  directory: "/images"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "daily" 
+  target-branch: "main" 
+- package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "daily" 
+  target-branch: "main" 
+- package-ecosystem: "nuget"
+  directory: "/src"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "daily" 
+  target-branch: "main" 
+- package-ecosystem: "npm"
+  directory: "/src/Misc/expressionFunc/hashFiles"
+  schedule:
+    interval: "daily" 
+  target-branch: "main" 
+  allow:
+  - dependency-type: direct
+  - dependency-type: production # check only dependencies, which are going to the compiled app, not supporting tools like @vue-cli

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # Build runner layout
     - name: Build & Layout Release
@@ -58,29 +58,6 @@ jobs:
         ${{ matrix.devScript }} layout Release ${{ matrix.runtime }}
       working-directory: src
 
-    # Check runtime/externals hash
-    - name: Compute/Compare runtime and externals Hash
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        echo "Current dotnet runtime hash result: $DOTNET_RUNTIME_HASH"
-        echo "Current Externals hash result: $EXTERNALS_HASH"
-
-        NeedUpdate=0
-        if [ "$EXTERNALS_HASH" != "$(cat ./src/Misc/contentHash/externals/${{ matrix.runtime }})" ] ;then
-          echo Hash mismatch, Update ./src/Misc/contentHash/externals/${{ matrix.runtime }} to $EXTERNALS_HASH
-          NeedUpdate=1
-        fi
-
-        if [ "$DOTNET_RUNTIME_HASH" != "$(cat ./src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/${{ matrix.runtime }})" ] ;then
-          echo Hash mismatch, Update ./src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/${{ matrix.runtime }} to $DOTNET_RUNTIME_HASH
-          NeedUpdate=1
-        fi
-
-        exit $NeedUpdate
-      env:
-        DOTNET_RUNTIME_HASH: ${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/runtime/**/*')}}
-        EXTERNALS_HASH: ${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/externals/**/*')}}
-
     # Run tests
     - name: L0
       run: |
@@ -98,11 +75,8 @@ jobs:
     # Upload runner package tar.gz/zip as artifact
     - name: Publish Artifact
       if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: runner-package-${{ matrix.runtime }}
         path: |
           _package
-          _package_trims/trim_externals
-          _package_trims/trim_runtime
-          _package_trims/trim_runtime_externals

.github/workflows/close-bugs-bot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Close Bugs Bot
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # every day at midnight
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v8
+        with:
+          close-issue-message: "This issue does not seem to be a problem with the runner application, it concerns the GitHub actions platform more generally. Could you please post your feedback on the [GitHub Community Support Forum](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/actions) which is actively monitored. Using the forum ensures that we route your problem to the correct team. 😃"
+          exempt-issue-labels: "keep"
+          stale-issue-label: "actions-bug"
+          only-labels: "actions-bug"
+          days-before-stale: 0
+          days-before-close: 1

.github/workflows/close-features-bot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Close Features Bot
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # every day at midnight
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v8
+        with:
+          close-issue-message: "Thank you for your interest in the runner application and taking the time to provide your valuable feedback. We kindly ask you to redirect this feedback to the [GitHub Community Support Forum](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/actions-and-packages) which our team actively monitors and would be a better place to start a discussion for new feature requests in GitHub Actions. For more information on this policy please [read our contribution guidelines](https://github.com/actions/runner#contribute). 😃"
+          exempt-issue-labels: "keep"
+          stale-issue-label: "actions-feature"
+          only-labels: "actions-feature"
+          days-before-stale: 0
+          days-before-close: 1

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
     - name: Initialize CodeQL

.github/workflows/dotnet-upgrade.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+name: "DotNet SDK Upgrade"
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 1'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  dotnet-update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs: 
+      SHOULD_UPDATE: ${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.SHOULD_UPDATE }}
+      BRANCH_EXISTS: ${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.BRANCH_EXISTS }}
+      DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION: ${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}
+      DOTNET_CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION: ${{ steps.fetch_current_version.outputs.DOTNET_CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Get current major minor version
+        id: fetch_current_version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          current_major_minor_patch_version=$(jq .sdk.version ./src/global.json | xargs)
+          current_major_minor_version=$(cut -d '.' -f 1,2 <<< "$current_major_minor_patch_version")
+
+          echo "DOTNET_CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION=${current_major_minor_patch_version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "DOTNET_CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=${current_major_minor_version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Check patch version
+        id: fetch_latest_version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          latest_patch_version=$(curl -sb -H "Accept: application/json" "https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/Sdk/${{ steps.fetch_current_version.outputs.DOTNET_CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}/latest.version")
+          current_patch_version=${{ steps.fetch_current_version.outputs.DOTNET_CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}
+
+          should_update=0
+          [ "$current_patch_version" != "$latest_patch_version" ] && should_update=1
+
+          # check if git branch already exists for the upgrade
+          branch_already_exists=0
+          
+          if git ls-remote --heads --exit-code origin refs/heads/feature/dotnetsdk-upgrade/${latest_patch_version};
+          then 
+            branch_already_exists=1
+            should_update=0
+          fi
+          echo "DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION=${latest_patch_version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "SHOULD_UPDATE=${should_update}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "BRANCH_EXISTS=${branch_already_exists}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Create an error annotation if branch exists
+        if: ${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.BRANCH_EXISTS == 1 }}
+        run: echo "::error links::feature/dotnet-sdk-upgrade${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }} https://github.com/actions/runner/tree/feature/dotnet-sdk-upgrade${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}::Branch feature/dotnetsdk-upgrade/${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }} already exists. Please take a look and delete that branch if you wish to recreate"
+      - name: Create a warning annotation if no need to update
+        if: ${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.SHOULD_UPDATE == 0 && steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.BRANCH_EXISTS == 0 }}
+        run: echo "::warning ::Latest DotNet SDK patch is ${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}, and we are on ${{ steps.fetch_current_version.outputs.DOTNET_CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}. No need to update"
+      - name: Update patch version
+        if: ${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.SHOULD_UPDATE == 1 && steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.BRANCH_EXISTS == 0 }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          patch_version="${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}"
+          current_version="${{ steps.fetch_current_version.outputs.DOTNET_CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}"
+
+          # Update globals
+          echo Updating globals
+          globals_temp=$(mktemp)
+          jq --unbuffered --arg patch_version "$patch_version" '.sdk.version = $patch_version' ./src/global.json > "$globals_temp" && mv "$globals_temp" ./src/global.json
+
+          # Update devcontainer
+          echo Updating devcontainer
+          devcontainer_temp=$(mktemp)
+          jq --unbuffered --arg patch_version "$patch_version" '.features."ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/dotnet".version = $patch_version' ./.devcontainer/devcontainer.json > "$devcontainer_temp" && mv "$devcontainer_temp" ./.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+
+          # Update dev.sh
+          echo Updating start script
+          sed -i "s/DOTNETSDK_VERSION=\"$current_version\"/DOTNETSDK_VERSION=\"$patch_version\"/g" ./src/dev.sh
+      - name: GIT commit and push all changed files
+        if: ${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.SHOULD_UPDATE == 1 && steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.BRANCH_EXISTS == 0 }}
+        id: create_branch
+        run: |
+          branch_name="feature/dotnetsdk-upgrade/${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}"
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "<41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>"
+
+          git checkout -b $branch_name
+          git commit -a -m "Upgrade dotnet sdk to v${{ steps.fetch_latest_version.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}"
+          git push --set-upstream origin $branch_name
+
+  create-pr:
+    needs: [dotnet-update]
+    if: ${{ needs.dotnet-update.outputs.SHOULD_UPDATE == 1 && needs.dotnet-update.outputs.BRANCH_EXISTS == 0 }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: feature/dotnetsdk-upgrade/${{ needs.dotnet-update.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}
+    - name: Create Pull Request
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        gh pr create -B main -H feature/dotnetsdk-upgrade/${{ needs.dotnet-update.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }} --title "Update dotnet sdk to latest version @${{ needs.dotnet-update.outputs.DOTNET_LATEST_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION }}" --body "
+          https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/Sdk/${{ needs.dotnet-update.outputs.DOTNET_CURRENT_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION }}/latest.version
+          
+            
+          ---
+            
+          Autogenerated by [DotNet SDK Upgrade Workflow](https://github.com/actions/runner/blob/main/.github/workflows/dotnet-upgrade.yml)"

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-name: Lint
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          # Ensure full list of changed files within `super-linter`
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Run linters
-        uses: github/super-linter@v4
-        env:
-          DEFAULT_BRANCH: ${{ github.base_ref }}
-          EDITORCONFIG_FILE_NAME: .editorconfig
-          LINTER_RULES_PATH: /src/
-          VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: false
-          VALIDATE_CSHARP: true

.github/workflows/publish-image.yml

@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - 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);
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ jobs:
         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

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/releases/') || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # Make sure ./releaseVersion match ./src/runnerversion
     # Query GitHub release ensure version is not used
@@ -53,27 +53,6 @@ jobs:
       win-arm64-sha: ${{ steps.sha.outputs.win-arm64-sha256 }}
       osx-x64-sha: ${{ steps.sha.outputs.osx-x64-sha256 }}
       osx-arm64-sha: ${{ steps.sha.outputs.osx-arm64-sha256 }}
-      linux-x64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.linux-x64-sha256 }}
-      linux-arm64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.linux-arm64-sha256 }}
-      linux-arm-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.linux-arm-sha256 }}
-      win-x64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.win-x64-sha256 }}
-      win-arm64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.win-arm64-sha256 }}
-      osx-x64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.osx-x64-sha256 }}
-      osx-arm64-sha-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.osx-arm64-sha256 }}
-      linux-x64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.linux-x64-sha256 }}
-      linux-arm64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.linux-arm64-sha256 }}
-      linux-arm-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.linux-arm-sha256 }}
-      win-x64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.win-x64-sha256 }}
-      win-arm64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.win-arm64-sha256 }}
-      osx-x64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.osx-x64-sha256 }}
-      osx-arm64-sha-noruntime: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.osx-arm64-sha256 }}
-      linux-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.linux-x64-sha256 }}
-      linux-arm64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.linux-arm64-sha256 }}
-      linux-arm-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.linux-arm-sha256 }}
-      win-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.win-x64-sha256 }}
-      win-arm64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.win-arm64-sha256 }}
-      osx-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.osx-x64-sha256 }}
-      osx-arm64-sha-noruntime-noexternals: ${{ steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.osx-arm64-sha256 }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         runtime: [ linux-x64, linux-arm64, linux-arm, win-x64, osx-x64, osx-arm64, win-arm64 ]
@@ -108,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # Build runner layout
     - name: Build & Layout Release
@@ -136,103 +115,58 @@ jobs:
       id: sha
       name: Compute SHA256
       working-directory: _package
-    - run: |
-        file=$(ls)
-        sha=$(sha256sum $file | awk '{ print $1 }')
-        echo "Computed sha256: $sha for $file"
-        echo "${{matrix.runtime}}-sha256=$sha" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "sha256=$sha" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      shell: bash
-      id: sha_noexternals
-      name: Compute SHA256
-      working-directory: _package_trims/trim_externals
-    - run: |
-        file=$(ls)
-        sha=$(sha256sum $file | awk '{ print $1 }')
-        echo "Computed sha256: $sha for $file"
-        echo "${{matrix.runtime}}-sha256=$sha" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "sha256=$sha" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      shell: bash
-      id: sha_noruntime
-      name: Compute SHA256
-      working-directory: _package_trims/trim_runtime
-    - run: |
-        file=$(ls)
-        sha=$(sha256sum $file | awk '{ print $1 }')
-        echo "Computed sha256: $sha for $file"
-        echo "${{matrix.runtime}}-sha256=$sha" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "sha256=$sha" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      shell: bash
-      id: sha_noruntime_noexternals
-      name: Compute SHA256
-      working-directory: _package_trims/trim_runtime_externals
-
-    - name: Create trimmedpackages.json for ${{ matrix.runtime }}
-      if: matrix.runtime == 'win-x64' || matrix.runtime == 'win-arm64'
-      uses: actions/github-script@0.3.0
-      with:
-        github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-        script: |
-          const core = require('@actions/core')
-          const fs = require('fs');
-          const runnerVersion = fs.readFileSync('src/runnerversion', 'utf8').replace(/\n$/g, '')
-          var trimmedPackages = fs.readFileSync('src/Misc/trimmedpackages_zip.json', 'utf8').replace(/<RUNNER_VERSION>/g, runnerVersion).replace(/<RUNNER_PLATFORM>/g, '${{ matrix.runtime }}')
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<RUNTIME_HASH>/g, '${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/runtime/**/*')}}')
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/externals/**/*')}}')
-
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_RUNTIME_EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.sha256}}')
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_RUNTIME_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.sha256}}')
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.sha256}}')
-
-          console.log(trimmedPackages)
-          fs.writeFileSync('${{ matrix.runtime }}-trimmedpackages.json', trimmedPackages)
-
-    - name: Create trimmedpackages.json for ${{ matrix.runtime }}
-      if: matrix.runtime != 'win-x64' && matrix.runtime != 'win-arm64'
-      uses: actions/github-script@0.3.0
-      with:
-        github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-        script: |
-          const core = require('@actions/core')
-          const fs = require('fs');
-          const runnerVersion = fs.readFileSync('src/runnerversion', 'utf8').replace(/\n$/g, '')
-          var trimmedPackages = fs.readFileSync('src/Misc/trimmedpackages_targz.json', 'utf8').replace(/<RUNNER_VERSION>/g, runnerVersion).replace(/<RUNNER_PLATFORM>/g, '${{ matrix.runtime }}')
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<RUNTIME_HASH>/g, '${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/runtime/**/*')}}')
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{hashFiles('**/_layout_trims/externals/**/*')}}')
-
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_RUNTIME_EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noruntime_noexternals.outputs.sha256}}')
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_RUNTIME_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noruntime.outputs.sha256}}')
-          trimmedPackages = trimmedPackages.replace(/<NO_EXTERNALS_HASH>/g, '${{steps.sha_noexternals.outputs.sha256}}')
-
-          console.log(trimmedPackages)
-          fs.writeFileSync('${{ matrix.runtime }}-trimmedpackages.json', trimmedPackages)
 
     # Upload runner package tar.gz/zip as artifact.
-    # Since each package name is unique, so we don't need to put ${{matrix}} info into artifact name
     - name: Publish Artifact
       if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: runner-packages
+        name: runner-packages-${{ matrix.runtime }}
         path: |
           _package
-          _package_trims/trim_externals
-          _package_trims/trim_runtime
-          _package_trims/trim_runtime_externals
-          ${{ matrix.runtime }}-trimmedpackages.json
 
   release:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # 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
@@ -253,33 +187,11 @@ jobs:
           releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_X64_SHA>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-x64-sha}}')
           releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM_SHA>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm-sha}}')
           releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM64_SHA>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm64-sha}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<WIN_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.win-x64-sha-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<WIN_ARM64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.win-arm64-sha-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<OSX_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.osx-x64-sha-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<OSX_ARM64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.osx-arm64-sha-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-x64-sha-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm-sha-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm64-sha-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<WIN_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.win-x64-sha-noruntime}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<WIN_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.win-arm64-sha-noruntime}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<OSX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.osx-x64-sha-noruntime}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<OSX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.osx-arm64-sha-noruntime}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-x64-sha-noruntime}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm-sha-noruntime}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm64-sha-noruntime}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<WIN_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.win-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<WIN_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.win-arm64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<OSX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.osx-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<OSX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.osx-arm64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-x64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
-          releaseNote = releaseNote.replace(/<LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS>/g, '${{needs.build.outputs.linux-arm64-sha-noruntime-noexternals}}')
           console.log(releaseNote)
           core.setOutput('version', runnerVersion);
           core.setOutput('note', releaseNote);
 
     - name: Validate Packages HASH
-      working-directory: _package
       run: |
         ls -l
         echo "${{needs.build.outputs.win-x64-sha}}  actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip" | shasum -a 256 -c
@@ -309,7 +221,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip
         asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -319,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip
         asset_name: actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.zip
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -329,7 +241,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -339,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -349,7 +261,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_name: actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -359,7 +271,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
@@ -369,298 +281,10 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
+        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}.tar.gz
         asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
 
-    # Upload release assets (trim externals)
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-x64-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.zip
-        asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    # Upload release assets (trim externals)
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-arm64-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.zip
-        asset_name: actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-x64-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-x64-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-arm64-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm64-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_externals/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    # Upload release assets (trim runtime)
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-x64-noruntime)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.zip
-        asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    # Upload release assets (trim runtime)
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-arm64-noruntime)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.zip
-        asset_name: actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-x64-noruntime)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-x64-noruntime)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-arm64-noruntime)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm-noruntime)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm64-noruntime)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    # Upload release assets (trim runtime and externals)
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-x64-noruntime-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.zip
-        asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    # Upload release assets (trim runtime and externals)
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-arm64-noruntime-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.zip
-        asset_name: actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.zip
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-x64-noruntime-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-x64-noruntime-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-arm64-noruntime-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm-noruntime-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm64-noruntime-noexternals)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/_package_trims/trim_runtime_externals/actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    # Upload release assets (trimmedpackages.json)
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-x64-trimmedpackages.json)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/win-x64-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_name: actions-runner-win-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    # Upload release assets (trimmedpackages.json)
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (win-arm64-trimmedpackages.json)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/win-arm64-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_name: actions-runner-win-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-x64-trimmedpackages.json)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/linux-x64-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-x64-trimmedpackages.json)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/osx-x64-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-x64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (osx-arm64-trimmedpackages.json)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/osx-arm64-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_name: actions-runner-osx-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm-trimmedpackages.json)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/linux-arm-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
-    - name: Upload Release Asset (linux-arm64-trimmedpackages.json)
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.createRelease.outputs.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/linux-arm64-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_name: actions-runner-linux-arm64-${{ steps.releaseNote.outputs.version }}-trimmedpackages.json
-        asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
-
   publish-image:
     needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -672,7 +296,7 @@ jobs:
       IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/actions-runner
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Compute image version
         id: image
@@ -699,6 +323,9 @@ jobs:
         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

.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: Stale Bot
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 1' # every monday at midnight
+jobs:
+  stale:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v8
+        with:
+          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open 365 days with no activity. Remove stale label or comment or this will be closed in 15 days."
+          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been stalled for 15 days with no activity."
+          exempt-issue-labels: "keep"
+          days-before-stale: 365
+          days-before-close: 15

.gitignore

@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ _dotnetsdk
 TestResults
 TestLogs
 .DS_Store
+.mono
 **/*.DotSettings.user

.husky/pre-commit

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+. "$(dirname -- "$0")/_/husky.sh"
+
+cd src/Misc/expressionFunc/hashFiles
+
+npx lint-staged

docs/checks/actions.md

@@ -7,19 +7,26 @@ Make sure the runner has access to actions service for GitHub.com or GitHub Ente
 
 - For GitHub.com
   - The runner needs to access `https://api.github.com` for downloading actions.
+  - The runner needs to access `https://codeload.github.com` for downloading actions tar.gz/zip.
   - The runner needs to access `https://vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/.../` for requesting an access token.
   - The runner needs to access `https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/.../` for receiving workflow jobs.
+  - The runner needs to access `https://results-receiver.actions.githubusercontent.com/.../` for reporting progress and uploading logs during a workflow job execution.
+  ---
+  **NOTE:** for the full list of domains that are required to be in the firewall allow list refer to the [GitHub self-hosted runners requirements documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/about-self-hosted-runners#communication-between-self-hosted-runners-and-github).
 
   These can by tested by running the following `curl` commands from your self-hosted runner machine:
 
     ```
-    curl -v https://api.github.com/api/v3/zen
+    curl -v https://api.github.com/zen
+    curl -v https://codeload.github.com/_ping
     curl -v https://vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health
     curl -v https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health
+    curl -v https://results-receiver.actions.githubusercontent.com/health
     ```
 
 - For GitHub Enterprise Server
   - The runner needs to access `https://[hostname]/api/v3` for downloading actions.
+  - The runner needs to access `https://codeload.[hostname]/_ping` for downloading actions tar.gz/zip.
   - The runner needs to access `https://[hostname]/_services/vstoken/_apis/.../` for requesting an access token.
   - The runner needs to access `https://[hostname]/_services/pipelines/_apis/.../` for receiving workflow jobs.
   
@@ -27,6 +34,7 @@ Make sure the runner has access to actions service for GitHub.com or GitHub Ente
 
     ```
     curl -v https://[hostname]/api/v3/zen
+    curl -v https://codeload.[hostname]/_ping
     curl -v https://[hostname]/_services/vstoken/_apis/health
     curl -v https://[hostname]/_services/pipelines/_apis/health
     ```
@@ -42,6 +50,10 @@ Make sure the runner has access to actions service for GitHub.com or GitHub Ente
 - Ping api.github.com or myGHES.com using dotnet
 - Make HTTP GET to https://api.github.com or https://myGHES.com/api/v3 using dotnet, check response headers contains `X-GitHub-Request-Id`
 ---
+- DNS lookup for codeload.github.com or codeload.myGHES.com using dotnet
+- Ping codeload.github.com or codeload.myGHES.com using dotnet
+- Make HTTP GET to https://codeload.github.com/_ping or https://codeload.myGHES.com/_ping using dotnet, check response headers contains `X-GitHub-Request-Id`
+---
 - DNS lookup for vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com using dotnet
 - Ping vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com using dotnet
 - Make HTTP GET to https://vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health or https://myGHES.com/_services/vstoken/_apis/health using dotnet, check response headers contains `x-vss-e2eid`
@@ -50,6 +62,10 @@ Make sure the runner has access to actions service for GitHub.com or GitHub Ente
 - Ping pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com using dotnet
 - Make HTTP GET to https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health or https://myGHES.com/_services/pipelines/_apis/health using dotnet, check response headers contains `x-vss-e2eid`
 - Make HTTP POST to https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health or https://myGHES.com/_services/pipelines/_apis/health using dotnet, check response headers contains `x-vss-e2eid`
+---
+- DNS lookup for results-receiver.actions.githubusercontent.com using dotnet
+- Ping results-receiver.actions.githubusercontent.com using dotnet
+- Make HTTP GET to https://results-receiver.actions.githubusercontent.com/health using dotnet, check response headers contains `X-GitHub-Request-Id`
 
 ## How to fix the issue?
 

docs/checks/network.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 - A Proxy may try to modify the HTTPS request (like add or change some http headers) and causes the request become incompatible with the Actions Service (ASP.NetCore), Ex: [Nginx](https://github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore/issues/17081)
 
-- Firewall rules that block action runner from accessing certain hosts, ex: `*.github.com`, `*.actions.githubusercontent.com`, etc
+- Firewall rules that block action runner from accessing [certain hosts](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/about-self-hosted-runners#communication-between-self-hosted-runners-and-github), ex: `*.github.com`, `*.actions.githubusercontent.com`, etc
 
 
 ### Identify and solve these problems
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ If you are having trouble connecting, try these steps:
       - https://api.github.com/
       - https://vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health
       - https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health
+      - https://results-receiver.actions.githubusercontent.com/health
     - For GHES/GHAE
       - https://myGHES.com/_services/vstoken/_apis/health
       - https://myGHES.com/_services/pipelines/_apis/health

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/node16/`.
+The runner carries its own copy of node.js executable under `<runner_root>/externals/node20/`.
 
-All javascript base Actions will get executed by the built-in `node` at `<runner_root>/externals/node16/`.
+All javascript base Actions will get executed by the built-in `node` at `<runner_root>/externals/node20/`.
 
 > 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

@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime-deps:6.0 as build
+# Source: https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime-deps:8.0-jammy as build
 
+ARG TARGETOS
+ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG RUNNER_VERSION
-ARG RUNNER_ARCH="x64"
-ARG RUNNER_CONTAINER_HOOKS_VERSION=0.3.2
-ARG DOCKER_VERSION=20.10.23
+ARG RUNNER_CONTAINER_HOOKS_VERSION=0.6.1
+ARG DOCKER_VERSION=27.3.1
+ARG BUILDX_VERSION=0.18.0
 
 RUN apt update -y && apt install curl unzip -y
 
 WORKDIR /actions-runner
-RUN curl -f -L -o runner.tar.gz https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v${RUNNER_VERSION}/actions-runner-linux-${RUNNER_ARCH}-${RUNNER_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+RUN export RUNNER_ARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
+    && if [ "$RUNNER_ARCH" = "amd64" ]; then export RUNNER_ARCH=x64 ; fi \
+    && curl -f -L -o runner.tar.gz https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v${RUNNER_VERSION}/actions-runner-${TARGETOS}-${RUNNER_ARCH}-${RUNNER_VERSION}.tar.gz \
     && tar xzf ./runner.tar.gz \
     && rm runner.tar.gz
 
@@ -16,21 +21,33 @@ RUN curl -f -L -o runner-container-hooks.zip https://github.com/actions/runner-c
     && unzip ./runner-container-hooks.zip -d ./k8s \
     && rm runner-container-hooks.zip
 
-RUN export DOCKER_ARCH=x86_64 \
+RUN export RUNNER_ARCH=${TARGETARCH} \
+    && if [ "$RUNNER_ARCH" = "amd64" ]; then export DOCKER_ARCH=x86_64 ; fi \
     && if [ "$RUNNER_ARCH" = "arm64" ]; then export DOCKER_ARCH=aarch64 ; fi \
-    && curl -fLo docker.tgz https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/${DOCKER_ARCH}/docker-${DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz \
+    && curl -fLo docker.tgz https://download.docker.com/${TARGETOS}/static/stable/${DOCKER_ARCH}/docker-${DOCKER_VERSION}.tgz \
     && tar zxvf docker.tgz \
-    && rm -rf docker.tgz
+    && rm -rf docker.tgz \
+    && mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins \
+    && curl -fLo /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx \
+        "https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/v${BUILDX_VERSION}/buildx-v${BUILDX_VERSION}.linux-${TARGETARCH}" \
+    && chmod +x /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
 
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime-deps:6.0
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime-deps:8.0-jammy
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 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 \
+# '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 git \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" --uid 1001 runner \
@@ -43,6 +60,7 @@ RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" --uid 1001 runner \
 WORKDIR /home/runner
 
 COPY --chown=runner:docker --from=build /actions-runner .
+COPY --from=build /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
 
 RUN install -o root -g root -m 755 docker/* /usr/bin/ && rm -rf docker
 

releaseNote.md

@@ -1,28 +1,42 @@
-## Features
-- Runner changes for communication with Results service (#2510, #2531, #2535, #2516) 
-- Add `*.ghe.localhost` domains to hosted server check (#2536) 
-- Add `OrchestrationId` to user-agent for better telemetry correlation. (#2568) 
+## What's Changed
 
-## Bugs
-- Fix JIT configurations on Windows (#2497) 
-- Guard against NullReference while creating HostContext (#2343) 
-- Handles broken symlink in `Which` (#2150, #2196) 
-- Adding curl retry for external tool downloads (#2552, #2557) 
-- Limit the time we wait for waiting websocket to connect. (#2554) 
+* Fix release workflow to use distinct artifact names by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3485
+* Update dotnet sdk to latest version @6.0.425 by @github-actions in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3433
+* add ref and type to job completion in run service by @yaananth in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3492
+* Remove Broker Migration Message logging by @luketomlinson in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3493
+* Bump dotnet SDK to dotnet 8. by @TingluoHuang in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3500
+* Remove dotnet8 compatibility test. by @TingluoHuang in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3502
+* Remove node16 from the runner. by @TingluoHuang in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3503
+* send action name for run service by @yaananth in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3520
+* Handle runner not found by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3536
+* Publish job telemetry to run-service. by @TingluoHuang in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3545
+* Fetch repo-level runner groups from API in v2 flow by @lucavallin in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3546
+* Allow runner to check service connection in background. by @TingluoHuang in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3542
+* Expose ENV for cache service v2. by @TingluoHuang in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3548
+* Update runner docker image. by @TingluoHuang in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3511
+* Bump Azure.Storage.Blobs from 12.19.1 to 12.23.0 in /src by @dependabot in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3549
+* fix dotnet-upgrade.yml to print right version by @TingluoHuang in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3550
+* Update dotnet sdk to latest version @8.0.404 by @github-actions in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3552
+* Configure dependabot to check github-actions updates by @Goooler in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3333
+* Bump actions/checkout from 3 to 4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3556
 
-## Misc
-- Bump container hooks version to 0.3.1 in runner image (#2496) 
-- Runner changes to communicate with vNext services (#2487, #2500, #2505, #2541, #2547) 
+## New Contributors
+* @lucavallin made their first contribution in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3546
+* @Goooler made their first contribution in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3333
 
-_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. 
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/actions/runner/compare/v2.320.0...v2.321.0
+
+_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.
 See https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/adding-self-hosted-runners_
 
 ## Windows x64
+
 We recommend configuring the runner in a root folder of the Windows drive (e.g. "C:\actions-runner"). This will help avoid issues related to service identity folder permissions and long file path restrictions on Windows.
 
