feat: propagate proxy variables to jobs, services and builds (#1112)

Set `http_proxy`, `https_proxy` and `no_proxy` in the runner's environment and everything the runner controls uses them.

Go already read them for the runner's own requests. This adds jobs, in lower and upper case, service containers, and Dockerfile action builds.

Some hosts are added to `no_proxy` for jobs so they stay direct: the cache server, loopback, the job's service containers, and a `tcp://` Docker daemon. Without the last one the Docker client sends its API calls to the proxy and docker-in-docker breaks. Gitea is not added.

Images are pulled by the Docker daemon, which has its own proxy setting. In the `dind` images it reads these same variables. The runner warns at startup if it has a proxy and the daemon does not.

Fixes https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/issues/1118, originally reported as https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/issues/708.

---------

Co-authored-by: silverwind <2021+silverwind@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/pulls/1112
Reviewed-by: silverwind <2021+silverwind@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: bircni <bircni@icloud.com>

.gitea/workflows/pull-pr-title.yml

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-    - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
+    - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7
       with:
         node-version: 24
     - run: make lint-pr-title

.gitea/workflows/release-nightly.yml

@@ -17,14 +17,26 @@ jobs:
   goreleaser:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      # Custom publishers (the R2 mirror below) run as the very last
+      # step of goreleaser's publish pipeline, after the Gitea release
+      # has already been created and every artifact already uploaded
+      # to S3. Fail here instead, before anything is built or
+      # published, if the R2 secrets are missing.
+      - name: check R2 configuration
+        run: sh scripts/upload-r2.sh --check-config
+        env:
+          R2_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.R2_ENDPOINT }}
+          R2_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.R2_BUCKET }}
+          R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7
         with:
           go-version-file: "go.mod"
       - name: goreleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v7
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@f06c13b6b1a9625abc9e6e439d9c05a8f2190e94 # v7
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser-pro
           args: release --nightly
@@ -35,6 +47,10 @@ jobs:
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
           S3_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
           S3_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.AWS_BUCKET }}
+          R2_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.R2_ENDPOINT }}
+          R2_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.R2_BUCKET }}
+          R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
           GORELEASER_FORCE_TOKEN: "gitea"
           GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -58,18 +74,18 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # all history for all branches and tags
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@96fe6ef7f33517b61c61be40b68a1882f3264fb8 # v4
 
       - name: Set up Docker BuildX
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c # v4
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        uses: docker/login-action@abd2ef45e78c5afb21d64d4ca52ee8550d9572c7 # v4
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
@@ -83,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
           echo REPO_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --always | sed 's/-/+/' | sed 's/^v//') >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Build and push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@53b7df96c91f9c12dcc8a07bcb9ccacbed38856a # v7
         with:
           context: .
           file: ./Dockerfile

.gitea/workflows/release-tag.yml

@@ -9,21 +9,33 @@ jobs:
   goreleaser:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # all history for all branches and tags
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      # Custom publishers (the R2 mirror below) run as the very last
+      # step of goreleaser's publish pipeline, after the Gitea release
+      # has already been created and every artifact already uploaded
+      # to S3. Fail here instead, before anything is built or
+      # published, if the R2 secrets are missing.
+      - name: check R2 configuration
+        run: sh scripts/upload-r2.sh --check-config
+        env:
+          R2_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.R2_ENDPOINT }}
+          R2_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.R2_BUCKET }}
+          R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7
         with:
           go-version-file: "go.mod"
       - name: Import GPG key
         id: import_gpg
-        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@v7
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-import-gpg@2dc316deee8e90f13e1a351ab510b4d5bc0c82cd # v7
         with:
           gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           passphrase: ${{ secrets.PASSPHRASE }}
           fingerprint: CC64B1DB67ABBEECAB24B6455FC346329753F4B0
       - name: goreleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v7
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@f06c13b6b1a9625abc9e6e439d9c05a8f2190e94 # v7
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser-pro
           args: release
@@ -34,6 +46,10 @@ jobs:
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
           S3_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
           S3_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.AWS_BUCKET }}
+          R2_ENDPOINT: ${{ secrets.R2_ENDPOINT }}
+          R2_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.R2_BUCKET }}
+          R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
           GORELEASER_FORCE_TOKEN: "gitea"
           GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GPG_FINGERPRINT: ${{ steps.import_gpg.outputs.fingerprint }}
@@ -61,25 +77,25 @@ jobs:
       DOCKER_LATEST: latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # all history for all branches and tags
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v4
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@96fe6ef7f33517b61c61be40b68a1882f3264fb8 # v4
 
       - name: Set up Docker BuildX
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v4
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@bb05f3f5519dd87d3ba754cc423b652a5edd6d2c # v4
 
       - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v4
+        uses: docker/login-action@abd2ef45e78c5afb21d64d4ca52ee8550d9572c7 # v4
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
 
       - name: "Docker meta"
         id: docker_meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v6
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@dc802804100637a589fabce1cb79ff13a1411302 # v6
         with:
           images: |
             ${{ env.DOCKER_ORG }}/runner
@@ -92,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
             suffix=${{ matrix.variant.tag_suffix }},onlatest=true
 
       - name: Build and push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v7
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@53b7df96c91f9c12dcc8a07bcb9ccacbed38856a # v7
         with:
           context: .
           file: ./Dockerfile

.gitea/workflows/test.yml

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ jobs:
       # to ~/.docker with the stale credentials.
       DOCKER_CONFIG: /tmp/docker-noauth
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7
         with:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
       - name: prepare anonymous docker config
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
           done
       - name: lint
         run: make lint
+      - name: checks
+        run: make checks
       - name: build
         run: make build
       - name: test

.golangci.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ linters:
     - dupl
     - errcheck
     - forbidigo
+    - forcetypeassert
     - gocheckcompilerdirectives
     - gocritic
     - goheader
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ linters:
       - linters:
           - forbidigo
         path: cmd
+      - linters:
+          - forcetypeassert
+        path: _test\.go
 issues:
   max-issues-per-linter: 0
   max-same-issues: 0

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -93,6 +93,37 @@ blobs:
       - glob: ./**.xz
       - glob: ./**.sha256
 
+# Mirrors the S3 `blobs:` upload above into Cloudflare R2 during the
+# parallel S3+R2 period (S3 will be removed once migration completes).
+# A second `blobs:` entry is impossible here since the blob pipe
+# authenticates from the global AWS_* env with no per-entry
+# credentials; `publishers:` supports per-entry `env:` instead, so
+# it's used to invoke scripts/upload-r2.sh once per artifact. Custom
+# publishers inherit almost nothing from the environment, hence the
+# explicit R2_* forwarding below.
+#
+# This publisher fires 109 times for 73 distinct keys because
+# goreleaser's release pipe already registers `release.extra_files`
+# as UploadableFile artifacts, and `internal/exec`'s filterArtifacts
+# appends this block's own extra_files with no de-duplication. It
+# can't be globbed away, since gobwas/glob (via goreleaser/fileglob)
+# has no substring-exclusion matcher. It's harmless: PUT is
+# idempotent, and the `./**.xz` glob below is kept deliberately so
+# this publisher declares its own complete file set rather than
+# implicitly depending on the `release:` block's globs.
+publishers:
+  - name: cloudflare-r2
+    checksum: true
+    extra_files:
+      - glob: ./**.xz
+      - glob: ./**.sha256
+    cmd: sh scripts/upload-r2.sh {{ abs .ArtifactPath }} gitea-runner/{{ .Version }}/{{ .ArtifactName }}
+    env:
+      - R2_ENDPOINT={{ index .Env "R2_ENDPOINT" }}
+      - R2_BUCKET={{ index .Env "R2_BUCKET" }}
+      - R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID={{ index .Env "R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID" }}
+      - R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY={{ index .Env "R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" }}
+
 archives:
   - format: binary
     name_template: "{{ .Binary }}"

Dockerfile

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN make clean && make build
 ### DIND VARIANT
 #
 #
-FROM docker:29.6.1-dind AS dind
+FROM docker:29.6.2-dind AS dind
 
 ARG VERSION=dev
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["s6-svscan","/etc/s6"]
 ### DIND-ROOTLESS VARIANT
 #
 #
-FROM docker:29.6.1-dind-rootless AS dind-rootless
+FROM docker:29.6.2-dind-rootless AS dind-rootless
 
 ARG VERSION=dev
 

Makefile

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ DOCKER_ROOTLESS_REF := $(DOCKER_IMAGE):$(DOCKER_TAG)-dind-rootless
 GOLANGCI_LINT_PACKAGE ?= github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.12.2
 GOVULNCHECK_PACKAGE ?= golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@v1.3.0
 
+GOTEST_FLAGS ?= -race -timeout 20m -parallel 8
+
 STATIC ?=
 EXTLDFLAGS ?=
 ifneq ($(STATIC),)
@@ -110,6 +112,9 @@ deps-tools: ## install tool dependencies
 	$(GO) install $(GOVULNCHECK_PACKAGE) & \
 	wait
 
+.PHONY: checks
+checks: tidy-check fmt-check security-check ## run the non-lint source checks
+
 .PHONY: lint
 lint: lint-go lint-go-windows ## lint everything
 
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ lint-pr-title: ## lint PR title against Conventional Commits (set PR_TITLE=...)
 	@node ./tools/lint-pr-title.ts
 
 .PHONY: security-check
-security-check: deps-tools
+security-check:
 	GOEXPERIMENT= $(GO) run $(GOVULNCHECK_PACKAGE) -show color ./... || true
 
 .PHONY: tidy
@@ -148,8 +153,8 @@ tidy-check: tidy
 	fi
 
 .PHONY: test
-test: fmt-check security-check ## test everything (integration tests self-skip without docker/network)
-	@$(GO) test -race -timeout 20m -v -cover -coverprofile coverage.txt ./... && echo "\n==>\033[32m Ok\033[m\n" || exit 1
+test: ## test everything (integration tests self-skip without docker/network)
+	@$(GO) test $(GOTEST_FLAGS) -cover -coverprofile coverage.txt ./... && echo "\n==>\033[32m Ok\033[m\n" || exit 1
 
 .PHONY: coverage-report
 coverage-report: ## turn coverage.txt from `make test` into .tmp/coverage.md

README.md

@@ -209,6 +209,35 @@ Whenever the resulting labels differ from the ones in the registration file, the
 
 > **Note:** A runner that only exposes `host` labels still needs access to a Docker daemon (e.g. a mounted `/var/run/docker.sock`) whenever a job uses a `docker://` action or a service container. `host` labels only change where the job's own steps run; container-based steps and actions are still executed with Docker.
 
+#### Proxy
+
+Set these variables in the runner's environment, with systemd `Environment=`, `docker run -e`, or Kubernetes `env:`:
+
+```sh
+http_proxy=http://proxy.example:3128
+https_proxy=http://proxy.example:3128
+no_proxy=gitea.internal,.example.local
+```
+
+The runner uses them for its own requests and gives them to every job, in lower and upper case.
+
+These hosts are added to `no_proxy` for jobs, so they are always reached directly:
+
+- the cache server
+- `localhost`, `127.0.0.1` and `::1`
+- the job's service containers
+- the Docker daemon, when it is reached over `tcp://`
+
+Gitea is not added. Add it to `no_proxy` yourself if it should be reached directly.
+
+To change a value for one job, set it in a step's `env:` or in the job's `container.env`. Setting it at workflow or job level has no effect. To change it for the whole runner, set it in `runner.envs`. A `no_proxy` set there is added to the list above instead of replacing it.
+
+Images are pulled by the Docker daemon, which needs its own proxy setting. In the `dind` images the daemon runs in the same container and reads the variables above. For any other daemon, see [the Docker documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/daemon/proxy/). The runner logs a warning at startup if it has a proxy and the daemon does not.
+
+Dockerfile actions are built with these variables as build arguments, so their `RUN` steps can reach the network.
+
+A password in a proxy URL is hidden in job logs. Any step can still read it, because the step is given the proxy URL in its environment.
+
 #### Caching (`actions/cache`)
 
 Each runner starts its own cache server automatically. Cache entries are local to that runner — runners do not share a cache by default.
@@ -224,6 +253,7 @@ Run one dedicated `gitea-runner cache-server` that all runners point at.
      dir: /data/actcache
      port: 8088
      external_secret: "replace-with-a-strong-random-secret"
+     # external_secret_file: /path/to/secret # secret can also be passed via a file
    ```
 
 2. Start the server:
@@ -238,6 +268,7 @@ Run one dedicated `gitea-runner cache-server` that all runners point at.
    cache:
      external_server: "http://<cache-server-host>:8088/"
      external_secret: "replace-with-a-strong-random-secret"  # must match the server
+     # external_secret_file: /path/to/secret # secret can also be passed via a file
    ```
 
 Alternatively, mount the same NFS/CIFS share on every runner and point `cache.dir` at it — simpler, but with weaker isolation between repositories.
@@ -268,6 +299,16 @@ On Windows, use `.exe`, `.bat`, or `.cmd` paths; **PowerShell (`.ps1`) is not su
 
 See **[docs/post-task-script.md](docs/post-task-script.md)** for lifecycle details, environment variables, timeout interaction, and platform notes.
 
