test

* Bump xunit from 2.4.1 to 2.7.1 in /src

Bumps [xunit](https://github.com/xunit/xunit) from 2.4.1 to 2.7.1.
- [Commits](https://github.com/xunit/xunit/compare/2.4.1...2.7.1)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: xunit
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

* Appease xunit warnings after upgrading to v2.7.1

* Appease the whitespace linter

* Appease the whitespace linter

---------

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Patrick Ellis <319655+pje@users.noreply.github.com>

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "features": {
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:1": {},
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/dotnet": {
-      "version": "6.0.420"
+      "version": "6.0.421"
     },
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
       "version": "16"

README.md

@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ Runner releases:
 
 ## Contribute
 
-We accept contributions in the form of issues and pull requests. The runner typically requires changes across the entire system and we aim for issues in the runner to be entirely self contained and fixable here. Therefore, we will primarily handle bug issues opened in this repo and we kindly request you to create all feature and enhancement requests on the [GitHub Feedback](https://github.com/community/community/discussions/categories/actions-and-packages) page. [Read more about our guidelines here](docs/contribute.md) before contributing.
+We accept contributions in the form of issues and pull requests. The runner typically requires changes across the entire system and we aim for issues in the runner to be entirely self contained and fixable here. Therefore, we will primarily handle bug issues opened in this repo and we kindly request you to create all feature and enhancement requests on the [GitHub Feedback](https://github.com/community/community/discussions/categories/actions-and-packages) page. [Read more about our guidelines here](docs/contribute.md) before contributing.,

images/Dockerfile

@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ ENV RUNNER_MANUALLY_TRAP_SIG=1
 ENV ACTIONS_RUNNER_PRINT_LOG_TO_STDOUT=1
 ENV ImageOS=ubuntu22
 
-RUN apt-get update -y \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    sudo \
-    lsb-release \
+# 'gpg-agent' and 'software-properties-common' are needed for the 'add-apt-repository' command that follows
+RUN apt update -y \
+    && apt install -y --no-install-recommends sudo lsb-release gpg-agent software-properties-common \
     && 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
+
 RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" --uid 1001 runner \
     && groupadd docker --gid 123 \
     && usermod -aG sudo runner \

releaseNote.md

@@ -1,33 +1,20 @@
 ## What's Changed
-* fix summaries for actions results by @SrRyan in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3174
-* Bump runner version to match the latest patch release by @TingluoHuang in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3175
-* don't crash listener on getting job exceptions for run-service by @yaananth in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3177
-* Remove -f flag in wait when manually trap signal by @nikola-jokic in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3182
-* consume new pipelines service url in handlers by @patrickcarnahan in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3185
-* Add ability to enforce actions to run on node20 by @takost in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3192
-* Bump hook version to 0.6.0 by @nikola-jokic in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3203
-* Update dotnet sdk to latest version @6.0.420 by @github-actions in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3211
-* Bump docker version and docker buildx version by @nikola-jokic in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3208
-* Handle new non-retryable exception type by @thyeggman in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3191
-* Always Delete Actions Service Session by @luketomlinson in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3214
 
-## New Contributors
-* @SrRyan made their first contribution in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3174
-* @patrickcarnahan made their first contribution in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3185
+- Preserve dates when deserializing job message from Run Service by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/runner/pull/3269
 
-**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/actions/runner/compare/v2.314.1...v2.315.0
-
-**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/actions/runner/compare/v2.313.0...v2.314.0
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/actions/runner/compare/v2.316.0...v2.316.1
 
