actions/runner v2.279.0 on GitHub

Features

Add Job Message size to both Worker and Listener logs for debugging (#1100)
Add notice annotation level (in addition to error and warning) and support more annotation fields (#1175)

Bugs

Remove the NODE_ICU_DATA environment variable that may cause conflicts with node within the runner. (#1060)
Handle cancelled jobs better to prevent orphaned processes (#1083)
No longer fail to remove a systemd service with svc.sh uninstall if the script had previously been run from the wrong location (#1135)
Send SIGKILL to the runner listener if it doesn't respond to SIGINT for 30 seconds
Match runner group name when configuring even if there's only a single runner group

Misc

Fix automation links in documentation (#1089)
Improve developer and first contributor experience by improving tooling for VS Code (#1101, #1117, #1119, #1132)
Fix bug where linux users are not able to run remove-svc.sh as root (#1127)

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:

# Create a folder under the drive root
mkdir \actions-runner ; cd \actions-runner
# Download the latest runner package
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.279.0/actions-runner-win-x64-2.279.0.zip -OutFile actions-runner-win-x64-2.279.0.zip
# Extract the installer
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ; 
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$PWD\actions-runner-win-x64-2.279.0.zip", "$PWD")

OSX

# Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
# Download the latest runner package
curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.279.0/actions-runner-osx-x64-2.279.0.tar.gz
# Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-osx-x64-2.279.0.tar.gz

Linux x64

# Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
# Download the latest runner package
curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.279.0/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.279.0.tar.gz
# Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-2.279.0.tar.gz

Linux arm64

# Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
# Download the latest runner package
curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.279.0/actions-runner-linux-arm64-2.279.0.tar.gz
# Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-arm64-2.279.0.tar.gz

Linux arm

# Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
# Download the latest runner package
curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.279.0/actions-runner-linux-arm-2.279.0.tar.gz
# Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-arm-2.279.0.tar.gz

Using your self hosted runner

For additional details about configuring, running, or shutting down the runner please check out our product docs.

SHA-256 Checksums

The SHA-256 checksums for the packages included in this build are shown below:

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actions-runner-osx-x64-2.279.0.tar.gz 5602dede1578d9758ff47e4a10c60c454ca6ea2fe1c19dc21e5187cc765671cb
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