+#### Job hooks (`runner.hooks.job_started`, `runner.hooks.job_completed`)
+
+Optional scripts that run **inside the job environment** (the job container, or the host in host mode), before the job's first step and after its last one. They are the equivalent of GitHub's `ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED` / `ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED`, which are read when the settings are unset.
+
+Because they run where the steps run and see the job's environment, they are the place for per-job setup no workflow should have to carry: registry logins, mirror configuration, or masking runner-wide secrets with `::add-mask::`. Their output is part of the job log and is scanned for workflow commands, and they can export to the job through `$GITHUB_ENV` and `$GITHUB_PATH`.
+
+Both hooks are synchronous and block the job while they run. Either one exiting non-zero fails the job, and there is no per-hook timeout.
+
+See **[docs/job-hooks.md](docs/job-hooks.md)** for the execution order, environment, and platform notes.
+
 ### Example Deployments
 
 Check out the [examples](examples) directory for sample deployment types.

act/artifactcache/handler.go

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ type Handler struct {
 	storage  *Storage
 	router   *httprouter.Router
 	listener net.Listener
+	port     int
 	server   *http.Server
 	logger   logrus.FieldLogger
 
@@ -177,6 +178,12 @@ func StartHandler(dir, outboundIP string, port uint16, internalSecret string, lo
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	addr, ok := listener.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr)
+	if !ok {
+		listener.Close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cache server listens on %T, want a TCP address", listener.Addr())
+	}
+	h.port = addr.Port
 	server := &http.Server{
 		ReadHeaderTimeout: 2 * time.Second,
 		Handler:           router,
@@ -194,9 +201,7 @@ func StartHandler(dir, outboundIP string, port uint16, internalSecret string, lo
 
 func (h *Handler) ExternalURL() string {
 	// TODO: make the external url configurable if necessary
-	return fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d",
-		h.outboundIP,
-		h.listener.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d", h.outboundIP, h.port)
 }
 
 // RegisterJob makes token a valid bearer credential for cache requests from

act/artifactcache/handler_test.go

@@ -445,13 +445,6 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, 404, resp.StatusCode)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("get with not exist id", func(t *testing.T) {
-		resp, err := testClient.Get(signArtifactURL(handler, 100))
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-		defer resp.Body.Close()
-		require.Equal(t, 404, resp.StatusCode)
-	})
-
 	t.Run("get with multiple keys", func(t *testing.T) {
 		version := "c19da02a2bd7e77277f1ac29ab45c09b7d46a4ee758284e26bb3045ad11d9d20"
 		key := strings.ToLower(t.Name())
@@ -469,7 +462,8 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			_, err := rand.Read(contents[i])
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			uploadCacheNormally(t, base, keys[i], version, contents[i])
-			time.Sleep(time.Second) // ensure CreatedAt of caches are different
+			// ensure CreatedAt of caches are different, in upload order
+			backdateCache(t, handler, keys[i], time.Duration(len(contents)-i)*time.Second)
 		}
 
 		reqKeys := strings.Join([]string{
@@ -554,7 +548,8 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			_, err := rand.Read(contents[i])
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			uploadCacheNormally(t, base, keys[i], version, contents[i])
-			time.Sleep(time.Second) // ensure CreatedAt of caches are different
+			// ensure CreatedAt of caches are different, in upload order
+			backdateCache(t, handler, keys[i], time.Duration(len(contents)-i)*time.Second)
 		}
 
 		reqKeys := strings.Join([]string{
@@ -607,7 +602,8 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			_, err := rand.Read(contents[i])
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			uploadCacheNormally(t, base, keys[i], version, contents[i])
-			time.Sleep(time.Second) // ensure CreatedAt of caches are different
+			// ensure CreatedAt of caches are different, in upload order
+			backdateCache(t, handler, keys[i], time.Duration(len(contents)-i)*time.Second)
 		}
 
 		reqKeys := strings.Join([]string{
@@ -646,6 +642,20 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// backdateCache rewrites a cache's CreatedAt. It has one-second resolution, so age-ordering
+// tests set it directly instead of sleeping a second between uploads.
+func backdateCache(t *testing.T, handler *Handler, key string, age time.Duration) {
+	db, err := handler.openDB()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	var caches []*Cache
+	require.NoError(t, db.Find(&caches, bolthold.Where("Key").Eq(key)))
+	require.Len(t, caches, 1)
+	caches[0].CreatedAt = time.Now().Add(-age).Unix()
+	require.NoError(t, db.Update(caches[0].ID, caches[0]))
+}
+
 func uploadCacheNormally(t *testing.T, base, key, version string, content []byte) { //nolint:unparam // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	var id uint64
 	{

act/common/executor_max_parallel_test.go

@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-package common
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-// Simple fast test that verifies max-parallel: 2 limits concurrency
-func TestMaxParallel2Quick(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	var currentRunning atomic.Int32
-	var maxSimultaneous atomic.Int32
-
-	executors := make([]Executor, 4)
-	for i := range 4 {
-		executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-			current := currentRunning.Add(1)
-
-			// Update max if needed
-			for {
-				maxValue := maxSimultaneous.Load()
-				if current <= maxValue || maxSimultaneous.CompareAndSwap(maxValue, current) {
-					break
-				}
-			}
-
-			time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-			currentRunning.Add(-1)
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	err := NewParallelExecutor(2, executors...)(ctx)
-
-	assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-	assert.LessOrEqual(t, maxSimultaneous.Load(), int32(2),
-		"Should not exceed max-parallel: 2")
-}
-
-// Test that verifies max-parallel: 1 enforces sequential execution
-func TestMaxParallel1Sequential(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	var currentRunning atomic.Int32
-	var maxSimultaneous atomic.Int32
-	var executionOrder []int
-	var orderMutex sync.Mutex
-
-	executors := make([]Executor, 5)
-	for i := range 5 {
-		taskID := i
-		executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-			current := currentRunning.Add(1)
-
-			// Track execution order
-			orderMutex.Lock()
-			executionOrder = append(executionOrder, taskID)
-			orderMutex.Unlock()
-
-			// Update max if needed
-			for {
-				maxValue := maxSimultaneous.Load()
-				if current <= maxValue || maxSimultaneous.CompareAndSwap(maxValue, current) {
-					break
-				}
-			}
-
-			time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond)
-			currentRunning.Add(-1)
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	err := NewParallelExecutor(1, executors...)(ctx)
-
-	assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-	assert.Equal(t, int32(1), maxSimultaneous.Load(),
-		"max-parallel: 1 should only run 1 task at a time")
-	assert.Len(t, executionOrder, 5, "All 5 tasks should have executed")
-}

act/common/executor_parallel_advanced_test.go

@@ -1,221 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-package common
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-// TestMaxParallelJobExecution tests actual job execution with max-parallel
-func TestMaxParallelJobExecution(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("MaxParallel=1 Sequential", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var currentRunning atomic.Int32
-		var maxConcurrent int32
-		var executionOrder []int
-		var mu sync.Mutex
-
-		executors := make([]Executor, 5)
-		for i := range 5 {
-			taskID := i
-			executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-				current := currentRunning.Add(1)
-
-				// Track max concurrent
-				for {
-					maxValue := atomic.LoadInt32(&maxConcurrent)
-					if current <= maxValue || atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&maxConcurrent, maxValue, current) {
-						break
-					}
-				}
-
-				mu.Lock()
-				executionOrder = append(executionOrder, taskID)
-				mu.Unlock()
-
-				time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-				currentRunning.Add(-1)
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-
-		ctx := context.Background()
-		err := NewParallelExecutor(1, executors...)(ctx)
-		assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-
-		assert.Equal(t, int32(1), maxConcurrent, "Should never exceed 1 concurrent execution")
-		assert.Len(t, executionOrder, 5, "All tasks should execute")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("MaxParallel=3 Limited", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var currentRunning atomic.Int32
-		var maxConcurrent int32
-
-		executors := make([]Executor, 10)
-		for i := range 10 {
-			executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-				current := currentRunning.Add(1)
-
-				for {
-					maxValue := atomic.LoadInt32(&maxConcurrent)
-					if current <= maxValue || atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&maxConcurrent, maxValue, current) {
-						break
-					}
-				}
-
-				time.Sleep(20 * time.Millisecond)
-				currentRunning.Add(-1)
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-
-		ctx := context.Background()
-		err := NewParallelExecutor(3, executors...)(ctx)
-		assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-
-		assert.LessOrEqual(t, int(maxConcurrent), 3, "Should never exceed 3 concurrent executions")
-		assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, int(maxConcurrent), 1, "Should have at least 1 concurrent execution")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("MaxParallel=0 Uses1Worker", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var maxConcurrent int32
-		var currentRunning atomic.Int32
-
-		executors := make([]Executor, 5)
-		for i := range 5 {
-			executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-				current := currentRunning.Add(1)
-
-				for {
-					maxValue := atomic.LoadInt32(&maxConcurrent)
-					if current <= maxValue || atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&maxConcurrent, maxValue, current) {
-						break
-					}
-				}
-
-				time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
-				currentRunning.Add(-1)
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-
-		ctx := context.Background()
-		// When maxParallel is 0 or negative, it defaults to 1
-		err := NewParallelExecutor(0, executors...)(ctx)
-		assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-
-		assert.Equal(t, int32(1), maxConcurrent, "Should use 1 worker when max-parallel is 0")
-	})
-}
-
-// TestMaxParallelWithErrors tests error handling with max-parallel
-func TestMaxParallelWithErrors(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("OneTaskFailsOthersContinue", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var successCount int32
-
-		executors := make([]Executor, 5)
-		for i := range 5 {
-			taskID := i
-			executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-				if taskID == 2 {
-					return assert.AnError
-				}
-				atomic.AddInt32(&successCount, 1)
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-
-		ctx := context.Background()
-		err := NewParallelExecutor(2, executors...)(ctx)
-
-		// Should return the error from task 2
-		assert.Error(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-
-		// Other tasks should still execute
-		assert.Equal(t, int32(4), successCount, "4 tasks should succeed")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("ContextCancellation", func(t *testing.T) {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-
-		var startedCount int32
-		executors := make([]Executor, 10)
-		for i := range 10 {
-			executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-				atomic.AddInt32(&startedCount, 1)
-				time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Cancel after a short delay
-		go func() {
-			time.Sleep(30 * time.Millisecond)
-			cancel()
-		}()
-
-		err := NewParallelExecutor(3, executors...)(ctx)
-		assert.Error(t, err)                     //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-
-		// Not all tasks should start due to cancellation (but timing may vary)
-		// Just verify cancellation occurred
-		t.Logf("Started %d tasks before cancellation", startedCount)
-	})
-}
-
-// TestMaxParallelResourceSharing tests resource sharing scenarios
-func TestMaxParallelResourceSharing(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("SharedResourceWithMutex", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var sharedCounter int
-		var mu sync.Mutex
-
-		executors := make([]Executor, 100)
-		for i := range 100 {
-			executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-				mu.Lock()
-				sharedCounter++
-				mu.Unlock()
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-
-		ctx := context.Background()
-		err := NewParallelExecutor(10, executors...)(ctx)
-		assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-
-		assert.Equal(t, 100, sharedCounter, "All tasks should increment counter")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("ChannelCommunication", func(t *testing.T) {
-		resultChan := make(chan int, 50)
-
-		executors := make([]Executor, 50)
-		for i := range 50 {
-			taskID := i
-			executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-				resultChan <- taskID
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-
-		ctx := context.Background()
-		err := NewParallelExecutor(5, executors...)(ctx)
-		assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-
-		close(resultChan)
-
-		results := make(map[int]bool)
-		for result := range resultChan {
-			results[result] = true
-		}
-
-		assert.Len(t, results, 50, "All task IDs should be received")
-	})
-}

act/common/executor_test.go

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -82,44 +82,45 @@ func TestNewConditionalExecutor(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(1, falseCount)
 }
 
-func TestNewParallelExecutor(t *testing.T) {
-	assert := assert.New(t)
+// concurrencyProbe returns an executor recording the peak number of concurrent copies. Copies
+// block until wantActive are in flight so the peak is exact without sleeping, and later copies
+// find the gate already open so the last one still finishes with no partner left.
+func concurrencyProbe(wantActive int32) (exec Executor, count, maxActive *atomic.Int32) {
+	var counted, active, peak atomic.Int32
+	var once sync.Once
+	reached := make(chan struct{})
 
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	var count, activeCount, maxCount atomic.Int32
-	emptyWorkflow := NewPipelineExecutor(func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		count.Add(1)
-
-		active := activeCount.Add(1)
+	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		counted.Add(1)
+		running := active.Add(1)
 		for {
-			m := maxCount.Load()
-			if active <= m || maxCount.CompareAndSwap(m, active) {
+			seen := peak.Load()
+			if running <= seen || peak.CompareAndSwap(seen, running) {
 				break
 			}
 		}
-		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-		activeCount.Add(-1)
-
+		if running >= wantActive {
+			once.Do(func() { close(reached) })
+		}
+		<-reached
+		active.Add(-1)
 		return nil
-	})
+	}, &counted, &peak
+}
 
-	err := NewParallelExecutor(2, emptyWorkflow, emptyWorkflow, emptyWorkflow)(ctx)
+func TestNewParallelExecutor(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
 
-	assert.Equal(int32(3), count.Load(), "should run all 3 executors")
-	assert.Equal(int32(2), maxCount.Load(), "should run at most 2 executors in parallel")
-	assert.NoError(err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
+	exec, count, maxActive := concurrencyProbe(2)
+	require.NoError(t, NewParallelExecutor(2, exec, exec, exec)(ctx))
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(3), count.Load(), "should run all 3 executors")
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(2), maxActive.Load(), "should run at most 2 executors in parallel")
 
-	// Reset to test running the executor with 0 parallelism
-	count.Store(0)
-	activeCount.Store(0)
-	maxCount.Store(0)
-
-	errSingle := NewParallelExecutor(0, emptyWorkflow, emptyWorkflow, emptyWorkflow)(ctx)
-
-	assert.Equal(int32(3), count.Load(), "should run all 3 executors")
-	assert.Equal(int32(1), maxCount.Load(), "should run at most 1 executors in parallel")
-	assert.NoError(errSingle)
+	// parallelism below 1 falls back to a single worker
+	exec, count, maxActive = concurrencyProbe(1)
+	require.NoError(t, NewParallelExecutor(0, exec, exec, exec)(ctx))
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(3), count.Load(), "should run all 3 executors")
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(1), maxActive.Load(), "should run at most 1 executor in parallel")
 }
 
 func TestNewParallelExecutorEmpty(t *testing.T) {
@@ -173,6 +174,23 @@ func TestNewParallelExecutorCanceled(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(errExpected, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 }
 
+func TestNewParallelExecutorRunsRemainingAfterFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	var successCount atomic.Int32
+	executors := make([]Executor, 5)
+	for i := range executors {
+		executors[i] = func(ctx context.Context) error {
+			if i == 2 {
+				return errors.New("fake error")
+			}
+			successCount.Add(1)
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.Error(t, NewParallelExecutor(2, executors...)(context.Background()))
+	assert.Equal(t, int32(4), successCount.Load(), "a failing executor must not stop the others")
+}
+
 func TestExecutorConditionalsAndFinally(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	var calls []string

act/common/git/git.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/internal/pkg/lock"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/config"
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ var (
 	githubHTTPRegex     = regexp.MustCompile(`^https?://.*github.com.*/(.+)/(.+?)(?:.git)?$`)
 	githubSSHRegex      = regexp.MustCompile(`github.com[:/](.+)/(.+?)(?:.git)?$`)
 
-	cloneLocks sync.Map // key: clone target directory; value: *sync.Mutex
+	cloneLocks lock.Keyed[string] // key: clone target directory
 
 	ErrShortRef = errors.New("short SHA references are not supported")
 	ErrNoRepo   = errors.New("unable to find git repo")
@@ -43,10 +44,7 @@ var (
 // Callers reading files inside dir (e.g. tarring a checked-out action into a job container) must hold this lock too,
 // otherwise a concurrent NewGitCloneExecutor on the same dir can mutate the worktree mid-read.
 func AcquireCloneLock(dir string) func() {
-	v, _ := cloneLocks.LoadOrStore(dir, &sync.Mutex{})
-	mu := v.(*sync.Mutex)
-	mu.Lock()
-	return mu.Unlock
+	return cloneLocks.Lock(dir)
 }
 
 type Error struct {

act/common/git/git_test.go

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -610,12 +609,4 @@ func TestAcquireCloneLock(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal("acquire on a different directory must not block")
 		}
 	})
-
-	t.Run("same directory reuses the same mutex", func(t *testing.T) {
-		dir := t.TempDir()
-
-		v1, _ := cloneLocks.LoadOrStore(dir, &sync.Mutex{})
-		v2, _ := cloneLocks.LoadOrStore(dir, &sync.Mutex{})
-		require.Same(t, v1, v2)
-	})
 }

act/common/outbound_ip.go

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ func GetOutboundIP() net.IP {
 	conn, err := net.Dial("udp", "8.8.8.8:80")
 	if err == nil {
 		defer conn.Close()
-		return conn.LocalAddr().(*net.UDPAddr).IP
+		if addr, ok := conn.LocalAddr().(*net.UDPAddr); ok {
+			return addr.IP
+		}
 	}
 