 _Note: Actions Runner follows a progressive release policy, so the latest release might not be available to your enterprise, organization, or repository yet.
 To confirm which version of the Actions Runner you should expect, please view the download instructions for your enterprise, organization, or repository.
 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
@@ -38,12 +25,14 @@ Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ;
 ```
 
 ## [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.
 
 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
@@ -55,7 +44,7 @@ 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
@@ -66,7 +55,7 @@ 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
@@ -77,7 +66,7 @@ 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
@@ -88,7 +77,7 @@ 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
@@ -99,7 +88,7 @@ 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
@@ -109,6 +98,7 @@ 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

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-arm

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

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-arm64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/linux-x64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/osx-arm64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/osx-x64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/win-arm64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/dotnetRuntime/win-x64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-arm

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

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-arm64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/linux-x64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/osx-arm64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/osx-x64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/win-arm64

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

src/Misc/contentHash/externals/win-x64

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

src/Misc/externals.sh

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

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

@@ -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/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/Constants.cs

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ 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

src/Runner.Common/JobServerQueue.cs

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         TaskCompletionSource<int> JobRecordUpdated { get; }
         event EventHandler<ThrottlingEventArgs> JobServerQueueThrottling;
         Task ShutdownAsync();
-        void Start(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage jobRequest, bool resultsServiceOnly = false, bool enableTelemetry = 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);
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
         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();
 
@@ -104,11 +105,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
             _resultsServer = hostContext.GetService<IResultsServer>();
         }
 
-        public void Start(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage jobRequest, bool resultsServiceOnly = false, bool enableTelemetry = false)
+        public void Start(Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage jobRequest, bool resultsServiceOnly = false)
         {
             Trace.Entering();
             _resultsServiceOnly = resultsServiceOnly;
-            _enableTelemetry = enableTelemetry;
 
             var serviceEndPoint = jobRequest.Resources.Endpoints.Single(x => string.Equals(x.Name, WellKnownServiceEndpointNames.SystemVssConnection, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
 
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                 _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.");
@@ -574,9 +580,9 @@ 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++;
-
+                            _resultsServiceExceptionsCount++;
                             // If we hit any exceptions uploading to Results, let's skip any additional uploads to Results unless Results is serving logs
-                            if (!_resultsServiceOnly)
+                            if (!_resultsServiceOnly && _resultsServiceExceptionsCount > 3)
                             {
                                 _resultsClientInitiated = false;
                                 SendResultsTelemetry(ex);
@@ -703,7 +709,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common
                             {
                                 Trace.Info("Catch exception during update steps, skip update Results.");
                                 Trace.Error(e);
-                                if (!_resultsServiceOnly)
+                                _resultsServiceExceptionsCount++;
+                                // If we hit any exceptions uploading to Results, let's skip any additional uploads to Results unless Results is serving logs
+                                if (!_resultsServiceOnly && _resultsServiceExceptionsCount > 3)
                                 {
                                     _resultsClientInitiated = false;
                                     SendResultsTelemetry(e);

src/Runner.Listener/BrokerMessageListener.cs

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             _brokerServer = HostContext.GetService<IBrokerServer>();
         }
 
-        public async Task<Boolean> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token)
+        public async Task<CreateSessionResult> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token)
         {
             Trace.Entering();
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         encounteringError = false;
                     }
 
-                    return true;
+                    return CreateSessionResult.Success;
                 }
                 catch (OperationCanceledException) when (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                 {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         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 false;
+                            return CreateSessionResult.Failure;
                         }
 
                         // Check whether we get 401 because the runner registration already removed by the service.
@@ -134,14 +134,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         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 false;
+                            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

src/Runner.Listener/JobDispatcher.cs

@@ -1155,18 +1155,13 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                 TimelineRecord jobRecord = timeline.Records.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == message.JobId && x.RecordType == "Job");
                 ArgUtil.NotNull(jobRecord, nameof(jobRecord));
 
-
                 jobRecord.ErrorCount++;
                 jobRecord.Issues.Add(issue);
 
-                if (message.Variables.TryGetValue("DistributedTask.MarkJobAsFailedOnWorkerCrash", out var markJobAsFailedOnWorkerCrash) &&
-                    StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(markJobAsFailedOnWorkerCrash?.Value))
-                {
-                    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;
-                }
+                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);
             }

src/Runner.Listener/MessageListener.cs

@@ -18,10 +18,17 @@ 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);
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
             _brokerServer = hostContext.GetService<IBrokerServer>();
         }
 
-        public async Task<Boolean> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token)
+        public async Task<CreateSessionResult> CreateSessionAsync(CancellationToken token)
         {
             Trace.Entering();
 
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         encounteringError = false;
                     }
 
-                    return true;
+                    return CreateSessionResult.Success;
                 }
                 catch (OperationCanceledException) when (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                 {
@@ -147,7 +154,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         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 false;
+                            return CreateSessionResult.Failure;
                         }
 
                         // Check whether we get 401 because the runner registration already removed by the service.