 The following snipped needs to be run on `powershell`:
-``` powershell
+
+```powershell
 # Create a folder under the drive root
 mkdir \actions-runner ; cd \actions-runner
 # Download the latest runner package
@@ -32,13 +46,13 @@ Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ;
 [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$PWD\actions-runner-win-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>.zip", "$PWD")
 ```
 
-## [Pre-release] Windows arm64
-**Warning:** Windows arm64 runners are currently in preview status and use [unofficial versions of nodejs](https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/). They are not intended for production workflows.
+## Windows arm64
 
 We recommend configuring the runner in a root folder of the Windows drive (e.g. "C:\actions-runner"). This will help avoid issues related to service identity folder permissions and long file path restrictions on Windows.
 
 The following snipped needs to be run on `powershell`:
-``` powershell
+
+```powershell
 # Create a folder under the drive root
 mkdir \actions-runner ; cd \actions-runner
 # Download the latest runner package
@@ -50,7 +64,7 @@ Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ;
 
 ## OSX x64
 
-``` bash
+```bash
 # Create a folder
 mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
 # Download the latest runner package
@@ -61,7 +75,7 @@ tar xzf ./actions-runner-osx-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz
 
 ## OSX arm64 (Apple silicon)
 
-``` bash
+```bash
 # Create a folder
 mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
 # Download the latest runner package
@@ -72,7 +86,7 @@ tar xzf ./actions-runner-osx-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz
 
 ## Linux x64
 
-``` bash
+```bash
 # Create a folder
 mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
 # Download the latest runner package
@@ -83,7 +97,7 @@ tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz
 
 ## Linux arm64
 
-``` bash
+```bash
 # Create a folder
 mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
 # Download the latest runner package
@@ -94,7 +108,7 @@ tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz
 
 ## Linux arm
 
-``` bash
+```bash
 # Create a folder
 mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
 # Download the latest runner package
@@ -104,6 +118,7 @@ tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-arm-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz
 ```
 
 ## Using your self hosted runner
+
 For additional details about configuring, running, or shutting down the runner please check out our [product docs.](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/adding-self-hosted-runners)
 
 ## SHA-256 Checksums
@@ -117,27 +132,3 @@ The SHA-256 checksums for the packages included in this build are shown below:
 - actions-runner-linux-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-x64 --><LINUX_X64_SHA><!-- END SHA linux-x64 -->
 - actions-runner-linux-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm64 --><LINUX_ARM64_SHA><!-- END SHA linux-arm64 -->
 - actions-runner-linux-arm-<RUNNER_VERSION>.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm --><LINUX_ARM_SHA><!-- END SHA linux-arm -->
-
-- actions-runner-win-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.zip <!-- BEGIN SHA win-x64_noexternals --><WIN_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA win-x64_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-win-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.zip <!-- BEGIN SHA win-arm64_noexternals --><WIN_ARM64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA win-arm64_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-osx-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA osx-x64_noexternals --><OSX_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA osx-x64_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-osx-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA osx-arm64_noexternals --><OSX_ARM64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA osx-arm64_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-linux-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-x64_noexternals --><LINUX_X64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-x64_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-linux-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm64_noexternals --><LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-arm64_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-linux-arm-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm_noexternals --><LINUX_ARM_SHA_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-arm_noexternals -->
-
-- actions-runner-win-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.zip <!-- BEGIN SHA win-x64_noruntime --><WIN_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA win-x64_noruntime -->
-- actions-runner-win-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.zip <!-- BEGIN SHA win-arm64_noruntime --><WIN_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA win-arm64_noruntime -->
-- actions-runner-osx-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA osx-x64_noruntime --><OSX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA osx-x64_noruntime -->
-- actions-runner-osx-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA osx-arm64_noruntime --><OSX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA osx-arm64_noruntime -->
-- actions-runner-linux-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-x64_noruntime --><LINUX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA linux-x64_noruntime -->
-- actions-runner-linux-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm64_noruntime --><LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA linux-arm64_noruntime -->
-- actions-runner-linux-arm-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm_noruntime --><LINUX_ARM_SHA_NORUNTIME><!-- END SHA linux-arm_noruntime -->
-
-- actions-runner-win-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.zip <!-- BEGIN SHA win-x64_noruntime_noexternals --><WIN_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA win-x64_noruntime_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-win-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.zip <!-- BEGIN SHA win-arm64_noruntime_noexternals --><WIN_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA win-arm64_noruntime_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-osx-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA osx-x64_noruntime_noexternals --><OSX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA osx-x64_noruntime_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-osx-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA osx-arm64_noruntime_noexternals --><OSX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA osx-arm64_noruntime_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-linux-x64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-x64_noruntime_noexternals --><LINUX_X64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-x64_noruntime_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-linux-arm64-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm64_noruntime_noexternals --><LINUX_ARM64_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-arm64_noruntime_noexternals -->
-- actions-runner-linux-arm-<RUNNER_VERSION>-noruntime-noexternals.tar.gz <!-- BEGIN SHA linux-arm_noruntime_noexternals --><LINUX_ARM_SHA_NORUNTIME_NOEXTERNALS><!-- END SHA linux-arm_noruntime_noexternals -->

releaseVersion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-<Update to ./src/runnerversion when creating release>
+2.321.0

scripts/create-latest-svc.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -e
 # Configures it as a service more secure
 # Should be used on VMs and not containers
 # Works on OSX and Linux
-# Assumes x64 arch
+# Assumes x64 arch (support arm64)
 # See EXAMPLES below
 
 flags_found=false
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ sudo echo
 runner_plat=linux
 [ ! -z "$(which sw_vers)" ] && runner_plat=osx;
 
+runner_arch=x64
+[ ! -z "$(arch | grep arm64)" ] && runner_arch=arm64
+
 function fatal()
 {
    echo "error: $1" >&2
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ echo "Downloading latest runner ..."
 # For the GHES Alpha, download the runner from github.com
 latest_version_label=$(curl -s -X GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/actions/runner/releases/latest' | jq -r '.tag_name')
 latest_version=$(echo ${latest_version_label:1})
-runner_file="actions-runner-${runner_plat}-x64-${latest_version}.tar.gz"
+runner_file="actions-runner-${runner_plat}-${runner_arch}-${latest_version}.tar.gz"
 
 if [ -f "${runner_file}" ]; then
     echo "${runner_file} exists. skipping download."

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-arm

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-39f2a931565d6a10e695ac8ed14bb9dcbb568151410349b32dbf9c27bae29602

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-29ffb303537d8ba674fbebc7729292c21c4ebd17b3198f91ed593ef4cbbb67b5

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-de6868a836fa3cb9e5ddddbc079da1c25e819aa2d2fc193cc9931c353687c57c

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/osx-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-339d3e1a5fd28450c0fe6cb820cc7aae291f0f9e2d153ac34e1f7b080e35d30e

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/osx-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-dcb7f606c1d7d290381e5020ee73e7f16dcbd2f20ac9b431362ccbb5120d449c

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/win-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1bbcb0e9a2cf4be4b1fce77458de139b70ac58efcbb415a6db028b9373ae1673

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/win-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-44cd25f3c104d0abb44d262397a80e0b2c4f206465c5d899a22eec043dac0fb3

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-arm

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3807dcbf947e840c33535fb466b096d76bf09e5c0254af8fc8cbbb24c6388222

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ee01eee80cd8a460a4b9780ee13fdd20f25c59e754b4ccd99df55fbba2a85634

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a9fb9c14e24e79aec97d4da197dd7bfc6364297d6fce573afb2df48cc9a931f8

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/osx-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a4e0e8fc62eba0967a39c7d693dcd0aeb8b2bed0765f9c38df80d42884f65341

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/osx-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-17ac17fbe785b3d6fa2868d8d17185ebfe0c90b4b0ddf6b67eac70e42bcd989b

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/win-arm64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-89f24657a550f1e818b0e9975e5b80edcf4dd22b7d4bccbb9e48e37f45d30fb1

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/win-x64

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-24fd131b5dce33ef16038b771407bc0507da8682a72fb3b7780607235f76db0b

src/Misc/expressionFunc/hashFiles/.prettierrc.json

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
+
 {
-    "printWidth": 80,
-    "tabWidth": 2,
-    "useTabs": false,
-    "semi": false,
-    "singleQuote": true,
-    "trailingComma": "none",
-    "bracketSpacing": false,
-    "arrowParens": "avoid",
-    "parser": "typescript"
-  }
+  "printWidth": 80,
+  "tabWidth": 2,
+  "useTabs": false,
+  "semi": false,
+  "singleQuote": true,
+  "trailingComma": "none",
+  "bracketSpacing": false,
+  "arrowParens": "avoid",
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "files": "*.{js,ts,json}",
+      "options": {
+        "tabWidth": 2
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}

src/Misc/expressionFunc/hashFiles/README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-To compile this package (output will be stored in `Misc/layoutbin`) run `npm install && npm run all`.
+To compile this package (output will be stored in `Misc/layoutbin`) run `npm install && npm run prepare && npm run all`.
 
-> Note: this package also needs to be recompiled for dependabot PRs updating one of
-> its dependencies.
+When you commit changes to the JSON or Typescript file, the javascript binary will be automatically re-compiled and added to the latest commit.

src/Misc/expressionFunc/hashFiles/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
     "format-check": "prettier --check **/*.ts",
     "lint": "eslint src/**/*.ts",
     "pack": "ncc build -o ../../layoutbin/hashFiles",
-    "all": "npm run build && npm run format && npm run lint && npm run pack"
+    "all": "npm run format && npm run lint && npm run build && npm run pack",
+    "prepare": "cd ../../../../ && husky install"
+
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -18,18 +20,32 @@
   "keywords": [
     "actions"
   ],
+  "lint-staged": {
+    "*.md": [
+      "prettier --write",
+      "git add ."
+    ],
+    "*.{ts,json}": [
+      "sh -c 'npm run all'",
+      "git add ."
+    ]
+  },
   "author": "GitHub Actions",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/glob": "^0.1.0"
+    "@actions/glob": "^0.4.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^12.7.12",
-    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.15.0",
-    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.36.0",
-    "eslint": "^8.11.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-github": "^4.3.5",
-    "prettier": "^1.19.1",
-    "typescript": "^3.6.4"
+    "@types/node": "^20.6.2",
+    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.7.2",
+    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.7.2",
+    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.47.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-github": "^4.10.0",
+    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0",
+    "prettier": "^3.0.3",
+    "typescript": "^5.2.2",
+    "husky": "^8.0.3",
+    "lint-staged": "^14.0.0"
   }
-}
+}

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

@@ -52,12 +52,13 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
-run()
-  .then(out => {
+;(async () => {
+  try {
+    const out = await run()
     console.log(out)
     process.exit(0)
-  })
-  .catch(err => {
+  } catch (err) {
     console.error(err)
     process.exit(1)
-  })
+  }
+})()

src/Misc/externals.sh

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ PACKAGERUNTIME=$1
 PRECACHE=$2
 
 NODE_URL=https://nodejs.org/dist
-UNOFFICIAL_NODE_URL=https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/download/release
-NODE12_VERSION="12.22.7"
-NODE16_VERSION="16.16.0"
+NODE_ALPINE_URL=https://github.com/actions/alpine_nodejs/releases/download
+# When you update Node versions you must also create a new release of alpine_nodejs at that updated version.
+# Follow the instructions here: https://github.com/actions/alpine_nodejs?tab=readme-ov-file#getting-started
+NODE20_VERSION="20.18.0"
 
 get_abs_path() {
   # exploits the fact that pwd will print abs path when no args
@@ -60,17 +61,16 @@ function acquireExternalTool() {
             echo "Curl version: $CURL_VERSION"
 
             # curl -f Fail silently (no output at all) on HTTP errors (H)
-            #      -k Allow connections to SSL sites without certs (H)
             #      -S Show error. With -s, make curl show errors when they occur
             #      -L Follow redirects (H)
             #      -o FILE    Write to FILE instead of stdout
             #      --retry 3   Retries transient errors 3 times (timeouts, 5xx)
             if [[ "$(printf '%s\n' "7.71.0" "$CURL_VERSION" | sort -V | head -n1)" != "7.71.0" ]]; then
                 # Curl version is less than or equal to 7.71.0, skipping retry-all-errors flag
-                 curl -fkSL --retry 3 -o "$partial_target" "$download_source" 2>"${download_target}_download.log" || checkRC 'curl'
+                 curl -fSL --retry 3 -o "$partial_target" "$download_source" 2>"${download_target}_download.log" || checkRC 'curl'
             else
                 # Curl version is greater than 7.71.0, running curl with --retry-all-errors flag
-                 curl -fkSL --retry 3 --retry-all-errors -o "$partial_target" "$download_source" 2>"${download_target}_download.log" || checkRC 'curl'
+                 curl -fSL --retry 3 --retry-all-errors -o "$partial_target" "$download_source" 2>"${download_target}_download.log" || checkRC 'curl'
             fi
 
             # Move the partial file to the download target.
@@ -137,10 +137,8 @@ function acquireExternalTool() {
 
 # Download the external tools only for Windows.
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "win-x64" || "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "win-x86" ]]; then
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.exe" node12/bin
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.lib" node12/bin
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.exe" node16/bin
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.lib" node16/bin
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.exe" node20/bin
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.lib" node20/bin
     if [[ "$PRECACHE" != "" ]]; then
         acquireExternalTool "https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/releases/download/2.6.7/vswhere.exe" vswhere
     fi
@@ -149,8 +147,8 @@ fi
 # Download the external tools only for Windows.
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "win-arm64" ]]; then
     # todo: replace these with official release when available
-    acquireExternalTool "$UNOFFICIAL_NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.exe" node16/bin
-    acquireExternalTool "$UNOFFICIAL_NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.lib" node16/bin
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.exe" node20/bin
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/$PACKAGERUNTIME/node.lib" node20/bin
     if [[ "$PRECACHE" != "" ]]; then
         acquireExternalTool "https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/releases/download/2.6.7/vswhere.exe" vswhere
     fi
@@ -158,29 +156,24 @@ fi
 
 # Download the external tools only for OSX.
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "osx-x64" ]]; then
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-darwin-x64.tar.gz" node12 fix_nested_dir
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-darwin-x64.tar.gz" node16 fix_nested_dir
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/node-v${NODE20_VERSION}-darwin-x64.tar.gz" node20 fix_nested_dir
 fi
 
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "osx-arm64" ]]; then
     # node.js v12 doesn't support macOS on arm64.
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-darwin-arm64.tar.gz" node16 fix_nested_dir
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/node-v${NODE20_VERSION}-darwin-arm64.tar.gz" node20 fix_nested_dir
 fi
 
 # Download the external tools for Linux PACKAGERUNTIMEs.
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "linux-x64" ]]; then
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz" node12 fix_nested_dir
-    acquireExternalTool "https://vstsagenttools.blob.core.windows.net/tools/nodejs/${NODE12_VERSION}/alpine/x64/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-alpine-x64.tar.gz" node12_alpine
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz" node16 fix_nested_dir
-    acquireExternalTool "https://vstsagenttools.blob.core.windows.net/tools/nodejs/${NODE16_VERSION}/alpine/x64/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-alpine-x64.tar.gz" node16_alpine
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/node-v${NODE20_VERSION}-linux-x64.tar.gz" node20 fix_nested_dir
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_ALPINE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/node-v${NODE20_VERSION}-alpine-x64.tar.gz" node20_alpine
 fi
 
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "linux-arm64" ]]; then
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-linux-arm64.tar.gz" node12 fix_nested_dir
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-linux-arm64.tar.gz" node16 fix_nested_dir
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/node-v${NODE20_VERSION}-linux-arm64.tar.gz" node20 fix_nested_dir
 fi
 
 if [[ "$PACKAGERUNTIME" == "linux-arm" ]]; then
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE12_VERSION}/node-v${NODE12_VERSION}-linux-armv7l.tar.gz" node12 fix_nested_dir
-    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE16_VERSION}/node-v${NODE16_VERSION}-linux-armv7l.tar.gz" node16 fix_nested_dir
+    acquireExternalTool "$NODE_URL/v${NODE20_VERSION}/node-v${NODE20_VERSION}-linux-armv7l.tar.gz" node20 fix_nested_dir
 fi

src/Misc/layoutbin/RunnerService.js

@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ var runService = function () {
             );
             stopping = true;
           }
+        } else if (code === 5) {
+          console.log(
+            "Runner listener exit with Session Conflict error, stop the service, no retry needed."
+          );
+          stopping = true;
         } else {
           var messagePrefix = "Runner listener exit with undefined return code";
           unknownFailureRetryCount++;

src/Misc/layoutbin/hashFiles/index.js

@@ -6,6 +6,29 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    var desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(m, k);
+    if (!desc || ("get" in desc ? !m.__esModule : desc.writable || desc.configurable)) {
+      desc = { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } };
+    }
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, desc);
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
 var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
     function adopt(value) { return value instanceof P ? value : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(value); }); }
     return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
@@ -22,13 +45,6 @@ var __asyncValues = (this && this.__asyncValues) || function (o) {
     function verb(n) { i[n] = o[n] && function (v) { return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) { v = o[n](v), settle(resolve, reject, v.done, v.value); }); }; }
     function settle(resolve, reject, d, v) { Promise.resolve(v).then(function(v) { resolve({ value: v, done: d }); }, reject); }
 };
-var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
-    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
-    var result = {};
-    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) result[k] = mod[k];
-    result["default"] = mod;
-    return result;
-};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 const crypto = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(6113));
 const fs = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7147));
@@ -37,7 +53,7 @@ const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
 const stream = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2781));
 const util = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(3837));
 function run() {
-    var e_1, _a;
+    var _a, e_1, _b, _c;
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         // arg0 -> node
         // arg1 -> hashFiles.js
@@ -56,8 +72,10 @@ function run() {
         let count = 0;
         const globber = yield glob.create(matchPatterns, { followSymbolicLinks });
         try {
-            for (var _b = __asyncValues(globber.globGenerator()), _c; _c = yield _b.next(), !_c.done;) {
-                const file = _c.value;
+            for (var _d = true, _e = __asyncValues(globber.globGenerator()), _f; _f = yield _e.next(), _a = _f.done, !_a; _d = true) {
+                _c = _f.value;
+                _d = false;
+                const file = _c;
                 console.log(file);
                 if (!file.startsWith(`${githubWorkspace}${path.sep}`)) {
                     console.log(`Ignore '${file}' since it is not under GITHUB_WORKSPACE.`);
@@ -80,7 +98,7 @@ function run() {
         catch (e_1_1) { e_1 = { error: e_1_1 }; }
         finally {
             try {
-                if (_c && !_c.done && (_a = _b.return)) yield _a.call(_b);
+                if (!_d && !_a && (_b = _e.return)) yield _b.call(_e);
             }
             finally { if (e_1) throw e_1.error; }
         }
@@ -94,15 +112,18 @@ function run() {
         }
     });
 }
-run()
-    .then(out => {
-    console.log(out);
-    process.exit(0);
-})
-    .catch(err => {
-    console.error(err);
-    process.exit(1);
-});
+;
+(() => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+    try {
+        const out = yield run();
+        console.log(out);
+        process.exit(0);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(err);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}))();
 
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -246,7 +267,6 @@ const file_command_1 = __nccwpck_require__(717);
 const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(5278);
 const os = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2037));
 const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
-const uuid_1 = __nccwpck_require__(5840);
 const oidc_utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(8041);
 /**
  * The code to exit an action
@@ -276,20 +296,9 @@ function exportVariable(name, val) {
     process.env[name] = convertedVal;
     const filePath = process.env['GITHUB_ENV'] || '';
     if (filePath) {
-        const delimiter = `ghadelimiter_${uuid_1.v4()}`;
-        // These should realistically never happen, but just in case someone finds a way to exploit uuid generation let's not allow keys or values that contain the delimiter.
-        if (name.includes(delimiter)) {
-            throw new Error(`Unexpected input: name should not contain the delimiter "${delimiter}"`);
-        }
-        if (convertedVal.includes(delimiter)) {
-            throw new Error(`Unexpected input: value should not contain the delimiter "${delimiter}"`);
-        }
-        const commandValue = `${name}<<${delimiter}${os.EOL}${convertedVal}${os.EOL}${delimiter}`;
-        file_command_1.issueCommand('ENV', commandValue);
-    }
-    else {
-        command_1.issueCommand('set-env', { name }, convertedVal);
+        return file_command_1.issueFileCommand('ENV', file_command_1.prepareKeyValueMessage(name, val));
     }
+    command_1.issueCommand('set-env', { name }, convertedVal);
 }
 exports.exportVariable = exportVariable;
 /**
@@ -307,7 +316,7 @@ exports.setSecret = setSecret;
 function addPath(inputPath) {
     const filePath = process.env['GITHUB_PATH'] || '';
     if (filePath) {
-        file_command_1.issueCommand('PATH', inputPath);
+        file_command_1.issueFileCommand('PATH', inputPath);
     }
     else {
         command_1.issueCommand('add-path', {}, inputPath);
@@ -347,7 +356,10 @@ function getMultilineInput(name, options) {
     const inputs = getInput(name, options)
         .split('\n')
         .filter(x => x !== '');
-    return inputs;
+    if (options && options.trimWhitespace === false) {
+        return inputs;
+    }
+    return inputs.map(input => input.trim());
 }
 exports.getMultilineInput = getMultilineInput;
 /**
@@ -380,8 +392,12 @@ exports.getBooleanInput = getBooleanInput;
  */
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 function setOutput(name, value) {
+    const filePath = process.env['GITHUB_OUTPUT'] || '';
+    if (filePath) {
+        return file_command_1.issueFileCommand('OUTPUT', file_command_1.prepareKeyValueMessage(name, value));
+    }
     process.stdout.write(os.EOL);
-    command_1.issueCommand('set-output', { name }, value);
+    command_1.issueCommand('set-output', { name }, utils_1.toCommandValue(value));
 }
 exports.setOutput = setOutput;
 /**
@@ -510,7 +526,11 @@ exports.group = group;
  */
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 function saveState(name, value) {
-    command_1.issueCommand('save-state', { name }, value);
+    const filePath = process.env['GITHUB_STATE'] || '';
+    if (filePath) {
+        return file_command_1.issueFileCommand('STATE', file_command_1.prepareKeyValueMessage(name, value));
+    }
+    command_1.issueCommand('save-state', { name }, utils_1.toCommandValue(value));
 }
 exports.saveState = saveState;
 /**
@@ -576,13 +596,14 @@ var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
     return result;
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-exports.issueCommand = void 0;
+exports.prepareKeyValueMessage = exports.issueFileCommand = void 0;
 // We use any as a valid input type
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 const fs = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7147));
 const os = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2037));
+const uuid_1 = __nccwpck_require__(5840);
 const utils_1 = __nccwpck_require__(5278);
-function issueCommand(command, message) {
+function issueFileCommand(command, message) {
     const filePath = process.env[`GITHUB_${command}`];
     if (!filePath) {
         throw new Error(`Unable to find environment variable for file command ${command}`);
@@ -594,7 +615,22 @@ function issueCommand(command, message) {
         encoding: 'utf8'
     });
 }
-exports.issueCommand = issueCommand;
+exports.issueFileCommand = issueFileCommand;
+function prepareKeyValueMessage(key, value) {
+    const delimiter = `ghadelimiter_${uuid_1.v4()}`;
+    const convertedValue = utils_1.toCommandValue(value);
+    // These should realistically never happen, but just in case someone finds a
+    // way to exploit uuid generation let's not allow keys or values that contain
+    // the delimiter.
+    if (key.includes(delimiter)) {
+        throw new Error(`Unexpected input: name should not contain the delimiter "${delimiter}"`);
+    }
+    if (convertedValue.includes(delimiter)) {
+        throw new Error(`Unexpected input: value should not contain the delimiter "${delimiter}"`);
+    }
+    return `${key}<<${delimiter}${os.EOL}${convertedValue}${os.EOL}${delimiter}`;
+}
+exports.prepareKeyValueMessage = prepareKeyValueMessage;
 //# sourceMappingURL=file-command.js.map
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -1100,7 +1136,9 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
     });
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
+exports.hashFiles = exports.create = void 0;
 const internal_globber_1 = __nccwpck_require__(8298);
+const internal_hash_files_1 = __nccwpck_require__(2448);
 /**
  * Constructs a globber
  *
@@ -1113,17 +1151,56 @@ function create(patterns, options) {
     });
 }
 exports.create = create;
+/**
+ * Computes the sha256 hash of a glob
+ *
+ * @param patterns  Patterns separated by newlines
+ * @param currentWorkspace  Workspace used when matching files
+ * @param options   Glob options
+ * @param verbose   Enables verbose logging
+ */
+function hashFiles(patterns, currentWorkspace = '', options, verbose = false) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        let followSymbolicLinks = true;
+        if (options && typeof options.followSymbolicLinks === 'boolean') {
+            followSymbolicLinks = options.followSymbolicLinks;
+        }
+        const globber = yield create(patterns, { followSymbolicLinks });
+        return internal_hash_files_1.hashFiles(globber, currentWorkspace, verbose);
+    });
+}
+exports.hashFiles = hashFiles;
 //# sourceMappingURL=glob.js.map
 
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 1026:
-/***/ ((__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
+/***/ (function(__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) {
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } });
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-const core = __nccwpck_require__(2186);
+exports.getOptions = void 0;
+const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 /**
  * Returns a copy with defaults filled in.
  */
@@ -1131,6 +1208,7 @@ function getOptions(copy) {
     const result = {
         followSymbolicLinks: true,
         implicitDescendants: true,
+        matchDirectories: true,
         omitBrokenSymbolicLinks: true
     };
     if (copy) {
@@ -1142,6 +1220,10 @@ function getOptions(copy) {
             result.implicitDescendants = copy.implicitDescendants;
             core.debug(`implicitDescendants '${result.implicitDescendants}'`);
         }
+        if (typeof copy.matchDirectories === 'boolean') {
+            result.matchDirectories = copy.matchDirectories;
+            core.debug(`matchDirectories '${result.matchDirectories}'`);
+        }
         if (typeof copy.omitBrokenSymbolicLinks === 'boolean') {
             result.omitBrokenSymbolicLinks = copy.omitBrokenSymbolicLinks;
             core.debug(`omitBrokenSymbolicLinks '${result.omitBrokenSymbolicLinks}'`);
@@ -1159,6 +1241,25 @@ exports.getOptions = getOptions;
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } });
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
 var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
     function adopt(value) { return value instanceof P ? value : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(value); }); }
     return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
@@ -1188,11 +1289,12 @@ var __asyncGenerator = (this && this.__asyncGenerator) || function (thisArg, _ar
     function settle(f, v) { if (f(v), q.shift(), q.length) resume(q[0][0], q[0][1]); }
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-const core = __nccwpck_require__(2186);
-const fs = __nccwpck_require__(7147);
-const globOptionsHelper = __nccwpck_require__(1026);
-const path = __nccwpck_require__(1017);
-const patternHelper = __nccwpck_require__(9005);
+exports.DefaultGlobber = void 0;
+const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
+const fs = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7147));
+const globOptionsHelper = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1026));
+const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
+const patternHelper = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(9005));
 const internal_match_kind_1 = __nccwpck_require__(1063);
 const internal_pattern_1 = __nccwpck_require__(4536);
 const internal_search_state_1 = __nccwpck_require__(9117);
@@ -1238,7 +1340,7 @@ class DefaultGlobber {
                 if (options.implicitDescendants &&
                     (pattern.trailingSeparator ||
                         pattern.segments[pattern.segments.length - 1] !== '**')) {
-                    patterns.push(new internal_pattern_1.Pattern(pattern.negate, pattern.segments.concat('**')));
+                    patterns.push(new internal_pattern_1.Pattern(pattern.negate, true, pattern.segments.concat('**')));
                 }
             }
             // Push the search paths
@@ -1281,7 +1383,7 @@ class DefaultGlobber {
                 // Directory
                 if (stats.isDirectory()) {
                     // Matched
-                    if (match & internal_match_kind_1.MatchKind.Directory) {
+                    if (match & internal_match_kind_1.MatchKind.Directory && options.matchDirectories) {
                         yield yield __await(item.path);
                     }
                     // Descend?
@@ -1376,12 +1478,117 @@ exports.DefaultGlobber = DefaultGlobber;
 
 /***/ }),
 
+/***/ 2448:
+/***/ (function(__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) {
+
+"use strict";
+
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } });
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
+var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
+    function adopt(value) { return value instanceof P ? value : new P(function (resolve) { resolve(value); }); }
+    return new (P || (P = Promise))(function (resolve, reject) {
+        function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function rejected(value) { try { step(generator["throw"](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
+        function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : adopt(result.value).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
+        step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
+    });
+};
+var __asyncValues = (this && this.__asyncValues) || function (o) {
+    if (!Symbol.asyncIterator) throw new TypeError("Symbol.asyncIterator is not defined.");
+    var m = o[Symbol.asyncIterator], i;
+    return m ? m.call(o) : (o = typeof __values === "function" ? __values(o) : o[Symbol.iterator](), i = {}, verb("next"), verb("throw"), verb("return"), i[Symbol.asyncIterator] = function () { return this; }, i);
+    function verb(n) { i[n] = o[n] && function (v) { return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) { v = o[n](v), settle(resolve, reject, v.done, v.value); }); }; }
+    function settle(resolve, reject, d, v) { Promise.resolve(v).then(function(v) { resolve({ value: v, done: d }); }, reject); }
+};
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
+exports.hashFiles = void 0;
+const crypto = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(6113));
+const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
+const fs = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7147));
+const stream = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2781));
+const util = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(3837));
+const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
+function hashFiles(globber, currentWorkspace, verbose = false) {
+    var e_1, _a;
+    var _b;
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const writeDelegate = verbose ? core.info : core.debug;
+        let hasMatch = false;
+        const githubWorkspace = currentWorkspace
+            ? currentWorkspace
+            : (_b = process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']) !== null && _b !== void 0 ? _b : process.cwd();
+        const result = crypto.createHash('sha256');
+        let count = 0;
+        try {
+            for (var _c = __asyncValues(globber.globGenerator()), _d; _d = yield _c.next(), !_d.done;) {
+                const file = _d.value;
+                writeDelegate(file);
+                if (!file.startsWith(`${githubWorkspace}${path.sep}`)) {
+                    writeDelegate(`Ignore '${file}' since it is not under GITHUB_WORKSPACE.`);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (fs.statSync(file).isDirectory()) {
+                    writeDelegate(`Skip directory '${file}'.`);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256');
+                const pipeline = util.promisify(stream.pipeline);
+                yield pipeline(fs.createReadStream(file), hash);
+                result.write(hash.digest());
+                count++;
+                if (!hasMatch) {
+                    hasMatch = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (e_1_1) { e_1 = { error: e_1_1 }; }
+        finally {
+            try {
+                if (_d && !_d.done && (_a = _c.return)) yield _a.call(_c);
+            }
+            finally { if (e_1) throw e_1.error; }
+        }
+        result.end();
+        if (hasMatch) {
+            writeDelegate(`Found ${count} files to hash.`);
+            return result.digest('hex');
+        }
+        else {
+            writeDelegate(`No matches found for glob`);
+            return '';
+        }
+    });
+}
+exports.hashFiles = hashFiles;
+//# sourceMappingURL=internal-hash-files.js.map
+
+/***/ }),
+
 /***/ 1063:
 /***/ ((__unused_webpack_module, exports) => {
 
 "use strict";
 