 	// So the machine cannot access the internet. Pick an IP address from network interfaces.

act/container/container_types.go

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ type NewDockerBuildExecutorInput struct {
 	BuildContext io.Reader
 	ImageTag     string
 	Platform     string
+	BuildArgs    map[string]*string
 }
 
 // NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutorInput the input for the NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutor function

act/container/docker_build.go

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func NewDockerBuildExecutor(input NewDockerBuildExecutorInput) common.Executor {
 			Remove:      true,
 			AuthConfigs: LoadDockerAuthConfigs(ctx),
 			Dockerfile:  input.Dockerfile,
+			BuildArgs:   input.BuildArgs,
 		}
 		platform, err := parsePlatform(input.Platform)
 		if err != nil {

act/container/docker_create_flags.go

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+//go:build !(WITHOUT_DOCKER || !(linux || darwin || windows || netbsd))
+
+package container
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"slices"
+
+	"github.com/kballard/go-shellquote"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+const (
+	pullPolicyAlways  = "always"
+	pullPolicyMissing = "missing"
+	pullPolicyNever   = "never"
+)
+
+var pullPolicies = []string{pullPolicyAlways, pullPolicyMissing, pullPolicyNever}
+
+// createFlags are the flags docker/cli registers on the `create` and `run` commands
+// instead of in addFlags, so they are not part of containerOptions.
+type createFlags struct {
+	platform     string
+	pull         string
+	name         string
+	useAPISocket bool
+}
+
+func registerCreateFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) *createFlags {
+	cf := new(createFlags)
+	flags.StringVar(&cf.platform, "platform", "", "Set platform if server is multi-platform capable")
+	flags.StringVar(&cf.pull, "pull", pullPolicyMissing, `Pull image before creating ("always", "missing", "never")`)
+	flags.StringVar(&cf.name, "name", "", "Assign a name to the container")
+	flags.BoolVar(&cf.useAPISocket, "use-api-socket", false, "Bind mount Docker API socket and required auth")
+	// Accepted without effect: pull progress is only logged at debug level, and docker
+	// no longer implements content trust.
+	flags.BoolP("quiet", "q", false, "Suppress the pull output")
+	flags.Bool("disable-content-trust", true, "Skip image verification (deprecated)")
+	return cf
+}
+
+// parseContainerOptions parses a container options string. The flags are returned even
+// on error, holding whatever was read before the failure.
+func parseContainerOptions(options string) (*pflag.FlagSet, *containerOptions, *createFlags, error) {
+	flags := pflag.NewFlagSet("container_flags", pflag.ContinueOnError)
+	flags.SetOutput(io.Discard)
+	copts := addFlags(flags)
+	cf := registerCreateFlags(flags)
+
+	args, err := shellquote.Split(options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return flags, copts, cf, fmt.Errorf("Cannot split container options: '%s': '%w'", options, err)
+	}
+
+	if err := flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return flags, copts, cf, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse container options: '%s': '%w'", options, err)
+	}
+
+	return flags, copts, cf, nil
+}
+
+// createFlagsFromOptions reads the create-level flags that have to be known before the
+// container is created. Malformed options keep the defaults here and are reported by
+// mergeContainerConfigs at create time.
+func createFlagsFromOptions(options string) *createFlags {
+	_, _, cf, _ := parseContainerOptions(options)
+	return cf
+}
+
+func (cf *createFlags) validate() error {
+	if !slices.Contains(pullPolicies, cf.pull) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid --pull option %q: must be one of %q", cf.pull, pullPolicies)
+	}
+
+	if cf.useAPISocket {
+		return errors.New("--use-api-socket is not supported, use the runner's container.docker_host setting to expose a docker socket")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

act/container/docker_create_flags_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package container
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestCreateFlagsFromOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		options  string
+		platform string
+		pull     string
+	}{
+		{"", "", pullPolicyMissing},
+		{"-v /a:/b --platform=linux/arm64 --pull always", "linux/arm64", pullPolicyAlways},
+		{"--platform linux/arm/v7 --pull never", "linux/arm/v7", pullPolicyNever},
+		{`--platform "linux/amd64`, "", pullPolicyMissing}, // malformed, defaults kept
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.options, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cf := createFlagsFromOptions(tc.options)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.platform, cf.platform)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.pull, cf.pull)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCreateFlagsValidate(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		options string
+		wantErr string
+	}{
+		{"--quiet --disable-content-trust --name mine", ""},
+		{"--pull sometimes", `invalid --pull option "sometimes"`},
+		{"--use-api-socket", "--use-api-socket is not supported"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.options, func(t *testing.T) {
+			err := createFlagsFromOptions(tc.options).validate()
+			if tc.wantErr == "" {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			require.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.wantErr)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewContainerAppliesCreateFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	input := &NewContainerInput{Platform: "linux/amd64", Options: "--platform linux/arm64 --pull never"}
+	cr, ok := NewContainer(input).(*containerReference)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	assert.Equal(t, "linux/arm64", input.Platform)
+	assert.Equal(t, pullPolicyNever, cr.pullPolicy)
+
+	kept := &NewContainerInput{Platform: "linux/amd64", Options: "--privileged"}
+	NewContainer(kept)
+	assert.Equal(t, "linux/amd64", kept.Platform)
+}

act/container/docker_run.go

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/format/gitignore"
 	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
-	"github.com/kballard/go-shellquote"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/pkg/stdcopy"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/mount"
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/system"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/client"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 // drainGracePeriod bounds how long we wait for an output-copy goroutine to
@@ -57,6 +55,12 @@ const drainGracePeriod = 2 * time.Second
 func NewContainer(input *NewContainerInput) ExecutionsEnvironment {
 	cr := new(containerReference)
 	cr.input = input
+	// Resolved up front because the image pull runs before the container is created.
+	cf := createFlagsFromOptions(input.Options)
+	if cf.platform != "" {
+		cr.input.Platform = cf.platform
+	}
+	cr.pullPolicy = cf.pull
 	return cr
 }
 
@@ -137,6 +141,11 @@ func (cr *containerReference) Start(attach bool) common.Executor {
 }
 
 func (cr *containerReference) Pull(forcePull bool) common.Executor {
+	if cr.pullPolicy == pullPolicyNever {
+		return common.NewInfoExecutor("docker pull skipped image=%s, --pull=never in the options", cr.input.Image)
+	}
+	forcePull = forcePull || cr.pullPolicy == pullPolicyAlways
+
 	return common.
 		NewInfoExecutor("docker pull image=%s platform=%s username=%s forcePull=%t", cr.input.Image, cr.input.Platform, cr.input.Username, forcePull).
 		Then(
@@ -235,6 +244,7 @@ type containerReference struct {
 	cli        client.APIClient
 	id         string
 	input      *NewContainerInput
+	pullPolicy string
 	UID        int
 	GID        int
 	// attachDone is closed by the attach() streaming goroutine once it has
@@ -411,17 +421,13 @@ func (cr *containerReference) mergeContainerConfigs(ctx context.Context, config
 	}
 
 	// parse configuration from CLI container.options
-	flags := pflag.NewFlagSet("container_flags", pflag.ContinueOnError)
-	copts := addFlags(flags)
-
-	optionsArgs, err := shellquote.Split(input.Options)
+	flags, copts, cf, err := parseContainerOptions(input.Options)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot split container options: '%s': '%w'", input.Options, err)
+		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = flags.Parse(optionsArgs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse container options: '%s': '%w'", input.Options, err)
+	if err := cf.validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("Cannot process container options: '%s': '%w'", input.Options, err)
 	}
 
 	// FIXME: If everything is fine after gitea/act v0.260.0, remove the following comment.
@@ -465,8 +471,7 @@ func (cr *containerReference) mergeContainerConfigs(ctx context.Context, config
 
 	logger.Debugf("Custom container.HostConfig from options ==> %+v", containerConfig.HostConfig)
 
-	hostConfig.Binds = append(hostConfig.Binds, containerConfig.HostConfig.Binds...)
-	hostConfig.Mounts = append(hostConfig.Mounts, containerConfig.HostConfig.Mounts...)
+	overlayVolumes(hostConfig, containerConfig.HostConfig)
 	binds := hostConfig.Binds
 	mounts := hostConfig.Mounts
 	networkMode := hostConfig.NetworkMode
@@ -476,6 +481,9 @@ func (cr *containerReference) mergeContainerConfigs(ctx context.Context, config
 	}
 	hostConfig.Binds = binds
 	hostConfig.Mounts = mounts
+	if cf.name != "" {
+		logger.Warn("--name in the options will be ignored.")
+	}
 	if len(copts.netMode.Value()) > 0 {
 		logger.Warn("--network and --net in the options will be ignored.")
 	}
@@ -1099,6 +1107,34 @@ func (cr *containerReference) sanitizeConfig(ctx context.Context, config *contai
 	return config, hostConfig
 }
 
+// bindTarget returns the container path a bind mounts onto, empty if it cannot be parsed.
+func bindTarget(bind string) string {
+	parsed, err := loader.ParseVolume(bind)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return parsed.Target
+}
+
+// overlayVolumes appends src's volumes to dst, dropping the dst ones they mount over. Docker
+// rejects two mounts on one target, so the volumes declared last have to win.
+func overlayVolumes(dst, src *container.HostConfig) {
+	claimed := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, bind := range src.Binds {
+		if target := bindTarget(bind); target != "" {
+			claimed[target] = true
+		}
+	}
+	for _, mt := range src.Mounts {
+		claimed[mt.Target] = true
+	}
+
+	dst.Binds = append(slices.DeleteFunc(slices.Clone(dst.Binds),
+		func(bind string) bool { return claimed[bindTarget(bind)] }), src.Binds...)
+	dst.Mounts = append(slices.DeleteFunc(slices.Clone(dst.Mounts),
+		func(mt mount.Mount) bool { return claimed[mt.Target] }), src.Mounts...)
+}
+
 type validVolumeMatcher struct {
 	allowAll bool
 	named    []glob.Glob

act/container/docker_run_test.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	cerrdefs "github.com/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/pkg/stdcopy"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container"
+	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/mount"
 	mobyclient "github.com/moby/moby/client"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus/hooks/test"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -660,3 +661,22 @@ func TestCheckVolumesRejectsEscapingHostPaths(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	assert.Empty(t, hostConf.Binds)
 }
+
+func TestMergeContainerConfigsVolumesReplaceRunnerMounts(t *testing.T) {
+	logger, _ := test.NewNullLogger()
+	ctx := common.WithLogger(context.Background(), logger)
+	cr := &containerReference{
+		input: &NewContainerInput{
+			NetworkMode: "bridge",
+			Options:     "--volume /host/tools:/opt/hostedtoolcache",
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, hostConf, err := cr.mergeContainerConfigs(ctx, &container.Config{}, &container.HostConfig{
+		Binds:  []string{"/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"},
+		Mounts: []mount.Mount{{Type: mount.TypeVolume, Source: "act-toolcache", Target: "/opt/hostedtoolcache"}},
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock", "/host/tools:/opt/hostedtoolcache"}, hostConf.Binds)
+	assert.Empty(t, hostConf.Mounts)
+}

act/container/host_environment.go

@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ func (e *HostEnvironment) exec(ctx context.Context, command []string, cmdline st
 	} else {
 		wd = e.Path
 	}
+	// Flush any buffered, not-yet-newline-terminated trailing line, as the docker backend
+	// does in waitForCommand, so the final line of a command's output is not lost.
+	defer common.FlushWriter(e.StdOut)
+
 	f, err := lookupPathHost(command[0], env, e.StdOut)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

act/container/linux_container_environment_extensions.go

@@ -66,12 +66,15 @@ func (*LinuxContainerEnvironmentExtensions) JoinPathVariable(paths ...string) st
 	return strings.Join(paths, ":")
 }
 
+// DefaultToolCache is where the runner mounts the tool cache inside job containers.
+const DefaultToolCache = "/opt/hostedtoolcache"
+
 func (*LinuxContainerEnvironmentExtensions) GetRunnerContext(ctx context.Context) map[string]any {
 	return map[string]any{
 		"os":         "Linux",
 		"arch":       RunnerArch(ctx),
 		"temp":       "/tmp",
-		"tool_cache": "/opt/hostedtoolcache",
+		"tool_cache": DefaultToolCache,
 	}
 }
 

act/exprparser/interpreter_test.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestLiterals(t *testing.T) {
@@ -523,7 +524,9 @@ func TestOperatorsBooleanEvaluation(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 
 			if expected, ok := tt.expected.(float64); ok && math.IsNaN(expected) {
-				assert.True(t, math.IsNaN(output.(float64)))
+				number, ok := output.(float64)
+				require.True(t, ok, "want a number, got %T", output)
+				assert.True(t, math.IsNaN(number))
 			} else {
 				assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, output)
 			}

act/model/action.go

@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ type ActionRuns struct {
 	Post           string            `yaml:"post"`
 	PostIf         string            `yaml:"post-if"`
 	Image          string            `yaml:"image"`
+	PreEntrypoint  string            `yaml:"pre-entrypoint"`
 	Entrypoint     string            `yaml:"entrypoint"`
+	PostEntrypoint string            `yaml:"post-entrypoint"`
 	Args           []string          `yaml:"args"`
 	Steps          []Step            `yaml:"steps"`
 }

act/model/action_test.go

@@ -61,3 +61,22 @@ runs:
 		t.Fatalf("error = %q, want invalid value", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReadActionDockerEntrypoints(t *testing.T) {
+	action, err := ReadAction(strings.NewReader(`
+runs:
+  using: docker
+  image: Dockerfile
+  pre-entrypoint: pre.sh
+  post-entrypoint: post.sh
+`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if action.Runs.PreEntrypoint != "pre.sh" {
+		t.Fatalf("pre-entrypoint = %q, want pre.sh", action.Runs.PreEntrypoint)
+	}
+	if action.Runs.PostEntrypoint != "post.sh" {
+		t.Fatalf("post-entrypoint = %q, want post.sh", action.Runs.PostEntrypoint)
+	}
+}

act/model/workflow.go

@@ -86,11 +86,12 @@ func (w *Workflow) OnSchedule() []string {
 	case []any:
 		allSchedules := []string{}
 		for _, v := range val {
-			for k, cron := range v.(map[string]any) {
-				if k != "cron" {
+			entry, ok := v.(map[string]any)
+			if !ok {
 				continue
 			}
-				allSchedules = append(allSchedules, cron.(string))
+			if cron, ok := entry["cron"].(string); ok {
+				allSchedules = append(allSchedules, cron)
 			}
 		}
 		return allSchedules
@@ -443,9 +444,9 @@ func normalizeMatrixValue(key string, val any) ([]any, error) {
 // Scalar values are wrapped into single-element arrays automatically.
 // Template expressions are resolved by EvaluateYamlNode before this method is
 // called; if unresolved, the literal string is wrapped as a one-element fallback.
-func (j *Job) Matrix() map[string][]any {
+func (j *Job) Matrix() (map[string][]any, error) {
 	if j.Strategy == nil || j.Strategy.RawMatrix.Kind != yaml.MappingNode {
-		return nil
+		return map[string][]any{}, nil
 	}
 