@@ -158,14 +165,18 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener
                         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 false;
+                            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
@@ -225,6 +236,7 @@ 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();
@@ -303,7 +315,7 @@ 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.");
                     }
@@ -348,16 +360,27 @@ 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;
                 }
 

src/Runner.Listener/Runner.cs

@@ -359,7 +359,12 @@ 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;
                 }

src/Runner.Sdk/Util/IOUtil.cs

@@ -459,6 +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/WhichUtil.cs

@@ -7,129 +7,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Sdk
     public static class WhichUtil
     {
         public static string Which(string command, bool require = false, ITraceWriter trace = null, string prependPath = null)
-        {
-            ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(command, nameof(command));
-            trace?.Info($"Which: '{command}'");
-            if (Path.IsPathFullyQualified(command) && File.Exists(command))
-            {
-                trace?.Info($"Fully qualified path: '{command}'");
-                return command;
-            }
-            string path = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable);
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
-            {
-                trace?.Info("PATH environment variable not defined.");
-                path = path ?? string.Empty;
-            }
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(prependPath))
-            {
-                path = PathUtil.PrependPath(prependPath, path);
-            }
-
-            string[] pathSegments = path.Split(new Char[] { Path.PathSeparator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-            for (int i = 0; i < pathSegments.Length; i++)
-            {
-                pathSegments[i] = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(pathSegments[i]);
-            }
-
-            foreach (string pathSegment in pathSegments)
-            {
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(pathSegment) && Directory.Exists(pathSegment))
-                {
-                    string[] matches = null;
-#if OS_WINDOWS
-                    string pathExt = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATHEXT");
-                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(pathExt))
-                    {
-                        // XP's system default value for PATHEXT system variable
-                        pathExt = ".com;.exe;.bat;.cmd;.vbs;.vbe;.js;.jse;.wsf;.wsh";
-                    }
-
-                    string[] pathExtSegments = pathExt.Split(new string[] { ";" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
-
-                    // if command already has an extension.
-                    if (pathExtSegments.Any(ext => command.EndsWith(ext, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
-                    {
-                        try
-                        {
-                            matches = Directory.GetFiles(pathSegment, command);
-                        }
-                        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($"Location: '{matches.First()}'");
-                            return matches.First();
-                        }
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        string searchPattern;
-                        searchPattern = StringUtil.Format($"{command}.*");
-                        try
-                        {
-                            matches = Directory.GetFiles(pathSegment, searchPattern);
-                        }
-                        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);
-                    }
-                    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($"Location: '{matches.First()}'");
-                        return matches.First();
-                    }
-#endif
-                }
-            }
-
-#if OS_WINDOWS
-            trace?.Info($"{command}: command not found. Make sure '{command}' is installed and its location included in the 'Path' environment variable.");
-#else
-            trace?.Info($"{command}: command not found. Make sure '{command}' is installed and its location included in the 'PATH' environment variable.");
-#endif
-            if (require)
-            {
-                throw new FileNotFoundException(
-                    message: $"{command}: command not found",
-                    fileName: command);
-            }
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        public static string Which2(string command, bool require = false, ITraceWriter trace = null, string prependPath = null)
         {
             ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(command, nameof(command));
             trace?.Info($"Which2: '{command}'");

src/Runner.Worker/ActionManager.cs

@@ -483,10 +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
@@ -797,43 +793,40 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             try
             {
                 var useActionArchiveCache = false;
-                if (executionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseActionArchiveCache") == true)
+                var hasActionArchiveCache = false;
+                var actionArchiveCacheDir = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ActionArchiveCacheDirectory);
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(actionArchiveCacheDir) &&
+                    Directory.Exists(actionArchiveCacheDir))
                 {
-                    var hasActionArchiveCache = false;
-                    var actionArchiveCacheDir = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(Constants.Variables.Agent.ActionArchiveCacheDirectory);
-                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(actionArchiveCacheDir) &&
-                        Directory.Exists(actionArchiveCacheDir))
-                    {
-                        hasActionArchiveCache = true;
-                        Trace.Info($"Check if action archive '{downloadInfo.ResolvedNameWithOwner}@{downloadInfo.ResolvedSha}' already exists in cache directory '{actionArchiveCacheDir}'");
+                    hasActionArchiveCache = true;
+                    Trace.Info($"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");
+                    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");
+                    var cacheArchiveFile = Path.Combine(actionArchiveCacheDir, downloadInfo.ResolvedNameWithOwner.Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, '_').Replace(Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar, '_'), $"{downloadInfo.ResolvedSha}.tar.gz");
 #endif
-                        if (File.Exists(cacheArchiveFile))
+                    if (File.Exists(cacheArchiveFile))
+                    {
+                        try
                         {
-                            try
-                            {
-                                Trace.Info($"Found action archive '{cacheArchiveFile}' in cache directory '{actionArchiveCacheDir}'");
-                                File.Copy(cacheArchiveFile, archiveFile);
-                                useActionArchiveCache = true;
-                                executionContext.Debug($"Copied action archive '{cacheArchiveFile}' to '{archiveFile}'");
-                            }
-                            catch (Exception ex)
-                            {
-                                Trace.Error($"Failed to copy action archive '{cacheArchiveFile}' to '{archiveFile}'. Error: {ex}");
-                            }
+                            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 (Exception ex)
+                        {
+                            Trace.Error($"Failed to copy action archive '{cacheArchiveFile}' to '{archiveFile}'. Error: {ex}");
                         }
                     }
-
-                    executionContext.Global.JobTelemetry.Add(new JobTelemetry()
-                    {
-                        Type = JobTelemetryType.General,
-                        Message = $"Action archive cache usage: {downloadInfo.ResolvedNameWithOwner}@{downloadInfo.ResolvedSha} use cache {useActionArchiveCache} has cache {hasActionArchiveCache}"
-                    });
                 }
 
+                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);
@@ -879,16 +872,9 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     int exitCode = await processInvoker.ExecuteAsync(stagingDirectory, tar, $"-xzf \"{archiveFile}\"", null, executionContext.CancellationToken);