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
+exports.MatchKind = void 0;
 /**
  * Indicates whether a pattern matches a path
  */
@@ -1401,13 +1608,36 @@ var MatchKind;
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 1849:
-/***/ ((__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
+/***/ (function(__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) {
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } });
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
+var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
+    return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-const assert = __nccwpck_require__(9491);
-const path = __nccwpck_require__(1017);
+exports.safeTrimTrailingSeparator = exports.normalizeSeparators = exports.hasRoot = exports.hasAbsoluteRoot = exports.ensureAbsoluteRoot = exports.dirname = void 0;
+const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
+const assert_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(9491));
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
 /**
  * Similar to path.dirname except normalizes the path separators and slightly better handling for Windows UNC paths.
@@ -1447,8 +1677,8 @@ exports.dirname = dirname;
  * or `C:` are expanded based on the current working directory.
  */
 function ensureAbsoluteRoot(root, itemPath) {
-    assert(root, `ensureAbsoluteRoot parameter 'root' must not be empty`);
-    assert(itemPath, `ensureAbsoluteRoot parameter 'itemPath' must not be empty`);
+    assert_1.default(root, `ensureAbsoluteRoot parameter 'root' must not be empty`);
+    assert_1.default(itemPath, `ensureAbsoluteRoot parameter 'itemPath' must not be empty`);
     // Already rooted
     if (hasAbsoluteRoot(itemPath)) {
         return itemPath;
@@ -1458,7 +1688,7 @@ function ensureAbsoluteRoot(root, itemPath) {
         // Check for itemPath like C: or C:foo
         if (itemPath.match(/^[A-Z]:[^\\/]|^[A-Z]:$/i)) {
             let cwd = process.cwd();
-            assert(cwd.match(/^[A-Z]:\\/i), `Expected current directory to start with an absolute drive root. Actual '${cwd}'`);
+            assert_1.default(cwd.match(/^[A-Z]:\\/i), `Expected current directory to start with an absolute drive root. Actual '${cwd}'`);
             // Drive letter matches cwd? Expand to cwd
             if (itemPath[0].toUpperCase() === cwd[0].toUpperCase()) {
                 // Drive only, e.g. C:
@@ -1483,11 +1713,11 @@ function ensureAbsoluteRoot(root, itemPath) {
         // Check for itemPath like \ or \foo
         else if (normalizeSeparators(itemPath).match(/^\\$|^\\[^\\]/)) {
             const cwd = process.cwd();
-            assert(cwd.match(/^[A-Z]:\\/i), `Expected current directory to start with an absolute drive root. Actual '${cwd}'`);
+            assert_1.default(cwd.match(/^[A-Z]:\\/i), `Expected current directory to start with an absolute drive root. Actual '${cwd}'`);
             return `${cwd[0]}:\\${itemPath.substr(1)}`;
         }
     }
-    assert(hasAbsoluteRoot(root), `ensureAbsoluteRoot parameter 'root' must have an absolute root`);
+    assert_1.default(hasAbsoluteRoot(root), `ensureAbsoluteRoot parameter 'root' must have an absolute root`);
     // Otherwise ensure root ends with a separator
     if (root.endsWith('/') || (IS_WINDOWS && root.endsWith('\\'))) {
         // Intentionally empty
@@ -1504,7 +1734,7 @@ exports.ensureAbsoluteRoot = ensureAbsoluteRoot;
  * `\\hello\share` and `C:\hello` (and using alternate separator).
  */
 function hasAbsoluteRoot(itemPath) {
-    assert(itemPath, `hasAbsoluteRoot parameter 'itemPath' must not be empty`);
+    assert_1.default(itemPath, `hasAbsoluteRoot parameter 'itemPath' must not be empty`);
     // Normalize separators
     itemPath = normalizeSeparators(itemPath);
     // Windows
@@ -1521,7 +1751,7 @@ exports.hasAbsoluteRoot = hasAbsoluteRoot;
  * `\`, `\hello`, `\\hello\share`, `C:`, and `C:\hello` (and using alternate separator).
  */
 function hasRoot(itemPath) {
-    assert(itemPath, `isRooted parameter 'itemPath' must not be empty`);
+    assert_1.default(itemPath, `isRooted parameter 'itemPath' must not be empty`);
     // Normalize separators
     itemPath = normalizeSeparators(itemPath);
     // Windows
@@ -1583,14 +1813,37 @@ exports.safeTrimTrailingSeparator = safeTrimTrailingSeparator;
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 6836:
-/***/ ((__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
+/***/ (function(__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) {
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } });
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
+var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
+    return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-const assert = __nccwpck_require__(9491);
-const path = __nccwpck_require__(1017);
-const pathHelper = __nccwpck_require__(1849);
+exports.Path = void 0;
+const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
+const pathHelper = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1849));
+const assert_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(9491));
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
 /**
  * Helper class for parsing paths into segments
@@ -1604,7 +1857,7 @@ class Path {
         this.segments = [];
         // String
         if (typeof itemPath === 'string') {
-            assert(itemPath, `Parameter 'itemPath' must not be empty`);
+            assert_1.default(itemPath, `Parameter 'itemPath' must not be empty`);
             // Normalize slashes and trim unnecessary trailing slash
             itemPath = pathHelper.safeTrimTrailingSeparator(itemPath);
             // Not rooted
@@ -1631,24 +1884,24 @@ class Path {
         // Array
         else {
             // Must not be empty
-            assert(itemPath.length > 0, `Parameter 'itemPath' must not be an empty array`);
+            assert_1.default(itemPath.length > 0, `Parameter 'itemPath' must not be an empty array`);
             // Each segment
             for (let i = 0; i < itemPath.length; i++) {
                 let segment = itemPath[i];
                 // Must not be empty
-                assert(segment, `Parameter 'itemPath' must not contain any empty segments`);
+                assert_1.default(segment, `Parameter 'itemPath' must not contain any empty segments`);
                 // Normalize slashes
                 segment = pathHelper.normalizeSeparators(itemPath[i]);
                 // Root segment
                 if (i === 0 && pathHelper.hasRoot(segment)) {
                     segment = pathHelper.safeTrimTrailingSeparator(segment);
-                    assert(segment === pathHelper.dirname(segment), `Parameter 'itemPath' root segment contains information for multiple segments`);
+                    assert_1.default(segment === pathHelper.dirname(segment), `Parameter 'itemPath' root segment contains information for multiple segments`);
                     this.segments.push(segment);
                 }
                 // All other segments
                 else {
                     // Must not contain slash
-                    assert(!segment.includes(path.sep), `Parameter 'itemPath' contains unexpected path separators`);
+                    assert_1.default(!segment.includes(path.sep), `Parameter 'itemPath' contains unexpected path separators`);
                     this.segments.push(segment);
                 }
             }
@@ -1680,12 +1933,32 @@ exports.Path = Path;
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 9005:
-/***/ ((__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
+/***/ (function(__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) {
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } });
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-const pathHelper = __nccwpck_require__(1849);
+exports.partialMatch = exports.match = exports.getSearchPaths = void 0;
+const pathHelper = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1849));
 const internal_match_kind_1 = __nccwpck_require__(1063);
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
 /**
@@ -1761,21 +2034,44 @@ exports.partialMatch = partialMatch;
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 4536:
-/***/ ((__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
+/***/ (function(__unused_webpack_module, exports, __nccwpck_require__) {
 
 "use strict";
 
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } });
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
+var __importDefault = (this && this.__importDefault) || function (mod) {
+    return (mod && mod.__esModule) ? mod : { "default": mod };
+};
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
-const assert = __nccwpck_require__(9491);
-const os = __nccwpck_require__(2037);
-const path = __nccwpck_require__(1017);
-const pathHelper = __nccwpck_require__(1849);
+exports.Pattern = void 0;
+const os = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2037));
+const path = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1017));
+const pathHelper = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1849));
+const assert_1 = __importDefault(__nccwpck_require__(9491));
 const minimatch_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3973);
 const internal_match_kind_1 = __nccwpck_require__(1063);
 const internal_path_1 = __nccwpck_require__(6836);
 const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32';
 class Pattern {
-    constructor(patternOrNegate, segments) {
+    constructor(patternOrNegate, isImplicitPattern = false, segments, homedir) {
         /**
          * Indicates whether matches should be excluded from the result set
          */
@@ -1789,9 +2085,9 @@ class Pattern {
         else {
             // Convert to pattern
             segments = segments || [];
-            assert(segments.length, `Parameter 'segments' must not empty`);
+            assert_1.default(segments.length, `Parameter 'segments' must not empty`);
             const root = Pattern.getLiteral(segments[0]);
-            assert(root && pathHelper.hasAbsoluteRoot(root), `Parameter 'segments' first element must be a root path`);
+            assert_1.default(root && pathHelper.hasAbsoluteRoot(root), `Parameter 'segments' first element must be a root path`);
             pattern = new internal_path_1.Path(segments).toString().trim();
             if (patternOrNegate) {
                 pattern = `!${pattern}`;
@@ -1803,7 +2099,7 @@ class Pattern {
             pattern = pattern.substr(1).trim();
         }
         // Normalize slashes and ensures absolute root
-        pattern = Pattern.fixupPattern(pattern);
+        pattern = Pattern.fixupPattern(pattern, homedir);
         // Segments
         this.segments = new internal_path_1.Path(pattern).segments;
         // Trailing slash indicates the pattern should only match directories, not regular files
@@ -1819,6 +2115,7 @@ class Pattern {
         this.searchPath = new internal_path_1.Path(searchSegments).toString();
         // Root RegExp (required when determining partial match)
         this.rootRegExp = new RegExp(Pattern.regExpEscape(searchSegments[0]), IS_WINDOWS ? 'i' : '');
+        this.isImplicitPattern = isImplicitPattern;
         // Create minimatch
         const minimatchOptions = {
             dot: true,
@@ -1840,11 +2137,11 @@ class Pattern {
             // Normalize slashes
             itemPath = pathHelper.normalizeSeparators(itemPath);
             // Append a trailing slash. Otherwise Minimatch will not match the directory immediately
-            // preceeding the globstar. For example, given the pattern `/foo/**`, Minimatch returns
+            // preceding the globstar. For example, given the pattern `/foo/**`, Minimatch returns
             // false for `/foo` but returns true for `/foo/`. Append a trailing slash to handle that quirk.
-            if (!itemPath.endsWith(path.sep)) {
+            if (!itemPath.endsWith(path.sep) && this.isImplicitPattern === false) {
                 // Note, this is safe because the constructor ensures the pattern has an absolute root.
-                // For example, formats like C: and C:foo on Windows are resolved to an aboslute root.
+                // For example, formats like C: and C:foo on Windows are resolved to an absolute root.
                 itemPath = `${itemPath}${path.sep}`;
             }
         }
@@ -1882,15 +2179,15 @@ class Pattern {
     /**
      * Normalizes slashes and ensures absolute root
      */
-    static fixupPattern(pattern) {
+    static fixupPattern(pattern, homedir) {
         // Empty
-        assert(pattern, 'pattern cannot be empty');
+        assert_1.default(pattern, 'pattern cannot be empty');
         // Must not contain `.` segment, unless first segment
         // Must not contain `..` segment
         const literalSegments = new internal_path_1.Path(pattern).segments.map(x => Pattern.getLiteral(x));
-        assert(literalSegments.every((x, i) => (x !== '.' || i === 0) && x !== '..'), `Invalid pattern '${pattern}'. Relative pathing '.' and '..' is not allowed.`);
+        assert_1.default(literalSegments.every((x, i) => (x !== '.' || i === 0) && x !== '..'), `Invalid pattern '${pattern}'. Relative pathing '.' and '..' is not allowed.`);
         // Must not contain globs in root, e.g. Windows UNC path \\foo\b*r
-        assert(!pathHelper.hasRoot(pattern) || literalSegments[0], `Invalid pattern '${pattern}'. Root segment must not contain globs.`);
+        assert_1.default(!pathHelper.hasRoot(pattern) || literalSegments[0], `Invalid pattern '${pattern}'. Root segment must not contain globs.`);
         // Normalize slashes
         pattern = pathHelper.normalizeSeparators(pattern);
         // Replace leading `.` segment
@@ -1899,9 +2196,9 @@ class Pattern {
         }
         // Replace leading `~` segment
         else if (pattern === '~' || pattern.startsWith(`~${path.sep}`)) {
-            const homedir = os.homedir();
-            assert(homedir, 'Unable to determine HOME directory');
-            assert(pathHelper.hasAbsoluteRoot(homedir), `Expected HOME directory to be a rooted path. Actual '${homedir}'`);
+            homedir = homedir || os.homedir();
+            assert_1.default(homedir, 'Unable to determine HOME directory');
+            assert_1.default(pathHelper.hasAbsoluteRoot(homedir), `Expected HOME directory to be a rooted path. Actual '${homedir}'`);
             pattern = Pattern.globEscape(homedir) + pattern.substr(1);
         }
         // Replace relative drive root, e.g. pattern is C: or C:foo
@@ -2004,6 +2301,7 @@ exports.Pattern = Pattern;
 "use strict";
 
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
+exports.SearchState = void 0;
 class SearchState {
     constructor(path, level) {
         this.path = path;
@@ -2232,6 +2530,19 @@ class HttpClientResponse {
             }));
         });
     }
+    readBodyBuffer() {
+        return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+            return new Promise((resolve) => __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+                const chunks = [];
+                this.message.on('data', (chunk) => {
+                    chunks.push(chunk);
+                });
+                this.message.on('end', () => {
+                    resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks));
+                });
+            }));
+        });
+    }
 }
 exports.HttpClientResponse = HttpClientResponse;
 function isHttps(requestUrl) {
@@ -2736,7 +3047,13 @@ function getProxyUrl(reqUrl) {
         }
     })();
     if (proxyVar) {
-        return new URL(proxyVar);
+        try {
+            return new URL(proxyVar);
+        }
+        catch (_a) {
+            if (!proxyVar.startsWith('http://') && !proxyVar.startsWith('https://'))
+                return new URL(`http://${proxyVar}`);
+        }
     }
     else {
         return undefined;
@@ -2747,6 +3064,10 @@ function checkBypass(reqUrl) {
     if (!reqUrl.hostname) {
         return false;
     }
+    const reqHost = reqUrl.hostname;
+    if (isLoopbackAddress(reqHost)) {
+        return true;
+    }
     const noProxy = process.env['no_proxy'] || process.env['NO_PROXY'] || '';
     if (!noProxy) {
         return false;
@@ -2772,13 +3093,24 @@ function checkBypass(reqUrl) {
         .split(',')
         .map(x => x.trim().toUpperCase())
         .filter(x => x)) {
-        if (upperReqHosts.some(x => x === upperNoProxyItem)) {
+        if (upperNoProxyItem === '*' ||
+            upperReqHosts.some(x => x === upperNoProxyItem ||
+                x.endsWith(`.${upperNoProxyItem}`) ||
+                (upperNoProxyItem.startsWith('.') &&
+                    x.endsWith(`${upperNoProxyItem}`)))) {
             return true;
         }
     }
     return false;
 }
 exports.checkBypass = checkBypass;
+function isLoopbackAddress(host) {
+    const hostLower = host.toLowerCase();
+    return (hostLower === 'localhost' ||
+        hostLower.startsWith('127.') ||
+        hostLower.startsWith('[::1]') ||
+        hostLower.startsWith('[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]'));
+}
 //# sourceMappingURL=proxy.js.map
 
 /***/ }),
@@ -2817,6 +3149,9 @@ function range(a, b, str) {
   var i = ai;
 
   if (ai >= 0 && bi > 0) {
+    if(a===b) {
+      return [ai, bi];
+    }
     begs = [];
     left = str.length;
 

src/Misc/layoutbin/runsvc.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if [ -f ".path" ]; then
     echo ".path=${PATH}"
 fi
 
-nodever=${GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCED_NODE_VERSION:-node16}
+nodever="node20"
 
 # 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

@@ -135,12 +135,17 @@ if [[ "$currentplatform" == 'darwin'  && restartinteractiverunner -eq 0 ]]; then
     then
         # inspect the open file handles to find the node process
         # we can't actually inspect the process using ps because it uses relative paths and doesn't follow symlinks
-        nodever="node16"
+        nodever="node20"
         path=$(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
+        if [[ $? -ne 0 || -z "$path" ]] # Fallback if RunnerService.js was started with node16
         then
-            nodever="node12"
+            nodever="node16"
             path=$(lsof -a -g "$procgroup" -F n | grep $nodever/bin/node | grep externals | tail -1 | cut -c2-)
+            if [[ $? -ne 0 || -z "$path" ]] # Fallback if RunnerService.js was started with node12
+            then
+                nodever="node12"
+                path=$(lsof -a -g "$procgroup" -F n | grep $nodever/bin/node | grep externals | tail -1 | cut -c2-)
+            fi
         fi
         if [[ $? -eq 0 && -n "$path" ]]
         then
@@ -178,6 +183,19 @@ if [[ "$currentplatform" == 'darwin'  && restartinteractiverunner -eq 0 ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+# update runsvc.sh
+if [ -f "$rootfolder/runsvc.sh" ]
+then
+    date "+[%F %T-%4N] Update runsvc.sh" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+    cat "$rootfolder/bin/runsvc.sh" > "$rootfolder/runsvc.sh"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+    then
+        date "+[%F %T-%4N] Can't update $rootfolder/runsvc.sh using $rootfolder/bin/runsvc.sh" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+        mv -fv "$logfile" "$logfile.failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
 date "+[%F %T-%4N] Update succeed" >> "$logfile"
 
 touch update.finished

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

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 SET UPDATEFILE=update.finished
 "%~dp0\bin\Runner.Listener.exe" run %*
 
-rem using `if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU N` insterad of `if ERRORLEVEL N`
+rem using `if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU N` instead of `if ERRORLEVEL N`
 rem `if ERRORLEVEL N` means: error level is N or MORE
   
 if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 (
@@ -49,5 +49,10 @@ if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 4 (
   exit /b 1
 )
 
+if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 5 (
+  echo "Runner listener exit with Session Conflict error, stop the service, no retry needed."
+  exit /b 0
+)
+
 echo "Exiting after unknown error code: %ERRORLEVEL%"
 exit /b 0

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

@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ elif [[ $returnCode == 4 ]]; then
         "$DIR"/safe_sleep.sh 1
     done
     exit 2
+elif [[ $returnCode == 5 ]]; then
+    echo "Runner listener exit with Session Conflict error, stop the service, no retry needed."
+    exit 0
 else
     echo "Exiting with unknown error code: ${returnCode}"
     exit 0

src/Misc/layoutroot/run.sh

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ runWithManualTrap() {
         cp -f "$DIR"/run-helper.sh.template "$DIR"/run-helper.sh
         "$DIR"/run-helper.sh $* &
         PID=$!
-        wait -f $PID
+        wait $PID
         returnCode=$?
         if [[ $returnCode -eq 2 ]]; then
             echo "Restarting runner..."
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ if [[ -z "$RUNNER_MANUALLY_TRAP_SIG" ]]; then
     run $*
 else
     runWithManualTrap $*
-fi
+fi

src/Misc/runnercoreassets

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

src/Misc/runnerdotnetruntimeassets

@@ -1,267 +0,0 @@
-api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
-api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
-api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
-clrcompression.dll
-clretwrc.dll
-clrjit.dll
-coreclr.dll
-createdump
-createdump.exe
-dbgshim.dll
-hostfxr.dll
-hostpolicy.dll
-libclrjit.dylib
-libclrjit.so
-libcoreclr.dylib
-libcoreclr.so
-libcoreclrtraceptprovider.so
-libdbgshim.dylib
-libdbgshim.so
-libhostfxr.dylib
-libhostfxr.so
-libhostpolicy.dylib
-libhostpolicy.so
-libmscordaccore.dylib
-libmscordaccore.so
-libmscordbi.dylib
-libmscordbi.so
-Microsoft.CSharp.dll
-Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.amd64.dll
-Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.arm64.dll
-Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll
-Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
-Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll
-Microsoft.Win32.Registry.dll
-mscordaccore.dll
-mscordaccore_amd64_amd64_6.0.522.21309.dll
-mscordaccore_arm64_arm64_6.0.522.21309.dll
-mscordaccore_amd64_amd64_6.0.1322.58009.dll
-mscordbi.dll
-mscorlib.dll
-mscorrc.debug.dll
-mscorrc.dll
-msquic.dll
-netstandard.dll
-SOS_README.md
-System.AppContext.dll
-System.Buffers.dll
-System.Collections.Concurrent.dll
-System.Collections.dll
-System.Collections.Immutable.dll
-System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll
-System.Collections.Specialized.dll
-System.ComponentModel.Annotations.dll
-System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll
-System.ComponentModel.dll
-System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll
-System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll
-System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll
-System.Configuration.dll
-System.Console.dll
-System.Core.dll
-System.Data.Common.dll
-System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll
-System.Data.dll
-System.Diagnostics.Contracts.dll
-System.Diagnostics.Debug.dll
-System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll
-System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.dll
-System.Diagnostics.Process.dll
-System.Diagnostics.StackTrace.dll
-System.Diagnostics.TextWriterTraceListener.dll
-System.Diagnostics.Tools.dll
-System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.dll
-System.Diagnostics.Tracing.dll
-System.dll
-System.Drawing.dll
-System.Drawing.Primitives.dll
-System.Dynamic.Runtime.dll
-System.Formats.Asn1.dll
-System.Globalization.Calendars.dll
-System.Globalization.dll
-System.Globalization.Extensions.dll
-System.Globalization.Native.dylib
-System.Globalization.Native.so
-System.IO.Compression.Brotli.dll
-System.IO.Compression.dll
-System.IO.Compression.FileSystem.dll
-System.IO.Compression.Native.a
-System.IO.Compression.Native.dll
-System.IO.Compression.Native.dylib
-System.IO.Compression.Native.so
-System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.dll
-System.IO.dll
-System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl.dll
-System.IO.FileSystem.dll
-System.IO.FileSystem.DriveInfo.dll
-System.IO.FileSystem.Primitives.dll
-System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher.dll
-System.IO.IsolatedStorage.dll
-System.IO.MemoryMappedFiles.dll
-System.IO.Pipes.AccessControl.dll
-System.IO.Pipes.dll
-System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream.dll
-System.Linq.dll
-System.Linq.Expressions.dll
-System.Linq.Parallel.dll
-System.Linq.Queryable.dll
-System.Memory.dll
-System.Native.a
-System.Native.dylib
-System.Native.so
-System.Net.dll
-System.Net.Http.dll
-System.Net.Http.Json.dll
-System.Net.Http.Native.a
-System.Net.Http.Native.dylib
-System.Net.Http.Native.so
-System.Net.HttpListener.dll
-System.Net.Mail.dll
-System.Net.NameResolution.dll
-System.Net.NetworkInformation.dll
-System.Net.Ping.dll
-System.Net.Primitives.dll
-System.Net.Quic.dll
-System.Net.Requests.dll
-System.Net.Security.dll
-System.Net.Security.Native.a
-System.Net.Security.Native.dylib
-System.Net.Security.Native.so
-System.Net.ServicePoint.dll
-System.Net.Sockets.dll
-System.Net.WebClient.dll
-System.Net.WebHeaderCollection.dll
-System.Net.WebProxy.dll
-System.Net.WebSockets.Client.dll
-System.Net.WebSockets.dll
-System.Numerics.dll
-System.Numerics.Vectors.dll
-System.ObjectModel.dll
-System.Private.CoreLib.dll
-System.Private.DataContractSerialization.dll
-System.Private.Uri.dll
-System.Private.Xml.dll
-System.Private.Xml.Linq.dll
-System.Reflection.DispatchProxy.dll
-System.Reflection.dll
-System.Reflection.Emit.dll
-System.Reflection.Emit.ILGeneration.dll
-System.Reflection.Emit.Lightweight.dll
-System.Reflection.Extensions.dll
-System.Reflection.Metadata.dll
-System.Reflection.Primitives.dll
-System.Reflection.TypeExtensions.dll
-System.Resources.Reader.dll
-System.Resources.ResourceManager.dll
-System.Resources.Writer.dll
-System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.dll
-System.Runtime.CompilerServices.VisualC.dll
-System.Runtime.dll
-System.Runtime.Extensions.dll
-System.Runtime.Handles.dll
-System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll
-System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll
-System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.dll
-System.Runtime.Intrinsics.dll
-System.Runtime.Loader.dll
-System.Runtime.Numerics.dll
-System.Runtime.Serialization.dll
-System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.dll
-System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.dll
-System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll
-System.Runtime.Serialization.Xml.dll
-System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.dll
-System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.UI.Xaml.dll
-System.Security.AccessControl.dll
-System.Security.Claims.dll
-System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms.dll
-System.Security.Cryptography.Cng.dll
-System.Security.Cryptography.Csp.dll
-System.Security.Cryptography.Encoding.dll
-System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Apple.a
-System.Security.Cryptography.Native.Apple.dylib
-System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl.a
-System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl.dylib
-System.Security.Cryptography.Native.OpenSsl.so
-System.Security.Cryptography.OpenSsl.dll
-System.Security.Cryptography.Primitives.dll
-System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.dll
-System.Security.Cryptography.XCertificates.dll
-System.Security.dll
-System.Security.Principal.dll
-System.Security.Principal.Windows.dll
-System.Security.SecureString.dll
-System.ServiceModel.Web.dll
-System.ServiceProcess.dll
-System.Text.Encoding.CodePages.dll
-System.Text.Encoding.dll
-System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll
-System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll
-System.Text.Json.dll
-System.Text.RegularExpressions.dll
-System.Threading.Channels.dll
-System.Threading.dll
-System.Threading.Overlapped.dll
-System.Threading.Tasks.Dataflow.dll
-System.Threading.Tasks.dll
-System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
-System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.dll
-System.Threading.Thread.dll
-System.Threading.ThreadPool.dll
-System.Threading.Timer.dll
-System.Transactions.dll
-System.Transactions.Local.dll
-System.ValueTuple.dll
-System.Web.dll
-System.Web.HttpUtility.dll
-System.Windows.dll
-System.Xml.dll
-System.Xml.Linq.dll
-System.Xml.ReaderWriter.dll
-System.Xml.Serialization.dll
-System.Xml.XDocument.dll
-System.Xml.XmlDocument.dll
-System.Xml.XmlSerializer.dll
-System.Xml.XPath.dll
-System.Xml.XPath.XDocument.dll
-ucrtbase.dll
-WindowsBase.dll

src/Misc/trimmedpackages_targz.json

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

src/Misc/trimmedpackages_zip.json

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

src/Runner.Common/ActionsRunServer.cs

@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
     {
         private bool _hasConnection;
         private VssConnection _connection;
-        private TaskAgentHttpClient _taskAgentClient;
+        private ActionsRunServerHttpClient _actionsRunServerClient;
 
         public async Task ConnectAsync(Uri serverUrl, VssCredentials credentials)
         {
             _connection = await EstablishVssConnection(serverUrl, credentials, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(100));
-            _taskAgentClient = _connection.GetClient<TaskAgentHttpClient>();
+            _actionsRunServerClient = _connection.GetClient<ActionsRunServerHttpClient>();
             _hasConnection = true;
         }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             CheckConnection();
             var jobMessage = RetryRequest<AgentJobRequestMessage>(async () =>
                                                     {
-                                                        return await _taskAgentClient.GetJobMessageAsync(id, cancellationToken);
+                                                        return await _actionsRunServerClient.GetJobMessageAsync(id, cancellationToken);
                                                     }, cancellationToken);
 
             return jobMessage;

src/Runner.Common/BrokerServer.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using GitHub.Services.Common;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
 using Sdk.RSWebApi.Contracts;
 using Sdk.WebApi.WebApi.RawClient;
 
@@ -17,7 +18,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
     {
         Task ConnectAsync(Uri serverUrl, VssCredentials credentials);
 
-        Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetRunnerMessageAsync(CancellationToken token, TaskAgentStatus status, string version);
+        Task<TaskAgentSession> CreateSessionAsync(TaskAgentSession session, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+        Task DeleteSessionAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
+        Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetRunnerMessageAsync(Guid? sessionId, TaskAgentStatus status, string version, string os, string architecture, bool disableUpdate, CancellationToken token);
+
+        Task UpdateConnectionIfNeeded(Uri serverUri, VssCredentials credentials);
+
+        Task ForceRefreshConnection(VssCredentials credentials);
     }
 
     public sealed class BrokerServer : RunnerService, IBrokerServer
@@ -44,13 +52,53 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             }
         }
 
-        public Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetRunnerMessageAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken, TaskAgentStatus status, string version)
+        public async Task<TaskAgentSession> CreateSessionAsync(TaskAgentSession session, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             CheckConnection();
-            var jobMessage = RetryRequest<TaskAgentMessage>(
-                async () => await _brokerHttpClient.GetRunnerMessageAsync(version, status, cancellationToken), cancellationToken);
+            var jobMessage = await _brokerHttpClient.CreateSessionAsync(session, cancellationToken);
 
             return jobMessage;
         }
+
+        public Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetRunnerMessageAsync(Guid? sessionId, TaskAgentStatus status, string version, string os, string architecture, bool disableUpdate, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            CheckConnection();
+            var brokerSession = RetryRequest<TaskAgentMessage>(
+                async () => await _brokerHttpClient.GetRunnerMessageAsync(sessionId, version, status, os, architecture, disableUpdate, cancellationToken), cancellationToken, shouldRetry: ShouldRetryException);
+
+
+            return brokerSession;
+        }
+
+        public async Task DeleteSessionAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            CheckConnection();
+            await _brokerHttpClient.DeleteSessionAsync(cancellationToken);
+        }
+
+        public Task UpdateConnectionIfNeeded(Uri serverUri, VssCredentials credentials)
+        {
+            if (_brokerUri != serverUri || !_hasConnection)
+            {
+                return ConnectAsync(serverUri, credentials);
+            }
+
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
+        public Task ForceRefreshConnection(VssCredentials credentials)
+        {
+            return ConnectAsync(_brokerUri, credentials);
+        }
+
+        public bool ShouldRetryException(Exception ex)
+        {
+            if (ex is AccessDeniedException || ex is RunnerNotFoundException)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Common/ConfigurationStore.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         private bool? _isHostedServer;
 
         [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
-        public int AgentId { get; set; }
+        public ulong AgentId { get; set; }
 
         [DataMember(EmitDefaultValue = false)]
         public string AgentName { get; set; }

src/Runner.Common/Constants.cs

@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             public static readonly OSPlatform Platform = OSPlatform.OSX;
 #elif OS_WINDOWS
             public static readonly OSPlatform Platform = OSPlatform.Windows;
+#else
+            public static readonly OSPlatform Platform = OSPlatform.Linux;
 #endif
 
 #if X86
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             public static readonly Architecture PlatformArchitecture = Architecture.Arm;
 #elif ARM64
             public static readonly Architecture PlatformArchitecture = Architecture.Arm64;
+#else
+            public static readonly Architecture PlatformArchitecture = Architecture.X64;
 #endif
 
             public static readonly TimeSpan ExitOnUnloadTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
@@ -149,12 +153,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 public const int RetryableError = 2;
                 public const int RunnerUpdating = 3;
                 public const int RunOnceRunnerUpdating = 4;
+                public const int SessionConflict = 5;
             }
 
             public static class Features
             {
                 public static readonly string DiskSpaceWarning = "runner.diskspace.warning";
-                public static readonly string Node12Warning = "DistributedTask.AddWarningToNode12Action";
+                public static readonly string LogTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages = "DistributedTask.LogTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages";
                 public static readonly string UseContainerPathForTemplate = "DistributedTask.UseContainerPathForTemplate";
                 public static readonly string AllowRunnerContainerHooks = "DistributedTask.AllowRunnerContainerHooks";
             }
@@ -170,7 +175,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             public static readonly string UnsupportedStopCommandTokenDisabled = "You cannot use a endToken that is an empty string, the string 'pause-logging', or another workflow command. For more information see: https://docs.github.com/actions/learn-github-actions/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#example-stopping-and-starting-workflow-commands or opt into insecure command execution by setting the `ACTIONS_ALLOW_UNSECURE_STOPCOMMAND_TOKENS` environment variable to `true`.";
             public static readonly string UnsupportedSummarySize = "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY upload aborted, supports content up to a size of {0}k, got {1}k. For more information see: https://docs.github.com/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#adding-a-markdown-summary";
             public static readonly string SummaryUploadError = "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY upload aborted, an error occurred when uploading the summary. For more information see: https://docs.github.com/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#adding-a-markdown-summary";
-            public static readonly string Node12DetectedAfterEndOfLife = "Node.js 12 actions are deprecated. Please update the following actions to use Node.js 16: {0}. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2022-09-22-github-actions-all-actions-will-begin-running-on-node16-instead-of-node12/.";
         }
 
         public static class RunnerEvent
@@ -241,17 +245,17 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 public static readonly string RequireJobContainer = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_REQUIRE_JOB_CONTAINER";
                 public static readonly string RunnerDebug = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG";
                 public static readonly string StepDebug = "ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG";
-                public static readonly string AllowActionsUseUnsecureNodeVersion = "ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION";
             }
 
             public static class Agent
             {
                 public static readonly string ToolsDirectory = "agent.ToolsDirectory";
 
-                // Set this env var to "node12" to downgrade the node version for internal functions (e.g hashfiles). This does NOT affect the version of node actions.
+                // Set this env var to "nodeXY" 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";
+                public static readonly string ActionArchiveCacheDirectory = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_ACTION_ARCHIVE_CACHE";
             }
 
             public static class System

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;
@@ -196,14 +199,23 @@ 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)");
             }
-
-            if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY")))
+            else
             {
-                _trace.Warning($"Runner is running under insecure mode: HTTPS server certifcate validation has been turned off by GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_TLS_NO_VERIFY environment variable.");
+                _userAgents.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue("HttpProxyConfigured", bool.TrueString));
             }
 
             var credFile = GetConfigFile(WellKnownConfigFile.Credentials);
@@ -240,6 +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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -14,10 +15,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
     [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(JobServerQueue))]
     public interface IJobServerQueue : IRunnerService, IThrottlingReporter
     {
+        IList<JobTelemetry> JobTelemetries { get; }
         TaskCompletionSource<int> JobRecordUpdated { get; }
         event EventHandler<ThrottlingEventArgs> JobServerQueueThrottling;
         Task ShutdownAsync();
-        void Start(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage jobRequest, bool resultServiceOnly = false);
+        void Start(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage jobRequest, bool resultsServiceOnly = false);
         void QueueWebConsoleLine(Guid stepRecordId, string line, long? lineNumber = null);
         void QueueFileUpload(Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, string type, string name, string path, bool deleteSource);
         void QueueResultsUpload(Guid timelineRecordId, string name, string path, string type, bool deleteSource, bool finalize, bool firstBlock, long totalLines);
@@ -69,13 +71,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         private Task[] _allDequeueTasks;
         private readonly TaskCompletionSource<int> _jobCompletionSource = new();
         private readonly TaskCompletionSource<int> _jobRecordUpdated = new();
+        private readonly List<JobTelemetry> _jobTelemetries = new();
         private bool _queueInProcess = false;
         private bool _resultsServiceOnly = false;
+        private int _resultsServiceExceptionsCount = 0;
+        private Stopwatch _resultsUploadTimer = new();
+        private Stopwatch _actionsUploadTimer = new();
 
         public TaskCompletionSource<int> JobRecordUpdated => _jobRecordUpdated;
 
         public event EventHandler<ThrottlingEventArgs> JobServerQueueThrottling;
 