 	// Decode to flexible map first so that scalar values don't cause a type error.
@@ -455,9 +456,9 @@ func (j *Job) Matrix() map[string][]any {
 		// Fall back to the strict array-only format for backward compatibility.
 		var val map[string][]any
 		if !decodeNode(j.Strategy.RawMatrix, &val) {
-			return nil
+			return map[string][]any{}, nil
 		}
-		return val
+		return val, nil
 	}
 
 	// Convert flexible format to expected format with validation
@@ -465,12 +466,11 @@ func (j *Job) Matrix() map[string][]any {
 	for k, v := range flexVal {
 		normalized, err := normalizeMatrixValue(k, v)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorf("matrix validation error: %v", err)
-			return nil
+			return nil, err
 		}
 		val[k] = normalized
 	}
-	return val
+	return val, nil
 }
 
 // GetMatrixes returns the matrix cross product
@@ -482,38 +482,38 @@ func (j *Job) GetMatrixes() ([]map[string]any, error) {
 		j.Strategy.FailFast = j.Strategy.GetFailFast()
 		j.Strategy.MaxParallel = j.Strategy.GetMaxParallel()
 
-		if m := j.Matrix(); m != nil {
+		m, err := j.Matrix()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(m) > 0 {
 			includes := make([]map[string]any, 0)
 			extraIncludes := make([]map[string]any, 0)
+			addInclude := func(raw any) error {
+				include, ok := raw.(map[string]any)
+				if !ok {
+					return fmt.Errorf("the workflow is not valid. Matrix include %v is not a map of matrix keys to values", raw)
+				}
+				for k := range include {
+					if _, ok := m[k]; ok {
+						includes = append(includes, include)
+						return nil
+					}
+				}
+				extraIncludes = append(extraIncludes, include)
+				return nil
+			}
 			for _, v := range m["include"] {
 				switch t := v.(type) {
 				case []any:
 					for _, i := range t {
-						i := i.(map[string]any)
-						extraInclude := true
-						for k := range i {
-							if _, ok := m[k]; ok {
-								includes = append(includes, i)
-								extraInclude = false
-								break
-							}
-						}
-						if extraInclude {
-							extraIncludes = append(extraIncludes, i)
+						if err := addInclude(i); err != nil {
+							return nil, err
 						}
 					}
 				case any:
-					v := v.(map[string]any)
-					extraInclude := true
-					for k := range v {
-						if _, ok := m[k]; ok {
-							includes = append(includes, v)
-							extraInclude = false
-							break
-						}
-					}
-					if extraInclude {
-						extraIncludes = append(extraIncludes, v)
+					if err := addInclude(t); err != nil {
+						return nil, err
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -521,10 +521,13 @@ func (j *Job) GetMatrixes() ([]map[string]any, error) {
 
 			excludes := make([]map[string]any, 0)
 			for _, e := range m["exclude"] {
-				e := e.(map[string]any)
-				for k := range e {
+				exclude, ok := e.(map[string]any)
+				if !ok {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("the workflow is not valid. Matrix exclude %v is not a map of matrix keys to values", e)
+				}
+				for k := range exclude {
 					if _, ok := m[k]; ok {
-						excludes = append(excludes, e)
+						excludes = append(excludes, exclude)
 					} else {
 						// We fail completely here because that's what GitHub does for non-existing matrix keys, fail on exclude, silent skip on include
 						return nil, fmt.Errorf("the workflow is not valid. Matrix exclude key %q does not match any key within the matrix", k)

act/model/workflow_test.go

@@ -667,7 +667,9 @@ func TestReadWorkflow_Strategy(t *testing.T) {
 	matrixes, err := job.GetMatrixes()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)                          //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	assert.Equal(t, matrixes, []map[string]any{{}}) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-	assert.Equal(t, job.Matrix(), map[string][]any(nil))
+	matrix, err := job.Matrix()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, matrix)
 	assert.Equal(t, job.Strategy.MaxParallel, 2) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	assert.Equal(t, job.Strategy.FailFast, true) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 
@@ -675,7 +677,9 @@ func TestReadWorkflow_Strategy(t *testing.T) {
 	matrixes, err = job.GetMatrixes()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)                          //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	assert.Equal(t, matrixes, []map[string]any{{}}) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-	assert.Equal(t, job.Matrix(), map[string][]any(nil))
+	matrix, err = job.Matrix()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, matrix)
 	assert.Equal(t, job.Strategy.MaxParallel, 4)  //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	assert.Equal(t, job.Strategy.FailFast, false) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 
@@ -683,7 +687,9 @@ func TestReadWorkflow_Strategy(t *testing.T) {
 	matrixes, err = job.GetMatrixes()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)                          //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	assert.Equal(t, matrixes, []map[string]any{{}}) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-	assert.Equal(t, job.Matrix(), map[string][]any(nil))
+	matrix, err = job.Matrix()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, matrix)
 	assert.Equal(t, job.Strategy.MaxParallel, 2)  //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	assert.Equal(t, job.Strategy.FailFast, false) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 
@@ -700,7 +706,9 @@ func TestReadWorkflow_Strategy(t *testing.T) {
 			{"datacenter": "site-b", "node-version": "12.x", "site": "dev"},
 		},
 	)
-	assert.Equal(t, job.Matrix(), //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
+	matrix, err = job.Matrix()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, matrix, //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 		map[string][]any{
 			"datacenter": {"site-c", "site-d"},
 			"exclude": {
@@ -1092,13 +1100,15 @@ jobs:
 				t.Fatal("job not found")
 			}
 
-			matrix := job.Matrix()
+			matrix, err := job.Matrix()
 
 			if tt.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
 				assert.Nil(t, matrix, "matrix should be nil on error")
 			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
 				if tt.wantLen == 0 {
-					assert.Nil(t, matrix, "matrix should be nil for jobs without strategy")
+					assert.Empty(t, matrix, "no matrix for jobs without strategy")
 				} else {
 					assert.NotNil(t, matrix, "matrix should not be nil")
 					assert.Len(t, matrix, tt.wantLen, "matrix should have expected number of keys")
@@ -1130,11 +1140,9 @@ func TestJobMatrixValidation(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		// Attempt to get matrix
-		matrix := job.Matrix()
-
-		// Should return nil due to validation error
-		assert.Nil(t, matrix, "matrix with nested map should return nil")
+		matrix, err := job.Matrix()
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, `matrix key "config" has invalid nested object value`)
+		assert.Nil(t, matrix)
 	})
 }
 

act/runner/action.go

@@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ func readActionImpl(ctx context.Context, step *model.Step, actionDir, actionPath
 	return action, err
 }
 
+// cachedActionTar returns the action's tree from the action cache, which only a remote action
+// has an entry in.
+func cachedActionTar(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, name, includePrefix string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	remote, ok := step.(*stepActionRemote)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("action %q is a remote action but runs as %T", name, step)
+	}
+	return step.getRunContext().Config.ActionCache.GetTarArchive(ctx, remote.cacheDir, remote.resolvedSha, includePrefix)
+}
+
 func maybeCopyToActionDir(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionDir, actionPath, containerActionDir string) error {
 	logger := common.Logger(ctx)
 	rc := step.getRunContext()
@@ -147,8 +157,7 @@ func maybeCopyToActionDir(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionDir, actio
 	}
 
 	if rc.Config != nil && rc.Config.ActionCache != nil {
-		raction := step.(*stepActionRemote)
-		ta, err := rc.Config.ActionCache.GetTarArchive(ctx, raction.cacheDir, raction.resolvedSha, "")
+		ta, err := cachedActionTar(ctx, step, stepModel.Uses, "")
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -207,7 +216,7 @@ func runActionImpl(step actionStep, actionDir string, remoteAction *remoteAction
 			if remoteAction == nil {
 				location = containerActionDir
 			}
-			return execAsDocker(ctx, step, actionName, actionDir, location, remoteAction == nil)
+			return execAsDocker(ctx, step, actionName, actionDir, location, remoteAction == nil, stepStageMain)
 		case x.IsComposite():
 			if err := maybeCopyToActionDir(ctx, step, actionDir, actionPath, containerActionDir); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -305,7 +314,7 @@ func dockerActionImageTag(repository, actionName string, localAction bool) strin
 }
 
 // TODO: break out parts of function to reduce complexicity
-func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName, actionDir, basedir string, localAction bool) error {
+func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName, actionDir, basedir string, localAction bool, stage stepStage) error {
 	logger := common.Logger(ctx)
 	rc := step.getRunContext()
 	action := step.getActionModel()
@@ -351,8 +360,7 @@ func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName, actionDir, b
 				}
 				defer buildContext.Close()
 			} else if rc.Config.ActionCache != nil {
-				rstep := step.(*stepActionRemote)
-				buildContext, err = rc.Config.ActionCache.GetTarArchive(ctx, rstep.cacheDir, rstep.resolvedSha, contextDir)
+				buildContext, err = cachedActionTar(ctx, step, actionName, contextDir)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -364,6 +372,7 @@ func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName, actionDir, b
 				ImageTag:     image,
 				BuildContext: buildContext,
 				Platform:     rc.Config.ContainerArchitecture,
+				BuildArgs:    rc.proxyBuildArgs(),
 			})
 			if buildContext == nil {
 				// Held across the whole build: the daemon drains contextDir lazily.
@@ -386,17 +395,10 @@ func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName, actionDir, b
 		cmd = action.Runs.Args
 		evalDockerArgs(ctx, step, action, &cmd)
 	}
-	entrypoint := strings.Fields(eval.Interpolate(ctx, step.getStepModel().With["entrypoint"]))
-	if len(entrypoint) == 0 {
-		if action.Runs.Entrypoint != "" {
-			entrypoint, err = shellquote.Split(action.Runs.Entrypoint)
+	entrypoint, err := dockerEntrypoint(ctx, step, eval, stage)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-		} else {
-			entrypoint = nil
-		}
-	}
 	stepContainer := newStepContainer(ctx, step, image, cmd, entrypoint)
 	return common.NewPipelineExecutor(
 		prepImage,
@@ -409,6 +411,30 @@ func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName, actionDir, b
 	).Finally(stepContainer.Close())(ctx)
 }
 
+// dockerEntrypoint returns the entrypoint the action's image runs with for the given
+// stage. Only the main stage honours the `entrypoint` input.
+func dockerEntrypoint(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, eval ExpressionEvaluator, stage stepStage) ([]string, error) {
+	runs := step.getActionModel().Runs
+
+	var entrypoint string
+	switch stage {
+	case stepStagePre:
+		entrypoint = runs.PreEntrypoint
+	case stepStagePost:
+		entrypoint = runs.PostEntrypoint
+	default:
+		if fields := strings.Fields(eval.Interpolate(ctx, step.getStepModel().With["entrypoint"])); len(fields) > 0 {
+			return fields, nil
+		}
+		entrypoint = runs.Entrypoint
+	}
+
+	if entrypoint == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return shellquote.Split(entrypoint)
+}
+
 func evalDockerArgs(ctx context.Context, step step, action *model.Action, cmd *[]string) {
 	rc := step.getRunContext()
 	stepModel := step.getStepModel()
@@ -455,10 +481,7 @@ func newStepContainer(ctx context.Context, step step, image string, cmd, entrypo
 		envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
 
-	envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE", "/opt/hostedtoolcache"))
-	envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_OS", "Linux"))
-	envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_ARCH", container.RunnerArch(ctx)))
-	envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_TEMP", "/tmp"))
+	envList = append(envList, rc.runnerEnv(ctx)...)
 
 	binds, mounts := rc.GetBindsAndMounts()
 	networkMode := "container:" + rc.jobContainerName()
@@ -559,44 +582,57 @@ func hasPreStep(step actionStep) common.Conditional {
 		return action.Runs.Using.IsComposite() ||
 			(action.Runs.Using.IsNode() &&
 				action.Runs.Pre != "") ||
+			(action.Runs.Using.IsDocker() &&
+				action.Runs.PreEntrypoint != "") ||
 			(action.Runs.Using == model.ActionRunsUsingGo &&
 				action.Runs.Pre != "")
 	}
 }
 
+// actionStagePaths resolves where a step's action lives and where the job container sees
+// it, for the pre and post stage.
+func actionStagePaths(step actionStep) (actionDir, actionPath, actionName, containerActionDir string) {
+	rc := step.getRunContext()
+	stepModel := step.getStepModel()
+
+	if _, ok := step.(*stepActionRemote); ok {
+		actionDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rc.ActionCacheDir(), stepModel.UsesHash())
+		actionPath = newRemoteAction(stepModel.Uses).Path
+	} else {
+		actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.Config.Workdir, stepModel.Uses)
+	}
+
+	actionName, containerActionDir = getContainerActionPaths(stepModel, path.Join(actionDir, actionPath), rc)
+	return actionDir, actionPath, actionName, containerActionDir
+}
+
+// execDockerActionStage runs a docker action's image for its pre or post stage.
+func execDockerActionStage(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, stage stepStage) error {
+	actionDir, actionPath, actionName, containerActionDir := actionStagePaths(step)
+
+	_, remote := step.(*stepActionRemote)
+	location := containerActionDir
+	if remote {
+		location = path.Join(actionDir, actionPath)
+	}
+	return execAsDocker(ctx, step, actionName, actionDir, location, !remote, stage)
+}
+
 func runPreStep(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		logger := common.Logger(ctx)
 		logger.Debugf("run pre step for '%s'", step.getStepModel())
 
 		rc := step.getRunContext()
-		stepModel := step.getStepModel()
 		action := step.getActionModel()
 
+		actionDir, actionPath, _, containerActionDir := actionStagePaths(step)
+
 		x := action.Runs.Using
 		switch {
 		case x.IsNode():
 			// defaults in pre steps were missing, however provided inputs are available
 			populateEnvsFromInput(ctx, step.getEnv(), action, rc)
-			// todo: refactor into step
-			var actionDir string
-			var actionPath string
-			if _, ok := step.(*stepActionRemote); ok {
-				actionPath = newRemoteAction(stepModel.Uses).Path
-				actionDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rc.ActionCacheDir(), stepModel.UsesHash())
-			} else {
-				actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.Config.Workdir, stepModel.Uses)
-				actionPath = ""
-			}
-
-			var actionLocation string
-			if actionPath != "" {
-				actionLocation = path.Join(actionDir, actionPath)
-			} else {
-				actionLocation = actionDir
-			}
-
-			_, containerActionDir := getContainerActionPaths(stepModel, actionLocation, rc)
 
 			if err := maybeCopyToActionDir(ctx, step, actionDir, actionPath, containerActionDir); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -609,6 +645,12 @@ func runPreStep(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 
 			return rc.execJobContainer(containerArgs, *step.getEnv(), "", "")(ctx)
 