                     if (exitCode != 0)
                     {
-                        if (executionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.DetailUntarFailure") == true)
-                        {
-                            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(archiveFile);
-                            var sha256hash = await IOUtil.GetFileContentSha256HashAsync(archiveFile);
-                            throw new InvalidActionArchiveException($"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}.");
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            throw new InvalidActionArchiveException($"Can't use 'tar -xzf' extract archive file: {archiveFile}. Action being checked out: {downloadInfo.NameWithOwner}@{downloadInfo.Ref}. return code: {exitCode}.");
-                        }
+                        var fileInfo = new FileInfo(archiveFile);
+                        var sha256hash = await IOUtil.GetFileContentSha256HashAsync(archiveFile);
+                        throw new InvalidActionArchiveException($"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
@@ -1032,13 +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

src/Runner.Worker/DiagnosticLogManager.cs

@@ -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);
 

src/Runner.Worker/Handlers/ScriptHandler.cs

@@ -83,40 +83,19 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                 shellCommand = "pwsh";
                 if (validateShellOnHost)
                 {
-                    if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseWhich2") == true)
-                    {
-                        shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which2(shellCommand, require: false, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: false, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
+                    shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: false, Trace, prependPath);
                     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(shellCommandPath))
                     {
                         shellCommand = "powershell";
-                        Trace.Info($"Defaulting to {shellCommand}");
-                        if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseWhich2") == true)
-                        {
-                            shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which2(shellCommand, require: true, Trace, prependPath);
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: true, Trace, prependPath);
-                        }
+                        Trace.Info($"Defaulting to {shellCommand}");                        
+                        shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: true, Trace, prependPath);
                     }
                 }
 #else
                 shellCommand = "sh";
                 if (validateShellOnHost)
                 {
-                    if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseWhich2") == true)
-                    {
-                        shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which2("bash", false, Trace, prependPath) ?? WhichUtil.Which2("sh", true, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which("bash", false, Trace, prependPath) ?? WhichUtil.Which("sh", true, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
+                    shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which("bash", false, Trace, prependPath) ?? WhichUtil.Which("sh", true, Trace, prependPath);
                 }
 #endif
                 argFormat = ScriptHandlerHelpers.GetScriptArgumentsFormat(shellCommand);
@@ -127,14 +106,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                 shellCommand = parsed.shellCommand;
                 if (validateShellOnHost)
                 {
-                    if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseWhich2") == true)
-                    {
-                        shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which2(parsed.shellCommand, true, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(parsed.shellCommand, true, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
+                    shellCommandPath = WhichUtil.Which(parsed.shellCommand, true, Trace, prependPath);
                 }
 
                 argFormat = $"{parsed.shellArgs}".TrimStart();
@@ -216,38 +188,17 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
             {
 #if OS_WINDOWS
                 shellCommand = "pwsh";
-                if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseWhich2") == true)
-                {
-                    commandPath = WhichUtil.Which2(shellCommand, require: false, Trace, prependPath);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: false, Trace, prependPath);
-                }
+                commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: false, Trace, prependPath);
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(commandPath))
                 {
                     shellCommand = "powershell";
                     Trace.Info($"Defaulting to {shellCommand}");
-                    if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseWhich2") == true)
-                    {
-                        commandPath = WhichUtil.Which2(shellCommand, require: true, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: true, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
+                    commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shellCommand, require: true, Trace, prependPath);
                 }
                 ArgUtil.NotNullOrEmpty(commandPath, "Default Shell");
 #else
                 shellCommand = "sh";
-                if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseWhich2") == true)
-                {
-                    commandPath = WhichUtil.Which2("bash", false, Trace, prependPath) ?? WhichUtil.Which2("sh", true, Trace, prependPath);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    commandPath = WhichUtil.Which("bash", false, Trace, prependPath) ?? WhichUtil.Which("sh", true, Trace, prependPath);
-                }
+                commandPath = WhichUtil.Which("bash", false, Trace, prependPath) ?? WhichUtil.Which("sh", true, Trace, prependPath);
 #endif
                 argFormat = ScriptHandlerHelpers.GetScriptArgumentsFormat(shellCommand);
             }
@@ -258,14 +209,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                 if (!IsActionStep && systemShells.Contains(shell))
                 {
                     shellCommand = shell;
-                    if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseWhich2") == true)
-                    {
-                        commandPath = WhichUtil.Which2(shell, !isContainerStepHost, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shell, !isContainerStepHost, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
+                    commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(shell, !isContainerStepHost, Trace, prependPath);
                     if (shell == "bash")
                     {
                         argFormat = ScriptHandlerHelpers.GetScriptArgumentsFormat("sh");
@@ -280,14 +224,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker.Handlers
                     var parsed = ScriptHandlerHelpers.ParseShellOptionString(shell);
                     shellCommand = parsed.shellCommand;
                     // For non-ContainerStepHost, the command must be located on the host by Which
-                    if (ExecutionContext.Global.Variables.GetBoolean("DistributedTask.UseWhich2") == true)
-                    {
-                        commandPath = WhichUtil.Which2(parsed.shellCommand, !isContainerStepHost, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(parsed.shellCommand, !isContainerStepHost, Trace, prependPath);
-                    }
+                    commandPath = WhichUtil.Which(parsed.shellCommand, !isContainerStepHost, Trace, prependPath);
                     argFormat = $"{parsed.shellArgs}".TrimStart();
                     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(argFormat))
                     {

src/Runner.Worker/JobRunner.cs

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
             Trace.Info("Job ID {0}", message.JobId);
 
             DateTime jobStartTimeUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            _runnerSettings = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationStore>().GetSettings();
             IRunnerService server = null;
 