+        public IList<JobTelemetry> JobTelemetries => _jobTelemetries;
+
         // Web console dequeue will start with process queue every 250ms for the first 60*4 times (~60 seconds).
         // Then the dequeue will happen every 500ms.
         // In this way, customer still can get instance live console output on job start,
@@ -87,6 +95,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         private bool _firstConsoleOutputs = true;
 
         private bool _resultsClientInitiated = false;
+        private bool _enableTelemetry = false;
         private delegate Task ResultsFileUploadHandler(ResultsUploadFileInfo file);
 
         public override void Initialize(IHostContext hostContext)
@@ -96,14 +105,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             _resultsServer = hostContext.GetService<IResultsServer>();
         }
 
-        public void Start(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage jobRequest, bool resultServiceOnly = false)
+        public void Start(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage jobRequest, bool resultsServiceOnly = false)
         {
             Trace.Entering();
-            _resultsServiceOnly = resultServiceOnly;
+            _resultsServiceOnly = resultsServiceOnly;
 
             var serviceEndPoint = jobRequest.Resources.Endpoints.Single(x => string.Equals(x.Name, WellKnownServiceEndpointNames.SystemVssConnection, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
 
-            if (!resultServiceOnly)
+            if (!resultsServiceOnly)
             {
                 _jobServer.InitializeWebsocketClient(serviceEndPoint);
             }
@@ -119,17 +128,23 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             {
                 string liveConsoleFeedUrl = null;
                 Trace.Info("Initializing results client");
-                if (resultServiceOnly
+                if (resultsServiceOnly
                     && serviceEndPoint.Data.TryGetValue("FeedStreamUrl", out var feedStreamUrl)
                     && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(feedStreamUrl))
                 {
                     liveConsoleFeedUrl = feedStreamUrl;
                 }
-
-                _resultsServer.InitializeResultsClient(new Uri(resultsReceiverEndpoint), liveConsoleFeedUrl, accessToken);
+                jobRequest.Variables.TryGetValue("system.github.results_upload_with_sdk", out VariableValue resultsUseSdkVariable);
+                _resultsServer.InitializeResultsClient(new Uri(resultsReceiverEndpoint), liveConsoleFeedUrl, accessToken, StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(resultsUseSdkVariable?.Value));
                 _resultsClientInitiated = true;
             }
 
+            // Enable telemetry if we have both results service and actions service
+            if (_resultsClientInitiated && !_resultsServiceOnly)
+            {
+                _enableTelemetry = true;
+            }
+
             if (_queueInProcess)
             {
                 Trace.Info("No-opt, all queue process tasks are running.");
@@ -211,6 +226,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             await _resultsServer.DisposeAsync();
 
             Trace.Info("All queue process tasks have been stopped, and all queues are drained.");
+            if (_enableTelemetry)
+            {
+                var uploadTimeComparison = $"Actions upload time: {_actionsUploadTimer.ElapsedMilliseconds} ms, Result upload time: {_resultsUploadTimer.ElapsedMilliseconds} ms";
+                Trace.Info(uploadTimeComparison);
+                _jobTelemetries.Add(new JobTelemetry() { Type = JobTelemetryType.General, Message = uploadTimeComparison });
+            }
         }
 
         public void QueueWebConsoleLine(Guid stepRecordId, string line, long? lineNumber)
@@ -456,6 +477,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                     {
                         try
                         {
+                            if (_enableTelemetry)
+                            {
+                                _actionsUploadTimer.Start();
+                            }
                             await UploadFile(file);
                         }
                         catch (Exception ex)
@@ -471,6 +496,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                             //    _fileUploadQueue.Enqueue(file);
                             //}
                         }
+                        finally
+                        {
+                            if (_enableTelemetry)
+                            {
+                                _actionsUploadTimer.Stop();
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
 
                     Trace.Info("Try to upload {0} log files or attachments, success rate: {1}/{0}.", filesToUpload.Count, filesToUpload.Count - errorCount);
@@ -517,10 +549,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                     {
                         try
                         {
+                            if (_enableTelemetry)
+                            {
+                                _resultsUploadTimer.Start();
+                            }
                             if (String.Equals(file.Type, ChecksAttachmentType.StepSummary, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                             {
                                 await UploadSummaryFile(file);
                             }
+                            if (string.Equals(file.Type, CoreAttachmentType.ResultsDiagnosticLog, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                            {
+                                await UploadResultsDiagnosticLogsFile(file);
+                            }
                             else if (String.Equals(file.Type, CoreAttachmentType.ResultsLog, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                             {
                                 if (file.RecordId != _jobTimelineRecordId)
@@ -540,11 +580,20 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                             Trace.Info("Catch exception during file upload to results, keep going since the process is best effort.");
                             Trace.Error(ex);
                             errorCount++;
-
-                            // If we hit any exceptions uploading to Results, let's skip any additional uploads to Results
-                            _resultsClientInitiated = false;
-
-                            SendResultsTelemetry(ex);
+                            _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(ex);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        finally
+                        {
+                            if (_enableTelemetry)
+                            {
+                                _resultsUploadTimer.Stop();
+                            }
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -564,7 +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()
@@ -660,9 +709,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                             {
                                 Trace.Info("Catch exception during update steps, skip update Results.");
                                 Trace.Error(e);
-                                _resultsClientInitiated = false;
-
-                                SendResultsTelemetry(e);
+                                _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);
+                                }
                             }
 
                             if (_bufferedRetryRecords.Remove(update.TimelineId))
@@ -881,6 +934,17 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             await UploadResultsFile(file, summaryHandler);
         }
 
+        private async Task UploadResultsDiagnosticLogsFile(ResultsUploadFileInfo file)
+        {
+            Trace.Info($"Starting to upload diagnostic logs file to results service {file.Name}, {file.Path}");
+            ResultsFileUploadHandler diagnosticLogsHandler = async (file) =>
+            {
+                await _resultsServer.CreateResultsDiagnosticLogsAsync(file.PlanId, file.JobId, file.Path, CancellationToken.None);
+            };
+
+            await UploadResultsFile(file, diagnosticLogsHandler);
+        }
+
         private async Task UploadResultsStepLogFile(ResultsUploadFileInfo file)
         {
             Trace.Info($"Starting upload of step log file to results service {file.Name}, {file.Path}");

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/RedirectMessageHandler.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
+
+namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Handles redirects for Http requests
+    /// </summary>
+    [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
+    public class RedirectMessageHandler : DelegatingHandler
+    {
+        public RedirectMessageHandler(ITraceWriter trace)
+        {
+            Trace = trace;
+        }
+
+        protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
+            HttpRequestMessage request,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            HttpResponseMessage response = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            if (response != null &&
+                IsRedirect(response.StatusCode) &&
+                response.Headers.Location != null)
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Redirecting to '{response.Headers.Location}'.");
+
+                request = await CloneAsync(request, response.Headers.Location).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                response.Dispose();
+
+                response = await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+
+            return response;
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsRedirect(HttpStatusCode statusCode)
+        {
+            return (int)statusCode >= 300 && (int)statusCode < 400;
+        }
+
+        private static async Task<HttpRequestMessage> CloneAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, Uri requestUri)
+        {
+            var clone = new HttpRequestMessage(request.Method, requestUri)
+            {
+                Version = request.Version
+            };
+
+            request.Headers.ForEach(header => clone.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(header.Key, header.Value));
+
+            request.Options.ForEach(option => clone.Options.Set(new HttpRequestOptionsKey<object>(option.Key), option.Value));
+
+            if (request.Content != null)
+            {
+                clone.Content = new ByteArrayContent(await request.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync().ConfigureAwait(false));
+
+                request.Content.Headers.ForEach(header => clone.Content.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation(header.Key, header.Value));
+            }
+
+            return clone;
+        }
+
+        private readonly ITraceWriter Trace;
+    }
+}

src/Runner.Common/ResultsServer.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Net.WebSockets;
 using System.Security;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
     [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(ResultServer))]
     public interface IResultsServer : IRunnerService, IAsyncDisposable
     {
-        void InitializeResultsClient(Uri uri, string liveConsoleFeedUrl, string token);
+        void InitializeResultsClient(Uri uri, string liveConsoleFeedUrl, string token, bool useSdk);
 
         Task<bool> AppendLiveConsoleFeedAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid stepId, IList<string> lines, long? startLine, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 
         Task UpdateResultsWorkflowStepsAsync(Guid scopeIdentifier, string hubName, Guid planId, Guid timelineId,
             IEnumerable<TimelineRecord> records, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+
+        Task CreateResultsDiagnosticLogsAsync(string planId, string jobId, string file, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
     }
 
     public sealed class ResultServer : RunnerService, IResultsServer
@@ -50,10 +53,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         private String _liveConsoleFeedUrl;
         private string _token;
 
-        public void InitializeResultsClient(Uri uri, string liveConsoleFeedUrl, string token)
+        public void InitializeResultsClient(Uri uri, string liveConsoleFeedUrl, string token, bool useSdk)
         {
-            var httpMessageHandler = HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler();
-            this._resultsClient = new ResultsHttpClient(uri, httpMessageHandler, token, disposeHandler: true);
+            this._resultsClient = CreateHttpClient(uri, token, useSdk);
+
             _token = token;
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(liveConsoleFeedUrl))
             {
@@ -62,6 +65,26 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             }
         }
 
+        public ResultsHttpClient CreateHttpClient(Uri uri, string token, bool useSdk)
+        {
+            // 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);
+
+            return new ResultsHttpClient(uri, pipeline, token, disposeHandler: true, useSdk: useSdk);
+        }
+
         public Task CreateResultsStepSummaryAsync(string planId, string jobId, Guid stepId, string file,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
@@ -120,6 +143,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             throw new InvalidOperationException("Results client is not initialized.");
         }
 
+        public Task CreateResultsDiagnosticLogsAsync(string planId, string jobId, string file,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (_resultsClient != null)
+            {
+                return _resultsClient.UploadResultsDiagnosticLogsAsync(planId, jobId, file,
+                    cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+            }
+
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Results client is not initialized.");
+        }
+
         public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
         {
             CloseWebSocket(WebSocketCloseStatus.NormalClosure, CancellationToken.None);

src/Runner.Common/RunServer.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using Sdk.RSWebApi.Contracts;
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             Dictionary<String, VariableValue> outputs,
             IList<StepResult> stepResults,
             IList<Annotation> jobAnnotations,
+            string environmentUrl,
+            IList<Telemetry> telemetry,
             CancellationToken token);
 
         Task<RenewJobResponse> RenewJobAsync(Guid planId, Guid jobId, CancellationToken token);
@@ -59,8 +62,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         {
             CheckConnection();
             return RetryRequest<AgentJobRequestMessage>(
-                async () => await _runServiceHttpClient.GetJobMessageAsync(requestUri, id, cancellationToken), cancellationToken,
-                shouldRetry: ex => ex is not TaskOrchestrationJobAlreadyAcquiredException);
+                async () => await _runServiceHttpClient.GetJobMessageAsync(requestUri, id, VarUtil.OS, cancellationToken), cancellationToken,
+                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(
@@ -70,11 +76,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             Dictionary<String, VariableValue> outputs,
             IList<StepResult> stepResults,
             IList<Annotation> jobAnnotations,
+            string environmentUrl,
+            IList<Telemetry> telemetry,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             CheckConnection();
             return RetryRequest(
-                async () => await _runServiceHttpClient.CompleteJobAsync(requestUri, planId, jobId, result, outputs, stepResults, jobAnnotations, cancellationToken), cancellationToken);
+                async () => await _runServiceHttpClient.CompleteJobAsync(requestUri, planId, jobId, result, outputs, stepResults, jobAnnotations, environmentUrl, telemetry, cancellationToken), cancellationToken);
         }
 
         public Task<RenewJobResponse> RenewJobAsync(Guid planId, Guid jobId, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

src/Runner.Common/Runner.Common.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <RuntimeIdentifiers>win-x64;win-x86;linux-x64;linux-arm64;linux-arm;osx-x64;osx-arm64;win-arm64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
     <TargetLatestRuntimePatch>true</TargetLatestRuntimePatch>
-    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
+    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603;SYSLIB0050;SYSLIB0051</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData" Version="4.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="4.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Channels" Version="4.4.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Channels" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">

src/Runner.Common/RunnerDotcomServer.cs

@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
     [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(RunnerDotcomServer))]
     public interface IRunnerDotcomServer : IRunnerService
     {
-        Task<List<TaskAgent>> GetRunnersAsync(int runnerGroupId, string githubUrl, string githubToken, string agentName);
+        Task<List<TaskAgent>> GetRunnerByNameAsync(string githubUrl, string githubToken, string agentName);
 
         Task<DistributedTask.WebApi.Runner> AddRunnerAsync(int runnerGroupId, TaskAgent agent, string githubUrl, string githubToken, string publicKey);
+        Task<DistributedTask.WebApi.Runner> ReplaceRunnerAsync(int runnerGroupId, TaskAgent agent, string githubUrl, string githubToken, string publicKey);
         Task<List<TaskAgentPool>> GetRunnerGroupsAsync(string githubUrl, string githubToken);
-
-        string GetGitHubRequestId(HttpResponseHeaders headers);
     }
 
     public enum RequestType
@@ -42,38 +41,52 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         }
 
 
-        public async Task<List<TaskAgent>> GetRunnersAsync(int runnerGroupId, string githubUrl, string githubToken, string agentName = null)
+        public async Task<List<TaskAgent>> GetRunnerByNameAsync(string githubUrl, string githubToken, string agentName)
         {
             var githubApiUrl = "";
             var gitHubUrlBuilder = new UriBuilder(githubUrl);
             var path = gitHubUrlBuilder.Path.Split('/', '\\', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-            if (path.Length == 1)
+            var isOrgRunner = path.Length == 1;
+            var isRepoOrEnterpriseRunner = path.Length == 2;
+            var isRepoRunner = isRepoOrEnterpriseRunner && !string.Equals(path[0], "enterprises", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            if (isOrgRunner)
             {
                 // org runner
                 if (UrlUtil.IsHostedServer(gitHubUrlBuilder))
                 {
-                    githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://api.{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/orgs/{path[0]}/actions/runner-groups/{runnerGroupId}/runners";
+                    githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://api.{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/orgs/{path[0]}/actions/runners?name={Uri.EscapeDataString(agentName)}";
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/orgs/{path[0]}/actions/runner-groups/{runnerGroupId}/runners";
+                    githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/orgs/{path[0]}/actions/runners?name={Uri.EscapeDataString(agentName)}";
                 }
             }
-            else if (path.Length == 2)
+            else if (isRepoOrEnterpriseRunner)
             {
-                // repo or enterprise runner.
-                if (!string.Equals(path[0], "enterprises", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                // Repository runner
+                if (isRepoRunner)
                 {
-                    return null;
-                }
-
-                if (UrlUtil.IsHostedServer(gitHubUrlBuilder))
-                {
-                    githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://api.{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runner-groups/{runnerGroupId}/runners";
+                    if (UrlUtil.IsHostedServer(gitHubUrlBuilder))
+                    {
+                        githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://api.{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/repos/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runners?name={Uri.EscapeDataString(agentName)}";
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/repos/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runners?name={Uri.EscapeDataString(agentName)}";
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runner-groups/{runnerGroupId}/runners";
+                    // Enterprise runner
+                    if (UrlUtil.IsHostedServer(gitHubUrlBuilder))
+                    {
+                        githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://api.{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runners?name={Uri.EscapeDataString(agentName)}";
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runners?name={Uri.EscapeDataString(agentName)}";
+                    }
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -82,14 +95,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             }
 
             var runnersList = await RetryRequest<ListRunnersResponse>(githubApiUrl, githubToken, RequestType.Get, 3, "Failed to get agents pools");
-            var agents = runnersList.ToTaskAgents();
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(agentName))
-            {
-                return agents;
-            }
-
-            return agents.Where(x => string.Equals(x.Name, agentName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)).ToList();
+            return runnersList.ToTaskAgents();
         }
 
         public async Task<List<TaskAgentPool>> GetRunnerGroupsAsync(string githubUrl, string githubToken)
@@ -97,7 +104,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             var githubApiUrl = "";
             var gitHubUrlBuilder = new UriBuilder(githubUrl);
             var path = gitHubUrlBuilder.Path.Split('/', '\\', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-            if (path.Length == 1)
+            var isOrgRunner = path.Length == 1;
+            var isRepoOrEnterpriseRunner = path.Length == 2;
+            var isRepoRunner = isRepoOrEnterpriseRunner && !string.Equals(path[0], "enterprises", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+            if (isOrgRunner)
             {
                 // org runner
                 if (UrlUtil.IsHostedServer(gitHubUrlBuilder))
@@ -109,21 +120,31 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                     githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/orgs/{path[0]}/actions/runner-groups";
                 }
             }
-            else if (path.Length == 2)
+            else if (isRepoOrEnterpriseRunner)
             {
-                // repo or enterprise runner.
-                if (!string.Equals(path[0], "enterprises", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                // Repository Runner
+                if (isRepoRunner)
                 {
-                    return null;
-                }
-
-                if (UrlUtil.IsHostedServer(gitHubUrlBuilder))
-                {
-                    githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://api.{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runner-groups";
+                    if (UrlUtil.IsHostedServer(gitHubUrlBuilder))
+                    {
+                        githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://api.{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/repos/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runner-groups";
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/repos/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runner-groups";
+                    }
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runner-groups";
+                    // Enterprise Runner
+                    if (UrlUtil.IsHostedServer(gitHubUrlBuilder))
+                    {
+                        githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://api.{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runner-groups";
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        githubApiUrl = $"{gitHubUrlBuilder.Scheme}://{gitHubUrlBuilder.Host}/api/v3/{path[0]}/{path[1]}/actions/runner-groups";
+                    }
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -137,6 +158,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         }
 
         public async Task<DistributedTask.WebApi.Runner> AddRunnerAsync(int runnerGroupId, TaskAgent agent, string githubUrl, string githubToken, string publicKey)
+        {
+            return await AddOrReplaceRunner(runnerGroupId, agent, githubUrl, githubToken, publicKey, false);
+        }
+
+        public async Task<DistributedTask.WebApi.Runner> ReplaceRunnerAsync(int runnerGroupId, TaskAgent agent, string githubUrl, string githubToken, string publicKey)
+        {
+            return await AddOrReplaceRunner(runnerGroupId, agent, githubUrl, githubToken, publicKey, true);
+        }
+
+        private async Task<DistributedTask.WebApi.Runner> AddOrReplaceRunner(int runnerGroupId, TaskAgent agent, string githubUrl, string githubToken, string publicKey, bool replace)
         {
             var gitHubUrlBuilder = new UriBuilder(githubUrl);
             var path = gitHubUrlBuilder.Path.Split('/', '\\', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
@@ -159,9 +190,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                         {"updates_disabled", agent.DisableUpdate},
                         {"ephemeral", agent.Ephemeral},
                         {"labels", agent.Labels},
-                        {"public_key", publicKey}
+                        {"public_key", publicKey},
                     };
 
+            if (replace)
+            {
+                bodyObject.Add("runner_id", agent.Id);
+                bodyObject.Add("replace", replace);
+            }
+
             var body = new StringContent(StringUtil.ConvertToJson(bodyObject), null, "application/json");
 
             return await RetryRequest<DistributedTask.WebApi.Runner>(githubApiUrl, githubToken, RequestType.Post, 3, "Failed to add agent", body);
@@ -195,7 +232,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                         if (response != null)
                         {
                             responseStatus = response.StatusCode;
-                            var githubRequestId = GetGitHubRequestId(response.Headers);
+                            var githubRequestId = UrlUtil.GetGitHubRequestId(response.Headers);
 
                             if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                             {
@@ -215,7 +252,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex) when (retry < maxRetryAttemptsCount && responseStatus != System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
                     {
-                        Trace.Error($"{errorMessage} -- Atempt: {retry}");
+                        Trace.Error($"{errorMessage} -- Attempt: {retry}");
                         Trace.Error(ex);
                     }
                 }
@@ -224,14 +261,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 await Task.Delay(backOff);
             }
         }
-
-        public string GetGitHubRequestId(HttpResponseHeaders headers)
-        {
-            if (headers.TryGetValues("x-github-request-id", out var headerValues))
-            {
-                return headerValues.FirstOrDefault();
-            }
-            return string.Empty;
-        }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Common/RunnerServer.cs

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
 
         // Configuration
         Task<TaskAgent> AddAgentAsync(Int32 agentPoolId, TaskAgent agent);
-        Task DeleteAgentAsync(int agentPoolId, int agentId);
-        Task DeleteAgentAsync(int agentId);
+        Task DeleteAgentAsync(int agentPoolId, ulong agentId);
+        Task DeleteAgentAsync(ulong agentId);
         Task<List<TaskAgentPool>> GetAgentPoolsAsync(string agentPoolName = null, TaskAgentPoolType poolType = TaskAgentPoolType.Automation);
         Task<List<TaskAgent>> GetAgentsAsync(int agentPoolId, string agentName = null);
         Task<List<TaskAgent>> GetAgentsAsync(string agentName);
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         Task<TaskAgentSession> CreateAgentSessionAsync(Int32 poolId, TaskAgentSession session, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
         Task DeleteAgentMessageAsync(Int32 poolId, Int64 messageId, Guid sessionId, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
         Task DeleteAgentSessionAsync(Int32 poolId, Guid sessionId, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
-        Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetAgentMessageAsync(Int32 poolId, Guid sessionId, Int64? lastMessageId, TaskAgentStatus status, string runnerVersion, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+        Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetAgentMessageAsync(Int32 poolId, Guid sessionId, Int64? lastMessageId, TaskAgentStatus status, string runnerVersion, string os, string architecture, bool disableUpdate, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 
         // job request
         Task<TaskAgentJobRequest> GetAgentRequestAsync(int poolId, long requestId, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         Task<PackageMetadata> GetPackageAsync(string packageType, string platform, string version, bool includeToken, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 
         // agent update
-        Task<TaskAgent> UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(int agentPoolId, int agentId, string currentState, string trace);
+        Task<TaskAgent> UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(int agentPoolId, ulong agentId, string currentState, string trace);
     }
 
     public sealed class RunnerServer : RunnerService, IRunnerServer
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             return _genericTaskAgentClient.ReplaceAgentAsync(agentPoolId, agent);
         }
 
-        public Task DeleteAgentAsync(int agentPoolId, int agentId)
+        public Task DeleteAgentAsync(int agentPoolId, ulong agentId)
         {
             CheckConnection(RunnerConnectionType.Generic);
             return _genericTaskAgentClient.DeleteAgentAsync(agentPoolId, agentId);
         }
 
-        public Task DeleteAgentAsync(int agentId)
+        public Task DeleteAgentAsync(ulong agentId)
         {
             return DeleteAgentAsync(0, agentId); // agentPool is ignored server side
         }
@@ -272,10 +272,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             return _messageTaskAgentClient.DeleteAgentSessionAsync(poolId, sessionId, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
         }
 
-        public Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetAgentMessageAsync(Int32 poolId, Guid sessionId, Int64? lastMessageId, TaskAgentStatus status, string runnerVersion, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetAgentMessageAsync(Int32 poolId, Guid sessionId, Int64? lastMessageId, TaskAgentStatus status, string runnerVersion, string os, string architecture, bool disableUpdate, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             CheckConnection(RunnerConnectionType.MessageQueue);
-            return _messageTaskAgentClient.GetMessageAsync(poolId, sessionId, lastMessageId, status, runnerVersion, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+            return _messageTaskAgentClient.GetMessageAsync(poolId, sessionId, lastMessageId, status, runnerVersion, os, architecture, disableUpdate, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
         }
 
         //-----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             return _genericTaskAgentClient.GetPackageAsync(packageType, platform, version, includeToken, cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
         }
 
-        public Task<TaskAgent> UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(int agentPoolId, int agentId, string currentState, string trace)
+        public Task<TaskAgent> UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(int agentPoolId, ulong agentId, string currentState, string trace)
         {
             CheckConnection(RunnerConnectionType.Generic);
             return _genericTaskAgentClient.UpdateAgentUpdateStateAsync(agentPoolId, agentId, currentState, trace);

src/Runner.Common/Util/NodeUtil.cs

@@ -5,14 +5,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Util
 {
     public static class NodeUtil
     {
-        private const string _defaultNodeVersion = "node16";
-
-#if (OS_OSX || OS_WINDOWS) && ARM64
-        public static readonly ReadOnlyCollection<string> BuiltInNodeVersions = new(new[] { "node16" });
-#else
-        public static readonly ReadOnlyCollection<string> BuiltInNodeVersions = new(new[] { "node12", "node16" });
-#endif
-
+        private const string _defaultNodeVersion = "node20";
+        public static readonly ReadOnlyCollection<string> BuiltInNodeVersions = new(new[] { "node20" });
         public static string GetInternalNodeVersion()
         {
             var forcedInternalNodeVersion = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ForcedInternalNodeVersion);

src/Runner.Listener/BrokerMessageListener.cs

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
-using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using GitHub.Services.OAuth;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {
@@ -24,7 +25,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         private TimeSpan _getNextMessageRetryInterval;
         private TaskAgentStatus runnerStatus = TaskAgentStatus.Online;
         private CancellationTokenSource _getMessagesTokenSource;
+        private VssCredentials _creds;
+        private TaskAgentSession _session;
         private IBrokerServer _brokerServer;
+        private readonly Dictionary<string, int> _sessionCreationExceptionTracker = new();
+        private bool _accessTokenRevoked = false;
+        private readonly TimeSpan _sessionCreationRetryInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
+        private readonly TimeSpan _sessionConflictRetryLimit = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(4);
+        private readonly TimeSpan _clockSkewRetryLimit = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30);
+
 
         public override void Initialize(IHostContext hostContext)
         {
@@ -34,15 +43,141 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             _brokerServer = HostContext.GetService<IBrokerServer>();
         }
 
-        public async Task<Boolean> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token)
+        public async Task<CreateSessionResult> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token)
         {
-            await RefreshBrokerConnection();
-            return await Task.FromResult(true);
+            Trace.Entering();
+
+            // Settings
+            var configManager = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationManager>();
+            _settings = configManager.LoadSettings();
+            var serverUrl = _settings.ServerUrlV2;
+            Trace.Info(_settings);
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_settings.ServerUrlV2))
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("ServerUrlV2 is not set");
+            }
+
+            // Create connection.
+            Trace.Info("Loading Credentials");
+            var credMgr = HostContext.GetService<ICredentialManager>();
+            _creds = credMgr.LoadCredentials();
+
+            var agent = new TaskAgentReference
+            {
+                Id = _settings.AgentId,
+                Name = _settings.AgentName,
+                Version = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version,
+                OSDescription = RuntimeInformation.OSDescription,
+            };
+            var currentProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
+            string sessionName = $"{Environment.MachineName ?? "RUNNER"} (PID: {currentProcess.Id})";
+            var taskAgentSession = new TaskAgentSession(sessionName, agent);
+
+            string errorMessage = string.Empty;
+            bool encounteringError = false;
+
+            while (true)
+            {
+                token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                Trace.Info($"Attempt to create session.");
+                try
+                {
+                    Trace.Info("Connecting to the Broker Server...");
+                    await _brokerServer.ConnectAsync(new Uri(serverUrl), _creds);
+                    Trace.Info("VssConnection created");
+
+                    _term.WriteLine();
+                    _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Connected to GitHub");
+                    _term.WriteLine();
+
+                    _session = await _brokerServer.CreateSessionAsync(taskAgentSession, token);
+
+                    Trace.Info($"Session created.");
+                    if (encounteringError)
+                    {
+                        _term.WriteLine($"{DateTime.UtcNow:u}: Runner reconnected.");
+                        _sessionCreationExceptionTracker.Clear();
+                        encounteringError = false;
+                    }
+
+                    return CreateSessionResult.Success;
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException) when (token.IsCancellationRequested)
+                {
+                    Trace.Info("Session creation has been cancelled.");
+                    throw;
+                }
+                catch (TaskAgentAccessTokenExpiredException)
+                {
+                    Trace.Info("Runner OAuth token has been revoked. Session creation failed.");
+                    _accessTokenRevoked = true;
+                    throw;
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Trace.Error("Catch exception during create session.");
+                    Trace.Error(ex);
+
+                    if (ex is VssOAuthTokenRequestException vssOAuthEx && _creds.Federated is VssOAuthCredential vssOAuthCred)
+                    {
+                        // "invalid_client" means the runner registration has been deleted from the server.
+                        if (string.Equals(vssOAuthEx.Error, "invalid_client", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            _term.WriteError("Failed to create a session. The runner registration has been deleted from the server, please re-configure. Runner registrations are automatically deleted for runners that have not connected to the service recently.");
+                            return CreateSessionResult.Failure;
+                        }
+
+                        // Check whether we get 401 because the runner registration already removed by the service.
+                        // If the runner registration get deleted, we can't exchange oauth token.
+                        Trace.Error("Test oauth app registration.");
+                        var oauthTokenProvider = new VssOAuthTokenProvider(vssOAuthCred, new Uri(serverUrl));
+                        var authError = await oauthTokenProvider.ValidateCredentialAsync(token);
+                        if (string.Equals(authError, "invalid_client", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            _term.WriteError("Failed to create a session. The runner registration has been deleted from the server, please re-configure. Runner registrations are automatically deleted for runners that have not connected to the service recently.");
+                            return CreateSessionResult.Failure;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (!IsSessionCreationExceptionRetriable(ex))
+                    {
+                        _term.WriteError($"Failed to create session. {ex.Message}");
+                        if (ex is TaskAgentSessionConflictException)
+                        {
+                            return CreateSessionResult.SessionConflict;
+                        }
+                        return CreateSessionResult.Failure;
+                    }
+
+                    if (!encounteringError) //print the message only on the first error
+                    {
+                        _term.WriteError($"{DateTime.UtcNow:u}: Runner connect error: {ex.Message}. Retrying until reconnected.");
+                        encounteringError = true;
+                    }
+
+                    Trace.Info("Sleeping for {0} seconds before retrying.", _sessionCreationRetryInterval.TotalSeconds);
+                    await HostContext.Delay(_sessionCreationRetryInterval, token);
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         public async Task DeleteSessionAsync()
         {
-            await Task.CompletedTask;
+            if (_session != null && _session.SessionId != Guid.Empty)
+            {
+                if (!_accessTokenRevoked)
+                {
+                    using (var ts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)))
+                    {
+                        await _brokerServer.DeleteSessionAsync(ts.Token);
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Trace.Warning("Runner OAuth token has been revoked. Skip deleting session.");
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         public void OnJobStatus(object sender, JobStatusEventArgs e)
@@ -73,7 +208,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 _getMessagesTokenSource = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(token);
                 try
                 {
-                    message = await _brokerServer.GetRunnerMessageAsync(_getMessagesTokenSource.Token, runnerStatus, BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version);
+                    message = await _brokerServer.GetRunnerMessageAsync(_session.SessionId,
+                                                                        runnerStatus,
+                                                                        BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version,
+                                                                        VarUtil.OS,
+                                                                        VarUtil.OSArchitecture,
+                                                                        _settings.DisableUpdate,
+                                                                        _getMessagesTokenSource.Token);
 
                     if (message == null)
                     {
@@ -97,7 +238,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     Trace.Info("Runner OAuth token has been revoked. Unable to pull message.");
                     throw;
                 }
-                catch (AccessDeniedException e) when (e.InnerException is InvalidTaskAgentVersionException)
+                catch (AccessDeniedException e) when (e.ErrorCode == 1)
+                {
+                    throw;
+                }
+                catch (RunnerNotFoundException)
                 {
                     throw;
                 }
@@ -108,7 +253,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
                     if (!IsGetNextMessageExceptionRetriable(ex))
                     {
-                        throw;
+                        throw new NonRetryableException("Get next message failed with non-retryable error.", ex);
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -138,7 +283,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         }
 