+		case x.IsDocker():
+			// defaults in pre steps were missing, however provided inputs are available
+			populateEnvsFromInput(ctx, step.getEnv(), action, rc)
+
+			return execDockerActionStage(ctx, step, stepStagePre)
+
 		case x.IsComposite():
 			if step.getCompositeSteps() == nil {
 				step.getCompositeRunContext(ctx)
@@ -622,25 +664,6 @@ func runPreStep(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 		case x == model.ActionRunsUsingGo:
 			// defaults in pre steps were missing, however provided inputs are available
 			populateEnvsFromInput(ctx, step.getEnv(), action, rc)
-			// todo: refactor into step
-			var actionDir string
-			var actionPath string
-			if _, ok := step.(*stepActionRemote); ok {
-				actionPath = newRemoteAction(stepModel.Uses).Path
-				actionDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rc.ActionCacheDir(), stepModel.UsesHash())
-			} else {
-				actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.Config.Workdir, stepModel.Uses)
-				actionPath = ""
-			}
-
-			var actionLocation string
-			if actionPath != "" {
-				actionLocation = path.Join(actionDir, actionPath)
-			} else {
-				actionLocation = actionDir
-			}
-
-			_, containerActionDir := getContainerActionPaths(stepModel, actionLocation, rc)
 
 			if err := maybeCopyToActionDir(ctx, step, actionDir, actionPath, containerActionDir); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -693,6 +716,8 @@ func hasPostStep(step actionStep) common.Conditional {
 		return action.Runs.Using.IsComposite() ||
 			(action.Runs.Using.IsNode() &&
 				action.Runs.Post != "") ||
+			(action.Runs.Using.IsDocker() &&
+				action.Runs.PostEntrypoint != "") ||
 			(action.Runs.Using == model.ActionRunsUsingGo &&
 				action.Runs.Post != "")
 	}
@@ -704,28 +729,9 @@ func runPostStep(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 		logger.Debugf("run post step for '%s'", step.getStepModel())
 
 		rc := step.getRunContext()
-		stepModel := step.getStepModel()
 		action := step.getActionModel()
 
-		// todo: refactor into step
-		var actionDir string
-		var actionPath string
-		if _, ok := step.(*stepActionRemote); ok {
-			actionPath = newRemoteAction(stepModel.Uses).Path
-			actionDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rc.ActionCacheDir(), stepModel.UsesHash())
-		} else {
-			actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.Config.Workdir, stepModel.Uses)
-			actionPath = ""
-		}
-
-		var actionLocation string
-		if actionPath != "" {
-			actionLocation = path.Join(actionDir, actionPath)
-		} else {
-			actionLocation = actionDir
-		}
-
-		_, containerActionDir := getContainerActionPaths(stepModel, actionLocation, rc)
+		actionDir, actionPath, _, containerActionDir := actionStagePaths(step)
 
 		x := action.Runs.Using
 		switch {
@@ -740,6 +746,11 @@ func runPostStep(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 
 			return rc.execJobContainer(containerArgs, *step.getEnv(), "", "")(ctx)
 
+		case x.IsDocker():
+			populateEnvsFromSavedState(step.getEnv(), step, rc)
+
+			return execDockerActionStage(ctx, step, stepStagePost)
+
 		case x.IsComposite():
 			if err := maybeCopyToActionDir(ctx, step, actionDir, actionPath, containerActionDir); err != nil {
 				return err

act/runner/action_test.go

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func TestExecAsDockerAutoRemove(t *testing.T) {
 		cm.On("Start", true).Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil })
 		cm.On("Close").Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil })
 
-		require.NoError(t, execAsDocker(context.Background(), step, "action", t.TempDir(), t.TempDir(), false))
+		require.NoError(t, execAsDocker(context.Background(), step, "action", t.TempDir(), t.TempDir(), false, stepStageMain))
 		cm.AssertExpectations(t)
 		assert.Equal(t, tc.removes, removes)
 	}
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ func TestExecAsDockerHoldsCloneLockForRemoteUncached(t *testing.T) {
 	defer cancel()
 
 	done := make(chan error, 1)
-	go func() { done <- execAsDocker(ctx, step, "test-action", actionDir, actionDir, false) }()
+	go func() { done <- execAsDocker(ctx, step, "test-action", actionDir, actionDir, false, stepStageMain) }()
 
 	select {
 	case <-innerEntered:
@@ -541,3 +541,86 @@ func TestDockerActionImageTag(t *testing.T) {
 		dockerActionImageTag("owner/repo", "./sub", true),
 	)
 }
+
+// Only the entrypoint is stage specific: every stage of a docker action receives runs.args
+// and runs.env, and the `entrypoint` input applies to the main stage alone.
+func TestExecAsDockerStageEntrypoint(t *testing.T) {
+	orig := ContainerNewContainer
+	defer func() { ContainerNewContainer = orig }()
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name           string
+		stage          stepStage
+		wantEntrypoint []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:           "main stage prefers the entrypoint input",
+			stage:          stepStageMain,
+			wantEntrypoint: []string{"input.sh"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "pre stage uses runs.pre-entrypoint",
+			stage:          stepStagePre,
+			wantEntrypoint: []string{"pre.sh", "--verbose"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "post stage uses runs.post-entrypoint",
+			stage:          stepStagePost,
+			wantEntrypoint: []string{"post.sh"},
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cm := &containerMock{}
+			var input *container.NewContainerInput
+			ContainerNewContainer = func(in *container.NewContainerInput) container.ExecutionsEnvironment {
+				input = in
+				return cm
+			}
+
+			step := &stepActionRemote{
+				Step: &model.Step{ID: "1", Uses: "org/action@v1", With: map[string]string{"entrypoint": "input.sh"}},
+				RunContext: &RunContext{
+					Config:       &Config{},
+					Run:          &model.Run{JobID: "1", Workflow: &model.Workflow{Jobs: map[string]*model.Job{"1": {}}}},
+					JobContainer: cm,
+				},
+				action: &model.Action{Runs: model.ActionRuns{
+					Using:          "docker",
+					Image:          "docker://node:14",
+					PreEntrypoint:  "pre.sh --verbose",
+					Entrypoint:     "main.sh",
+					PostEntrypoint: "post.sh",
+					Args:           []string{"hello"},
+					Env:            map[string]string{"MY_VAR": "world"},
+				}},
+				env: map[string]string{},
+			}
+
+			cm.On("Pull", false).Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil })
+			cm.On("Remove").Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil })
+			cm.On("Create", []string(nil), []string(nil)).Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil })
+			cm.On("Start", true).Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil })
+			cm.On("Close").Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil })
+
+			require.NoError(t, execAsDocker(context.Background(), step, "action", t.TempDir(), t.TempDir(), false, tc.stage))
+			require.NotNil(t, input)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.wantEntrypoint, input.Entrypoint)
+			assert.Equal(t, []string{"hello"}, input.Cmd)
+			assert.Contains(t, input.Env, "MY_VAR=world")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDockerActionHasPreAndPostStep(t *testing.T) {
+	newStep := func(runs model.ActionRuns) actionStep {
+		return &stepActionRemote{action: &model.Action{Runs: runs}}
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	assert.False(t, hasPreStep(newStep(model.ActionRuns{Using: "docker", Image: "Dockerfile"}))(ctx))
+	assert.False(t, hasPostStep(newStep(model.ActionRuns{Using: "docker", Image: "Dockerfile"}))(ctx))
+
+	withStages := model.ActionRuns{Using: "docker", Image: "Dockerfile", PreEntrypoint: "pre.sh", PostEntrypoint: "post.sh"}
+	assert.True(t, hasPreStep(newStep(withStages))(ctx))
+	assert.True(t, hasPostStep(newStep(withStages))(ctx))
+}

act/runner/command.go

@@ -154,30 +154,25 @@ func parseKeyValuePairs(kvPairs, separator string) map[string]string {
 	return rtn
 }
 
+// A Replacer never rescans what it wrote, so "%250A" stays a literal "%0A".
+var (
+	commandDataEscaper       = strings.NewReplacer("%", "%25", "\r", "%0D", "\n", "%0A")
+	commandDataUnescaper     = strings.NewReplacer("%25", "%", "%0D", "\r", "%0A", "\n")
+	commandPropertyUnescaper = strings.NewReplacer("%25", "%", "%0D", "\r", "%0A", "\n", "%3A", ":", "%2C", ",")
+)
+
+// escapeCommandData encodes the data part of a "::cmd::" or "##[cmd]" line the runner writes itself,
+// so the log renderer decodes it back. Lines forwarded from step output are already escaped.
+func escapeCommandData(arg string) string {
+	return commandDataEscaper.Replace(arg)
+}
+
 func UnescapeCommandData(arg string) string {
-	escapeMap := map[string]string{
-		"%25": "%",
-		"%0D": "\r",
-		"%0A": "\n",
-	}
-	for k, v := range escapeMap {
-		arg = strings.ReplaceAll(arg, k, v)
-	}
-	return arg
+	return commandDataUnescaper.Replace(arg)
 }
 
 func unescapeCommandProperty(arg string) string {
-	escapeMap := map[string]string{
-		"%25": "%",
-		"%0D": "\r",
-		"%0A": "\n",
-		"%3A": ":",
-		"%2C": ",",
-	}
-	for k, v := range escapeMap {
-		arg = strings.ReplaceAll(arg, k, v)
-	}
-	return arg
+	return commandPropertyUnescaper.Replace(arg)
 }
 
 func unescapeKvPairs(kvPairs map[string]string) map[string]string {

act/runner/command_test.go

@@ -214,3 +214,10 @@ func TestSaveState(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "state-value", rc.IntraActionState["step"]["state-name"])
 }
+
+func TestEscapeCommandData(t *testing.T) {
+	a := assert.New(t)
+
+	a.Equal("a%25b%0Dc%0Ad%250A", escapeCommandData("a%b\rc\nd%0A"))
+	a.Equal("a%b\rc\nd%0A", UnescapeCommandData("a%25b%0Dc%0Ad%250A"))
+}

act/runner/expression.go

@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) NewExpressionEvaluatorWithEnv(ctx context.Context, env map
 		Inputs:    inputs,
 		HashFiles: getHashFilesFunction(ctx, rc),
 	}
-	if rc.JobContainer != nil {
-		ee.Runner = rc.JobContainer.GetRunnerContext(ctx)
-	}
+	ee.Runner = rc.getRunnerContext(ctx)
 	return expressionEvaluator{
 		interpreter: exprparser.NewInterpeter(ee, exprparser.Config{
 			Run:        rc.Run,
@@ -149,9 +147,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) NewStepExpressionEvaluator(ctx context.Context, step step)
 		Inputs:    inputs,
 		HashFiles: getHashFilesFunction(ctx, rc),
 	}
-	if rc.JobContainer != nil {
-		ee.Runner = rc.JobContainer.GetRunnerContext(ctx)
-	}
+	ee.Runner = rc.getRunnerContext(ctx)
 	return expressionEvaluator{
 		interpreter: exprparser.NewInterpeter(ee, exprparser.Config{
 			Run:        rc.Run,

act/runner/helpers_test.go

@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ package runner
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"net"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/container"
 
@@ -42,18 +40,6 @@ func requireDocker(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// requireNetwork skips the test unless github.com is reachable. A few tests exercise behaviour
-// that inherently needs the network (force-pulling an image, resolving a remote short-sha ref);
-// gating lets the rest of the suite run offline without these failing.
-func requireNetwork(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Helper()
-	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", "github.com:443", 3*time.Second)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Skipf("skipping: network unavailable: %v", err)
-	}
-	_ = conn.Close()
-}
-
 // requireHostTools skips the test unless every named executable is on PATH. Used by the
 // self-hosted (host environment) suite, which runs steps directly on the host.
 func requireHostTools(t *testing.T, tools ...string) {

act/runner/job_executor.go

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func reportStepError(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext, err error) {
 		rc.markInterrupted(ctx.Err())
 		return
 	}
-	common.Logger(ctx).Errorf("##[error]%v", err)
+	common.Logger(ctx).Errorf("##[error]%s", escapeCommandData(err.Error()))
 	common.SetJobError(ctx, err)
 	rc.markFailed()
 }
@@ -226,11 +226,16 @@ func newJobExecutor(info jobInfo, sf stepFactory, rc *RunContext) common.Executo
 		}
 	}
 
-	// The setup section of the job log: download the actions, run the pre steps, then name the job.
+	// The setup section of the job log. The started hook goes first, so what it sets up is
+	// in place for the first action download and the first step.
+	preSteps = append(preSteps, rc.runJobStartedHook)
 	preSteps = append(preSteps, printPrepareActions(rc, preparers))
 	preSteps = append(preSteps, stepPreSteps...)
 	preSteps = append(preSteps, printCompleteJobName(rc))
 
+	// Ahead of the teardown below, while the job environment is still up.
+	postExecutor = postExecutor.Finally(rc.runJobCompletedHook)
+
 	postExecutor = postExecutor.Finally(func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		jobError := common.JobError(ctx)
 		var err error

act/runner/job_executor_test.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestJobExecutor(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 	// Dryrun only checks syntax/planning; all cases resolve locally, so this runs offline.
 	tables := []TestJobFileInfo{
 		{workdir, "uses-and-run-in-one-step", "push", "Invalid run/uses syntax for job:test step:Test", platforms, secrets},
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func TestJobExecutor(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := common.WithDryrun(context.Background(), true)
 	for _, table := range tables {
 		t.Run(table.workflowPath, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
 			table.runTest(ctx, t, &Config{})
 		})
 	}

act/runner/job_hooks.go

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package runner
+
+import (
+	"cmp"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"maps"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/container"
+)
+
+// GitHub's job-hook variables, read as a fallback when the settings are unset.
+const (
+	jobStartedHookEnv   = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED"
+	jobCompletedHookEnv = "ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED"
+)
+
+// Kept apart from the per-step file-command files, which are truncated on every step.
+const (
+	hookEnvFileCommand  = "workflow/hook-envs.txt"
+	hookPathFileCommand = "workflow/hook-path.txt"
+)
+
+func (rc *RunContext) runJobStartedHook(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return rc.runJobHook(ctx, cmp.Or(rc.Config.JobStartedHook, rc.Config.Env[jobStartedHookEnv]), "job started")
+}
+
+func (rc *RunContext) runJobCompletedHook(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return rc.runJobHook(ctx, cmp.Or(rc.Config.JobCompletedHook, rc.Config.Env[jobCompletedHookEnv]), "job completed")
+}
+
+// runJobHook runs one hook in the job environment. Either hook failing fails the job, as
+// on GitHub, where the operator is responsible for the hook's own resilience.
+func (rc *RunContext) runJobHook(ctx context.Context, hookPath, name string) error {
+	if hookPath == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cmd, shell := hookCommand(hookPath)
+	rawLogger := common.Logger(ctx).WithField(rawOutputField, true)
+	defer rawLogger.Infof("::endgroup::")
+	rawLogger.Infof("::group::Run '%s'", escapeCommandData(hookPath))
+	rawLogger.Infof("A %s hook has been configured by the runner administrator", name)
+	if shell != "" {
+		rawLogger.Infof("shell: %s", shell)
+	}
+
+	env := maps.Clone(rc.GetEnv())
+	if jobContainer := rc.Run.Job().Container(); jobContainer != nil {
+		maps.Copy(env, jobContainer.Env)
+	}
+	rc.withGithubEnv(ctx, rc.getGithubContext(ctx), env)
+	rc.ApplyExtraPath(ctx, &env)
+
+	err := rc.setupHookFileCommands(ctx, env)
+	if err == nil {
+		err = rc.JobContainer.Exec(cmd, env, "", "")(ctx)
+	}
+	// Processed even on failure, so a hook that exports what it managed to set up before
+	// failing still hands it to the job.
+	err = cmp.Or(err, rc.processHookFileCommands(ctx))
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	err = fmt.Errorf("the %s hook %q failed: %w", name, hookPath, err)
+	// Flip the job status the way a failing pre step does, so success()-default main steps
+	// skip and the task is reported failed.
+	reportStepError(ctx, rc, err)
+	return err
+}
+
+// setupHookFileCommands points the hook at its GITHUB_ENV and GITHUB_PATH files, so it can
+// export to the job's steps, and truncates them so the second hook does not re-read what
+// the first one wrote.
+func (rc *RunContext) setupHookFileCommands(ctx context.Context, env map[string]string) error {
+	actPath := rc.JobContainer.GetActPath()
+	env["GITHUB_ENV"] = path.Join(actPath, hookEnvFileCommand)
+	env["GITHUB_PATH"] = path.Join(actPath, hookPathFileCommand)
+	env["GITEA_ENV"] = env["GITHUB_ENV"]
+	env["GITEA_PATH"] = env["GITHUB_PATH"]
+
+	return rc.JobContainer.Copy(actPath,
+		&container.FileEntry{Name: hookEnvFileCommand, Mode: 0o666},
+		&container.FileEntry{Name: hookPathFileCommand, Mode: 0o666},
+	)(ctx)
+}
+
+func (rc *RunContext) processHookFileCommands(ctx context.Context) error {
+	if err := processRunnerEnvFileCommand(ctx, hookEnvFileCommand, rc, rc.setEnv); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return rc.UpdateExtraPath(ctx, path.Join(rc.JobContainer.GetActPath(), hookPathFileCommand))
+}
+
+// hookCommand mirrors actions/runner, which deliberately does not apply the shell flags it
+// gives `run:` steps — a hook sets its own. See docs/adrs/1751-runner-job-hooks.md there.
+// The second return value is how the invocation is shown in the log, empty when the file is
+// executed directly.
+func hookCommand(hookPath string) (cmd []string, shell string) {
+	switch strings.ToLower(path.Ext(hookPath)) {
+	case ".sh":
+		return []string{"bash", "-e", hookPath}, "bash -e {0}"
+	case ".ps1":
+		return []string{"pwsh", "-command", ". '" + hookPath + "'"}, `pwsh -command ". '{0}'"`
+	default:
+		return []string{hookPath}, ""
+	}
+}