             // add orchestration id to useragent for better correlation.
@@ -54,13 +55,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 VssUtil.InitializeVssClientSettings(HostContext.UserAgents, HostContext.WebProxy);
             }
 
-            var jobServerQueueTelemetry = false;
-            if (message.Variables.TryGetValue("DistributedTask.EnableJobServerQueueTelemetry", out VariableValue enableJobServerQueueTelemetry) &&
-                !string.IsNullOrEmpty(enableJobServerQueueTelemetry?.Value))
-            {
-                jobServerQueueTelemetry = StringUtil.ConvertToBoolean(enableJobServerQueueTelemetry.Value);
-            }
-
             ServiceEndpoint systemConnection = message.Resources.Endpoints.Single(x => string.Equals(x.Name, WellKnownServiceEndpointNames.SystemVssConnection, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
             if (MessageUtil.IsRunServiceJob(message.MessageType))
             {
@@ -82,7 +76,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                     launchServer.InitializeLaunchClient(new Uri(launchReceiverEndpoint), accessToken);
                 }
                 _jobServerQueue = HostContext.GetService<IJobServerQueue>();
-                _jobServerQueue.Start(message, resultsServiceOnly: true, enableTelemetry: jobServerQueueTelemetry);
+                _jobServerQueue.Start(message, resultsServiceOnly: true);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
                 VssConnection jobConnection = VssUtil.CreateConnection(jobServerUrl, jobServerCredential, delegatingHandlers);
                 await jobServer.ConnectAsync(jobConnection);
 
-                _jobServerQueue.Start(message, enableTelemetry: jobServerQueueTelemetry);
+                _jobServerQueue.Start(message);
                 server = jobServer;
             }
 
@@ -164,8 +158,6 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Worker
 
                 jobContext.SetRunnerContext("os", VarUtil.OS);
                 jobContext.SetRunnerContext("arch", VarUtil.OSArchitecture);
-
-                _runnerSettings = HostContext.GetService<IConfigurationStore>().GetSettings();
                 jobContext.SetRunnerContext("name", _runnerSettings.AgentName);
 
                 if (jobContext.Global.Variables.TryGetValue(WellKnownDistributedTaskVariables.RunnerEnvironment, out var runnerEnvironment))

src/Sdk/DTWebApi/WebApi/ActionsRunServerHttpClient.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using GitHub.Services.Common;
+using GitHub.Services.Common.Diagnostics;
+using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi
+{
+    [ResourceArea(TaskResourceIds.AreaId)]
+    public class ActionsRunServerHttpClient : TaskAgentHttpClient
+    {
+        private static readonly JsonSerializerSettings s_serializerSettings;
+
+        static ActionsRunServerHttpClient()
+        {
+            s_serializerSettings = new VssJsonMediaTypeFormatter().SerializerSettings;
+            s_serializerSettings.DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.None;
+            s_serializerSettings.FloatParseHandling = FloatParseHandling.Double;
+        }
+
+        public ActionsRunServerHttpClient(
+            Uri baseUrl,
+            VssCredentials credentials)
+            : base(baseUrl, credentials)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public ActionsRunServerHttpClient(
+            Uri baseUrl,
+            VssCredentials credentials,
+            VssHttpRequestSettings settings)
+            : base(baseUrl, credentials, settings)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public ActionsRunServerHttpClient(
+            Uri baseUrl,
+            VssCredentials credentials,
+            params DelegatingHandler[] handlers)
+            : base(baseUrl, credentials, handlers)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public ActionsRunServerHttpClient(
+            Uri baseUrl,
+            VssCredentials credentials,
+            VssHttpRequestSettings settings,
+            params DelegatingHandler[] handlers)
+            : base(baseUrl, credentials, settings, handlers)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public ActionsRunServerHttpClient(
+            Uri baseUrl,
+            HttpMessageHandler pipeline,
+            Boolean disposeHandler)
+            : base(baseUrl, pipeline, disposeHandler)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public Task<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage> GetJobMessageAsync(
+            string messageId,
+            object userState = null,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            HttpMethod httpMethod = new HttpMethod("GET");
+            Guid locationId = new Guid("25adab70-1379-4186-be8e-b643061ebe3a");
+            object routeValues = new { messageId = messageId };
+
+            return SendAsync<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(
+                httpMethod,
+                locationId,
+                routeValues: routeValues,
+                version: new ApiResourceVersion(6.0, 1),
+                userState: userState,
+                cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+        }
+
+        protected override async Task<T> ReadJsonContentAsync<T>(HttpResponseMessage response, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
+        {
+            var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, s_serializerSettings);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/Sdk/DTWebApi/WebApi/TaskAgentHttpClient.cs

@@ -141,24 +141,6 @@ namespace GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi
             return ReplaceAgentAsync(poolId, agent.Id, agent, userState, cancellationToken);
         }
 
-        public Task<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage> GetJobMessageAsync(
-            string messageId,
-            object userState = null,
-            CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
-        {
-            HttpMethod httpMethod = new HttpMethod("GET");
-            Guid locationId = new Guid("25adab70-1379-4186-be8e-b643061ebe3a");
-            object routeValues = new { messageId = messageId };
-
-            return SendAsync<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(
-                httpMethod,
-                locationId,
-                routeValues: routeValues,
-                version: new ApiResourceVersion(6.0, 1),
-                userState: userState,
-                cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
-        }
-
         protected Task<T> SendAsync<T>(
             HttpMethod method,
             Guid locationId,

src/Sdk/RSWebApi/RunServiceHttpClient.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using GitHub.DistributedTask.WebApi;
 using GitHub.Services.Common;
 using GitHub.Services.OAuth;
 using GitHub.Services.WebApi;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Sdk.RSWebApi.Contracts;
 using Sdk.WebApi.WebApi;
 
@@ -16,6 +17,15 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
 {
     public class RunServiceHttpClient : RawHttpClientBase
     {
+        private static readonly JsonSerializerSettings s_serializerSettings;
+
+        static RunServiceHttpClient()
+        {
+            s_serializerSettings = new VssJsonMediaTypeFormatter().SerializerSettings;
+            s_serializerSettings.DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.None;
+            s_serializerSettings.FloatParseHandling = FloatParseHandling.Double;
+        }
+
         public RunServiceHttpClient(
             Uri baseUrl,
             VssOAuthCredential credentials)
@@ -174,5 +184,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Actions.RunService.WebApi
                     throw new Exception($"Failed to renew job: {result.Error}");
             }
         }
+
+        protected override async Task<T> ReadJsonContentAsync<T>(HttpResponseMessage response, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken))
+        {
+            var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, s_serializerSettings);
+        }
     }
 }

src/Test/L0/CommandLineParserL0.cs

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

src/Test/L0/ConstantGenerationL0.cs

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

src/Test/L0/Listener/BrokerMessageListenerL0.cs

@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 BrokerMessageListener listener = new();
                 listener.Initialize(tc);
 
-                bool result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
+                CreateSessionResult result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
                 trace.Info("result: {0}", result);
 
