v2.164.0

Features

• Remove runner flow: Change from PAT to "deletion token" in prompt (#225)
• Expose github.run_id and github.run_number to action runtime env. (#224)

Bugs

• Clean up error messages for container scenarios (#221)
• Pick shell from prependpath (#231)

Misc

• Runner code cleanup (#218 #227, #228, #229, #230)
• Consume dotnet core 3.1 in runner. (#213)

Windows x64

We recommend configuring the runner under ":\actions-runner". This will help avoid issues related to service identity folder permissions and long file path restrictions on Windows

// 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/v2.164.0/actions-runner-win-x64-2.164.0.zip -OutFile actions-runner-win-x64-2.164.0.zip
// Extract the installer
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ; 
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$HOME\Downloads\actions-runner-win-x64-2.164.0.zip", "$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/v2.164.0/actions-runner-osx-x64-2.164.0.tar.gz
// Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-osx-x64-2.164.0.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/v2.164.0/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.164.0.tar.gz
// Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-2.164.0.tar.gz

Linux arm64 (Pre-release)

// Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
// Download the latest runner package
curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.164.0/actions-runner-linux-arm64-2.164.0.tar.gz
// Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-arm64-2.164.0.tar.gz

Linux arm (Pre-release)

// Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
// Download the latest runner package
curl -O -L https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.164.0/actions-runner-linux-arm-2.164.0.tar.gz
// Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-arm-2.164.0.tar.gz

Using your self hosted runner

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