act/runner/job_hooks_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package runner
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"maps"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus/hooks/test"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// hookContainer records the command a hook was run with and answers with what the hook
+// wrote to its GITHUB_ENV and GITHUB_PATH files.
+type hookContainer struct {
+	fakeContainer
+	cmd     []string
+	env     map[string]string
+	err     error
+	envFile map[string]string
+	pathTar []byte
+}
+
+func (c *hookContainer) ToContainerPath(path string) string { return path }
+func (c *hookContainer) IsEnvironmentCaseInsensitive() bool { return false }
+
+func (c *hookContainer) GetRunnerContext(context.Context) map[string]any {
+	return map[string]any{"os": "Linux"}
+}
+
+func (c *hookContainer) Exec(command []string, env map[string]string, _, _ string) common.Executor {
+	return func(context.Context) error {
+		c.cmd, c.env = command, env
+		return c.err
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *hookContainer) UpdateFromEnv(_ string, env *map[string]string) common.Executor {
+	return func(context.Context) error {
+		maps.Copy(*env, c.envFile)
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *hookContainer) GetContainerArchive(context.Context, string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	return io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(c.pathTar)), nil
+}
+
+// newHookRunContext returns a RunContext and the context to run a hook with, whose logger is
+// silenced so the hook's job-log output does not reach the test output.
+func newHookRunContext(jobContainer *hookContainer, config *Config) (*RunContext, context.Context) {
+	// Env is left nil so that it is built from the config, as it is for a real job.
+	rc := &RunContext{
+		Config:       config,
+		Run:          &model.Run{JobID: "job", Workflow: &model.Workflow{Jobs: map[string]*model.Job{"job": {}}}},
+		JobContainer: jobContainer,
+	}
+	logger, _ := test.NewNullLogger()
+	ctx := common.WithJobErrorContainer(common.WithLogger(context.Background(), logger.WithField("test", true)))
+	rc.ExprEval = rc.NewExpressionEvaluator(ctx)
+	return rc, ctx
+}
+
+func TestRunJobHook(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("runs the hook with the job environment", func(t *testing.T) {
+		jobContainer := &hookContainer{}
+		rc, ctx := newHookRunContext(jobContainer, &Config{
+			JobStartedHook: "/hooks/started.sh",
+			Env:            map[string]string{"A_VAR": "value", jobStartedHookEnv: "/from/env.sh"},
+		})
+
+		require.NoError(t, rc.runJobStartedHook(ctx))
+
+		// The setting wins over the environment variable.
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"bash", "-e", "/hooks/started.sh"}, jobContainer.cmd)
+		assert.Equal(t, "value", jobContainer.env["A_VAR"])
+		// The github environment is there too, so a hook can tell which job it runs for.
+		assert.Equal(t, "job", jobContainer.env["GITHUB_JOB"])
+		assert.Equal(t, "/var/run/act/workflow/hook-envs.txt", jobContainer.env["GITHUB_ENV"])
+		assert.Equal(t, "/var/run/act/workflow/hook-path.txt", jobContainer.env["GITHUB_PATH"])
+	})
+
+	// Each hook reads its own variable, so a swapped constant cannot pass.
+	t.Run("falls back to the GitHub environment variables", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for name, hook := range map[string]struct {
+			env string
+			run func(*RunContext, context.Context) error
+		}{
+			"started":   {jobStartedHookEnv, (*RunContext).runJobStartedHook},
+			"completed": {jobCompletedHookEnv, (*RunContext).runJobCompletedHook},
+		} {
+			t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				jobContainer := &hookContainer{}
+				rc, ctx := newHookRunContext(jobContainer, &Config{Env: map[string]string{hook.env: "/from/env.sh"}})
+
+				require.NoError(t, hook.run(rc, ctx))
+				assert.Equal(t, []string{"bash", "-e", "/from/env.sh"}, jobContainer.cmd)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("exports what the hook wrote to GITHUB_ENV and GITHUB_PATH", func(t *testing.T) {
+		jobContainer := &hookContainer{
+			envFile: map[string]string{"FROM_HOOK": "1"},
+			pathTar: tarArchive(t, tarEntry{name: "hook-path.txt", body: "/opt/tool/bin\n"}),
+		}
+		rc, ctx := newHookRunContext(jobContainer, &Config{JobStartedHook: "/hooks/started.sh"})
+
+		require.NoError(t, rc.runJobStartedHook(ctx))
+
+		assert.Equal(t, "1", rc.Env["FROM_HOOK"])
+		assert.Equal(t, []string{"/opt/tool/bin"}, rc.ExtraPath)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("a failing hook fails the job", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rc, ctx := newHookRunContext(&hookContainer{err: errors.New("boom")}, &Config{JobStartedHook: "/hooks/started.sh"})
+
+		err := rc.runJobStartedHook(ctx)
+
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, `the job started hook "/hooks/started.sh" failed`)
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "boom")
+		// The failure has to flip the job status, or success()-default steps would still
+		// run and the task would be reported successful despite the missing setup.
+		assert.Equal(t, "failure", rc.getJobContext().Status)
+		require.ErrorContains(t, common.JobError(ctx), "boom")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("is a no-op without a hook", func(t *testing.T) {
+		jobContainer := &hookContainer{}
+		rc, ctx := newHookRunContext(jobContainer, &Config{})
+
+		require.NoError(t, rc.runJobStartedHook(ctx))
+		require.NoError(t, rc.runJobCompletedHook(ctx))
+		assert.Nil(t, jobContainer.cmd)
+	})
+}
+
+// actions/runner deliberately runs a hook without the flags it gives `run:` steps, and an
+// executable without a known extension speaks for itself through its shebang.
+func TestHookCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	for hookPath, want := range map[string]struct {
+		cmd   []string
+		shell string
+	}{
+		"/hooks/started.sh":  {[]string{"bash", "-e", "/hooks/started.sh"}, "bash -e {0}"},
+		"/hooks/started.PS1": {[]string{"pwsh", "-command", ". '/hooks/started.PS1'"}, `pwsh -command ". '{0}'"`},
+		"/hooks/started":     {[]string{"/hooks/started"}, ""},
+	} {
+		cmd, shell := hookCommand(hookPath)
+		assert.Equal(t, want.cmd, cmd, hookPath)
+		assert.Equal(t, want.shell, shell, hookPath)
+	}
+}

act/runner/logger.go

@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ func AppendSecretMasker(oldnew []string, v string) []string {
 		// formatted JSON secrets could otherwise mask {,[,],} everywhere
 		if len(tm) > 1 {
 			ret = append(ret, tm, "***")
+			// command data reaches the log escaped, so "pass%word" also arrives as "pass%25word"
+			if strings.ContainsAny(tm, "%\r\n") {
+				ret = append(ret, escapeCommandData(tm), "***")
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -230,6 +234,11 @@ type jobLogFormatter struct {
 func (f *jobLogFormatter) Format(entry *logrus.Entry) ([]byte, error) {
 	b := &bytes.Buffer{}
 
+	// the web renderer decodes command data, so this local view has to as well
+	if _, _, _, ok := tryParseRawActionCommand(entry.Message + "\n"); ok {
+		entry.Message = UnescapeCommandData(entry.Message)
+	}
+
 	if f.isColored(entry) {
 		f.printColored(b, entry)
 	} else {

act/runner/logger_test.go

@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 package runner
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestValueMasker(t *testing.T) {
@@ -33,6 +35,12 @@ func TestValueMasker(t *testing.T) {
 			masks:      []string{"PRIVATE_KEY_BEGIN\ndsdfseffefsefes\ndsdfseffefsefes\ndsdfseffefsefes\ndsdfseffefsefes\ndsdfseffefsefes\ndsdfseffefsefes\ndsdfseffefsefes\ndsdfseffefsefes\ndsdfseffefsefes\nPRIVATE_KEY_END"},
 			disallowed: []string{"KEY", "dsdfseffefsefes", "PRIVATE_KEY_END"},
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "Secret containing a percent sign",
+			lines:      "##[error]login failed for pass%25word",
+			secrets:    map[string]string{"TOKEN": "pass%word"},
+			disallowed: []string{"pass%25word"},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, entry := range table {
 		t.Run(entry.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -50,3 +58,17 @@ func TestValueMasker(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJobLogFormatterDecodesCommandData(t *testing.T) {
+	logger := logrus.New()
+	logger.Out = io.Discard
+	format := func(message string) string {
+		out, err := (&jobLogFormatter{}).Format(&logrus.Entry{Logger: logger, Message: message, Data: logrus.Fields{rawOutputField: true}})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		return string(out)
+	}
+
+	assert.Contains(t, format("##[error]deploy 50%25 traffic"), "##[error]deploy 50% traffic")
+	// a plain line is not command data and keeps its literal escapes
+	assert.Contains(t, format("progress 50%25 done"), "progress 50%25 done")
+}

act/runner/run_context.go

@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/container"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/exprparser"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/internal/pkg/lock"
 
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/compose/loader"
 	"github.com/docker/go-connections/nat"
+	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/mount"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
 )
 
@@ -204,41 +206,81 @@ func (rc *RunContext) validVolumes() []string {
 		getDockerDaemonSocketMountPath(rc.containerDaemonSocket()))
 }
 
+// toolCache returns the tool cache path the job sees, relocatable through RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE.
+func (rc *RunContext) toolCache(fallback string) string {
+	if path := rc.GetEnv()["RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE"]; path != "" {
+		return path
+	}
+	return fallback
+}
+
+// runnerEnv returns a container's RUNNER_* variables, derived from the values runner.tool_cache
+// and friends report so the two cannot drift apart.
+func (rc *RunContext) runnerEnv(ctx context.Context) []string {
+	ext := container.LinuxContainerEnvironmentExtensions{}
+	runnerContext := ext.GetRunnerContext(ctx)
+	runnerContext["tool_cache"] = rc.toolCache(container.DefaultToolCache)
+
+	env := make([]string, 0, len(runnerContext))
+	for key, value := range runnerContext {
+		env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("RUNNER_%s=%s", strings.ToUpper(key), value))
+	}
+	slices.Sort(env)
+	return env
+}
+
+// splitVolumes routes volume specs into binds and a source:target mount map, and returns the
+// container paths they mount onto. Only a plain source:target volume fits the map, everything
+// else (anonymous volumes, host binds, mount options) stays a bind.
+func splitVolumes(specs []string) ([]string, map[string]string, map[string]bool) {
+	binds := []string{}
+	mounts := map[string]string{}
+	targets := map[string]bool{}
+
+	for _, spec := range specs {
+		parsed, err := loader.ParseVolume(spec)
+		if err != nil {
+			binds = append(binds, spec) // let Docker report the malformed spec
+			continue
+		}
+		targets[parsed.Target] = true
+		if parsed.Type == string(mount.TypeVolume) && parsed.Source != "" && !parsed.ReadOnly {
+			mounts[parsed.Source] = parsed.Target
+		} else {
+			binds = append(binds, spec)
+		}
+	}
+	return binds, mounts, targets
+}
+
 // Returns the binds and mounts for the container, resolving paths as appopriate
 func (rc *RunContext) GetBindsAndMounts() ([]string, map[string]string) {
 	name := rc.jobContainerName()
-
-	binds := []string{}
-	if daemonSocket := rc.containerDaemonSocket(); daemonSocket != "-" {
-		daemonPath := getDockerDaemonSocketMountPath(daemonSocket)
-		binds = append(binds, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", daemonPath, "/var/run/docker.sock"))
-	}
-
 	ext := container.LinuxContainerEnvironmentExtensions{}
 
-	mounts := map[string]string{
-		"act-toolcache": "/opt/hostedtoolcache",
-		name + "-env":   ext.GetActPath(),
-	}
-
+	var volumes []string
 	if job := rc.Run.Job(); job != nil {
 		if container := job.Container(); container != nil {
 			for _, v := range container.Volumes {
 				if rc.ExprEval != nil {
 					v = rc.ExprEval.Interpolate(context.Background(), v)
 				}
-				if !strings.Contains(v, ":") || filepath.IsAbs(v) {
-					// Bind anonymous volume or host file.
-					binds = append(binds, v)
-				} else {
-					// Mount existing volume.
-					paths := strings.SplitN(v, ":", 2)
-					mounts[paths[0]] = paths[1]
-				}
+				volumes = append(volumes, v)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	// the runner's own mounts below yield to the targets the job claims
+	binds, mounts, claimed := splitVolumes(volumes)
 