                 // Assert.
-                Assert.True(result);
+                Assert.Equal(CreateSessionResult.Success, result);
                 _brokerServer
                    .Verify(x => x.CreateSessionAsync(
                        It.Is<TaskAgentSession>(y => y != null),

src/Test/L0/Listener/CommandSettingsL0.cs

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

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

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

src/Test/L0/Listener/JobDispatcherL0.cs

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

src/Test/L0/Listener/MessageListenerL0.cs

@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 MessageListener listener = new();
                 listener.Initialize(tc);
 
-                bool result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
+                CreateSessionResult result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
                 trace.Info("result: {0}", result);
 
                 // Assert.
-                Assert.True(result);
+                Assert.Equal(CreateSessionResult.Success, result);
                 _runnerServer
                     .Verify(x => x.CreateAgentSessionAsync(
                         _settings.PoolId,
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 MessageListener listener = new();
                 listener.Initialize(tc);
 
-                bool result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
+                CreateSessionResult result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
                 trace.Info("result: {0}", result);
 
                 // Assert.
-                Assert.True(result);
+                Assert.Equal(CreateSessionResult.Success, result);
 
                 _runnerServer
                     .Verify(x => x.CreateAgentSessionAsync(
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 MessageListener listener = new();
                 listener.Initialize(tc);
 
-                bool result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
-                Assert.True(result);
+                CreateSessionResult result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
+                Assert.Equal(CreateSessionResult.Success, result);
 
                 _runnerServer
                     .Setup(x => x.DeleteAgentSessionAsync(
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 MessageListener listener = new();
                 listener.Initialize(tc);
 
-                bool result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
+                CreateSessionResult result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
                 trace.Info("result: {0}", result);
 
-                Assert.True(result);
+                Assert.Equal(CreateSessionResult.Success, result);
 
                 _runnerServer
                     .Verify(x => x.CreateAgentSessionAsync(
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 MessageListener listener = new();
                 listener.Initialize(tc);
 
-                bool result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
-                Assert.True(result);
+                CreateSessionResult result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
+                Assert.Equal(CreateSessionResult.Success, result);
 
                 var arMessages = new TaskAgentMessage[]
                 {
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 MessageListener listener = new();
                 listener.Initialize(tc);
 
-                bool result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
-                Assert.True(result);
+                CreateSessionResult result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
+                Assert.Equal(CreateSessionResult.Success, result);
 
                 var brokerMigrationMesage = new BrokerMigrationMessage(new Uri("https://actions.broker.com"));
 
@@ -497,11 +497,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 MessageListener listener = new();
                 listener.Initialize(tc);
 
-                bool result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
+                CreateSessionResult result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
                 trace.Info("result: {0}", result);
 
                 // Assert.
-                Assert.True(result);
+                Assert.Equal(CreateSessionResult.Success, result);
                 _runnerServer
                     .Verify(x => x.CreateAgentSessionAsync(
                         _settings.PoolId,
@@ -541,8 +541,8 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 MessageListener listener = new();
                 listener.Initialize(tc);
 
-                bool result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
-                Assert.True(result);
+                CreateSessionResult result = await listener.CreateSessionAsync(tokenSource.Token);
+                Assert.Equal(CreateSessionResult.Success, result);
 
                 _runnerServer
                     .Setup(x => x.GetAgentMessageAsync(

src/Test/L0/Listener/RunnerL0.cs

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 _configurationManager.Setup(x => x.IsConfigured())
                     .Returns(true);
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.CreateSessionAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
-                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<bool>(true));
+                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<CreateSessionResult>(CreateSessionResult.Success));
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.GetNextMessageAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
                     .Returns(async () =>
                         {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 //wait for the runner to run one job
                 if (!await signalWorkerComplete.WaitAsync(2000))
                 {
-                    Assert.True(false, $"{nameof(_messageListener.Object.GetNextMessageAsync)} was not invoked.");
+                    Assert.Fail($"{nameof(_messageListener.Object.GetNextMessageAsync)} was not invoked.");
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 _configStore.Setup(x => x.IsServiceConfigured()).Returns(configureAsService);
 
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.CreateSessionAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
-                    .Returns(Task.FromResult(false));
+                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<CreateSessionResult>(CreateSessionResult.Failure));
 
                 var runner = new Runner.Listener.Runner();
                 runner.Initialize(hc);
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                     .Returns(false);
 
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.CreateSessionAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
-                    .Returns(Task.FromResult(false));
+                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<CreateSessionResult>(CreateSessionResult.Failure));
 
                 var runner = new Runner.Listener.Runner();
                 runner.Initialize(hc);
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 _configurationManager.Setup(x => x.IsConfigured())
                     .Returns(true);
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.CreateSessionAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
-                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<bool>(true));
+                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<CreateSessionResult>(CreateSessionResult.Success));
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.GetNextMessageAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
                     .Returns(async () =>
                         {
@@ -305,8 +305,11 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 await Task.WhenAny(runnerTask, Task.Delay(30000));
 
                 Assert.True(runnerTask.IsCompleted, $"{nameof(runner.ExecuteCommand)} timed out.");
-                Assert.True(!runnerTask.IsFaulted, runnerTask.Exception?.ToString());
-                Assert.True(runnerTask.Result == Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success);
+                Assert.False(runnerTask.IsFaulted, runnerTask.Exception?.ToString());
+                if (runnerTask.IsCompleted)
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal(Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success, await runnerTask);
+                }
 
                 _jobDispatcher.Verify(x => x.Run(It.IsAny<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(), true), Times.Once(),