                         // re-create VssConnection before next retry
-                        await RefreshBrokerConnection();
+                        await RefreshBrokerConnectionAsync();
 
                         Trace.Info("Sleeping for {0} seconds before retrying.", _getNextMessageRetryInterval.TotalSeconds);
                         await HostContext.Delay(_getNextMessageRetryInterval, token);
@@ -168,6 +313,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             }
         }
 
+        public async Task RefreshListenerTokenAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            await RefreshBrokerConnectionAsync();
+        }
+
         public async Task DeleteMessageAsync(TaskAgentMessage message)
         {
             await Task.CompletedTask;
@@ -179,6 +329,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 ex is TaskAgentPoolNotFoundException ||
                 ex is TaskAgentSessionExpiredException ||
                 ex is AccessDeniedException ||
+                ex is RunnerNotFoundException ||
                 ex is VssUnauthorizedException)
             {
                 Trace.Info($"Non-retriable exception: {ex.Message}");
@@ -191,12 +342,84 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task RefreshBrokerConnection()
+        private bool IsSessionCreationExceptionRetriable(Exception ex)
+        {
+            if (ex is TaskAgentNotFoundException)
+            {
+                Trace.Info("The runner no longer exists on the server. Stopping the runner.");
+                _term.WriteError("The runner no longer exists on the server. Please reconfigure the runner.");
+                return false;
+            }
+            else if (ex is TaskAgentSessionConflictException)
+            {
+                Trace.Info("The session for this runner already exists.");
+                _term.WriteError("A session for this runner already exists.");
+                if (_sessionCreationExceptionTracker.ContainsKey(nameof(TaskAgentSessionConflictException)))
+                {
+                    _sessionCreationExceptionTracker[nameof(TaskAgentSessionConflictException)]++;
+                    if (_sessionCreationExceptionTracker[nameof(TaskAgentSessionConflictException)] * _sessionCreationRetryInterval.TotalSeconds >= _sessionConflictRetryLimit.TotalSeconds)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info("The session conflict exception have reached retry limit.");
+                        _term.WriteError($"Stop retry on SessionConflictException after retried for {_sessionConflictRetryLimit.TotalSeconds} seconds.");
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _sessionCreationExceptionTracker[nameof(TaskAgentSessionConflictException)] = 1;
+                }
+
+                Trace.Info("The session conflict exception haven't reached retry limit.");
+                return true;
+            }
+            else if (ex is VssOAuthTokenRequestException && ex.Message.Contains("Current server time is"))
+            {
+                Trace.Info("Local clock might be skewed.");
+                _term.WriteError("The local machine's clock may be out of sync with the server time by more than five minutes. Please sync your clock with your domain or internet time and try again.");
+                if (_sessionCreationExceptionTracker.ContainsKey(nameof(VssOAuthTokenRequestException)))
+                {
+                    _sessionCreationExceptionTracker[nameof(VssOAuthTokenRequestException)]++;
+                    if (_sessionCreationExceptionTracker[nameof(VssOAuthTokenRequestException)] * _sessionCreationRetryInterval.TotalSeconds >= _clockSkewRetryLimit.TotalSeconds)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info("The OAuth token request exception have reached retry limit.");
+                        _term.WriteError($"Stopped retrying OAuth token request exception after {_clockSkewRetryLimit.TotalSeconds} seconds.");
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    _sessionCreationExceptionTracker[nameof(VssOAuthTokenRequestException)] = 1;
+                }
+
+                Trace.Info("The OAuth token request exception haven't reached retry limit.");
+                return true;
+            }
+            else if (ex is TaskAgentPoolNotFoundException ||
+                     ex is AccessDeniedException ||
+                     ex is VssUnauthorizedException)
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Non-retriable exception: {ex.Message}");
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            else if (ex is InvalidOperationException)
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Non-retriable exception: {ex.Message}");
+                return false;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Retriable exception: {ex.Message}");
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task RefreshBrokerConnectionAsync()
         {
             var configManager = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationManager>();
             _settings = configManager.LoadSettings();
 
-            if (_settings.ServerUrlV2 == null)
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_settings.ServerUrlV2))
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("ServerUrlV2 is not set");
             }

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/ActionsCheck.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
             string githubApiUrl = null;
             string actionsTokenServiceUrl = null;
             string actionsPipelinesServiceUrl = null;
+            string resultsReceiverServiceUrl = null;
             var urlBuilder = new UriBuilder(url);
             if (UrlUtil.IsHostedServer(urlBuilder))
             {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
                 githubApiUrl = urlBuilder.Uri.AbsoluteUri;
                 actionsTokenServiceUrl = "https://vstoken.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health";
                 actionsPipelinesServiceUrl = "https://pipelines.actions.githubusercontent.com/_apis/health";
+                resultsReceiverServiceUrl = "https://results-receiver.actions.githubusercontent.com/health";
             }
             else
             {
@@ -56,13 +58,31 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
                 actionsTokenServiceUrl = urlBuilder.Uri.AbsoluteUri;
                 urlBuilder.Path = "_services/pipelines/_apis/health";
                 actionsPipelinesServiceUrl = urlBuilder.Uri.AbsoluteUri;
+                resultsReceiverServiceUrl = string.Empty; // we don't have Results service in GHES yet.
             }
 
+            var codeLoadUrlBuilder = new UriBuilder(url);
+            codeLoadUrlBuilder.Host = $"codeload.{codeLoadUrlBuilder.Host}";
+            codeLoadUrlBuilder.Path = "_ping";
+
             // check github api
             checkTasks.Add(CheckUtil.CheckDns(githubApiUrl));
             checkTasks.Add(CheckUtil.CheckPing(githubApiUrl));
             checkTasks.Add(HostContext.CheckHttpsGetRequests(githubApiUrl, pat, expectedHeader: "X-GitHub-Request-Id"));
 
+            // check github codeload
+            checkTasks.Add(CheckUtil.CheckDns(codeLoadUrlBuilder.Uri.AbsoluteUri));
+            checkTasks.Add(CheckUtil.CheckPing(codeLoadUrlBuilder.Uri.AbsoluteUri));
+            checkTasks.Add(HostContext.CheckHttpsGetRequests(codeLoadUrlBuilder.Uri.AbsoluteUri, pat, expectedHeader: "X-GitHub-Request-Id"));
+
+            // check results-receiver service
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(resultsReceiverServiceUrl))
+            {
+                checkTasks.Add(CheckUtil.CheckDns(resultsReceiverServiceUrl));
+                checkTasks.Add(CheckUtil.CheckPing(resultsReceiverServiceUrl));
+                checkTasks.Add(HostContext.CheckHttpsGetRequests(resultsReceiverServiceUrl, pat, expectedHeader: "X-GitHub-Request-Id"));
+            }
+
             // check actions token service
             checkTasks.Add(CheckUtil.CheckDns(actionsTokenServiceUrl));
             checkTasks.Add(CheckUtil.CheckPing(actionsTokenServiceUrl));

src/Runner.Listener/Checks/CheckUtil.cs

@@ -351,21 +351,39 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
         private readonly Dictionary<string, HashSet<string>> _ignoredEvent = new()
         {
             {
-                "Microsoft-System-Net-Http",
+                "System.Net.Http",
                 new HashSet<string>
                 {
                     "Info",
                     "Associate",
-                    "Enter",
-                    "Exit"
                 }
             },
             {
-                "Microsoft-System-Net-Security",
+                "System.Net.Security",
+                new HashSet<string>
+                {
+                    "Info",
+                    "DumpBuffer",
+                    "SslStreamCtor",
+                    "SecureChannelCtor",
+                    "NoDelegateNoClientCert",
+                    "CertsAfterFiltering",
+                    "UsingCachedCredential",
+                    "SspiSelectedCipherSuite"
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                "Private.InternalDiagnostics.System.Net.Http",
+                new HashSet<string>
+                {
+                    "Info",
+                    "Associate",
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                "Private.InternalDiagnostics.System.Net.Security",
                 new HashSet<string>
                 {
-                    "Enter",
-                    "Exit",
                     "Info",
                     "DumpBuffer",
                     "SslStreamCtor",
@@ -391,8 +409,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Check
         {
             base.OnEventSourceCreated(eventSource);
 
-            if (eventSource.Name == "Microsoft-System-Net-Http" ||
-                eventSource.Name == "Microsoft-System-Net-Security")
+            if (eventSource.Name.Contains("System.Net.Http") ||
+                eventSource.Name.Contains("System.Net.Security"))
             {
                 EnableEvents(eventSource, EventLevel.Verbose, EventKeywords.All);
             }

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs

@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                 List<TaskAgent> agents;
                 if (runnerSettings.UseV2Flow)
                 {
-                    agents = await _dotcomServer.GetRunnersAsync(runnerSettings.PoolId, runnerSettings.GitHubUrl, registerToken, runnerSettings.AgentName);
+                    agents = await _dotcomServer.GetRunnerByNameAsync(runnerSettings.GitHubUrl, registerToken, runnerSettings.AgentName);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    agents = await _runnerServer.GetAgentsAsync(runnerSettings.PoolId, runnerSettings.AgentName);
+                    agents = await _runnerServer.GetAgentsAsync(runnerSettings.AgentName);
                 }
 
                 Trace.Verbose("Returns {0} agents", agents.Count);
@@ -263,7 +263,23 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
 
                         try
                         {
-                            agent = await _runnerServer.ReplaceAgentAsync(runnerSettings.PoolId, agent);
+                            if (runnerSettings.UseV2Flow)
+                            {
+                                var runner = await _dotcomServer.ReplaceRunnerAsync(runnerSettings.PoolId, agent, runnerSettings.GitHubUrl, registerToken, publicKeyXML);
+                                runnerSettings.ServerUrlV2 = runner.RunnerAuthorization.ServerUrl;
+
+                                agent.Id = runner.Id;
+                                agent.Authorization = new TaskAgentAuthorization()
+                                {
+                                    AuthorizationUrl = runner.RunnerAuthorization.AuthorizationUrl,
+                                    ClientId = new Guid(runner.RunnerAuthorization.ClientId)
+                                };
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                agent = await _runnerServer.ReplaceAgentAsync(runnerSettings.PoolId, agent);
+                            }
+
                             if (command.DisableUpdate &&
                                 command.DisableUpdate != agent.DisableUpdate)
                             {
@@ -709,7 +725,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     {
                         var response = await httpClient.PostAsync(githubApiUrl, new StringContent(string.Empty));
                         responseStatus = response.StatusCode;
-                        var githubRequestId = _dotcomServer.GetGitHubRequestId(response.Headers);
+                        var githubRequestId = UrlUtil.GetGitHubRequestId(response.Headers);
 
                         if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                         {
@@ -728,7 +744,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     catch (Exception ex) when (retryCount < 2 && responseStatus != System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
                     {
                         retryCount++;
-                        Trace.Error($"Failed to get JIT runner token -- Atempt: {retryCount}");
+                        Trace.Error($"Failed to get JIT runner token -- Attempt: {retryCount}");
                         Trace.Error(ex);
                     }
                 }
@@ -772,7 +788,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     {
                         var response = await httpClient.PostAsync(githubApiUrl, new StringContent(StringUtil.ConvertToJson(bodyObject), null, "application/json"));
                         responseStatus = response.StatusCode;
-                        var githubRequestId = _dotcomServer.GetGitHubRequestId(response.Headers);
+                        var githubRequestId = UrlUtil.GetGitHubRequestId(response.Headers);
 
                         if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
                         {
@@ -791,7 +807,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                     catch (Exception ex) when (retryCount < 2 && responseStatus != System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
                     {
                         retryCount++;
-                        Trace.Error($"Failed to get tenant credentials -- Atempt: {retryCount}");
+                        Trace.Error($"Failed to get tenant credentials -- Attempt: {retryCount}");
                         Trace.Error(ex);
                     }
                 }

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/CredentialManager.cs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
 
             if (!store.HasCredentials())
             {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException("Credentials not stored.  Must reconfigure.");
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Credentials not stored. Must reconfigure.");
             }
 
             CredentialData credData = store.GetCredentials();

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/NativeWindowsServiceHelper.cs

@@ -514,9 +514,25 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                 failureActions.Add(new FailureAction(RecoverAction.Restart, 60000));
 
                 // Lock the Service Database
-                svcLock = LockServiceDatabase(scmHndl);
-                if (svcLock.ToInt64() <= 0)
+                int svcLockRetries = 10;
+                int svcLockRetryTimeout = 5000;
+                while (true)
                 {
+                    svcLock = LockServiceDatabase(scmHndl);
+                    if (svcLock.ToInt64() > 0)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    _term.WriteLine("Retrying Lock Service Database...");
+
+                    svcLockRetries--;
+                    if (svcLockRetries > 0)
+                    {
+                        Thread.Sleep(svcLockRetryTimeout);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     throw new Exception("Failed to Lock Service Database for Write");
                 }
 

src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/RSAEncryptedFileKeyManager.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #if OS_WINDOWS
+#pragma warning disable CA1416
 using System.IO;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
@@ -84,4 +85,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
         }
     }
 }
+#pragma warning restore CA1416
 #endif

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/JobDispatcher.cs

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
     // This implementation of IJobDispatcher is not thread safe.
     // It is based on the fact that the current design of the runner is a dequeue
     // and processes one message from the message queue at a time.
-    // In addition, it only executes one job every time, 
+    // In addition, it only executes one job every time,
     // and the server will not send another job while this one is still running.
     public sealed class JobDispatcher : RunnerService, IJobDispatcher
     {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 Guid dispatchedJobId = _jobDispatchedQueue.Dequeue();
                 if (_jobInfos.TryGetValue(dispatchedJobId, out currentDispatch))
                 {
-                    Trace.Verbose($"Retrive previous WorkerDispather for job {currentDispatch.JobId}.");
+                    Trace.Verbose($"Retrive previous WorkerDispatcher for job {currentDispatch.JobId}.");
                 }
             }
 
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 dispatchedJobId = _jobDispatchedQueue.Dequeue();
                 if (_jobInfos.TryGetValue(dispatchedJobId, out currentDispatch))
                 {
-                    Trace.Verbose($"Retrive previous WorkerDispather for job {currentDispatch.JobId}.");
+                    Trace.Verbose($"Retrive previous WorkerDispatcher for job {currentDispatch.JobId}.");
                 }
             }
             else
             {
-                Trace.Verbose($"There is no running WorkerDispather needs to await.");
+                Trace.Verbose($"There is no running WorkerDispatcher needs to await.");
             }
 
             if (currentDispatch != null)
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        Trace.Info($"Waiting WorkerDispather for job {currentDispatch.JobId} run to finish.");
+                        Trace.Info($"Waiting WorkerDispatcher for job {currentDispatch.JobId} run to finish.");
                         await currentDispatch.WorkerDispatch;
                         Trace.Info($"Job request {currentDispatch.JobId} processed succeed.");
                     }
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         WorkerDispatcher workerDispatcher;
                         if (_jobInfos.TryRemove(currentDispatch.JobId, out workerDispatcher))
                         {
-                            Trace.Verbose($"Remove WorkerDispather from {nameof(_jobInfos)} dictionary for job {currentDispatch.JobId}.");
+                            Trace.Verbose($"Remove WorkerDispatcher from {nameof(_jobInfos)} dictionary for job {currentDispatch.JobId}.");
                             workerDispatcher.Dispose();
                         }
                     }
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        Trace.Info($"Ensure WorkerDispather for job {currentDispatch.JobId} run to finish, cancel any running job.");
+                        Trace.Info($"Ensure WorkerDispatcher for job {currentDispatch.JobId} run to finish, cancel any running job.");
                         await EnsureDispatchFinished(currentDispatch, cancelRunningJob: true);
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex)
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         WorkerDispatcher workerDispatcher;
                         if (_jobInfos.TryRemove(currentDispatch.JobId, out workerDispatcher))
                         {
-                            Trace.Verbose($"Remove WorkerDispather from {nameof(_jobInfos)} dictionary for job {currentDispatch.JobId}.");
+                            Trace.Verbose($"Remove WorkerDispatcher from {nameof(_jobInfos)} dictionary for job {currentDispatch.JobId}.");
                             workerDispatcher.Dispose();
                         }
                     }
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 WorkerDispatcher workerDispatcher;
                 if (_jobInfos.TryRemove(jobDispatch.JobId, out workerDispatcher))
                 {
-                    Trace.Verbose($"Remove WorkerDispather from {nameof(_jobInfos)} dictionary for job {jobDispatch.JobId}.");
+                    Trace.Verbose($"Remove WorkerDispatcher from {nameof(_jobInfos)} dictionary for job {jobDispatch.JobId}.");
                     workerDispatcher.Dispose();
                 }
             }
@@ -546,13 +546,27 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                     Trace.Info($"Return code {returnCode} indicate worker encounter an unhandled exception or app crash, attach worker stdout/stderr to JobRequest result.");
 
                                     var jobServer = await InitializeJobServerAsync(systemConnection);
-                                    await LogWorkerProcessUnhandledException(jobServer, message, detailInfo);
-
-                                    // Go ahead to finish the job with result 'Failed' if the STDERR from worker is System.IO.IOException, since it typically means we are running out of disk space.
-                                    if (detailInfo.Contains(typeof(System.IO.IOException).ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                                    var unhandledExceptionIssue = new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Error, Message = detailInfo };
+                                    unhandledExceptionIssue.Data[Constants.Runner.InternalTelemetryIssueDataKey] = Constants.Runner.WorkerCrash;
+                                    switch (jobServer)
                                     {
-                                        Trace.Info($"Finish job with result 'Failed' due to IOException.");
-                                        await ForceFailJob(jobServer, message, detailInfo);
+                                        case IJobServer js:
+                                            {
+                                                await LogWorkerProcessUnhandledException(js, message, unhandledExceptionIssue);
+                                                // Go ahead to finish the job with result 'Failed' if the STDERR from worker is System.IO.IOException, since it typically means we are running out of disk space.
+                                                if (detailInfo.Contains(typeof(System.IO.IOException).ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                                                {
+                                                    Trace.Info($"Finish job with result 'Failed' due to IOException.");
+                                                    await ForceFailJob(js, message);
+                                                }
+
+                                                break;
+                                            }
+                                        case IRunServer rs:
+                                            await ForceFailJob(rs, message, unhandledExceptionIssue);
+                                            break;
+                                        default:
+                                            throw new NotSupportedException($"JobServer type '{jobServer.GetType().Name}' is not supported.");
                                     }
                                 }
 
@@ -629,8 +643,22 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                     Trace.Info("worker process has been killed.");
                                 }
                             }
+                            catch (Exception ex)
+                            {
+                                // message send failed, this might indicate worker process is already exited or stuck.
+                                Trace.Info($"Job cancel message sending for job {message.JobId} failed, kill running worker. {ex}");
+                                workerProcessCancelTokenSource.Cancel();
+                                try
+                                {
+                                    await workerProcessTask;
+                                }
+                                catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                                {
+                                    Trace.Info("worker process has been killed.");
+                                }
+                            }
 
-                            // wait worker to exit 
+                            // wait worker to exit
                             // if worker doesn't exit within timeout, then kill worker.
                             completedTask = await Task.WhenAny(workerProcessTask, Task.Delay(-1, workerCancelTimeoutKillToken));
 
@@ -1077,23 +1105,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
             if (this._isRunServiceJob)
             {
-                var runServer = await GetRunServerAsync(systemConnection);
-                var unhandledExceptionIssue = new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Error, Message = detailInfo };
-                var unhandledAnnotation = unhandledExceptionIssue.ToAnnotation();
-                var jobAnnotations = new List<Annotation>();
-                if (unhandledAnnotation.HasValue)
-                {
-                    jobAnnotations.Add(unhandledAnnotation.Value);
-                }
-                try
-                {
-                    await runServer.CompleteJobAsync(message.Plan.PlanId, message.JobId, result, outputs: null, stepResults: null, jobAnnotations: jobAnnotations, CancellationToken.None);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Trace.Error("Fail to raise job completion back to service.");
-                    Trace.Error(ex);
-                }
+                Trace.Verbose($"Skip CompleteJobRequestAsync call from Listener because it's RunService job");
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -1133,77 +1145,65 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         }
 
         // log an error issue to job level timeline record
-        private async Task LogWorkerProcessUnhandledException(IRunnerService server, Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message, string detailInfo)
+        private async Task LogWorkerProcessUnhandledException(IJobServer jobServer, Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message, Issue issue)
         {
-            if (server is IJobServer jobServer)
+            try
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    var timeline = await jobServer.GetTimelineAsync(message.Plan.ScopeIdentifier, message.Plan.PlanType, message.Plan.PlanId, message.Timeline.Id, CancellationToken.None);
-                    ArgUtil.NotNull(timeline, nameof(timeline));
+                var timeline = await jobServer.GetTimelineAsync(message.Plan.ScopeIdentifier, message.Plan.PlanType, message.Plan.PlanId, message.Timeline.Id, CancellationToken.None);
+                ArgUtil.NotNull(timeline, nameof(timeline));
 
-                    TimelineRecord jobRecord = timeline.Records.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == message.JobId && x.RecordType == "Job");
-                    ArgUtil.NotNull(jobRecord, nameof(jobRecord));
+                TimelineRecord jobRecord = timeline.Records.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == message.JobId && x.RecordType == "Job");
+                ArgUtil.NotNull(jobRecord, nameof(jobRecord));
 
-                    var unhandledExceptionIssue = new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Error, Message = detailInfo };
-                    unhandledExceptionIssue.Data[Constants.Runner.InternalTelemetryIssueDataKey] = Constants.Runner.WorkerCrash;
-                    jobRecord.ErrorCount++;
-                    jobRecord.Issues.Add(unhandledExceptionIssue);
+                jobRecord.ErrorCount++;
+                jobRecord.Issues.Add(issue);
 
-                    await jobServer.UpdateTimelineRecordsAsync(message.Plan.ScopeIdentifier, message.Plan.PlanType, message.Plan.PlanId, message.Timeline.Id, new TimelineRecord[] { jobRecord }, CancellationToken.None);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Trace.Error("Fail to report unhandled exception from Runner.Worker process");
-                    Trace.Error(ex);
-                }
+                Trace.Info("Mark the job as failed since the worker crashed");
+                jobRecord.Result = TaskResult.Failed;
+                // mark the job as completed so service will pickup the result
+                jobRecord.State = TimelineRecordState.Completed;
+
+                await jobServer.UpdateTimelineRecordsAsync(message.Plan.ScopeIdentifier, message.Plan.PlanType, message.Plan.PlanId, message.Timeline.Id, new TimelineRecord[] { jobRecord }, CancellationToken.None);
             }
-            else
+            catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Trace.Info("Job server does not support handling unhandled exception yet, error message: {0}", detailInfo);
-                return;
+                Trace.Error("Fail to report unhandled exception from Runner.Worker process");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
             }
         }
 
         // raise job completed event to fail the job.
-        private async Task ForceFailJob(IRunnerService server, Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message, string detailInfo)
+        private async Task ForceFailJob(IJobServer jobServer, Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message)
         {
-            if (server is IJobServer jobServer)
+            try
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    var jobCompletedEvent = new JobCompletedEvent(message.RequestId, message.JobId, TaskResult.Failed);
-                    await jobServer.RaisePlanEventAsync<JobCompletedEvent>(message.Plan.ScopeIdentifier, message.Plan.PlanType, message.Plan.PlanId, jobCompletedEvent, CancellationToken.None);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Trace.Error("Fail to raise JobCompletedEvent back to service.");
-                    Trace.Error(ex);
-                }
+                var jobCompletedEvent = new JobCompletedEvent(message.RequestId, message.JobId, TaskResult.Failed);
+                await jobServer.RaisePlanEventAsync<JobCompletedEvent>(message.Plan.ScopeIdentifier, message.Plan.PlanType, message.Plan.PlanId, jobCompletedEvent, CancellationToken.None);
             }
-            else if (server is IRunServer runServer)
+            catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    var unhandledExceptionIssue = new Issue() { Type = IssueType.Error, Message = detailInfo };
-                    var unhandledAnnotation = unhandledExceptionIssue.ToAnnotation();
-                    var jobAnnotations = new List<Annotation>();
-                    if (unhandledAnnotation.HasValue)
-                    {
-                        jobAnnotations.Add(unhandledAnnotation.Value);
-                    }
+                Trace.Error("Fail to raise JobCompletedEvent back to service.");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
+            }
+        }
 
-                    await runServer.CompleteJobAsync(message.Plan.PlanId, message.JobId, TaskResult.Failed, outputs: null, stepResults: null, jobAnnotations: jobAnnotations, CancellationToken.None);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Trace.Error("Fail to raise job completion back to service.");
-                    Trace.Error(ex);
-                }
-            }
-            else
+        private async Task ForceFailJob(IRunServer runServer, Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage message, Issue issue)
+        {
+            try
             {
-                throw new NotSupportedException($"Server type {server.GetType().FullName} is not supported.");
+                var annotation = issue.ToAnnotation();
+                var jobAnnotations = new List<Annotation>();
+                if (annotation.HasValue)
+                {
+                    jobAnnotations.Add(annotation.Value);
+                }
+
+                await runServer.CompleteJobAsync(message.Plan.PlanId, message.JobId, TaskResult.Failed, outputs: null, stepResults: null, jobAnnotations: jobAnnotations, environmentUrl: null, telemetry: null, CancellationToken.None);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Trace.Error("Fail to raise job completion back to service.");
+                Trace.Error(ex);
             }
         }
 

src/Runner.Listener/MessageListener.cs

@@ -9,20 +9,31 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using GitHub.Services.OAuth;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {
+    public enum CreateSessionResult
+    {
+        Success,
+        Failure,
+        SessionConflict
+    }
+
     [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(MessageListener))]
     public interface IMessageListener : IRunnerService
     {
-        Task<Boolean> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token);
+        Task<CreateSessionResult> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token);
         Task DeleteSessionAsync();
         Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetNextMessageAsync(CancellationToken token);
         Task DeleteMessageAsync(TaskAgentMessage message);
+
+        Task RefreshListenerTokenAsync(CancellationToken token);
         void OnJobStatus(object sender, JobStatusEventArgs e);
     }
 
@@ -32,6 +43,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         private RunnerSettings _settings;
         private ITerminal _term;
         private IRunnerServer _runnerServer;
+        private IBrokerServer _brokerServer;
         private TaskAgentSession _session;
         private TimeSpan _getNextMessageRetryInterval;
         private bool _accessTokenRevoked = false;
@@ -41,6 +53,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
         private readonly Dictionary<string, int> _sessionCreationExceptionTracker = new();
         private TaskAgentStatus runnerStatus = TaskAgentStatus.Online;
         private CancellationTokenSource _getMessagesTokenSource;
+        private VssCredentials _creds;
+
+        private bool _isBrokerSession = false;
 
         public override void Initialize(IHostContext hostContext)
         {
@@ -48,9 +63,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
             _term = HostContext.GetService<ITerminal>();
             _runnerServer = HostContext.GetService<IRunnerServer>();
+            _brokerServer = hostContext.GetService<IBrokerServer>();
         }
 
-        public async Task<Boolean> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token)
+        public async Task<CreateSessionResult> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token)
         {
             Trace.Entering();
 
@@ -63,7 +79,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             // Create connection.
             Trace.Info("Loading Credentials");
             var credMgr = HostContext.GetService<ICredentialManager>();
-            VssCredentials creds = credMgr.LoadCredentials();
+            _creds = credMgr.LoadCredentials();
 
             var agent = new TaskAgentReference
             {
@@ -72,7 +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;
@@ -85,7 +102,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 try
                 {
                     Trace.Info("Connecting to the Runner Server...");
-                    await _runnerServer.ConnectAsync(new Uri(serverUrl), creds);
+                    await _runnerServer.ConnectAsync(new Uri(serverUrl), _creds);
                     Trace.Info("VssConnection created");
 
                     _term.WriteLine();
@@ -97,6 +114,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                                         taskAgentSession,
                                                         token);
 
+                    if (_session.BrokerMigrationMessage != null)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info("Runner session is in migration mode: Creating Broker session with BrokerBaseUrl: {0}", _session.BrokerMigrationMessage.BrokerBaseUrl);
+
+                        await _brokerServer.UpdateConnectionIfNeeded(_session.BrokerMigrationMessage.BrokerBaseUrl, _creds);
+                        _session = await _brokerServer.CreateSessionAsync(taskAgentSession, token);
+                        _isBrokerSession = true;
+                    }
+
                     Trace.Info($"Session created.");
                     if (encounteringError)
                     {
@@ -105,7 +131,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         encounteringError = false;
                     }
 
-                    return true;
+                    return CreateSessionResult.Success;
                 }
                 catch (OperationCanceledException) when (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                 {
@@ -123,8 +149,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     Trace.Error("Catch exception during create session.");
                     Trace.Error(ex);
 
-                    if (ex is VssOAuthTokenRequestException && creds.Federated is VssOAuthCredential vssOAuthCred)
+                    if (ex is VssOAuthTokenRequestException vssOAuthEx && _creds.Federated is VssOAuthCredential vssOAuthCred)
                     {
+                        // "invalid_client" means the runner registration has been deleted from the server.
+                        if (string.Equals(vssOAuthEx.Error, "invalid_client", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                        {
+                            _term.WriteError("Failed to create a session. The runner registration has been deleted from the server, please re-configure. Runner registrations are automatically deleted for runners that have not connected to the service recently.");
+                            return CreateSessionResult.Failure;
+                        }
+
                         // Check whether we get 401 because the runner registration already removed by the service.
                         // If the runner registration get deleted, we can't exchange oauth token.
                         Trace.Error("Test oauth app registration.");
@@ -132,15 +165,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         var authError = await oauthTokenProvider.ValidateCredentialAsync(token);
                         if (string.Equals(authError, "invalid_client", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                         {
-                            _term.WriteError("Failed to create a session. The runner registration has been deleted from the server, please re-configure.");
-                            return false;
+                            _term.WriteError("Failed to create a session. The runner registration has been deleted from the server, please re-configure. Runner registrations are automatically deleted for runners that have not connected to the service recently.");
+                            return CreateSessionResult.Failure;
                         }
                     }
 
                     if (!IsSessionCreationExceptionRetriable(ex))
                     {
                         _term.WriteError($"Failed to create session. {ex.Message}");
-                        return false;
+                        if (ex is TaskAgentSessionConflictException)
+                        {
+                            return CreateSessionResult.SessionConflict;
+                        }
+                        return CreateSessionResult.Failure;
                     }
 
                     if (!encounteringError) //print the message only on the first error
@@ -164,6 +201,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     using (var ts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)))
                     {
                         await _runnerServer.DeleteAgentSessionAsync(_settings.PoolId, _session.SessionId, ts.Token);
+
+                        if (_isBrokerSession)
+                        {
+                            await _brokerServer.DeleteSessionAsync(ts.Token);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 else
@@ -175,19 +217,17 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
         public void OnJobStatus(object sender, JobStatusEventArgs e)
         {
-            if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USE_BROKER_FLOW")))
+            Trace.Info("Received job status event. JobState: {0}", e.Status);
+            runnerStatus = e.Status;
+            try
             {
-                Trace.Info("Received job status event. JobState: {0}", e.Status);
-                runnerStatus = e.Status;
-                try
-                {
-                    _getMessagesTokenSource?.Cancel();
-                }
-                catch (ObjectDisposedException)
-                {
-                    Trace.Info("_getMessagesTokenSource is already disposed.");
-                }
+                _getMessagesTokenSource?.Cancel();
             }
+            catch (ObjectDisposedException)
+            {
+                Trace.Info("_getMessagesTokenSource is already disposed.");
+            }
+
         }
 
         public async Task<TaskAgentMessage> GetNextMessageAsync(CancellationToken token)
@@ -197,6 +237,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             ArgUtil.NotNull(_settings, nameof(_settings));
             bool encounteringError = false;
             int continuousError = 0;
+            int continuousEmptyMessage = 0;
             string errorMessage = string.Empty;
             Stopwatch heartbeat = new();
             heartbeat.Restart();
@@ -212,11 +253,29 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                                                 _lastMessageId,
                                                                 runnerStatus,
                                                                 BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version,
+                                                                VarUtil.OS,
+                                                                VarUtil.OSArchitecture,
+                                                                _settings.DisableUpdate,
                                                                 _getMessagesTokenSource.Token);
 