+	if daemonSocket := rc.containerDaemonSocket(); daemonSocket != "-" && !claimed["/var/run/docker.sock"] {
+		binds = append(binds, getDockerDaemonSocketMountPath(daemonSocket)+":/var/run/docker.sock")
+	}
+	if toolCache := rc.toolCache(container.DefaultToolCache); !claimed[toolCache] {
+		mounts["act-toolcache"] = toolCache
+	}
+	mounts[name+"-env"] = ext.GetActPath() // runner-internal, never overridable
+
+	if workdir := ext.ToContainerPath(rc.Config.Workdir); !claimed[workdir] {
 		if rc.Config.BindWorkdir {
 			bindModifiers := ""
 			if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
@@ -247,9 +289,10 @@ func (rc *RunContext) GetBindsAndMounts() ([]string, map[string]string) {
 			if selinux.GetEnabled() {
 				bindModifiers = ":z"
 			}
-		binds = append(binds, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s%s", rc.Config.Workdir, ext.ToContainerPath(rc.Config.Workdir), bindModifiers))
+			binds = append(binds, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s%s", rc.Config.Workdir, workdir, bindModifiers))
 		} else {
-		mounts[name] = ext.ToContainerPath(rc.Config.Workdir)
+			mounts[name] = workdir
+		}
 	}
 
 	return binds, mounts
@@ -283,7 +326,10 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startHostEnvironment() common.Executor {
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(runnerTmp, 0o777); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		toolCache := filepath.Join(cacheDir, "tool_cache")
+		toolCache := rc.toolCache(filepath.Join(cacheDir, "tool_cache"))
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(toolCache, 0o777); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		rc.JobContainer = &container.HostEnvironment{
 			Path:         path,
 			TmpDir:       runnerTmp,
@@ -298,7 +344,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startHostEnvironment() common.Executor {
 			AllocatePTY: rc.Config.AllocatePTY,
 		}
 		rc.cleanUpJobContainer = rc.JobContainer.Remove()
-		for k, v := range rc.JobContainer.GetRunnerContext(ctx) {
+		for k, v := range rc.getRunnerContext(ctx) {
 			if v, ok := v.(string); ok {
 				rc.Env["RUNNER_"+strings.ToUpper(k)] = v
 			}
@@ -368,10 +414,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startJobContainer() common.Executor {
 
 		envList := make([]string, 0)
 
-		envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE", "/opt/hostedtoolcache"))
-		envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_OS", "Linux"))
-		envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_ARCH", container.RunnerArch(ctx)))
-		envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_TEMP", "/tmp"))
+		envList = append(envList, rc.runnerEnv(ctx)...)
 		envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "LANG", "C.UTF-8")) // Use same locale as GitHub Actions
 
 		ext := container.LinuxContainerEnvironmentExtensions{}
@@ -392,7 +435,9 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startJobContainer() common.Executor {
 				continue
 			}
 			// interpolate env
-			interpolatedEnvs := make(map[string]string, len(spec.Env))
+			interpolatedEnvs := make(map[string]string, len(spec.Env)+len(rc.Config.ProxyEnv))
+			// a service reaches the internet the way the job does; its own env still wins
+			maps0.Copy(interpolatedEnvs, rc.Config.ProxyEnv)
 			for k, v := range spec.Env {
 				interpolatedEnvs[k] = rc.ExprEval.Interpolate(ctx, v)
 			}
@@ -454,37 +499,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startJobContainer() common.Executor {
 			rc.ServiceContainers = append(rc.ServiceContainers, c)
 		}
 
-		rc.cleanUpJobContainer = func(ctx context.Context) error {
-			reuseJobContainer := func(ctx context.Context) bool {
-				return rc.Config.ReuseContainers
-			}
-
-			if rc.JobContainer != nil {
-				return rc.JobContainer.Remove().IfNot(reuseJobContainer).
-					Then(container.NewDockerVolumeRemoveExecutor(rc.jobContainerName(), false)).IfNot(reuseJobContainer).
-					Then(container.NewDockerVolumeRemoveExecutor(rc.jobContainerName()+"-env", false)).IfNot(reuseJobContainer).
-					Then(func(ctx context.Context) error {
-						if len(rc.ServiceContainers) > 0 {
-							logger.Infof("Cleaning up services for job %s", rc.JobName)
-							if err := rc.stopServiceContainers()(ctx); err != nil {
-								logger.Errorf("Error while cleaning services: %v", err)
-							}
-						}
-						if createAndDeleteNetwork {
-							// clean network if it has been created by act
-							// if using service containers
-							// it means that the network to which containers are connecting is created by `runner`,
-							// so, we should remove the network at last.
-							logger.Infof("Cleaning up network for job %s, and network name is: %s", rc.JobName, networkName)
-							if err := container.NewDockerNetworkRemoveExecutor(networkName)(ctx); err != nil {
-								logger.Errorf("Error while cleaning network: %v", err)
-							}
-						}
-						return nil
-					})(ctx)
-			}
-			return nil
-		}
+		rc.cleanUpJobContainer = rc.cleanupJobResources(networkName, createAndDeleteNetwork)
 
 		// For Gitea, `jobContainerNetwork` should be the same as `networkName`
 		jobContainerNetwork := networkName
@@ -539,6 +554,41 @@ func (rc *RunContext) startJobContainer() common.Executor {
 	}
 }
 
+// cleanupJobResources removes everything the job created, continuing past failures.
+// Only job container and volume errors are returned, the rest are logged.
+func (rc *RunContext) cleanupJobResources(networkName string, createAndDeleteNetwork bool) common.Executor {
+	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		logger := common.Logger(ctx)
+		removeJobContainer := rc.JobContainer != nil && !rc.Config.ReuseContainers
+
+		var errs []error
+		if removeJobContainer {
+			errs = append(errs, rc.JobContainer.Remove()(ctx))
+		}
+		if len(rc.ServiceContainers) > 0 {
+			logger.Infof("Cleaning up services for job %s", rc.JobName)
+			if err := rc.stopServiceContainers()(ctx); err != nil {
+				logger.Errorf("Error while cleaning services: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+		if removeJobContainer {
+			// after the containers using them, services can hold these via `--volumes-from`
+			name := rc.jobContainerName()
+			errs = append(errs,
+				container.NewDockerVolumeRemoveExecutor(name, false)(ctx),
+				container.NewDockerVolumeRemoveExecutor(name+"-env", false)(ctx))
+		}
+		if createAndDeleteNetwork {
+			// last, once every container has detached
+			logger.Infof("Cleaning up network for job %s, and network name is: %s", rc.JobName, networkName)
+			if err := container.NewDockerNetworkRemoveExecutor(networkName)(ctx); err != nil {
+				logger.Errorf("Error while cleaning network: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+		return errors.Join(errs...)
+	}
+}
+
 func (rc *RunContext) execJobContainer(cmd []string, env map[string]string, user, workdir string) common.Executor { //nolint:unparam // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return rc.JobContainer.Exec(cmd, env, user, workdir)(ctx)
@@ -667,13 +717,10 @@ func (rc *RunContext) ActionCacheDir() string {
 // jobMutexes serializes per-job result/output aggregation across the matrix combinations that
 // share one *model.Job and run in parallel. Keyed by the shared *model.Job (mirrors the
 // per-directory AcquireCloneLock pattern).
-var jobMutexes sync.Map // key: *model.Job; value: *sync.Mutex
+var jobMutexes lock.Keyed[*model.Job]
 
 func lockJob(job *model.Job) func() {
-	v, _ := jobMutexes.LoadOrStore(job, &sync.Mutex{})
-	mu := v.(*sync.Mutex)
-	mu.Lock()
-	return mu.Unlock
+	return jobMutexes.Lock(job)
 }
 
 func (rc *RunContext) interpolateOutputs() common.Executor {
@@ -924,6 +971,20 @@ func (rc *RunContext) isEnabled(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
+// proxyBuildArgs returns the job's proxy variables as docker build args. The docker CLI
+// pre-populates these from its own client configuration, but act builds through the API,
+// so without them a Dockerfile action's RUN steps have no network behind a proxy.
+func (rc *RunContext) proxyBuildArgs() map[string]*string {
+	if len(rc.Config.ProxyEnv) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	args := make(map[string]*string, len(rc.Config.ProxyEnv))
+	for name, value := range rc.Config.ProxyEnv {
+		args[name] = &value
+	}
+	return args
+}
+
 func mergeMaps(maps ...map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	rtnMap := make(map[string]string)
 	for _, m := range maps {
@@ -981,6 +1042,23 @@ func (rc *RunContext) getStepsContext() map[string]*model.StepResult {
 	return rc.StepResults
 }
 
+// getRunnerContext returns the `runner` context: what the execution environment knows
+// (os, arch, temp, tool_cache) plus what only the runner process knows.
+func (rc *RunContext) getRunnerContext(ctx context.Context) map[string]any {
+	runnerContext := map[string]any{}
+	if rc.JobContainer != nil {
+		maps0.Copy(runnerContext, rc.JobContainer.GetRunnerContext(ctx))
+		defaultToolCache, _ := runnerContext["tool_cache"].(string)
+		runnerContext["tool_cache"] = rc.toolCache(defaultToolCache)
+	}
+	runnerContext["name"] = rc.Config.RunnerName
+	runnerContext["environment"] = "self-hosted"
+	if rc.Config.RunnerDebug() {
+		runnerContext["debug"] = "1"
+	}
+	return runnerContext
+}
+
 func (rc *RunContext) getGithubContext(ctx context.Context) *model.GithubContext {
 	logger := common.Logger(ctx)
 	ghc := &model.GithubContext{
@@ -1165,7 +1243,7 @@ func nestedMapLookup(m map[string]any, ks ...string) (rval any) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (rc *RunContext) withGithubEnv(ctx context.Context, github *model.GithubContext, env map[string]string) map[string]string { //nolint:unparam // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
+func (rc *RunContext) withGithubEnv(ctx context.Context, github *model.GithubContext, env map[string]string) {
 	env["CI"] = "true"
 	env["GITHUB_WORKFLOW"] = github.Workflow
 	env["GITHUB_RUN_ID"] = github.RunID
@@ -1207,23 +1285,71 @@ func (rc *RunContext) withGithubEnv(ctx context.Context, github *model.GithubCon
 		env["GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT"] = github.RunAttempt
 	}
 
+	env["RUNNER_NAME"] = rc.Config.RunnerName
+	env["RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT"] = "self-hosted"
+	if workspace := parentDir(github.Workspace); workspace != "" {
+		env["RUNNER_WORKSPACE"] = workspace
+	}
+	if rc.Config.RunnerDebug() {
+		env["RUNNER_DEBUG"] = "1"
+	}
+
 	if rc.Config.ArtifactServerPath != "" {
 		setActionRuntimeVars(rc, env)
 	}
 
-	for _, platformName := range rc.runsOnPlatformNames(ctx) {
-		if platformName != "" {
-			if platformName == "ubuntu-latest" {
-				// hardcode current ubuntu-latest since we have no way to check that 'on the fly'
-				env["ImageOS"] = "ubuntu20"
-			} else {
-				platformName = strings.SplitN(strings.Replace(platformName, `-`, ``, 1), `.`, 2)[0]
-				env["ImageOS"] = platformName
-			}
+	if imageOS := rc.imageOS(ctx); imageOS != "" {
+		env["ImageOS"] = imageOS
 	}
 }
 
-	return env
+// parentDir returns the directory containing p, or "" when p names no parent. Both
+// separators are accepted rather than filepath's, as p may describe a container while
+// the runner itself runs on Windows, or the other way round.
+func parentDir(p string) string {
+	if slash := strings.LastIndexAny(p, `/\`); slash > 0 {
+		return p[:slash]
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// imageOS returns ImageOS, which setup-* actions use to tell one runner image release
+// from another. The resolved image tag is preferred over the runs-on label because it
+// still names a release when the label is a rolling one such as ubuntu-latest.
+func (rc *RunContext) imageOS(ctx context.Context) string {
+	if rc.Run.Job().RunsOn() == nil {
+		// A composite action runs on a synthetic job, and resolving its image would only
+		// log that runs-on is missing.
+		return ""
+	}
+	if imageOS := imageOSFromImage(rc.platformImage(ctx)); imageOS != "" {
+		return imageOS
+	}
+
+	for _, platformName := range slices.Backward(rc.runsOnPlatformNames(ctx)) {
+		if platformName == "ubuntu-latest" {
+			// Rolling label whose image names no release either, so keep the historical value.
+			return "ubuntu20"
+		} else if platformName != "" {
+			return strings.SplitN(strings.Replace(platformName, `-`, ``, 1), `.`, 2)[0]
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// imageOSTag matches an image reference tagged with an OS family ImageOS can report plus
+// its release, such as "docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-24.04". Anything else
+// ("ubuntu-latest", "app:22.04", "catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04", or a registry port) is
+// left to the runs-on label rather than turned into a bogus OS.
+var imageOSTag = regexp.MustCompile(`:(ubuntu|win|macos)-?([0-9]+)[^/]*$`)
+
+// imageOSFromImage derives ImageOS from an image reference, e.g.
+// "docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-24.04" yields "ubuntu24".
+func imageOSFromImage(image string) string {
+	if match := imageOSTag.FindStringSubmatch(image); match != nil {
+		return match[1] + match[2]
+	}
+	return ""
 }
 
 func setActionRuntimeVars(rc *RunContext, env map[string]string) {
@@ -1295,24 +1421,9 @@ func (rc *RunContext) handleServiceCredentials(ctx context.Context, creds map[st
 
 // GetServiceBindsAndMounts returns the binds and mounts for the service container, resolving paths as appopriate
 func (rc *RunContext) GetServiceBindsAndMounts(svcVolumes []string) ([]string, map[string]string) {
-	binds := []string{}
-	if daemonSocket := rc.containerDaemonSocket(); daemonSocket != "-" {
-		daemonPath := getDockerDaemonSocketMountPath(daemonSocket)
-		binds = append(binds, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", daemonPath, "/var/run/docker.sock"))
+	binds, mounts, claimed := splitVolumes(svcVolumes)
+	if daemonSocket := rc.containerDaemonSocket(); daemonSocket != "-" && !claimed["/var/run/docker.sock"] {
+		binds = append(binds, getDockerDaemonSocketMountPath(daemonSocket)+":/var/run/docker.sock")
 	}
-
-	mounts := map[string]string{}
-
-	for _, v := range svcVolumes {
-		if !strings.Contains(v, ":") || filepath.IsAbs(v) {
-			// Bind anonymous volume or host file.
-			binds = append(binds, v)
-		} else {
-			// Mount existing volume.
-			paths := strings.SplitN(v, ":", 2)
-			mounts[paths[0]] = paths[1]
-		}
-	}
-
 	return binds, mounts
 }

act/runner/run_context_test.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package runner
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/exprparser"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"
 
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/compose/loader"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	assert "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	require "github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -290,6 +292,83 @@ jobs:
 	require.Equal(t, [2]string{"", ""}, credentials["redis:latest"])
 }
 