                      $"{nameof(_jobDispatcher.Object.Run)} was not invoked.");
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 _configurationManager.Setup(x => x.IsConfigured())
                     .Returns(true);
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.CreateSessionAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
-                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<bool>(true));
+                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<CreateSessionResult>(CreateSessionResult.Success));
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.GetNextMessageAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
                     .Returns(async () =>
                         {
@@ -406,7 +409,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 Assert.True(runnerTask.IsCompleted, $"{nameof(runner.ExecuteCommand)} timed out.");
                 Assert.True(!runnerTask.IsFaulted, runnerTask.Exception?.ToString());
-                Assert.True(runnerTask.Result == Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success);
+                if (runnerTask.IsCompleted)
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal(Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.Success, await runnerTask);
+                }
 
                 _jobDispatcher.Verify(x => x.Run(It.IsAny<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(), true), Times.Once(),
                      $"{nameof(_jobDispatcher.Object.Run)} was not invoked.");
@@ -458,7 +464,7 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
                 _configurationManager.Setup(x => x.IsConfigured())
                     .Returns(true);
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.CreateSessionAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
-                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<bool>(true));
+                    .Returns(Task.FromResult<CreateSessionResult>(CreateSessionResult.Success));
                 _messageListener.Setup(x => x.GetNextMessageAsync(It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
                     .Returns(async () =>
                         {
@@ -492,7 +498,10 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Listener
 
                 Assert.True(runnerTask.IsCompleted, $"{nameof(runner.ExecuteCommand)} timed out.");
                 Assert.True(!runnerTask.IsFaulted, runnerTask.Exception?.ToString());
-                Assert.True(runnerTask.Result == Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.RunOnceRunnerUpdating);
+                if (runnerTask.IsCompleted)
+                {
+                    Assert.Equal(Constants.Runner.ReturnCode.RunOnceRunnerUpdating, await runnerTask);
+                }
 
                 _updater.Verify(x => x.SelfUpdate(It.IsAny<AgentRefreshMessage>(), It.IsAny<IJobDispatcher>(), false, It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()), Times.Once);
                 _jobDispatcher.Verify(x => x.Run(It.IsAny<Pipelines.AgentJobRequestMessage>(), true), Times.Never());

src/Test/L0/ProcessExtensionL0.cs

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

src/Test/L0/RunnerWebProxyL0.cs

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

src/Test/L0/Util/IOUtilL0.cs

@@ -960,6 +960,33 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Util
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
+        [Trait("Category", "Common")]
+        public void ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(string.Empty, IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars(null));
+            Assert.Equal(string.Empty, IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars(string.Empty));
+            Assert.Equal("hello.txt", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("hello.txt"));
+#if OS_WINDOWS
+            // Refer https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/ce84f1d8a3f12711bad678a33efbc37b461f684f/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/Path.Windows.cs#L15
+            Assert.Equal(
+                "1_ 2_ 3_ 4_ 5_ 6_ 7_ 8_ 9_ 10_ 11_ 12_ 13_ 14_ 15_ 16_ 17_ 18_ 19_ 20_ 21_ 22_ 23_ 24_ 25_ 26_ 27_ 28_ 29_ 30_ 31_ 32_ 33_ 34_ 35_ 36_ 37_ 38_ 39_ 40_ 41_",
+                IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars($"1\" 2< 3> 4| 5\0 6{(char)1} 7{(char)2} 8{(char)3} 9{(char)4} 10{(char)5} 11{(char)6} 12{(char)7} 13{(char)8} 14{(char)9} 15{(char)10} 16{(char)11} 17{(char)12} 18{(char)13} 19{(char)14} 20{(char)15} 21{(char)16} 22{(char)17} 23{(char)18} 24{(char)19} 25{(char)20} 26{(char)21} 27{(char)22} 28{(char)23} 29{(char)24} 30{(char)25} 31{(char)26} 32{(char)27} 33{(char)28} 34{(char)29} 35{(char)30} 36{(char)31} 37: 38* 39? 40\\ 41/"));
+#else
+            // Refer https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/ce84f1d8a3f12711bad678a33efbc37b461f684f/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/Path.Unix.cs#L12
+            Assert.Equal("1_ 2_", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("1\0 2/"));
+#endif
+            Assert.Equal("_leading", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("/leading"));
+            Assert.Equal("__consecutive leading", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("//consecutive leading"));
+            Assert.Equal("trailing_", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("trailing/"));
+            Assert.Equal("consecutive trailing__", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("consecutive trailing//"));
+            Assert.Equal("middle_middle", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("middle/middle"));
+            Assert.Equal("consecutive middle__consecutive middle", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("consecutive middle//consecutive middle"));
+            Assert.Equal("_leading_middle_trailing_", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("/leading/middle/trailing/"));
+            Assert.Equal("__consecutive leading__consecutive middle__consecutive trailing__", IOUtil.ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars("//consecutive leading//consecutive middle//consecutive trailing//"));
+        }
+
         private static async Task CreateDirectoryReparsePoint(IHostContext context, string link, string target)
         {
 #if OS_WINDOWS

src/Test/L0/Util/WhichUtilL0.cs

@@ -212,210 +212,5 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Common.Tests.Util
             File.Delete(brokenSymlink);
             Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable, oldValue);
         }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Common")]
-        public void UseWhich2FindGit()
-        {
-            using (TestHostContext hc = new(this))
-            {
-                //Arrange
-                Tracing trace = hc.GetTrace();
-
-                // Act.
-                string gitPath = WhichUtil.Which2("git", trace: trace);
-
-                trace.Info($"Which(\"git\") returns: {gitPath ?? string.Empty}");
-
-                // Assert.
-                Assert.True(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(gitPath) && File.Exists(gitPath), $"Unable to find Git through: {nameof(WhichUtil.Which)}");
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Common")]
-        public void Which2ReturnsNullWhenNotFound()
-        {
-            using (TestHostContext hc = new(this))
-            {
-                //Arrange
-                Tracing trace = hc.GetTrace();
-
-                // Act.
-                string nosuch = WhichUtil.Which2("no-such-file-cf7e351f", trace: trace);
-
-                trace.Info($"result: {nosuch ?? string.Empty}");
-
-                // Assert.
-                Assert.True(string.IsNullOrEmpty(nosuch), "Path should not be resolved");
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Common")]
-        public void Which2ThrowsWhenRequireAndNotFound()
-        {
-            using (TestHostContext hc = new(this))
-            {
-                //Arrange
-                Tracing trace = hc.GetTrace();
-
-                // Act.
-                try
-                {
-                    WhichUtil.Which2("no-such-file-cf7e351f", require: true, trace: trace);
-                    throw new Exception("which should have thrown");
-                }
-                catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
-                {
-                    Assert.Equal("no-such-file-cf7e351f", ex.FileName);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Common")]
-        public void Which2HandleFullyQualifiedPath()
-        {
-            using (TestHostContext hc = new(this))
-            {
-                //Arrange