                     // Decrypt the message body if the session is using encryption
                     message = DecryptMessage(message);
 
+
+                    if (message != null && message.MessageType == BrokerMigrationMessage.MessageType)
+                    {
+                        var migrationMessage = JsonUtility.FromString<BrokerMigrationMessage>(message.Body);
+
+                        await _brokerServer.UpdateConnectionIfNeeded(migrationMessage.BrokerBaseUrl, _creds);
+                        message = await _brokerServer.GetRunnerMessageAsync(_session.SessionId,
+                                                                        runnerStatus,
+                                                                        BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version,
+                                                                        VarUtil.OS,
+                                                                        VarUtil.OSArchitecture,
+                                                                        _settings.DisableUpdate,
+                                                                        token);
+                    }
+
                     if (message != null)
                     {
                         _lastMessageId = message.MessageId;
@@ -245,7 +304,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     _accessTokenRevoked = true;
                     throw;
                 }
-                catch (AccessDeniedException e) when (e.InnerException is InvalidTaskAgentVersionException)
+                catch (AccessDeniedException e) when (e.ErrorCode == 1)
+                {
+                    throw;
+                }
+                catch (RunnerNotFoundException)
                 {
                     throw;
                 }
@@ -255,7 +318,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     Trace.Error(ex);
 
                     // don't retry if SkipSessionRecover = true, DT service will delete agent session to stop agent from taking more jobs.
-                    if (ex is TaskAgentSessionExpiredException && !_settings.SkipSessionRecover && await CreateSessionAsync(token))
+                    if (ex is TaskAgentSessionExpiredException && !_settings.SkipSessionRecover && (await CreateSessionAsync(token) == CreateSessionResult.Success))
                     {
                         Trace.Info($"{nameof(TaskAgentSessionExpiredException)} received, recovered by recreate session.");
                     }
@@ -300,16 +363,27 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
                 if (message == null)
                 {
+                    continuousEmptyMessage++;
                     if (heartbeat.Elapsed > TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30))
                     {
                         Trace.Info($"No message retrieved from session '{_session.SessionId}' within last 30 minutes.");
                         heartbeat.Restart();
+                        continuousEmptyMessage = 0;
                     }
                     else
                     {
                         Trace.Verbose($"No message retrieved from session '{_session.SessionId}'.");
                     }
 
+                    if (continuousEmptyMessage > 50)
+                    {
+                        // retried more than 50 times in less than 30mins and still getting empty message
+                        // something is not right on the service side, backoff for 15-30s before retry
+                        _getNextMessageRetryInterval = BackoffTimerHelper.GetRandomBackoff(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(15), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30), _getNextMessageRetryInterval);
+                        Trace.Info("Sleeping for {0} seconds before retrying.", _getNextMessageRetryInterval.TotalSeconds);
+                        await HostContext.Delay(_getNextMessageRetryInterval, token);
+                    }
+
                     continue;
                 }
 
@@ -332,6 +406,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             }
         }
 
+        public async Task RefreshListenerTokenAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            await _runnerServer.RefreshConnectionAsync(RunnerConnectionType.MessageQueue, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60));
+            await _brokerServer.ForceRefreshConnection(_creds);
+        }
+
         private TaskAgentMessage DecryptMessage(TaskAgentMessage message)
         {
             if (_session.EncryptionKey == null ||
@@ -381,6 +461,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 ex is TaskAgentPoolNotFoundException ||
                 ex is TaskAgentSessionExpiredException ||
                 ex is AccessDeniedException ||
+                ex is RunnerNotFoundException ||
                 ex is VssUnauthorizedException)
             {
                 Trace.Info($"Non-retriable exception: {ex.Message}");

src/Runner.Listener/Program.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 {
@@ -138,12 +139,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 }
 
             }
-            catch (AccessDeniedException e) when (e.InnerException is InvalidTaskAgentVersionException)
+            catch (AccessDeniedException e) when (e.ErrorCode == 1)
             {
                 terminal.WriteError($"An error occured: {e.Message}");
                 trace.Error(e);
                 return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.TerminatedError;
             }
+            catch (RunnerNotFoundException e)
+            {
+                terminal.WriteError($"An error occurred: {e.Message}");
+                trace.Error(e);
+                return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.TerminatedError;
+            }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                 terminal.WriteError($"An error occurred: {e.Message}");

src/Runner.Listener/Runner.Listener.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <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>
-    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
+    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603;SYSLIB0050;SYSLIB0051</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
     <PredefinedCulturesOnly>false</PredefinedCulturesOnly>
     <PublishReadyToRunComposite>true</PublishReadyToRunComposite>
@@ -18,17 +19,11 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl" Version="4.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData" Version="4.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="4.4.0" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="..\Misc\runnercoreassets">
-      <LogicalName>GitHub.Runner.Listener.runnercoreassets</LogicalName>
-    </EmbeddedResource>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.IO.FileSystem.AccessControl" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Security.Cryptography.ProtectedData" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">

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)
@@ -213,15 +228,21 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                             var configFile = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), config.Key);
                             var configContent = Convert.FromBase64String(config.Value);
 #if OS_WINDOWS
+#pragma warning disable CA1416
                             if (configFile == HostContext.GetConfigFile(WellKnownConfigFile.RSACredentials))
                             {
                                 configContent = ProtectedData.Protect(configContent, null, DataProtectionScope.LocalMachine);
                             }
+#pragma warning restore CA1416
 #endif
                             File.WriteAllBytes(configFile, configContent);
                             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)
                     {
@@ -359,7 +380,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             {
                 Trace.Info(nameof(RunAsync));
                 _listener = GetMesageListener(settings);
-                if (!await _listener.CreateSessionAsync(HostContext.RunnerShutdownToken))
+                CreateSessionResult createSessionResult = await _listener.CreateSessionAsync(HostContext.RunnerShutdownToken);
+                if (createSessionResult == CreateSessionResult.SessionConflict)
+                {
+                    return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.SessionConflict;
+                }
+                else if (createSessionResult == CreateSessionResult.Failure)
                 {
                     return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.TerminatedError;
                 }
@@ -457,22 +483,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
                             message = await getNextMessage; //get next message
                             HostContext.WritePerfCounter($"MessageReceived_{message.MessageType}");
-                            if (string.Equals(message.MessageType, AgentRefreshMessage.MessageType, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
-                                string.Equals(message.MessageType, RunnerRefreshMessage.MessageType, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                            if (string.Equals(message.MessageType, AgentRefreshMessage.MessageType, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                             {
                                 if (autoUpdateInProgress == false)
                                 {
                                     autoUpdateInProgress = true;
-                                    AgentRefreshMessage runnerUpdateMessage = null;
-                                    if (string.Equals(message.MessageType, AgentRefreshMessage.MessageType, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                                    {
-                                        runnerUpdateMessage = JsonUtility.FromString<AgentRefreshMessage>(message.Body);
-                                    }
-                                    else
-                                    {
-                                        var brokerRunnerUpdateMessage = JsonUtility.FromString<RunnerRefreshMessage>(message.Body);
-                                        runnerUpdateMessage = new AgentRefreshMessage(brokerRunnerUpdateMessage.RunnerId, brokerRunnerUpdateMessage.TargetVersion, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(brokerRunnerUpdateMessage.TimeoutInSeconds));
-                                    }
+                                    AgentRefreshMessage runnerUpdateMessage = JsonUtility.FromString<AgentRefreshMessage>(message.Body);
+
 #if DEBUG
                                     // Can mock the update for testing
                                     if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_IS_MOCK_UPDATE")))
@@ -503,6 +520,22 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                     Trace.Info("Refresh message received, skip autoupdate since a previous autoupdate is already running.");
                                 }
                             }
+                            else if (string.Equals(message.MessageType, RunnerRefreshMessage.MessageType, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                            {
+                                if (autoUpdateInProgress == false)
+                                {
+                                    autoUpdateInProgress = true;
+                                    RunnerRefreshMessage brokerRunnerUpdateMessage = JsonUtility.FromString<RunnerRefreshMessage>(message.Body);
+
+                                    var selfUpdater = HostContext.GetService<ISelfUpdaterV2>();
+                                    selfUpdateTask = selfUpdater.SelfUpdate(brokerRunnerUpdateMessage, jobDispatcher, false, HostContext.RunnerShutdownToken);
+                                    Trace.Info("Refresh message received, kick-off selfupdate background process.");
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    Trace.Info("Refresh message received, skip autoupdate since a previous autoupdate is already running.");
+                                }
+                            }
                             else if (string.Equals(message.MessageType, JobRequestMessageTypes.PipelineAgentJobRequest, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                             {
                                 if (autoUpdateInProgress || runOnceJobReceived)
@@ -551,13 +584,21 @@ 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)
+                                        {
+                                            Trace.Error($"Caught exception from acquiring job message: {ex}");
                                             continue;
                                         }
                                     }
@@ -589,6 +630,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                                 Trace.Info($"Service requests the hosted runner to shutdown. Reason: '{HostedRunnerShutdownMessage.Reason}'.");
                                 return Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success;
                             }
+                            else if (string.Equals(message.MessageType, TaskAgentMessageTypes.ForceTokenRefresh))
+                            {
+                                Trace.Info("Received ForceTokenRefreshMessage");
+                                await _listener.RefreshListenerTokenAsync(messageQueueLoopTokenSource.Token);
+                            }
                             else
                             {
                                 Trace.Error($"Received message {message.MessageId} with unsupported message type {message.MessageType}.");
@@ -627,6 +673,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                     {
                         try
                         {
+                            Trace.Info("Deleting Runner Session...");
                             await _listener.DeleteSessionAsync();
                         }
                         catch (Exception ex) when (runOnce)

src/Runner.Listener/SelfUpdater.cs

@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
-using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
@@ -30,20 +28,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
     {
         private static string _packageType = "agent";
         private static string _platform = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.PackageName;
-        private static string _dotnetRuntime = "dotnetRuntime";
-        private static string _externals = "externals";
-        private readonly Dictionary<string, string> _contentHashes = new();
 
         private PackageMetadata _targetPackage;
         private ITerminal _terminal;
         private IRunnerServer _runnerServer;
         private int _poolId;
-        private int _agentId;
+        private ulong _agentId;
+        private const int _numberOfOldVersionsToKeep = 1;
         private readonly ConcurrentQueue<string> _updateTrace = new();
-        private Task _cloneAndCalculateContentHashTask;
-        private string _dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory;
-        private string _externalsCloneDirectory;
-
         public bool Busy { get; private set; }
 
         public override void Initialize(IHostContext hostContext)
@@ -56,8 +48,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             var settings = configStore.GetSettings();
             _poolId = settings.PoolId;
             _agentId = settings.AgentId;
-            _dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Work), "__dotnet_runtime__");
-            _externalsCloneDirectory = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Work), "__externals__");
         }
 
         public async Task<bool> SelfUpdate(AgentRefreshMessage updateMessage, IJobDispatcher jobDispatcher, bool restartInteractiveRunner, CancellationToken token)
@@ -67,13 +57,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             {
                 var totalUpdateTime = Stopwatch.StartNew();
 
-                // Copy dotnet runtime and externals of current runner to a temp folder
-                // So we can re-use them with trimmed runner package, if possible.
-                // This process is best effort, if we can't use trimmed runner package, 
-                // we will just go with the full package.
-                var linkedTokenSource = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(token);
-                _cloneAndCalculateContentHashTask = CloneAndCalculateAssetsHash(_dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, _externalsCloneDirectory, linkedTokenSource.Token);
-
                 if (!await UpdateNeeded(updateMessage.TargetVersion, token))
                 {
                     Trace.Info($"Can't find available update package.");
@@ -87,24 +70,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync("Runner update in progress, do not shutdown runner.");
                 await UpdateRunnerUpdateStateAsync($"Downloading {_targetPackage.Version} runner");
 
-                if (_targetPackage.TrimmedPackages?.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    // wait for cloning assets task to finish only if we have trimmed packages
-                    await _cloneAndCalculateContentHashTask;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    linkedTokenSource.Cancel();
-                    try
-                    {
-                        await _cloneAndCalculateContentHashTask;
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        Trace.Info($"Ingore errors after cancelling cloning assets task: {ex}");
-                    }
-                }
-
                 await DownloadLatestRunner(token, updateMessage.TargetVersion);
                 Trace.Info($"Download latest runner and unzip into runner root.");
 
@@ -218,54 +183,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             string archiveFile = null;
             var packageDownloadUrl = _targetPackage.DownloadUrl;
             var packageHashValue = _targetPackage.HashValue;
-            var runtimeTrimmed = false;
-            var externalsTrimmed = false;
-            var fallbackToFullPackage = false;
-
-            // Only try trimmed package if sever sends them and we have calculated hash value of the current runtime/externals.
-            if (_contentHashes.Count == 2 &&
-                _contentHashes.ContainsKey(_dotnetRuntime) &&
-                _contentHashes.ContainsKey(_externals) &&
-                _targetPackage.TrimmedPackages?.Count > 0)
-            {
-                Trace.Info($"Current runner content hash: {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(_contentHashes)}");
-                Trace.Info($"Trimmed packages info from service: {StringUtil.ConvertToJson(_targetPackage.TrimmedPackages)}");
-                // Try to see whether we can use any size trimmed down package to speed up runner updates.
-                foreach (var trimmedPackage in _targetPackage.TrimmedPackages)
-                {
-                    if (trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.Count == 2 &&
-                        trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.TryGetValue(_dotnetRuntime, out var trimmedRuntimeHash) &&
-                        trimmedRuntimeHash == _contentHashes[_dotnetRuntime] &&
-                        trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.TryGetValue(_externals, out var trimmedExternalsHash) &&
-                        trimmedExternalsHash == _contentHashes[_externals])
-                    {
-                        Trace.Info($"Use trimmed (runtime+externals) package '{trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl}' to update runner.");
-                        packageDownloadUrl = trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl;
-                        packageHashValue = trimmedPackage.HashValue;
-                        runtimeTrimmed = true;
-                        externalsTrimmed = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    else if (trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.Count == 1 &&
-                             trimmedPackage.TrimmedContents.TryGetValue(_externals, out trimmedExternalsHash) &&
-                             trimmedExternalsHash == _contentHashes[_externals])
-                    {
-                        Trace.Info($"Use trimmed (externals) package '{trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl}' to update runner.");
-                        packageDownloadUrl = trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl;
-                        packageHashValue = trimmedPackage.HashValue;
-                        externalsTrimmed = true;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        Trace.Info($"Can't use trimmed package from '{trimmedPackage.DownloadUrl}' since the current runner does not carry those trimmed content (Hash mismatch).");
-                    }
-                }
-            }
 
             _updateTrace.Enqueue($"DownloadUrl: {packageDownloadUrl}");
-            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"RuntimeTrimmed: {runtimeTrimmed}");
-            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"ExternalsTrimmed: {externalsTrimmed}");
 
             try
             {
@@ -323,12 +242,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
                 await ExtractRunnerPackage(archiveFile, latestRunnerDirectory, token);
             }
-            catch (Exception ex) when (runtimeTrimmed || externalsTrimmed)
-            {
-                // if anything failed when we use trimmed package (download/validatehase/extract), try again with the full runner package.
-                Trace.Error($"Fail to download latest runner using trimmed package: {ex}");
-                fallbackToFullPackage = true;
-            }
             finally
             {
                 try
@@ -347,74 +260,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 }
             }
 
-            var trimmedPackageRestoreTasks = new List<Task<bool>>();
-            if (!fallbackToFullPackage)
-            {
-                // Skip restoring externals and runtime if we are going to fullback to the full package.
-                if (externalsTrimmed)
-                {
-                    trimmedPackageRestoreTasks.Add(RestoreTrimmedExternals(latestRunnerDirectory, token));
-                }
-                if (runtimeTrimmed)
-                {
-                    trimmedPackageRestoreTasks.Add(RestoreTrimmedDotnetRuntime(latestRunnerDirectory, token));
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (trimmedPackageRestoreTasks.Count > 0)
-            {
-                var restoreResults = await Task.WhenAll(trimmedPackageRestoreTasks);
-                if (restoreResults.Any(x => x == false))
-                {
-                    // if any of the restore failed, fallback to full package.
-                    fallbackToFullPackage = true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (fallbackToFullPackage)
-            {
-                Trace.Error("Something wrong with the trimmed runner package, failback to use the full package for runner updates.");
-                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"FallbackToFullPackage: {fallbackToFullPackage}");
-
-                IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(latestRunnerDirectory, token);
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(latestRunnerDirectory);
-
-                packageDownloadUrl = _targetPackage.DownloadUrl;
-                packageHashValue = _targetPackage.HashValue;
-                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"DownloadUrl: {packageDownloadUrl}");
-
-                try
-                {
-                    archiveFile = await DownLoadRunner(latestRunnerDirectory, packageDownloadUrl, packageHashValue, token);
-
-                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile))
-                    {
-                        throw new TaskCanceledException($"Runner package '{packageDownloadUrl}' failed after {Constants.RunnerDownloadRetryMaxAttempts} download attempts");
-                    }
-
-                    await ValidateRunnerHash(archiveFile, packageHashValue);
-
-                    await ExtractRunnerPackage(archiveFile, latestRunnerDirectory, token);
-                }
-                finally
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        // delete .zip file
-                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile) && File.Exists(archiveFile))
-                        {
-                            Trace.Verbose("Deleting latest runner package zip: {0}", archiveFile);
-                            IOUtil.DeleteFile(archiveFile);
-                        }
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        //it is not critical if we fail to delete the .zip file
-                        Trace.Warning("Failed to delete runner package zip '{0}'. Exception: {1}", archiveFile, ex);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
             await CopyLatestRunnerToRoot(latestRunnerDirectory, token);
         }
 
@@ -665,9 +510,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
             // delete old bin.2.99.0 folder, only leave the current version and the latest download version
             var allBinDirs = Directory.GetDirectories(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), "bin.*");
-            if (allBinDirs.Length > 2)
+            if (allBinDirs.Length > _numberOfOldVersionsToKeep)
             {
-                // there are more than 2 bin.version folder.
+                // there are more than one bin.version folder.
                 // delete older bin.version folders.
                 foreach (var oldBinDir in allBinDirs)
                 {
@@ -694,9 +539,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
 