-                Tracing trace = hc.GetTrace();
-
-                // Act.
-                var gitPath = WhichUtil.Which2("git", require: true, trace: trace);
-                var gitPath2 = WhichUtil.Which2(gitPath, require: true, trace: trace);
-
-                // Assert.
-                Assert.Equal(gitPath, gitPath2);
-            }
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Common")]
-        public void Which2HandlesSymlinkToTargetFullPath()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            using TestHostContext hc = new TestHostContext(this);
-            Tracing trace = hc.GetTrace();
-            string oldValue = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable);
-#if OS_WINDOWS
-            string newValue = oldValue + @$";{Path.GetTempPath()}";
-            string symlinkName = $"symlink-{Guid.NewGuid()}";
-            string symlink = Path.GetTempPath() + $"{symlinkName}.exe";
-            string target = Path.GetTempPath() + $"target-{Guid.NewGuid()}.exe";
-#else
-            string newValue = oldValue + @$":{Path.GetTempPath()}";
-            string symlinkName = $"symlink-{Guid.NewGuid()}";
-            string symlink = Path.GetTempPath() + $"{symlinkName}";
-            string target = Path.GetTempPath() + $"target-{Guid.NewGuid()}";
-#endif
-
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable, newValue);
-
-
-            using (File.Create(target))
-            {
-                File.CreateSymbolicLink(symlink, target);
-
-                // Act.
-                var result = WhichUtil.Which2(symlinkName, require: true, trace: trace);
-
-                // Assert
-                Assert.True(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(result) && File.Exists(result), $"Unable to find symlink through: {nameof(WhichUtil.Which)}");
-
-            }
-
-
-            // Cleanup
-            File.Delete(symlink);
-            File.Delete(target);
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable, oldValue);
-
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Common")]
-        public void Which2HandlesSymlinkToTargetRelativePath()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            using TestHostContext hc = new TestHostContext(this);
-            Tracing trace = hc.GetTrace();
-            string oldValue = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable);
-#if OS_WINDOWS
-            string newValue = oldValue + @$";{Path.GetTempPath()}";
-            string symlinkName = $"symlink-{Guid.NewGuid()}";
-            string symlink = Path.GetTempPath() + $"{symlinkName}.exe";
-            string targetName = $"target-{Guid.NewGuid()}.exe";
-            string target = Path.GetTempPath() + targetName;
-#else
-            string newValue = oldValue + @$":{Path.GetTempPath()}";
-            string symlinkName = $"symlink-{Guid.NewGuid()}";
-            string symlink = Path.GetTempPath() + $"{symlinkName}";
-            string targetName = $"target-{Guid.NewGuid()}";
-            string target = Path.GetTempPath() + targetName;
-#endif
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable, newValue);
-
-
-            using (File.Create(target))
-            {
-                File.CreateSymbolicLink(symlink, targetName);
-
-                // Act.
-                var result = WhichUtil.Which2(symlinkName, require: true, trace: trace);
-
-                // Assert
-                Assert.True(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(result) && File.Exists(result), $"Unable to find {symlinkName} through: {nameof(WhichUtil.Which)}");
-            }
-
-            // Cleanup
-            File.Delete(symlink);
-            File.Delete(target);
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable, oldValue);
-
-        }
-        [Fact]
-        [Trait("Level", "L0")]
-        [Trait("Category", "Common")]
-        public void Which2ThrowsWhenSymlinkBroken()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            using TestHostContext hc = new TestHostContext(this);
-            Tracing trace = hc.GetTrace();
-            string oldValue = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable);
-
-#if OS_WINDOWS
-            string newValue = oldValue + @$";{Path.GetTempPath()}";
-            string brokenSymlinkName = $"broken-symlink-{Guid.NewGuid()}";
-            string brokenSymlink = Path.GetTempPath() + $"{brokenSymlinkName}.exe";
-#else
-            string newValue = oldValue + @$":{Path.GetTempPath()}";
-            string brokenSymlinkName = $"broken-symlink-{Guid.NewGuid()}";
-            string brokenSymlink = Path.GetTempPath() + $"{brokenSymlinkName}";
-#endif
-
-
-            string target = "no-such-file-cf7e351f";
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable, newValue);
-
-            File.CreateSymbolicLink(brokenSymlink, target);
-
-            // Act.
-            var exception = Assert.Throws<FileNotFoundException>(() => WhichUtil.Which2(brokenSymlinkName, require: true, trace: trace));
-
-            // Assert
-            Assert.Equal(brokenSymlinkName, exception.FileName);
-
-            // Cleanup
-            File.Delete(brokenSymlink);
-            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(PathUtil.PathVariable, oldValue);
-        }
     }
 }

src/Test/L0/Worker/ActionManagerL0.cs

@@ -382,8 +382,6 @@ runs:
                     }
                 };
 
-                _ec.Object.Global.Variables.Set("DistributedTask.UseActionArchiveCache", bool.TrueString);
-
                 //Act
                 await _actionManager.PrepareActionsAsync(_ec.Object, actions);
 
@@ -462,7 +460,7 @@ runs:
                 //Act
                 var steps = (await _actionManager.PrepareActionsAsync(_ec.Object, actions)).ContainerSetupSteps;
 
-                Assert.True(steps.Count == 0);
+                Assert.Equal(0, steps.Count);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -917,7 +915,7 @@ runs:
                 var steps = (await _actionManager.PrepareActionsAsync(_ec.Object, actions)).ContainerSetupSteps;
 
                 // node.js based action doesn't need any extra steps to build/pull containers.
-                Assert.True(steps.Count == 0);
+                Assert.Equal(0, steps.Count);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -1053,7 +1051,7 @@ runs:
                 var steps = (await _actionManager.PrepareActionsAsync(_ec.Object, actions)).ContainerSetupSteps;
 
                 // node.js based action doesn't need any extra steps to build/pull containers.
-                Assert.True(steps.Count == 0);
+                Assert.Equal(0, steps.Count);
                 var watermarkFile = Path.Combine(_hc.GetDirectory(WellKnownDirectory.Actions), "TingluoHuang/runner_L0", "CompositeBasic.completed");
                 Assert.True(File.Exists(watermarkFile));
                 // Comes from the composite action
@@ -1247,7 +1245,7 @@ runs:
                 // Assert.
                 Assert.NotNull(definition);
                 Assert.NotNull(definition.Data);
-                Assert.True(definition.Data.Execution.ExecutionType == ActionExecutionType.Script);
+                Assert.Equal(ActionExecutionType.Script, definition.Data.Execution.ExecutionType);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -2375,10 +2373,6 @@ runs:
             _ec.Setup(x => x.CancellationToken).Returns(_ecTokenSource.Token);
             _ec.Setup(x => x.Root).Returns(new GitHub.Runner.Worker.ExecutionContext());
             var variables = new Dictionary<string, VariableValue>();
-            if (enableComposite)
-            {
-                variables["DistributedTask.EnableCompositeActions"] = "true";
-            }
             _ec.Object.Global.Variables = new Variables(_hc, variables);
             _ec.Setup(x => x.ExpressionValues).Returns(new DictionaryContextData());
             _ec.Setup(x => x.ExpressionFunctions).Returns(new List<IFunctionInfo>());

src/Test/Test.csproj

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

src/dev.sh

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ LAYOUT_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_layout"
 DOWNLOAD_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_downloads/netcore2x"
 PACKAGE_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_package"
 DOTNETSDK_ROOT="$SCRIPT_DIR/../_dotnetsdk"
-DOTNETSDK_VERSION="6.0.420"
+DOTNETSDK_VERSION="6.0.421"
 DOTNETSDK_INSTALLDIR="$DOTNETSDK_ROOT/$DOTNETSDK_VERSION"
 RUNNER_VERSION=$(cat runnerversion)
 

src/global.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "6.0.420"
+    "version": "6.0.421"
   }
 }

src/runnerversion

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.315.0
+2.316.1