             // delete old externals.2.99.0 folder, only leave the current version and the latest download version
             var allExternalsDirs = Directory.GetDirectories(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), "externals.*");
-            if (allExternalsDirs.Length > 2)
+            if (allExternalsDirs.Length > _numberOfOldVersionsToKeep)
             {
-                // there are more than 2 externals.version folder.
+                // there are more than one externals.version folder.
                 // delete older externals.version folders.
                 foreach (var oldExternalDir in allExternalsDirs)
                 {
@@ -795,330 +640,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 Trace.Info($"Catch exception during report update state, ignore this error and continue auto-update.");
             }
         }
-
-        private async Task<bool> RestoreTrimmedExternals(string downloadDirectory, CancellationToken token)
-        {
-            // Copy the current runner's externals if we are using a externals trimmed package
-            // Execute the node.js to make sure the copied externals is working.
-            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-            try
-            {
-                Trace.Info($"Copy {_externalsCloneDirectory} to {Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.ExternalsDirectory)}.");
-                IOUtil.CopyDirectory(_externalsCloneDirectory, Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.ExternalsDirectory), token);
-
-                // try run node.js to see if current node.js works fine after copy over to new location.
-                var nodeVersions = NodeUtil.BuiltInNodeVersions;
-                foreach (var nodeVersion in nodeVersions)
-                {
-                    var newNodeBinary = Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.ExternalsDirectory, nodeVersion, "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
-                    if (File.Exists(newNodeBinary))
-                    {
-                        using (var p = HostContext.CreateService<IProcessInvoker>())
-                        {
-                            var outputs = "";
-                            p.ErrorDataReceived += (_, data) =>
-                            {
-                                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data))
-                                {
-                                    Trace.Error(data.Data);
-                                }
-                            };
-                            p.OutputDataReceived += (_, data) =>
-                            {
-                                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data))
-                                {
-                                    Trace.Info(data.Data);
-                                    outputs = data.Data;
-                                }
-                            };
-                            var exitCode = await p.ExecuteAsync(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), newNodeBinary, $"-e \"console.log('{nameof(RestoreTrimmedExternals)}')\"", null, token);
-                            if (exitCode != 0)
-                            {
-                                Trace.Error($"{newNodeBinary} -e \"console.log()\" failed with exit code {exitCode}");
-                                return false;
-                            }
-
-                            if (!string.Equals(outputs, nameof(RestoreTrimmedExternals), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                            {
-                                Trace.Error($"{newNodeBinary} -e \"console.log()\" did not output expected content.");
-                                return false;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-
-                return true;
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Trace.Error($"Fail to restore externals for trimmed package: {ex}");
-                return false;
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                stopWatch.Stop();
-                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(RestoreTrimmedExternals)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
-            }
-        }
-
-        private async Task<bool> RestoreTrimmedDotnetRuntime(string downloadDirectory, CancellationToken token)
-        {
-            // Copy the current runner's dotnet runtime if we are using a dotnet runtime trimmed package
-            // Execute the runner.listener to make sure the copied runtime is working.
-            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-            try
-            {
-                Trace.Info($"Copy {_dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory} to {Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.BinDirectory)}.");
-                IOUtil.CopyDirectory(_dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.BinDirectory), token);
-
-                // try run the runner executable to see if current dotnet runtime + future runner binary works fine.
-                var newRunnerBinary = Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, Constants.Path.BinDirectory, "Runner.Listener");
-                using (var p = HostContext.CreateService<IProcessInvoker>())
-                {
-                    p.ErrorDataReceived += (_, data) =>
-                    {
-                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data))
-                        {
-                            Trace.Error(data.Data);
-                        }
-                    };
-                    p.OutputDataReceived += (_, data) =>
-                    {
-                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data))
-                        {
-                            Trace.Info(data.Data);
-                        }
-                    };
-                    var exitCode = await p.ExecuteAsync(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), newRunnerBinary, "--version", null, token);
-                    if (exitCode != 0)
-                    {
-                        Trace.Error($"{newRunnerBinary} --version failed with exit code {exitCode}");
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Trace.Error($"Fail to restore dotnet runtime for trimmed package: {ex}");
-                return false;
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                stopWatch.Stop();
-                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(RestoreTrimmedDotnetRuntime)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
-            }
-        }
-
-        private async Task CloneAndCalculateAssetsHash(string dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, string externalsCloneDirectory, CancellationToken token)
-        {
-            var runtimeCloneTask = CloneDotnetRuntime(dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, token);
-            var externalsCloneTask = CloneExternals(externalsCloneDirectory, token);
-
-            var waitingTasks = new Dictionary<string, Task>()
-            {
-                {nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime), runtimeCloneTask},
-                {nameof(CloneExternals),externalsCloneTask}
-            };
-
-            while (waitingTasks.Count > 0)
-            {
-                Trace.Info($"Waiting for {waitingTasks.Count} tasks to complete.");
-                var complatedTask = await Task.WhenAny(waitingTasks.Values);
-                if (waitingTasks.ContainsKey(nameof(CloneExternals)) &&
-                    complatedTask == waitingTasks[nameof(CloneExternals)])
-                {
-                    Trace.Info($"Externals clone finished.");
-                    waitingTasks.Remove(nameof(CloneExternals));
-                    try
-                    {
-                        if (await externalsCloneTask && !token.IsCancellationRequested)
-                        {
-                            var externalsHash = await HashFiles(externalsCloneDirectory, token);
-                            Trace.Info($"Externals content hash: {externalsHash}");
-                            _contentHashes[_externals] = externalsHash;
-                            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"ExternalsHash: {_contentHashes[_externals]}");
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            Trace.Error($"Skip compute hash since clone externals failed/cancelled.");
-                        }
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        Trace.Error($"Fail to hash externals content: {ex}");
-                    }
-                }
-                else if (waitingTasks.ContainsKey(nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime)) &&
-                         complatedTask == waitingTasks[nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime)])
-                {
-                    Trace.Info($"Dotnet runtime clone finished.");
-                    waitingTasks.Remove(nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime));
-                    try
-                    {
-                        if (await runtimeCloneTask && !token.IsCancellationRequested)
-                        {
-                            var runtimeHash = await HashFiles(dotnetRuntimeCloneDirectory, token);
-                            Trace.Info($"Runtime content hash: {runtimeHash}");
-                            _contentHashes[_dotnetRuntime] = runtimeHash;
-                            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"DotnetRuntimeHash: {_contentHashes[_dotnetRuntime]}");
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            Trace.Error($"Skip compute hash since clone dotnet runtime failed/cancelled.");
-                        }
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception ex)
-                    {
-                        Trace.Error($"Fail to hash runtime content: {ex}");
-                    }
-                }
-
-                Trace.Info($"Still waiting for {waitingTasks.Count} tasks to complete.");
-            }
-        }
-
-        private async Task<bool> CloneDotnetRuntime(string runtimeDir, CancellationToken token)
-        {
-            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-            try
-            {
-                Trace.Info($"Cloning dotnet runtime to {runtimeDir}");
-                IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(runtimeDir, CancellationToken.None);
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(runtimeDir);
-
-                var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
-                var assetsContent = default(string);
-                using (var stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("GitHub.Runner.Listener.runnercoreassets"))
-                using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream))
-                {
-                    assetsContent = await streamReader.ReadToEndAsync();
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(assetsContent))
-                {
-                    var runnerCoreAssets = assetsContent.Split(new[] { "\n", "\r\n" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-                    if (runnerCoreAssets.Length > 0)
-                    {
-                        var binDir = HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin);
-                        IOUtil.CopyDirectory(binDir, runtimeDir, token);
-
-                        var clonedFile = 0;
-                        foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(runtimeDir, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
-                        {
-                            token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-                            if (runnerCoreAssets.Any(x => file.Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar).EndsWith(x.Trim())))
-                            {
-                                Trace.Verbose($"{file} is part of the runner core, delete from cloned runtime directory.");
-                                IOUtil.DeleteFile(file);
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                clonedFile++;
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        Trace.Info($"Successfully cloned dotnet runtime to {runtimeDir}. Total files: {clonedFile}");
-                        return true;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Trace.Error($"Fail to clone dotnet runtime to {runtimeDir}");
-                Trace.Error(ex);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                stopWatch.Stop();
-                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(CloneDotnetRuntime)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
-            }
-
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        private Task<bool> CloneExternals(string externalsDir, CancellationToken token)
-        {
-            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-            try
-            {
-                Trace.Info($"Cloning externals to {externalsDir}");
-                IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(externalsDir, CancellationToken.None);
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(externalsDir);
-                IOUtil.CopyDirectory(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), externalsDir, token);
-                Trace.Info($"Successfully cloned externals to {externalsDir}.");
-                return Task.FromResult(true);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Trace.Error($"Fail to clone externals to {externalsDir}");
-                Trace.Error(ex);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                stopWatch.Stop();
-                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(CloneExternals)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
-            }
-
-            return Task.FromResult(false);
-        }
-
-        private async Task<string> HashFiles(string fileFolder, CancellationToken token)
-        {
-            Trace.Info($"Calculating hash for {fileFolder}");
-
-            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
-            string binDir = HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Bin);
-            string node = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Externals), NodeUtil.GetInternalNodeVersion(), "bin", $"node{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
-            string hashFilesScript = Path.Combine(binDir, "hashFiles");
-            var hashResult = string.Empty;
-
-            using (var processInvoker = HostContext.CreateService<IProcessInvoker>())
-            {
-                processInvoker.ErrorDataReceived += (_, data) =>
-                {
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(data.Data) && data.Data.StartsWith("__OUTPUT__") && data.Data.EndsWith("__OUTPUT__"))
-                    {
-                        hashResult = data.Data.Substring(10, data.Data.Length - 20);
-                        Trace.Info($"Hash result: '{hashResult}'");
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        Trace.Info(data.Data);
-                    }
-                };
-
-                processInvoker.OutputDataReceived += (_, data) =>
-                {
-                    Trace.Verbose(data.Data);
-                };
-
-                var env = new Dictionary<string, string>
-                {
-                    ["patterns"] = "**"
-                };
-
-                int exitCode = await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(workingDirectory: fileFolder,
-                                              fileName: node,
-                                              arguments: $"\"{hashFilesScript.Replace("\"", "\\\"")}\"",
-                                              environment: env,
-                                              requireExitCodeZero: false,
-                                              outputEncoding: null,
-                                              killProcessOnCancel: true,
-                                              cancellationToken: token);
-
-                if (exitCode != 0)
-                {
-                    Trace.Error($"hashFiles returns '{exitCode}' failed. Fail to hash files under directory '{fileFolder}'");
-                }
-
-                stopWatch.Stop();
-                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"{nameof(HashFiles)}{Path.GetFileName(fileFolder)}Time: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
-                return hashResult;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Listener/SelfUpdaterV2.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,568 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common;
+using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
+using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
+
+namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
+{
+    // This class is a fork of SelfUpdater.cs and is intended to only be used for the
+    // new self-update flow where the PackageMetadata is sent in the message directly. 
+    // Forking the class prevents us from accidentally breaking the old flow while it's still in production
+
+    [ServiceLocator(Default = typeof(SelfUpdaterV2))]
+    public interface ISelfUpdaterV2 : IRunnerService
+    {
+        bool Busy { get; }
+        Task<bool> SelfUpdate(RunnerRefreshMessage updateMessage, IJobDispatcher jobDispatcher, bool restartInteractiveRunner, CancellationToken token);
+    }
+    public class SelfUpdaterV2 : RunnerService, ISelfUpdaterV2
+    {
+        private static string _platform = BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.PackageName;
+        private ITerminal _terminal;
+        private IRunnerServer _runnerServer;
+        private int _poolId;
+        private ulong _agentId;
+
+        private const int _numberOfOldVersionsToKeep = 1;
+
+        private readonly ConcurrentQueue<string> _updateTrace = new();
+        public bool Busy { get; private set; }
+
+        public override void Initialize(IHostContext hostContext)
+        {
+            base.Initialize(hostContext);
+
+            _terminal = hostContext.GetService<ITerminal>();
+            _runnerServer = HostContext.GetService<IRunnerServer>();
+            var configStore = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationStore>();
+            var settings = configStore.GetSettings();
+            _poolId = settings.PoolId;
+            _agentId = settings.AgentId;
+        }
+
+        public async Task<bool> SelfUpdate(RunnerRefreshMessage updateMessage, IJobDispatcher jobDispatcher, bool restartInteractiveRunner, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            Busy = true;
+            try
+            {
+                var totalUpdateTime = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+
+                Trace.Info($"An update is available.");
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"RunnerPlatform: {updateMessage.OS}");
+
+                // Print console line that warn user not shutdown runner.
+                _terminal.WriteLine("Runner update in progress, do not shutdown runner.");
+                _terminal.WriteLine($"Downloading {updateMessage.TargetVersion} runner");
+
+                await DownloadLatestRunner(token, updateMessage.TargetVersion, updateMessage.DownloadUrl, updateMessage.SHA256Checksum, updateMessage.OS);
+                Trace.Info($"Download latest runner and unzip into runner root.");
+
+                // wait till all running job finish
+                _terminal.WriteLine("Waiting for current job finish running.");
+
+                await jobDispatcher.WaitAsync(token);
+                Trace.Info($"All running job has exited.");
+
+                // We need to keep runner backup around for macOS until we fixed https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/743
+                // delete runner backup
+                var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+                DeletePreviousVersionRunnerBackup(token, updateMessage.TargetVersion);
+                Trace.Info($"Delete old version runner backup.");
+                stopWatch.Stop();
+                // generate update script from template
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"DeleteRunnerBackupTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+                _terminal.WriteLine("Generate and execute update script.");
+
+                string updateScript = GenerateUpdateScript(restartInteractiveRunner, updateMessage.TargetVersion);
+                Trace.Info($"Generate update script into: {updateScript}");
+
+
+#if DEBUG
+                // For L0, we will skip execute update script.
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("_GITHUB_ACTION_EXECUTE_UPDATE_SCRIPT")))
+#endif
+                {
+                    string flagFile = "update.finished";
+                    IOUtil.DeleteFile(flagFile);
+                    // kick off update script
+                    Process invokeScript = new();
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+                    invokeScript.StartInfo.FileName = WhichUtil.Which("cmd.exe", trace: Trace);
+                    invokeScript.StartInfo.Arguments = $"/c \"{updateScript}\"";
+#elif (OS_OSX || OS_LINUX)
+                    invokeScript.StartInfo.FileName = WhichUtil.Which("bash", trace: Trace);
+                    invokeScript.StartInfo.Arguments = $"\"{updateScript}\"";
+#endif
+                    invokeScript.Start();
+                    Trace.Info($"Update script start running");
+                }
+
+                totalUpdateTime.Stop();
+
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue($"TotalUpdateTime: {totalUpdateTime.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+                _terminal.WriteLine("Runner will exit shortly for update, should be back online within 10 seconds.");
+
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _updateTrace.Enqueue(ex.ToString());
+                throw;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                _terminal.WriteLine("Runner update process finished.");
+                Busy = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// _work
+        ///     \_update
+        ///            \bin
+        ///            \externals
+        ///            \run.sh
+        ///            \run.cmd
+        ///            \package.zip //temp download .zip/.tar.gz
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="token"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private async Task DownloadLatestRunner(CancellationToken token, string targetVersion, string packageDownloadUrl, string packageHashValue, string targetPlatform)
+        {
+            string latestRunnerDirectory = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Work), Constants.Path.UpdateDirectory);
+            IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(latestRunnerDirectory, token);
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(latestRunnerDirectory);
+
+            string archiveFile = null;
+
+            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"DownloadUrl: {packageDownloadUrl}");
+
+            try
+            {
+#if DEBUG
+                // Much of the update process (targetVersion, archive) is server-side, this is a way to control it from here for testing specific update scenarios
+                // Add files like 'runner2.281.2.tar.gz' or 'runner2.283.0.zip' (depending on your platform) to your runner root folder
+                // Note that runners still need to be older than the server's runner version in order to receive an 'AgentRefreshMessage' and trigger this update
+                // Wrapped in #if DEBUG as this should not be in the RELEASE build
+                if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_IS_MOCK_UPDATE")))
+                {
+                    var waitForDebugger = StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_IS_MOCK_UPDATE_WAIT_FOR_DEBUGGER"));
+                    if (waitForDebugger)
+                    {
+                        int waitInSeconds = 20;
+                        while (!Debugger.IsAttached && waitInSeconds-- > 0)
+                        {
+                            await Task.Delay(1000);
+                        }
+                        Debugger.Break();
+                    }
+
+                    if (targetPlatform.StartsWith("win"))
+                    {
+                        archiveFile = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"runner{targetVersion}.zip");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        archiveFile = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"runner{targetVersion}.tar.gz");
+                    }
+
+                    if (File.Exists(archiveFile))
+                    {
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"Mocking update with file: '{archiveFile}' and targetVersion: '{targetVersion}', nothing is downloaded");
+                        _terminal.WriteLine($"Mocking update with file: '{archiveFile}' and targetVersion: '{targetVersion}', nothing is downloaded");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        archiveFile = null;
+                        _terminal.WriteLine($"Mock runner archive not found at {archiveFile} for target version {targetVersion}, proceeding with download instead");
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"Mock runner archive not found at {archiveFile} for target version {targetVersion}, proceeding with download instead");
+                    }
+                }
+#endif
+                // archiveFile is not null only if we mocked it above
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile))
+                {
+                    archiveFile = await DownLoadRunner(latestRunnerDirectory, packageDownloadUrl, packageHashValue, targetPlatform, token);
+
+                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile))
+                    {
+                        throw new TaskCanceledException($"Runner package '{packageDownloadUrl}' failed after {Constants.RunnerDownloadRetryMaxAttempts} download attempts");
+                    }
+                    await ValidateRunnerHash(archiveFile, packageHashValue);
+                }
+
+                await ExtractRunnerPackage(archiveFile, latestRunnerDirectory, token);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    // delete .zip file
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile) && File.Exists(archiveFile))
+                    {
+                        Trace.Verbose("Deleting latest runner package zip: {0}", archiveFile);
+                        IOUtil.DeleteFile(archiveFile);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    //it is not critical if we fail to delete the .zip file
+                    Trace.Warning("Failed to delete runner package zip '{0}'. Exception: {1}", archiveFile, ex);
+                }
+            }
+
+            await CopyLatestRunnerToRoot(latestRunnerDirectory, targetVersion, token);
+        }
+
+        private async Task<string> DownLoadRunner(string downloadDirectory, string packageDownloadUrl, string packageHashValue, string packagePlatform, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            int runnerSuffix = 1;
+            string archiveFile = null;
+            bool downloadSucceeded = false;
+
+            // Download the runner, using multiple attempts in order to be resilient against any networking/CDN issues
+            for (int attempt = 1; attempt <= Constants.RunnerDownloadRetryMaxAttempts; attempt++)
+            {
+                // Generate an available package name, and do our best effort to clean up stale local zip files
+                while (true)
+                {
+                    if (packagePlatform.StartsWith("win"))
+                    {
+                        archiveFile = Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, $"runner{runnerSuffix}.zip");
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        archiveFile = Path.Combine(downloadDirectory, $"runner{runnerSuffix}.tar.gz");
+                    }
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        // delete .zip file
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(archiveFile) && File.Exists(archiveFile))
+                        {
+                            Trace.Verbose("Deleting latest runner package zip '{0}'", archiveFile);
+                            IOUtil.DeleteFile(archiveFile);
+                        }
+
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        // couldn't delete the file for whatever reason, so generate another name
+                        Trace.Warning("Failed to delete runner package zip '{0}'. Exception: {1}", archiveFile, ex);
+                        runnerSuffix++;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Allow a 15-minute package download timeout, which is good enough to update the runner from a 1 Mbit/s ADSL connection.
+                if (!int.TryParse(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GITHUB_ACTIONS_RUNNER_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT") ?? string.Empty, out int timeoutSeconds))
+                {
+                    timeoutSeconds = 15 * 60;
+                }
+
+                Trace.Info($"Attempt {attempt}: save latest runner into {archiveFile}.");
+
+                using (var downloadTimeout = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeoutSeconds)))
+                using (var downloadCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(downloadTimeout.Token, token))
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info($"Download runner: begin download");
+                        long downloadSize = 0;
+
+                        //open zip stream in async mode
+                        using (HttpClient httpClient = new(HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler()))
+                        {
+                            Trace.Info($"Downloading {packageDownloadUrl}");
+
+                            using (FileStream fs = new(archiveFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None, bufferSize: 4096, useAsync: true))
+                            using (Stream result = await httpClient.GetStreamAsync(packageDownloadUrl))
+                            {
+                                //81920 is the default used by System.IO.Stream.CopyTo and is under the large object heap threshold (85k).
+                                await result.CopyToAsync(fs, 81920, downloadCts.Token);
+                                await fs.FlushAsync(downloadCts.Token);
+                                downloadSize = fs.Length;
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        Trace.Info($"Download runner: finished download");
+                        downloadSucceeded = true;
+                        stopWatch.Stop();
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"PackageDownloadTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"Attempts: {attempt}");
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"PackageSize: {downloadSize / 1024 / 1024}MB");
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException) when (token.IsCancellationRequested)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info($"Runner download has been cancelled.");
+                        throw;
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        if (downloadCts.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
+                        {
+                            Trace.Warning($"Runner download has timed out after {timeoutSeconds} seconds");
+                        }
+
+                        Trace.Warning($"Failed to get package '{archiveFile}' from '{packageDownloadUrl}'. Exception {ex}");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (downloadSucceeded)
+            {
+                return archiveFile;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task ValidateRunnerHash(string archiveFile, string packageHashValue)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            // Validate Hash Matches if it is provided
+            using (FileStream stream = File.OpenRead(archiveFile))
+            {
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(packageHashValue))
+                {
+                    using (SHA256 sha256 = SHA256.Create())
+                    {
+                        byte[] srcHashBytes = await sha256.ComputeHashAsync(stream);
+                        var hash = PrimitiveExtensions.ConvertToHexString(srcHashBytes);
+                        if (hash != packageHashValue)
+                        {
+                            // Hash did not match, we can't recover from this, just throw
+                            throw new Exception($"Computed runner hash {hash} did not match expected Runner Hash {packageHashValue} for {archiveFile}");
+                        }
+
+                        stopWatch.Stop();
+                        Trace.Info($"Validated Runner Hash matches {archiveFile} : {packageHashValue}");
+                        _updateTrace.Enqueue($"ValidateHashTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task ExtractRunnerPackage(string archiveFile, string extractDirectory, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+
+            if (archiveFile.EndsWith(".zip", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(archiveFile, extractDirectory);
+            }
+            else if (archiveFile.EndsWith(".tar.gz", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                string tar = WhichUtil.Which("tar", trace: Trace);
+
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(tar))
+                {
+                    throw new NotSupportedException($"tar -xzf");
+                }
+
+                // tar -xzf
+                using (var processInvoker = HostContext.CreateService<IProcessInvoker>())
+                {
+                    processInvoker.OutputDataReceived += new EventHandler<ProcessDataReceivedEventArgs>((sender, args) =>
+                    {
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.Data))
+                        {
+                            Trace.Info(args.Data);
+                        }
+                    });
+
+                    processInvoker.ErrorDataReceived += new EventHandler<ProcessDataReceivedEventArgs>((sender, args) =>
+                    {
+                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.Data))
+                        {
+                            Trace.Error(args.Data);
+                        }
+                    });
+
+                    int exitCode = await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(extractDirectory, tar, $"-xzf \"{archiveFile}\"", null, token);
+                    if (exitCode != 0)
+                    {
+                        throw new NotSupportedException($"Can't use 'tar -xzf' to extract archive file: {archiveFile}. return code: {exitCode}.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new NotSupportedException($"{archiveFile}");
+            }
+
+            stopWatch.Stop();
+            Trace.Info($"Finished getting latest runner package at: {extractDirectory}.");
+            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"PackageExtractTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+        }
+
+        private Task CopyLatestRunnerToRoot(string latestRunnerDirectory, string targetVersion, CancellationToken token)
+        {
+            var stopWatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+            // copy latest runner into runner root folder
+            // copy bin from _work/_update -> bin.version under root
+            string binVersionDir = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"{Constants.Path.BinDirectory}.{targetVersion}");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(binVersionDir);
+            Trace.Info($"Copy {Path.Combine(latestRunnerDirectory, Constants.Path.BinDirectory)} to {binVersionDir}.");
+            IOUtil.CopyDirectory(Path.Combine(latestRunnerDirectory, Constants.Path.BinDirectory), binVersionDir, token);
+
+            // copy externals from _work/_update -> externals.version under root
+            string externalsVersionDir = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"{Constants.Path.ExternalsDirectory}.{targetVersion}");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(externalsVersionDir);
+            Trace.Info($"Copy {Path.Combine(latestRunnerDirectory, Constants.Path.ExternalsDirectory)} to {externalsVersionDir}.");
+            IOUtil.CopyDirectory(Path.Combine(latestRunnerDirectory, Constants.Path.ExternalsDirectory), externalsVersionDir, token);
+
+            // copy and replace all .sh/.cmd files
+            Trace.Info($"Copy any remaining .sh/.cmd files into runner root.");
+            foreach (FileInfo file in new DirectoryInfo(latestRunnerDirectory).GetFiles() ?? new FileInfo[0])
+            {
+                string destination = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), file.Name);
+
+                // Removing the file instead of just trying to overwrite it works around permissions issues on linux.
+                // https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/981
+                Trace.Info($"Copy {file.FullName} to {destination}");
+                IOUtil.DeleteFile(destination);
+                file.CopyTo(destination, true);
+            }
+
+            stopWatch.Stop();
+            _updateTrace.Enqueue($"CopyRunnerToRootTime: {stopWatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
+        private void DeletePreviousVersionRunnerBackup(CancellationToken token, string targetVersion)
+        {
+            // delete previous backup runner (back compat, can be remove after serval sprints)
+            // bin.bak.2.99.0
+            // externals.bak.2.99.0
+            foreach (string existBackUp in Directory.GetDirectories(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), "*.bak.*"))
+            {
+                Trace.Info($"Delete existing runner backup at {existBackUp}.");
+                try
+                {
+                    IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(existBackUp, token);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex) when (!(ex is OperationCanceledException))
+                {
+                    Trace.Error(ex);
+                    Trace.Info($"Catch exception during delete backup folder {existBackUp}, ignore this error try delete the backup folder on next auto-update.");
+                }
+            }
+
+            // delete old bin.2.99.0 folder, only leave the current version and the latest download version
+            var allBinDirs = Directory.GetDirectories(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), "bin.*");
+            if (allBinDirs.Length > _numberOfOldVersionsToKeep)
+            {
+                // there are more than {_numberOfOldVersionsToKeep} bin.version folder.
+                // delete older bin.version folders.
+                foreach (var oldBinDir in allBinDirs)
+                {
+                    if (string.Equals(oldBinDir, Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"bin"), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                        string.Equals(oldBinDir, Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"bin.{BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version}"), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                        string.Equals(oldBinDir, Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"bin.{targetVersion}"), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        // skip for current runner version
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    Trace.Info($"Delete runner bin folder's backup at {oldBinDir}.");
+                    try
+                    {
+                        IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(oldBinDir, token);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex) when (!(ex is OperationCanceledException))
+                    {
+                        Trace.Error(ex);
+                        Trace.Info($"Catch exception during delete backup folder {oldBinDir}, ignore this error try delete the backup folder on next auto-update.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // delete old externals.2.99.0 folder, only leave the current version and the latest download version
+            var allExternalsDirs = Directory.GetDirectories(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), "externals.*");
+            if (allExternalsDirs.Length > _numberOfOldVersionsToKeep)
+            {
+                // there are more than {_numberOfOldVersionsToKeep} externals.version folder.
+                // delete older externals.version folders.
+                foreach (var oldExternalDir in allExternalsDirs)
+                {
+                    if (string.Equals(oldExternalDir, Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"externals"), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                        string.Equals(oldExternalDir, Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"externals.{BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version}"), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                        string.Equals(oldExternalDir, Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), $"externals.{targetVersion}"), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    {
+                        // skip for current runner version
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    Trace.Info($"Delete runner externals folder's backup at {oldExternalDir}.");
+                    try
+                    {
+                        IOUtil.DeleteDirectory(oldExternalDir, token);
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex) when (!(ex is OperationCanceledException))
+                    {
+                        Trace.Error(ex);
+                        Trace.Info($"Catch exception during delete backup folder {oldExternalDir}, ignore this error try delete the backup folder on next auto-update.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private string GenerateUpdateScript(bool restartInteractiveRunner, string targetVersion)
+        {
+            int processId = Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;
+            string updateLog = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Diag), $"SelfUpdate-{DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss")}.log");
+            string runnerRoot = HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root);
+
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+            string templateName = "update.cmd.template";
+#else
+            string templateName = "update.sh.template";
+#endif
+
+            string templatePath = Path.Combine(runnerRoot, $"bin.{targetVersion}", templateName);
+            string template = File.ReadAllText(templatePath);
+
+            template = template.Replace("_PROCESS_ID_", processId.ToString());
+            template = template.Replace("_RUNNER_PROCESS_NAME_", $"Runner.Listener{IOUtil.ExeExtension}");
+            template = template.Replace("_ROOT_FOLDER_", runnerRoot);
+            template = template.Replace("_EXIST_RUNNER_VERSION_", BuildConstants.RunnerPackage.Version);
+            template = template.Replace("_DOWNLOAD_RUNNER_VERSION_", targetVersion);
+            template = template.Replace("_UPDATE_LOG_", updateLog);
+            template = template.Replace("_RESTART_INTERACTIVE_RUNNER_", restartInteractiveRunner ? "1" : "0");
+
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+            string scriptName = "_update.cmd";
+#else
+            string scriptName = "_update.sh";
+#endif
+
+            string updateScript = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Work), scriptName);
+            if (File.Exists(updateScript))
+            {
+                IOUtil.DeleteFile(updateScript);
+            }
+
+            File.WriteAllText(updateScript, template);
+            return updateScript;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Runner.PluginHost/Runner.PluginHost.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <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>
-    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
+    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603;SYSLIB0050;SYSLIB0051</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
     <PredefinedCulturesOnly>false</PredefinedCulturesOnly>
     <PublishReadyToRunComposite>true</PublishReadyToRunComposite>

src/Runner.Plugins/Runner.Plugins.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</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>
-    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
+    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603;SYSLIB0050;SYSLIB0051</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 

src/Runner.Sdk/Runner.Sdk.csproj

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <OutputType>Library</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>
-    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603</NoWarn>
+    <NoWarn>NU1701;NU1603;SYSLIB0050;SYSLIB0051</NoWarn>
     <Version>$(Version)</Version>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
@@ -14,9 +15,9 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="4.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.4.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Channels" Version="4.4.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="8.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="5.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="System.Threading.Channels" Version="8.0.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">

src/Runner.Sdk/RunnerWebProxy.cs

@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(httpProxyAddress) && !Uri.TryCreate(httpProxyAddress, UriKind.Absolute, out var _))
+            {
+                httpProxyAddress = PrependHttpIfMissing(httpProxyAddress);
+            }
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(httpProxyAddress) && Uri.TryCreate(httpProxyAddress, UriKind.Absolute, out var proxyHttpUri))
             {
                 _httpProxyAddress = proxyHttpUri.OriginalString;
@@ -99,6 +103,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
                 }
             }
 
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(httpsProxyAddress) && !Uri.TryCreate(httpsProxyAddress, UriKind.Absolute, out var _))
+            {
+                httpsProxyAddress = PrependHttpIfMissing(httpsProxyAddress);
+            }
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(httpsProxyAddress) && Uri.TryCreate(httpsProxyAddress, UriKind.Absolute, out var proxyHttpsUri))
             {
                 _httpsProxyAddress = proxyHttpsUri.OriginalString;
@@ -240,5 +248,20 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 
             return false;
         }
+
+        private string PrependHttpIfMissing(string proxyAddress)
+        {
+            // much like in golang, see https://github.com/golang/net/blob/f5464ddb689c015d1abf4df78a806a54af977e6c/http/httpproxy/proxy.go#LL156C31-L156C31
+            if (!proxyAddress.StartsWith("http://", StringComparison.Ordinal) && !proxyAddress.StartsWith("https://", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                var prependedProxyAddress = "http://" + proxyAddress;
+                if (Uri.TryCreate(prependedProxyAddress, UriKind.Absolute, out var _))
+                {
+                    // if prepending http:// turns the proxyAddress into a valid Uri, then use that
+                    return prependedProxyAddress;
+                }
+            }
+            return proxyAddress;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/IOUtil.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 {
@@ -72,6 +74,25 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
             }
         }
 
+        public static async Task<string> GetFileContentSha256HashAsync(string path)
+        {
+            if (!File.Exists(path))
+            {
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+
+            using (FileStream stream = File.OpenRead(path))
+            {
+                using (SHA256 sha256 = SHA256.Create())
+                {
+                    byte[] srcHashBytes = await sha256.ComputeHashAsync(stream);
+                    var hash = PrimitiveExtensions.ConvertToHexString(srcHashBytes);
+                    return hash;
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
         public static void Delete(string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             DeleteDirectory(path, cancellationToken);
@@ -438,6 +459,34 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
             File.WriteAllText(path, null);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Replaces invalid file name characters with '_'
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars(string fileName)
+        {
+            var result = new StringBuilder();
+            var invalidChars = Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars();
+
+            var current = 0; // Current index
+            while (current < fileName?.Length)
+            {
+                var next = fileName.IndexOfAny(invalidChars, current);
+                if (next >= 0)
+                {
+                    result.Append(fileName.Substring(current, next - current));
+                    result.Append('_');
+                    current = next + 1;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    result.Append(fileName.Substring(current));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return result.ToString();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Recursively enumerates a directory without following directory reparse points.
         /// </summary>

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/UrlUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 {
@@ -48,5 +50,25 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 
             return credUri.Uri;
         }
+
+        public static string GetGitHubRequestId(HttpResponseHeaders headers)
+        {
+            if (headers != null &&
+                headers.TryGetValues("x-github-request-id", out var headerValues))
+            {
+                return headerValues.FirstOrDefault();
+            }
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        public static string GetVssRequestId(HttpResponseHeaders headers)
+        {
+            if (headers != null &&
+                headers.TryGetValues("x-vss-e2eid", out var headerValues))
+            {
+                return headerValues.FirstOrDefault();
+            }
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/VssUtil.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
 
             if (VssClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent != null && VssClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent.Count > 0)
             {
-                headerValues.AddRange(VssClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent);
+                foreach (var headerVal in VssClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent)
+                {
+                    if (!headerValues.Contains(headerVal))
+                    {
+                        headerValues.Add(headerVal);
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             VssClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent = headerValues;
@@ -33,6 +39,23 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
             {
                 VssClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = HttpClientHandler.DangerousAcceptAnyServerCertificateValidator;
             }
+
+            var rawHeaderValues = new List<ProductInfoHeaderValue>();
+            rawHeaderValues.AddRange(additionalUserAgents);
+            rawHeaderValues.Add(new ProductInfoHeaderValue($"({StringUtil.SanitizeUserAgentHeader(RuntimeInformation.OSDescription)})"));
+
+            if (RawClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent != null && RawClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent.Count > 0)
+            {
+                foreach (var headerVal in RawClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent)
+                {
+                    if (!rawHeaderValues.Contains(headerVal))
+                    {
+                        rawHeaderValues.Add(headerVal);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            RawClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.UserAgent = rawHeaderValues;
         }
 
         public static VssConnection CreateConnection(
@@ -62,11 +85,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
                 settings.SendTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Math.Min(Math.Max(httpRequestTimeoutSeconds, 100), 1200));
             }
 
-            if (StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USE_BROKER_FLOW")))
-            {
-                settings.AllowAutoRedirect = true;
-            }
-
             // Remove Invariant from the list of accepted languages.
             //
             // The constructor of VssHttpRequestSettings (base class of VssClientHttpRequestSettings) adds the current
@@ -85,6 +103,35 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
             VssCredentials credentials,
             IEnumerable<DelegatingHandler> additionalDelegatingHandler = null,
             TimeSpan? timeout = null)
+        {
+            RawClientHttpRequestSettings settings = GetHttpRequestSettings(timeout);
+            RawConnection connection = new(serverUri, new RawHttpMessageHandler(credentials.Federated, settings), additionalDelegatingHandler);
+            return connection;
+        }
+
+        public static VssCredentials GetVssCredential(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint)
+        {
+            ArgUtil.NotNull(serviceEndpoint, nameof(serviceEndpoint));
+            ArgUtil.NotNull(serviceEndpoint.Authorization, nameof(serviceEndpoint.Authorization));
+            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Scheme, nameof(serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Scheme));
+
+            if (serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Parameters.Count == 0)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(serviceEndpoint));
+            }
+
+            VssCredentials credentials = null;
+            string accessToken;
+            if (serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Scheme == EndpointAuthorizationSchemes.OAuth &&
+                serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Parameters.TryGetValue(EndpointAuthorizationParameters.AccessToken, out accessToken))
+            {
+                credentials = new VssCredentials(new VssOAuthAccessTokenCredential(accessToken), CredentialPromptType.DoNotPrompt);
+            }
+
+            return credentials;
+        }
+
+        public static RawClientHttpRequestSettings GetHttpRequestSettings(TimeSpan? timeout = null)
         {
             RawClientHttpRequestSettings settings = RawClientHttpRequestSettings.Default.Clone();
 
@@ -116,30 +163,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
             // settings are applied to an HttpRequestMessage.
             settings.AcceptLanguages.Remove(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
 
-            RawConnection connection = new(serverUri, new RawHttpMessageHandler(credentials.Federated, settings), additionalDelegatingHandler);
-            return connection;
-        }
-
-        public static VssCredentials GetVssCredential(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint)
-        {
-            ArgUtil.NotNull(serviceEndpoint, nameof(serviceEndpoint));
-            ArgUtil.NotNull(serviceEndpoint.Authorization, nameof(serviceEndpoint.Authorization));
-            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Scheme, nameof(serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Scheme));
-
-            if (serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Parameters.Count == 0)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(serviceEndpoint));
-            }
-
-            VssCredentials credentials = null;
-            string accessToken;
-            if (serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Scheme == EndpointAuthorizationSchemes.OAuth &&
-                serviceEndpoint.Authorization.Parameters.TryGetValue(EndpointAuthorizationParameters.AccessToken, out accessToken))
-            {
-                credentials = new VssCredentials(new VssOAuthAccessTokenCredential(accessToken), CredentialPromptType.DoNotPrompt);
-            }
-
-            return credentials;
+            return settings;
         }
     }
 }

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/WhichUtil.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
         public static string Which(string command, bool require = false, ITraceWriter trace = null, string prependPath = null)
         {
             ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(command, nameof(command));
-            trace?.Info($"Which: '{command}'");
+            trace?.Info($"Which2: '{command}'");
             if (Path.IsPathFullyQualified(command) && File.Exists(command))
             {
                 trace?.Info($"Fully qualified path: '{command}'");
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
             {
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(pathSegment) && Directory.Exists(pathSegment))
                 {
-                    string[] matches = null;
 #if OS_WINDOWS
                     string pathExt = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATHEXT");
                     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(pathExt))
@@ -52,19 +51,20 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            matches = Directory.GetFiles(pathSegment, command);
+                            foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(pathSegment, command))
+                            {
+                                if (IsPathValid(file, trace))
+                                {
+                                    trace?.Info($"Location: '{file}'");
+                                    return file;
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                         catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
                         {
                             trace?.Info("Ignore UnauthorizedAccess exception during Which.");
                             trace?.Verbose(ex.ToString());
                         }
-
-                        if (matches != null && matches.Length > 0 && IsPathValid(matches.First(), trace))
-                        {
-                            trace?.Info($"Location: '{matches.First()}'");
-                            return matches.First();
-                        }
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -72,44 +72,43 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
                         searchPattern = StringUtil.Format($"{command}.*");
                         try
                         {
-                            matches = Directory.GetFiles(pathSegment, searchPattern);
+                            foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(pathSegment, searchPattern))
+                            {
+                                // add extension.
+                                for (int i = 0; i < pathExtSegments.Length; i++)
+                                {
+                                    string fullPath = Path.Combine(pathSegment, $"{command}{pathExtSegments[i]}");
+                                    if (string.Equals(file, fullPath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && IsPathValid(fullPath, trace))
+                                    {
+                                        trace?.Info($"Location: '{fullPath}'");
+                                        return fullPath;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                         catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
                         {
                             trace?.Info("Ignore UnauthorizedAccess exception during Which.");
                             trace?.Verbose(ex.ToString());
                         }
-
-                        if (matches != null && matches.Length > 0)
-                        {
-                            // add extension.
-                            for (int i = 0; i < pathExtSegments.Length; i++)
-                            {
-                                string fullPath = Path.Combine(pathSegment, $"{command}{pathExtSegments[i]}");
-                                if (matches.Any(p => p.Equals(fullPath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) && IsPathValid(fullPath, trace))
-                                {
-                                    trace?.Info($"Location: '{fullPath}'");
-                                    return fullPath;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
                     }
 #else
                     try
                     {
-                        matches = Directory.GetFiles(pathSegment, command);
+                        foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(pathSegment, command))
+                        {
+                            if (IsPathValid(file, trace))
+                            {
+                                trace?.Info($"Location: '{file}'");
+                                return file;
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                     catch (UnauthorizedAccessException ex)
                     {
                         trace?.Info("Ignore UnauthorizedAccess exception during Which.");
                         trace?.Verbose(ex.ToString());
                     }
-
-                    if (matches != null && matches.Length > 0 && IsPathValid(matches.First(), trace))
-                    {
-                        trace?.Info($"Location: '{matches.First()}'");
-                        return matches.First();
-                    }
 #endif
                 }
             }
@@ -134,7 +133,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
         {
             var fileInfo = new FileInfo(path);
             var linkTargetFullPath = fileInfo.Directory?.FullName + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + fileInfo.LinkTarget;
-            if (fileInfo.LinkTarget == null || File.Exists(linkTargetFullPath) || File.Exists(fileInfo.LinkTarget)) return true;
+            if (fileInfo.LinkTarget == null ||
+                File.Exists(linkTargetFullPath) ||
+                File.Exists(fileInfo.LinkTarget))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
             trace?.Info($"the target '{fileInfo.LinkTarget}' of the symbolic link '{path}', does not exist");
             return false;
         }

src/Runner.Worker/ActionManager.cs

@@ -6,19 +6,20 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using GitHub.DistributedTask.ObjectTemplating.Tokens;
+using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common;
 using GitHub.Runner.Common.Util;
 using GitHub.Runner.Sdk;
 using GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container;
 using GitHub.Services.Common;
-using WebApi = GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using Pipelines = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines;
 using PipelineTemplateConstants = GitHub.DistributedTask.Pipelines.ObjectTemplating.PipelineTemplateConstants;
-using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
+using WebApi = GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 {
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         //81920 is the default used by System.IO.Stream.CopyTo and is under the large object heap threshold (85k).
         private const int _defaultCopyBufferSize = 81920;
-        private const string _dotcomApiUrl = "https://api.github.com";
 
         private readonly Dictionary<Guid, ContainerInfo> _cachedActionContainers = new();
         public Dictionary<Guid, ContainerInfo> CachedActionContainers => _cachedActionContainers;
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 executionContext.Result = TaskResult.Failed;
                 throw;
             }
+            catch (InvalidActionArchiveException ex)
+            {
+                // Log the error and fail the PrepareActionsAsync Initialization.
+                Trace.Error($"Caught exception from PrepareActionsAsync Initialization: {ex}");
+                executionContext.InfrastructureError(ex.Message);
+                executionContext.Result = TaskResult.Failed;
+                throw;
+            }
             if (!FeatureManager.IsContainerHooksEnabled(executionContext.Global.Variables))
             {
                 if (state.ImagesToPull.Count > 0)
@@ -475,10 +483,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                             {
                                 // Load stored Ids for later load actions
                                 compositeAction.Steps[i].Id = _cachedEmbeddedStepIds[action.Id][i];
-                                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(executionContext.Global.Variables.Get("DistributedTask.EnableCompositeActions")) && compositeAction.Steps[i].Reference.Type != Pipelines.ActionSourceType.Script)
-                                {
-                                    throw new Exception("`uses:` keyword is not currently supported.");
-                                }
                             }
                         }
                         else
@@ -695,11 +699,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 catch (Exception ex) when (!executionContext.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested) // Do not retry if the run is cancelled.
                 {
                     // UnresolvableActionDownloadInfoException is a 422 client error, don't retry
+                    // NonRetryableActionDownloadInfoException is an non-retryable exception from Actions
                     // Some possible cases are:
                     // * Repo is rate limited
                     // * Repo or tag doesn't exist, or isn't public
                     // * Policy validation failed
-                    if (attempt < 3 && !(ex is WebApi.UnresolvableActionDownloadInfoException))
+                    if (attempt < 3 && !(ex is WebApi.UnresolvableActionDownloadInfoException) && !(ex is WebApi.NonRetryableActionDownloadInfoException))
                     {
                         executionContext.Output($"Failed to resolve action download info. Error: {ex.Message}");
                         executionContext.Debug(ex.ToString());
@@ -731,10 +736,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             ArgUtil.NotNull(actionDownloadInfos, nameof(actionDownloadInfos));
             ArgUtil.NotNull(actionDownloadInfos.Actions, nameof(actionDownloadInfos.Actions));
-            var apiUrl = GetApiUrl(executionContext);
             var defaultAccessToken = executionContext.GetGitHubContext("token");
-            var configurationStore = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationStore>();
-            var runnerSettings = configurationStore.GetSettings();
 
             foreach (var actionDownloadInfo in actionDownloadInfos.Actions.Values)
             {
@@ -758,6 +760,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             ArgUtil.NotNull(downloadInfo, nameof(downloadInfo));
             ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(downloadInfo.NameWithOwner, nameof(downloadInfo.NameWithOwner));
             ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(downloadInfo.Ref, nameof(downloadInfo.Ref));
+            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(downloadInfo.Ref, nameof(downloadInfo.ResolvedNameWithOwner));
+            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(downloadInfo.Ref, nameof(downloadInfo.ResolvedSha));
 
             string destDirectory = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Actions), downloadInfo.NameWithOwner.Replace(Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar, Path.DirectorySeparatorChar), downloadInfo.Ref);
             string watermarkFile = GetWatermarkFilePath(destDirectory);
@@ -774,31 +778,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 executionContext.Output($"Download action repository '{downloadInfo.NameWithOwner}@{downloadInfo.Ref}' (SHA:{downloadInfo.ResolvedSha})");
             }
 
-            await DownloadRepositoryActionAsync(executionContext, downloadInfo, destDirectory);
-        }
-
-        private string GetApiUrl(IExecutionContext executionContext)
-        {
-            string apiUrl = executionContext.GetGitHubContext("api_url");
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(apiUrl))
-            {
-                return apiUrl;
-            }
-            // Once the api_url is set for hosted, we can remove this fallback (it doesn't make sense for GHES)
-            return _dotcomApiUrl;
-        }
-
-        private static string BuildLinkToActionArchive(string apiUrl, string repository, string @ref)
-        {
-#if OS_WINDOWS
-            return $"{apiUrl}/repos/{repository}/zipball/{@ref}";
-#else
-            return $"{apiUrl}/repos/{repository}/tarball/{@ref}";
-#endif
-        }
-
-        private async Task DownloadRepositoryActionAsync(IExecutionContext executionContext, WebApi.ActionDownloadInfo downloadInfo, string destDirectory)
-        {
             //download and extract action in a temp folder and rename it on success
             string tempDirectory = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Actions), "_temp_" + Guid.NewGuid());
             Directory.CreateDirectory(tempDirectory);
@@ -811,108 +790,73 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             string link = downloadInfo?.TarballUrl;
 #endif
 
-            Trace.Info($"Save archive '{link}' into {archiveFile}.");
             try
             {
-                int retryCount = 0;
-
-                // Allow up to 20 * 60s for any action to be downloaded from github graph.
-                int timeoutSeconds = 20 * 60;
-                while (retryCount < 3)
+                var useActionArchiveCache = false;
+                var hasActionArchiveCache = false;
+                var actionArchiveCacheDir = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ActionArchiveCacheDirectory);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(actionArchiveCacheDir) &&
+                    Directory.Exists(actionArchiveCacheDir))
                 {
-                    using (var actionDownloadTimeout = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeoutSeconds)))
-                    using (var actionDownloadCancellation = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(actionDownloadTimeout.Token, executionContext.CancellationToken))
+                    hasActionArchiveCache = true;
+                    Trace.Info($"Check if action archive '{downloadInfo.ResolvedNameWithOwner}@{downloadInfo.ResolvedSha}' already exists in cache directory '{actionArchiveCacheDir}'");
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+                    var cacheArchiveFile = Path.Combine(actionArchiveCacheDir, downloadInfo.ResolvedNameWithOwner.Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, '_').Replace(Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar, '_'), $"{downloadInfo.ResolvedSha}.zip");
+#else
+                    var cacheArchiveFile = Path.Combine(actionArchiveCacheDir, downloadInfo.ResolvedNameWithOwner.Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, '_').Replace(Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar, '_'), $"{downloadInfo.ResolvedSha}.tar.gz");
+#endif
+                    if (File.Exists(cacheArchiveFile))
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            //open zip stream in async mode
-                            using (FileStream fs = new(archiveFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None, bufferSize: _defaultFileStreamBufferSize, useAsync: true))
-                            using (var httpClientHandler = HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler())
-                            using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler))
-                            {
-                                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = CreateAuthHeader(downloadInfo.Authentication?.Token);
-
-                                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.AddRange(HostContext.UserAgents);
-                                using (var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(link))
-                                {
-                                    if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
-                                    {
-                                        using (var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync())
-                                        {
-                                            await result.CopyToAsync(fs, _defaultCopyBufferSize, actionDownloadCancellation.Token);
-                                            await fs.FlushAsync(actionDownloadCancellation.Token);
-
-                                            // download succeed, break out the retry loop.
-                                            break;
-                                        }
-                                    }
-                                    else if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
-                                    {
-                                        // It doesn't make sense to retry in this case, so just stop
-                                        throw new ActionNotFoundException(new Uri(link));
-                                    }
-                                    else
-                                    {
-                                        // Something else bad happened, let's go to our retry logic
-                                        response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
+                            Trace.Info($"Found action archive '{cacheArchiveFile}' in cache directory '{actionArchiveCacheDir}'");
+                            File.Copy(cacheArchiveFile, archiveFile);
+                            useActionArchiveCache = true;
+                            executionContext.Debug($"Copied action archive '{cacheArchiveFile}' to '{archiveFile}'");
                         }
-                        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (executionContext.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                        catch (Exception ex)
                         {
-                            Trace.Info("Action download has been cancelled.");
-                            throw;
+                            Trace.Error($"Failed to copy action archive '{cacheArchiveFile}' to '{archiveFile}'. Error: {ex}");
                         }
-                        catch (ActionNotFoundException)
-                        {
-                            Trace.Info($"The action at '{link}' does not exist");
-                            throw;
-                        }
-                        catch (Exception ex) when (retryCount < 2)
-                        {
-                            retryCount++;
-                            Trace.Error($"Fail to download archive '{link}' -- Attempt: {retryCount}");
-                            Trace.Error(ex);
-                            if (actionDownloadTimeout.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
-                            {
-                                // action download didn't finish within timeout
-                                executionContext.Warning($"Action '{link}' didn't finish download within {timeoutSeconds} seconds.");
-                            }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                executionContext.Warning($"Failed to download action '{link}'. Error: {ex.Message}");
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("_GITHUB_ACTION_DOWNLOAD_NO_BACKOFF")))
-                    {
-                        var backOff = BackoffTimerHelper.GetRandomBackoff(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
-                        executionContext.Warning($"Back off {backOff.TotalSeconds} seconds before retry.");
-                        await Task.Delay(backOff);
                     }
                 }
 
-                ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(archiveFile, nameof(archiveFile));
-                executionContext.Debug($"Download '{link}' to '{archiveFile}'");
+                executionContext.Global.JobTelemetry.Add(new JobTelemetry()
+                {
+                    Type = JobTelemetryType.General,
+                    Message = $"Action archive cache usage: {downloadInfo.ResolvedNameWithOwner}@{downloadInfo.ResolvedSha} use cache {useActionArchiveCache} has cache {hasActionArchiveCache}"
+                });
+
+                if (!useActionArchiveCache)
+                {
+                    await DownloadRepositoryArchive(executionContext, link, downloadInfo.Authentication?.Token, archiveFile);
+                }
 
                 var stagingDirectory = Path.Combine(tempDirectory, "_staging");
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(stagingDirectory);
 
 #if OS_WINDOWS
-                ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(archiveFile, stagingDirectory);
+                try
+                {
+                    ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(archiveFile, stagingDirectory);
+                }
+                catch (InvalidDataException e)
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidActionArchiveException($"Can't un-zip archive file: {archiveFile}. action being checked out: {downloadInfo.NameWithOwner}@{downloadInfo.Ref}. error: {e}.");
+                }
 #else
                 string tar = WhichUtil.Which("tar", require: true, trace: Trace);
 
                 // tar -xzf
                 using (var processInvoker = HostContext.CreateService<IProcessInvoker>())
                 {
+                    var tarOutputs = new List<string>();
                     processInvoker.OutputDataReceived += new EventHandler<ProcessDataReceivedEventArgs>((sender, args) =>
                     {
                         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.Data))
                         {
                             Trace.Info(args.Data);
+                            tarOutputs.Add($"STDOUT: {args.Data}");
                         }
                     });
 
@@ -921,13 +865,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.Data))
                         {
                             Trace.Error(args.Data);
+                            tarOutputs.Add($"STDERR: {args.Data}");
                         }
                     });
 
                     int exitCode = await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(stagingDirectory, tar, $"-xzf \"{archiveFile}\"", null, executionContext.CancellationToken);
                     if (exitCode != 0)
                     {
-                        throw new NotSupportedException($"Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: {archiveFile}. return code: {exitCode}.");
+                        var fileInfo = new FileInfo(archiveFile);
+                        var sha256hash = await IOUtil.GetFileContentSha256HashAsync(archiveFile);
+                        throw new InvalidActionArchiveException($"Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: {archiveFile} (SHA256 '{sha256hash}', size '{fileInfo.Length}' bytes, tar outputs '{string.Join(' ', tarOutputs)}'). Action being checked out: {downloadInfo.NameWithOwner}@{downloadInfo.Ref}. return code: {exitCode}.");
                     }
                 }
 #endif
@@ -945,7 +892,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 }
 
                 Trace.Verbose("Create watermark file indicate action download succeed.");
-                string watermarkFile = GetWatermarkFilePath(destDirectory);
                 File.WriteAllText(watermarkFile, DateTime.UtcNow.ToString());
 
                 executionContext.Debug($"Archive '{archiveFile}' has been unzipped into '{destDirectory}'.");
@@ -970,29 +916,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
         }
 
-        private void ConfigureAuthorizationFromContext(IExecutionContext executionContext, HttpClient httpClient)
-        {
-            var authToken = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("_GITHUB_ACTION_TOKEN");
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(authToken))
-            {
-                // TODO: Deprecate the PREVIEW_ACTION_TOKEN
-                authToken = executionContext.Global.Variables.Get("PREVIEW_ACTION_TOKEN");
-            }
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(authToken))
-            {
-                HostContext.SecretMasker.AddValue(authToken);
-                var base64EncodingToken = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes($"PAT:{authToken}"));
-                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", base64EncodingToken);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                var accessToken = executionContext.GetGitHubContext("token");
-                var base64EncodingToken = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes($"x-access-token:{accessToken}"));
-                httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", base64EncodingToken);
-            }
-        }
-
         private string GetWatermarkFilePath(string directory) => directory + ".completed";
 
         private ActionSetupInfo PrepareRepositoryActionAsync(IExecutionContext executionContext, Pipelines.ActionStep repositoryAction)
@@ -1042,7 +965,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 if (actionDefinitionData.Execution.ExecutionType == ActionExecutionType.Container)
                 {
                     var containerAction = actionDefinitionData.Execution as ContainerActionExecutionData;
-                    if (containerAction.Image.EndsWith("Dockerfile") || containerAction.Image.EndsWith("dockerfile"))
+                    if (DockerUtil.IsDockerfile(containerAction.Image))
                     {
                         var dockerFileFullPath = Path.Combine(actionEntryDirectory, containerAction.Image);
                         executionContext.Debug($"Dockerfile for action: '{dockerFileFullPath}'.");
@@ -1095,13 +1018,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                         }
                     }
 
-                    foreach (var step in compositeAction.Steps)
-                    {
-                        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(executionContext.Global.Variables.Get("DistributedTask.EnableCompositeActions")) && step.Reference.Type != Pipelines.ActionSourceType.Script)
-                        {
-                            throw new Exception("`uses:` keyword is not currently supported.");
-                        }
-                    }
                     return setupInfo;
                 }
                 else
@@ -1127,8 +1043,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
             else
             {
-                var fullPath = IOUtil.ResolvePath(actionEntryDirectory, "."); // resolve full path without access filesystem.
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Can't find 'action.yml', 'action.yaml' or 'Dockerfile' under '{fullPath}'. Did you forget to run actions/checkout before running your local action?");
+                var reference = repositoryReference.Name;
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(repositoryReference.Path))
+                {
+                    reference = $"{reference}/{repositoryReference.Path}";
+                }
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(repositoryReference.Ref))
+                {
+                    reference = $"{reference}@{repositoryReference.Ref}";
+                }
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"Can't find 'action.yml', 'action.yaml' or 'Dockerfile' for action '{reference}'.");
             }
         }
 
@@ -1157,13 +1081,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             return $"{repositoryReference.Name}@{repositoryReference.Ref}";
         }
 
-        private static string GetDownloadInfoLookupKey(WebApi.ActionDownloadInfo info)
-        {
-            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(info.NameWithOwner, nameof(info.NameWithOwner));
-            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(info.Ref, nameof(info.Ref));
-            return $"{info.NameWithOwner}@{info.Ref}";
-        }
-
         private AuthenticationHeaderValue CreateAuthHeader(string token)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(token))
@@ -1175,6 +1092,105 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             HostContext.SecretMasker.AddValue(base64EncodingToken);
             return new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", base64EncodingToken);
         }
+
+        private async Task DownloadRepositoryArchive(IExecutionContext executionContext, string downloadUrl, string downloadAuthToken, string archiveFile)
+        {
+            Trace.Info($"Save archive '{downloadUrl}' into {archiveFile}.");
+            int retryCount = 0;
+
+            // Allow up to 20 * 60s for any action to be downloaded from github graph.
+            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))
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        //open zip stream in async mode
+                        using (FileStream fs = new(archiveFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None, bufferSize: _defaultFileStreamBufferSize, useAsync: true))
+                        using (var httpClientHandler = HostContext.CreateHttpClientHandler())
+                        using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler))
+                        {
+                            httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = CreateAuthHeader(downloadAuthToken);
+
+                            httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.UserAgent.AddRange(HostContext.UserAgents);
+                            using (var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(downloadUrl))
+                            {
+                                requestId = UrlUtil.GetGitHubRequestId(response.Headers);
+                                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(requestId))
+                                {
+                                    Trace.Info($"Request URL: {downloadUrl} X-GitHub-Request-Id: {requestId} Http Status: {response.StatusCode}");
+                                }
+
+                                if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+                                {
+                                    using (var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync())
+                                    {
+                                        await result.CopyToAsync(fs, _defaultCopyBufferSize, actionDownloadCancellation.Token);
+                                        await fs.FlushAsync(actionDownloadCancellation.Token);
+
+                                        // download succeed, break out the retry loop.
+                                        break;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                else if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
+                                {
+                                    // It doesn't make sense to retry in this case, so just stop
+                                    throw new ActionNotFoundException(new Uri(downloadUrl), requestId);
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    // Something else bad happened, let's go to our retry logic
+                                    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException) when (executionContext.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info("Action download has been cancelled.");
+                        throw;
+                    }
+                    catch (OperationCanceledException ex) when (!executionContext.CancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested && retryCount >= 2)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info($"Action download final retry timeout after {timeoutSeconds} seconds.");
+                        throw new TimeoutException($"Action '{downloadUrl}' download has timed out. Error: {ex.Message} {requestId}");
+                    }
+                    catch (ActionNotFoundException)
+                    {
+                        Trace.Info($"The action at '{downloadUrl}' does not exist");
+                        throw;
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex) when (retryCount < 2)
+                    {
+                        retryCount++;
+                        Trace.Error($"Fail to download archive '{downloadUrl}' -- Attempt: {retryCount}");
+                        Trace.Error(ex);
+                        if (actionDownloadTimeout.Token.IsCancellationRequested)
+                        {
+                            // action download didn't finish within timeout
+                            executionContext.Warning($"Action '{downloadUrl}' didn't finish download within {timeoutSeconds} seconds. {requestId}");
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            executionContext.Warning($"Failed to download action '{downloadUrl}'. Error: {ex.Message} {requestId}");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("_GITHUB_ACTION_DOWNLOAD_NO_BACKOFF")))
+                {
+                    var backOff = BackoffTimerHelper.GetRandomBackoff(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
+                    executionContext.Warning($"Back off {backOff.TotalSeconds} seconds before retry.");
+                    await Task.Delay(backOff);
+                }
+            }
+
+            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(archiveFile, nameof(archiveFile));
+            executionContext.Debug($"Download '{downloadUrl}' to '{archiveFile}'");
+        }
     }
 
     public sealed class Definition

src/Runner.Worker/ActionManifestManager.cs

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     executionContext.Error(error.Message);
                 }
 
-                throw new ArgumentException($"Fail to load {fileRelativePath}");
+                throw new ArgumentException($"Failed to load {fileRelativePath}");
             }
 
             if (actionDefinition.Execution == null)
@@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     }
                 }
                 else if (string.Equals(usingToken.Value, "node12", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
-                         string.Equals(usingToken.Value, "node16", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                         string.Equals(usingToken.Value, "node16", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
+                         string.Equals(usingToken.Value, "node20", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                 {
                     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(mainToken?.Value))
                     {
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException($"'using: {usingToken.Value}' is not supported, use 'docker', 'node12' or 'node16' instead.");
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException($"'using: {usingToken.Value}' is not supported, use 'docker', 'node12', 'node16' or 'node20' instead.");
                 }
             }
             else if (pluginToken != null)
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 };
             }
 
-            throw new NotSupportedException("Missing 'using' value. 'using' requires 'composite', 'docker', 'node12' or 'node16'.");
+            throw new NotSupportedException("Missing 'using' value. 'using' requires 'composite', 'docker', 'node12', 'node16' or 'node20'.");
         }
 
         private void ConvertInputs(

src/Runner.Worker/ActionNotFoundException.cs

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 {
     public class ActionNotFoundException : Exception
     {
-        public ActionNotFoundException(Uri actionUri)
-            : base(FormatMessage(actionUri))
+        public ActionNotFoundException(Uri actionUri, string requestId)
+            : base(FormatMessage(actionUri, requestId))
         {
         }
 
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         {
         }
 
-        private static string FormatMessage(Uri actionUri)
+        private static string FormatMessage(Uri actionUri, string requestId)
         {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(requestId))
+            {
+                return $"An action could not be found at the URI '{actionUri}' ({requestId})";
+            }
+
             return $"An action could not be found at the URI '{actionUri}'";
         }
     }

src/Runner.Worker/Container/DockerCommandManager.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Channels;
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container
         {
             base.Initialize(hostContext);
             DockerPath = WhichUtil.Which("docker", true, Trace);
-            DockerInstanceLabel = IOUtil.GetSha256Hash(hostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root)).Substring(0, 6);
+            string path = Path.Combine(HostContext.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Root), ".runner");
+            string json = File.ReadAllText(path, Encoding.UTF8);
+            DockerInstanceLabel = IOUtil.GetSha256Hash(json).Substring(0, 6);
         }
 
         public async Task<DockerVersion> DockerVersion(IExecutionContext context)

src/Runner.Worker/Container/DockerUtil.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container
@@ -65,6 +66,16 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Container
             return "";
         }
 
+        public static bool IsDockerfile(string image)
+        {
+            if (image.StartsWith("docker://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            var imageWithoutPath = image.Split('/').Last();
+            return imageWithoutPath.StartsWith("Dockerfile.", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || imageWithoutPath.EndsWith("Dockerfile", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+
         public static string CreateEscapedOption(string flag, string key)
         {
             if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(key))

src/Runner.Worker/ContainerOperationProvider.cs

@@ -466,17 +466,39 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"Failed to create directory to store registry client credentials: {e.Message}");
             }
-            var loginExitCode = await _dockerManager.DockerLogin(
-                executionContext,
-                configLocation,
-                container.RegistryServer,
-                container.RegistryAuthUsername,
-                container.RegistryAuthPassword);
 
-            if (loginExitCode != 0)
+            // Login docker with retry up to 3 times
+            int retryCount = 0;
+            int loginExitCode = 0;
+            while (retryCount < 3)
+            {
+                loginExitCode = await _dockerManager.DockerLogin(
+                    executionContext,
+                    configLocation,
+                    container.RegistryServer,
+                    container.RegistryAuthUsername,
+                    container.RegistryAuthPassword);
+                if (loginExitCode == 0)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    retryCount++;
+                    if (retryCount < 3)
+                    {
+                        var backOff = BackoffTimerHelper.GetRandomBackoff(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+                        executionContext.Warning($"Docker login for '{container.RegistryServer}' failed with exit code {loginExitCode}, back off {backOff.TotalSeconds} seconds before retry.");
+                        await Task.Delay(backOff);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (retryCount == 3 && loginExitCode != 0)
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"Docker login for '{container.RegistryServer}' failed with exit code {loginExitCode}");
             }
+
             return configLocation;
         }
 

src/Runner.Worker/DiagnosticLogManager.cs

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             // \_layout\_work\_temp\[jobname-support]\files\environment.txt
             var configurationStore = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationStore>();
             RunnerSettings settings = configurationStore.GetSettings();
-            int runnerId = settings.AgentId;
+            ulong runnerId = settings.AgentId;
             string runnerName = settings.AgentName;
             int poolId = settings.PoolId;
 
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             string phaseName = executionContext.Global.Variables.System_PhaseDisplayName ?? "UnknownPhaseName";
 
             // zip the files
-            string diagnosticsZipFileName = $"{buildName}-{phaseName}.zip";
+            string diagnosticsZipFileName = $"{buildName}-{IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars(phaseName)}.zip";
             string diagnosticsZipFilePath = Path.Combine(supportRootFolder, diagnosticsZipFileName);
             ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(supportFilesFolder, diagnosticsZipFilePath);
 
             // upload the json metadata file
             executionContext.Debug("Uploading diagnostic metadata file.");
-            string metadataFileName = $"diagnostics-{buildName}-{phaseName}.json";
+            string metadataFileName = $"diagnostics-{buildName}-{IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars(phaseName)}.json";
             string metadataFilePath = Path.Combine(supportFilesFolder, metadataFileName);
             string phaseResult = GetTaskResultAsString(executionContext.Result);
 
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             parentContext.QueueAttachFile(type: CoreAttachmentType.DiagnosticLog, name: diagnosticsZipFileName, filePath: diagnosticsZipFilePath);
 
+            parentContext.QueueDiagnosticLogFile(name: diagnosticsZipFileName, filePath: diagnosticsZipFilePath);
+
             executionContext.Debug("Diagnostic file upload complete.");
         }
 

src/Runner.Worker/ExecutionContext.cs

@@ -78,17 +78,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         List<string> StepEnvironmentOverrides { get; }
 
         ExecutionContext Root { get; }
+        ExecutionContext Parent { get; }
 
         // 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);
+        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
         long Write(string tag, string message);
         void QueueAttachFile(string type, string name, string filePath);
         void QueueSummaryFile(string name, string filePath, Guid stepRecordId);
+        void QueueDiagnosticLogFile(string name, string filePath);
 
         // timeline record update methods
         void Start(string currentOperation = null);
@@ -133,7 +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;
@@ -152,6 +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;
@@ -264,6 +266,14 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
         }
 
+        public ExecutionContext Parent
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return _parentExecutionContext;
+            }
+        }
+
         public JobContext JobContext
         {
             get
@@ -346,14 +356,20 @@ 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)
+            string siblingScopeName = null,
+            TimeSpan? timeout = null)
         {
             Trace.Entering();
 
             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;
@@ -377,15 +393,21 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 child.ExpressionFunctions.Add(item);
             }
             child._cancellationTokenSource = cancellationTokenSource ?? new CancellationTokenSource();
+            if (timeout != null)
+            {
+                // composite steps inherit the timeout from the parent, set by https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepstimeout-minutes
+                child.SetTimeout(timeout);
+            }
+
             child.EchoOnActionCommand = EchoOnActionCommand;
 
             if (recordOrder != null)
             {
-                child.InitializeTimelineRecord(_mainTimelineId, recordId, _record.Id, ExecutionContextType.Task, displayName, refName, recordOrder);
+                child.InitializeTimelineRecord(_mainTimelineId, recordId, _record.Id, ExecutionContextType.Task, displayName, refName, recordOrder, embedded: isEmbedded);
             }
             else
             {
-                child.InitializeTimelineRecord(_mainTimelineId, recordId, _record.Id, ExecutionContextType.Task, displayName, refName, ++_childTimelineRecordOrder);
+                child.InitializeTimelineRecord(_mainTimelineId, recordId, _record.Id, ExecutionContextType.Task, displayName, refName, ++_childTimelineRecordOrder, embedded: isEmbedded);
             }
             if (logger != null)
             {
@@ -406,7 +428,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         /// <summary>
         /// An embedded execution context shares the same record ID, record name, logger,
-        /// and a linked cancellation token.
+        /// but NOT the cancellation token (just like workflow steps contexts - they don't share a token)
         /// </summary>
         public IExecutionContext CreateEmbeddedChild(
             string scopeName,
@@ -416,7 +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: CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(_cancellationTokenSource.Token), intraActionState: intraActionState, embeddedId: embeddedId, siblingScopeName: siblingScopeName);
+            return Root.CreateChild(_record.Id, _record.Name, _record.Id.ToString("N"), scopeName, contextName, stage, logger: _logger, isEmbedded: true, embeddedIssueCollector: _embeddedIssueCollector, cancellationTokenSource: null, intraActionState: intraActionState, embeddedId: embeddedId, siblingScopeName: siblingScopeName, timeout: GetRemainingTimeout(), recordOrder: _record.Order);
         }
 
         public void Start(string currentOperation = null)
@@ -477,28 +499,34 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             PublishStepTelemetry();
 
-            var stepResult = new StepResult
+            if (_record.RecordType == "Task")
             {
-                ExternalID = _record.Id,
-                Conclusion = _record.Result ?? TaskResult.Succeeded,
-                Status = _record.State,
-                Number = _record.Order,
-                Name = _record.Name,
-                StartedAt = _record.StartTime,
-                CompletedAt = _record.FinishTime,
-                Annotations = new List<Annotation>()
-            };
-
-            _record.Issues?.ForEach(issue =>
-            {
-                var annotation = issue.ToAnnotation();
-                if (annotation != null)
+                var stepResult = new StepResult
                 {
-                    stepResult.Annotations.Add(annotation.Value);
-                }
-            });
+                    ExternalID = _record.Id,
+                    Conclusion = _record.Result ?? TaskResult.Succeeded,
+                    Status = _record.State,
+                    Number = _record.Order,
+                    Name = _record.Name,
+                    ActionName = StepTelemetry?.Action,
+                    Ref = StepTelemetry?.Ref,
+                    Type = StepTelemetry?.Type,
+                    StartedAt = _record.StartTime,
+                    CompletedAt = _record.FinishTime,
+                    Annotations = new List<Annotation>()
+                };
 
-            Global.StepsResult.Add(stepResult);
+                _record.Issues?.ForEach(issue =>
+                {
+                    var annotation = issue.ToAnnotation();
+                    if (annotation != null)
+                    {
+                        stepResult.Annotations.Add(annotation.Value);
+                    }
+                });
+
+                Global.StepsResult.Add(stepResult);
+            }
 
             if (Root != this)
             {
@@ -593,9 +621,33 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             if (timeout != null)
             {
                 _cancellationTokenSource.CancelAfter(timeout.Value);
+                m_timeoutStartedAt = DateTime.UtcNow;
+                m_timeout = timeout.Value;
             }
         }
 
+        DateTime? m_timeoutStartedAt;
+        TimeSpan? m_timeout;
+        public TimeSpan? GetRemainingTimeout()
+        {
+            if (m_timeoutStartedAt != null && m_timeout != null)
+            {
+                var elapsedSinceTimeoutSet = DateTime.UtcNow - m_timeoutStartedAt.Value;
+                var remainingTimeout = m_timeout.Value - elapsedSinceTimeoutSet;
+                if (remainingTimeout.Ticks > 0)
+                {
+                    return remainingTimeout;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // there was a timeout and it has expired
+                    return TimeSpan.Zero;
+                }
+            }
+            // no timeout was ever set
+            return null;
+        }
+
         public void Progress(int percentage, string currentOperation = null)
         {
             if (percentage > 100 || percentage < 0)
@@ -763,11 +815,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
             Global.Variables = new Variables(HostContext, variables);
 
-            if (Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.ForceInternalNodeVersionOnRunnerTo12") ?? false)
-            {
-                Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ForcedInternalNodeVersion, "node12");
-            }
-
             // Environment variables shared across all actions
             Global.EnvironmentVariables = new Dictionary<string, string>(VarUtil.EnvironmentVariableKeyComparer);
 
@@ -792,7 +839,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             // Actions environment
             ActionsEnvironment = message.ActionsEnvironment;
 
-
             // Service container info
             Global.ServiceContainers = new List<ContainerInfo>();
 
@@ -938,6 +984,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             _jobServerQueue.QueueResultsUpload(stepRecordId, name, filePath, ChecksAttachmentType.StepSummary, deleteSource: false, finalize: true, firstBlock: true, totalLines: 0);
         }
 
+        public void QueueDiagnosticLogFile(string name, string filePath)
+        {
+            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(name, nameof(name));
+            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(filePath, nameof(filePath));
+
+            if (!File.Exists(filePath))
+            {
+                throw new FileNotFoundException($"Can't upload diagnostic log file: {filePath}. File does not exist.");
+            }
+            _jobServerQueue.QueueResultsUpload(_record.Id, name, filePath, CoreAttachmentType.ResultsDiagnosticLog, deleteSource: false, finalize: true, firstBlock: true, totalLines: 0);
+        }
+
         // Add OnMatcherChanged
         public void Add(OnMatcherChanged handler)
         {
@@ -1116,7 +1174,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             }
         }
 
-        private void InitializeTimelineRecord(Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid? parentTimelineRecordId, string recordType, string displayName, string refName, int? order)
+        private void InitializeTimelineRecord(Guid timelineId, Guid timelineRecordId, Guid? parentTimelineRecordId, string recordType, string displayName, string refName, int? order, bool embedded = false)
         {
             _mainTimelineId = timelineId;
             _record.Id = timelineRecordId;
@@ -1142,7 +1200,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             var configuration = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationStore>();
             _record.WorkerName = configuration.GetSettings().AgentName;
 
-            _jobServerQueue.QueueTimelineRecordUpdate(_mainTimelineId, _record);
+            // We don't want to update the timeline record for embedded steps since they are not really represented in the UI.
+            if (!embedded)
+            {
+                _jobServerQueue.QueueTimelineRecordUpdate(_mainTimelineId, _record);
+            }
         }
 
         private void JobServerQueueThrottling_EventReceived(object sender, ThrottlingEventArgs data)
@@ -1355,6 +1417,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
         {
             foreach (var key in dict.Keys.ToList())
             {
+                if (key == PipelineTemplateConstants.HostWorkspace)
+                {
+                    // The HostWorkspace context var is excluded so that there is a var that always points to the host path.
+                    // This var can be used to translate back from container paths, e.g. in HashFilesFunction, which always runs on the host machine
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (dict[key] is StringContextData)
                 {
                     var value = dict[key].ToString();
@@ -1401,7 +1469,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
         public void Error(string format, params Object[] args)
         {
-            _executionContext.Error(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, format, args));
+            /* TraceWriter should be used for logging and not creating erros. */
+            if (logTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages())
+            {
+                _executionContext.Debug(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, format, args));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                _executionContext.Error(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, format, args));
+            }
         }
 
         public void Info(string format, params Object[] args)
@@ -1414,8 +1490,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             // todo: switch to verbose?
             _executionContext.Debug(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, $"{format}", args));
         }
+
+        private bool logTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages()
+        {
+            if (_executionContext.Global.Variables.TryGetValue(Constants.Runner.Features.LogTemplateErrorsAsDebugMessages, out var logErrorsAsDebug))
+            {
+                return StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(logErrorsAsDebug, defaultValue: false);
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
+
     public static class WellKnownTags
     {
         public static readonly string Section = "##[section]";