+// A service container reaches the internet the same way the job does, so it inherits the
+// job's proxy; a service that sets the variable itself keeps its own value.
+func TestStartJobContainerGivesServicesTheJobProxy(t *testing.T) {
+	workflow, err := model.ReadWorkflow(strings.NewReader(`
+name: test
+on: push
+jobs:
+  job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: registry.example/job:latest
+    services:
+      redis:
+        image: redis:latest
+      db:
+        image: postgres:latest
+        env:
+          no_proxy: db-only.example
+    steps: []
+`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var inputs []*container.NewContainerInput
+	origNewContainer := newContainer
+	newContainer = func(input *container.NewContainerInput) container.ExecutionsEnvironment {
+		inputs = append(inputs, input)
+		return fakeContainer{}
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { newContainer = origNewContainer })
+
+	rc := &RunContext{
+		Name: "test",
+		Config: &Config{
+			Workdir:              "/tmp",
+			ContainerNetworkMode: "host",
+			ReuseContainers:      true,
+			Env:                  map[string]string{},
+			ProxyEnv:             map[string]string{"http_proxy": "http://proxy:3128", "no_proxy": "internal.example"},
+			Secrets:              map[string]string{},
+		},
+		Env: map[string]string{},
+		Run: &model.Run{
+			JobID:    "job",
+			Workflow: workflow,
+		},
+	}
+	rc.ExprEval = rc.NewExpressionEvaluator(t.Context())
+
+	require.NoError(t, rc.startJobContainer()(t.Context()))
+
+	env := map[string][]string{}
+	for _, in := range inputs {
+		env[in.Image] = in.Env
+	}
+
+	require.Contains(t, env["redis:latest"], "http_proxy=http://proxy:3128")
+	require.Contains(t, env["redis:latest"], "no_proxy=internal.example")
+	// the service's own env wins over what the runner injected, without dropping the rest
+	require.Contains(t, env["postgres:latest"], "no_proxy=db-only.example")
+	require.NotContains(t, env["postgres:latest"], "no_proxy=internal.example")
+	require.Contains(t, env["postgres:latest"], "http_proxy=http://proxy:3128")
+}
+
+// act builds Dockerfile actions through the API, which does not pre-populate the proxy
+// build args the docker CLI would, so the RUN steps would have no network behind a proxy.
+func TestProxyBuildArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	rc := &RunContext{Config: &Config{ProxyEnv: map[string]string{"http_proxy": "http://proxy:3128"}}}
+
+	args := rc.proxyBuildArgs()
+
+	require.Len(t, args, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, "http://proxy:3128", *args["http_proxy"])
+
+	// a job without a proxy builds exactly as it does today
+	require.Nil(t, (&RunContext{Config: &Config{}}).proxyBuildArgs())
+}
+
 func TestRunContext_GetBindsAndMounts(t *testing.T) {
 	rctemplate := &RunContext{
 		Name: "TestRCName",
@@ -362,6 +441,10 @@ func TestRunContext_GetBindsAndMounts(t *testing.T) {
 			{"BindAnonymousVolume", []string{"/volume"}, "/volume", map[string]string{}},
 			{"BindHostFile", []string{"/path/to/file/on/host:/volume"}, "/path/to/file/on/host:/volume", map[string]string{}},
 			{"MountExistingVolume", []string{"volume-id:/volume"}, "", map[string]string{"volume-id": "/volume"}},
+			{"MountExistingVolumeReadOnly", []string{"volume-id:/volume:ro"}, "volume-id:/volume:ro", map[string]string{}},
+			{"BindRelativeHostPath", []string{"./relative:/volume"}, "./relative:/volume", map[string]string{}},
+			{"OverridesToolCache", []string{"/host/tools:/opt/hostedtoolcache"}, "/host/tools:/opt/hostedtoolcache", map[string]string{}},
+			{"OverridesDockerSocket", []string{"/host/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"}, "/host/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock", map[string]string{}},
 		}
 
 		t.Run("InterpolatedContainerVolumes", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -417,7 +500,14 @@ func TestRunContext_GetBindsAndMounts(t *testing.T) {
 				rc.Run.JobID = "job1"
 				rc.Run.Workflow.Jobs = map[string]*model.Job{"job1": job}
 
-				gotbind, gotmount := rc.GetBindsAndMounts()
+				jobBinds, jobMounts := rc.GetBindsAndMounts()
+				svcBinds, svcMounts := rc.GetServiceBindsAndMounts(testcase.volumes)
+				// job and service containers classify volumes alike, only their own mounts differ
+				for _, got := range []struct {
+					binds  []string
+					mounts map[string]string
+				}{{jobBinds, jobMounts}, {svcBinds, svcMounts}} {
+					gotbind, gotmount := got.binds, got.mounts
 
 					if len(testcase.wantbind) > 0 {
 						assert.Contains(t, gotbind, testcase.wantbind)
@@ -427,6 +517,21 @@ func TestRunContext_GetBindsAndMounts(t *testing.T) {
 						assert.Contains(t, gotmount, k)
 						assert.Equal(t, gotmount[k], v)
 					}
+
+					// Docker rejects a container with two mounts on one target, so the job's own
+					// volumes must displace the runner's rather than pile up next to them.
+					targets := map[string]bool{}
+					for _, bind := range gotbind {
+						parsed, err := loader.ParseVolume(bind)
+						require.NoError(t, err)
+						assert.NotContains(t, targets, parsed.Target, "%s mounts an already mounted target", bind)
+						targets[parsed.Target] = true
+					}
+					for source, target := range gotmount {
+						assert.NotContains(t, targets, target, "%s mounts an already mounted target", source)
+						targets[target] = true
+					}
+				}
 			})
 		}
 	})
@@ -451,6 +556,46 @@ func TestRunContextValidVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, rc.validVolumes(), len(got), "repeated calls must be stable, not accumulate")
 }
 
+func TestCleanupJobResourcesCleansServicesWithoutJobContainer(t *testing.T) {
+	service := &containerMock{}
+	service.On("Remove").Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil }).Once()
+	service.On("Close").Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil }).Once()
+
+	rc := &RunContext{
+		Config:            &Config{},
+		ServiceContainers: []container.ExecutionsEnvironment{service},
+	}
+
+	err := rc.cleanupJobResources("external-network", false)(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	service.AssertExpectations(t)
+}
+
+// cleanup used to bail out on a previous step's error and on a cancelled context
+func TestCleanupJobResourcesContinuesAfterFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("DOCKER_HOST", "unix:///nonexistent.sock")
+
+	jobContainer := &containerMock{}
+	jobContainer.On("Remove").Return(func(context.Context) error { return errors.New("removal failed") }).Once()
+	service := &containerMock{}
+	service.On("Remove").Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil }).Once()
+	service.On("Close").Return(func(context.Context) error { return nil }).Once()
+
+	rc := &RunContext{
+		Name:              "job",
+		Config:            &Config{},
+		Run:               &model.Run{Workflow: &model.Workflow{Name: "wf"}, JobID: "job"},
+		JobContainer:      jobContainer,
+		ServiceContainers: []container.ExecutionsEnvironment{service},
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+	require.Error(t, rc.cleanupJobResources("job-network", true)(ctx))
+	jobContainer.AssertExpectations(t)
+	service.AssertExpectations(t)
+}
+
 // TestInterpolateOutputsIsPerMatrixCombo guards the matrix-output fix: combinations share one
 // *model.Job, so each must interpolate from its own pristine snapshot. Otherwise the first
 // combo's resolved value freezes the shared template and later combos can't resolve their own.
@@ -899,3 +1044,117 @@ func TestRunContext_cleanupFailedStart(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NotPanics(t, func() { (&RunContext{}).cleanupFailedStart(context.Background()) })
 	})
 }
+
+func TestImageOSFromImage(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		image string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{"", ""},
+		{"docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-24.04", "ubuntu24"},
+		{"docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest", ""},
+		{"runner-images:ubuntu22.04", "ubuntu22"},
+		{"node:20", ""},
+		{"ubuntu:22.04", ""},
+		{"ubuntu", ""},
+		{"catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04", ""},
+		{"myco/ubuntu:v2.1", ""},
+		{"myco/ubuntu:v22.04", ""},
+		{"app:release-1", ""},
+		{"app:1.2.3", ""},
+		{"app:build-2.1", ""},
+		{"registry.example.com:5000/runner-images", ""},
+		{"registry.example.com:5000/runner-images:ubuntu-24.04", "ubuntu24"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.image, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, imageOSFromImage(tc.image))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func createRunsOnRunContext(t *testing.T, runsOn string) *RunContext {
+	return createIfTestRunContext(map[string]*model.Job{
+		"job1": createJob(t, "runs-on: "+runsOn, ""),
+	})
+}
+
+func TestRunContextImageOS(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	t.Run("prefers the release in the resolved image tag", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rc := createRunsOnRunContext(t, "ubuntu-latest")
+		rc.Config.Platforms = map[string]string{
+			"ubuntu-latest": "docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-24.04",
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, "ubuntu24", rc.imageOS(ctx))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("falls back to the runs-on label", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rc := createRunsOnRunContext(t, "ubuntu-22.04")
+		rc.Config.Platforms = map[string]string{"ubuntu-22.04": "some-image"}
+		assert.Equal(t, "ubuntu22", rc.imageOS(ctx))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("keeps the historical value for a rolling label with no release", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Equal(t, "ubuntu20", createRunsOnRunContext(t, "ubuntu-latest").imageOS(ctx))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("is empty for the synthetic job of a composite action", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rc := createIfTestRunContext(map[string]*model.Job{"job1": {}})
+		assert.Empty(t, rc.imageOS(ctx))
+	})
+}
+
+func TestRunContextGetRunnerContext(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	t.Run("adds the runner values the container cannot know", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rc := createRunsOnRunContext(t, "ubuntu-latest")
+		rc.Config.RunnerName = "runner-1"
+
+		runnerContext := rc.getRunnerContext(ctx)
+		assert.Equal(t, "runner-1", runnerContext["name"])
+		assert.Equal(t, "self-hosted", runnerContext["environment"])
+		assert.NotContains(t, runnerContext, "debug")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("reports debug when step debugging is on", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rc := createRunsOnRunContext(t, "ubuntu-latest")
+		rc.Config.Secrets = map[string]string{"ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG": "true"}
+
+		assert.Equal(t, "1", rc.getRunnerContext(ctx)["debug"])
+	})
+
+	t.Run("keeps the execution environment values", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rc := createRunsOnRunContext(t, "ubuntu-latest")
+		rc.JobContainer = &container.HostEnvironment{TmpDir: "/tmp/act", ToolCache: "/tmp/tool_cache"}
+
+		runnerContext := rc.getRunnerContext(ctx)
+		assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/act", runnerContext["temp"])
+		assert.Equal(t, "/tmp/tool_cache", runnerContext["tool_cache"])
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, runnerContext["os"])
+	})
+}
+
+func TestParentDir(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Empty(t, parentDir(""))
+	assert.Empty(t, parentDir("repo"))
+	assert.Empty(t, parentDir("/repo"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "/workspace/owner", parentDir("/workspace/owner/repo"))
+	assert.Equal(t, `C:\workspace\owner`, parentDir(`C:\workspace\owner\repo`))
+}
+
+func TestRunContextWithGithubEnvRunnerValues(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	rc := createRunsOnRunContext(t, "ubuntu-latest")
+	rc.Config.RunnerName = "runner-1"
+	rc.Config.Secrets = map[string]string{"ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG": "true"}
+
+	env := map[string]string{}
+	rc.withGithubEnv(ctx, &model.GithubContext{Workspace: "/workspace/owner/repo"}, env)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "runner-1", env["RUNNER_NAME"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "self-hosted", env["RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "/workspace/owner", env["RUNNER_WORKSPACE"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "1", env["RUNNER_DEBUG"])
+}

act/runner/runner.go

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ContainerNetworkMode               docker_container.NetworkMode                  // the network mode of job containers (the value of --network)
 	ContainerNetworkCreateOptions      container.NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutorInput // the default network create options
 	ActionCache                        ActionCache                                   // Use a custom ActionCache Implementation
+	ProxyEnv                           map[string]string                             // the proxy variables the job runs with, also given to service containers and image builds
 
 	PresetGitHubContext   *model.GithubContext // the preset github context, overrides some fields like DefaultBranch, Env, Secrets etc.
 	EventJSON             string               // the content of JSON file to use for event.json in containers, overrides EventPath
@@ -92,6 +93,16 @@ type Config struct {
 	InsecureSkipTLS                   bool                         // whether to skip verifying TLS certificate of the Gitea instance
 	MaxParallel                       int                          // max parallel jobs to run across all workflows (0 = no limit, uses CPU count)
 	AllocatePTY                       bool                         // allocate a pseudo-TTY for each step's process
+	RunnerName                        string                       // name this runner registered with, reported as `runner.name`, defaults to the hostname
+	JobStartedHook                    string                       // script run inside the job environment before the job's first step; ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED is read from Env when empty
+	JobCompletedHook                  string                       // script run inside the job environment after the job's last step; ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED is read from Env when empty
+}
+
+// RunnerDebug reports whether debug logging is on, exposed as `runner.debug` and
+// RUNNER_DEBUG. Only the secret also makes the reporter keep ::debug:: output, the env
+// is accepted for `exec` and for runners configured with it.
+func (c Config) RunnerDebug() bool {
+	return c.Secrets["ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG"] == "true" || c.Env["ACTIONS_STEP_DEBUG"] == "true"
 }
 
 // GetToken: Adapt to Gitea
@@ -137,6 +148,11 @@ func New(runnerConfig *Config) (Runner, error) {
 }
 
 func (runner *runnerImpl) configure() (Runner, error) {
+	if runner.config.RunnerName == "" {
+		// Callers that do not register, such as `exec`, still get a `runner.name`.
+		runner.config.RunnerName, _ = os.Hostname()
+	}
+
 	runner.eventJSON = "{}"
 	if runner.config.EventJSON != "" {
 		runner.eventJSON = runner.config.EventJSON

act/runner/runner_max_parallel_test.go

@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-package runner
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-// TestMaxParallelConfig tests that MaxParallel config is properly set
-func TestMaxParallelConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("MaxParallel set to 2", func(t *testing.T) {
-		config := &Config{
-			Workdir:     "testdata",
-			MaxParallel: 2,
-		}
-
-		runner, err := New(config)
-		assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-		assert.NotNil(t, runner)
-
-		// Verify config is properly stored
-		runnerImpl, ok := runner.(*runnerImpl)
-		assert.True(t, ok)
-		assert.Equal(t, 2, runnerImpl.config.MaxParallel)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("MaxParallel set to 0 (no limit)", func(t *testing.T) {
-		config := &Config{
-			Workdir:     "testdata",
-			MaxParallel: 0,
-		}
-
-		runner, err := New(config)
-		assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-		assert.NotNil(t, runner)
-
-		runnerImpl, ok := runner.(*runnerImpl)
-		assert.True(t, ok)
-		assert.Equal(t, 0, runnerImpl.config.MaxParallel)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("MaxParallel not set (defaults to 0)", func(t *testing.T) {
-		config := &Config{
-			Workdir: "testdata",
-		}
-
-		runner, err := New(config)
-		assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
-		assert.NotNil(t, runner)
-
-		runnerImpl, ok := runner.(*runnerImpl)
-		assert.True(t, ok)
-		assert.Equal(t, 0, runnerImpl.config.MaxParallel)
-	})
-}
-
-// TestMaxParallelConcurrencyTracking tests that max-parallel actually limits concurrent execution
-func TestMaxParallelConcurrencyTracking(t *testing.T) {
-	// This is a unit test for the parallel executor logic
-	// We test that when MaxParallel is set, it limits the number of workers
-
-	var mu sync.Mutex
-	var maxConcurrent int
-	var currentConcurrent int
-
-	// Create a function that tracks concurrent execution
-	trackingFunc := func() {
-		mu.Lock()
-		currentConcurrent++
-		if currentConcurrent > maxConcurrent {
-			maxConcurrent = currentConcurrent
-		}
-		mu.Unlock()
-
-		// Simulate work
-		time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
-
-		mu.Lock()
-		currentConcurrent--
-		mu.Unlock()
-	}
-
-	// Run multiple tasks with limited parallelism
-	maxConcurrent = 0
-	currentConcurrent = 0
-
-	// This simulates what NewParallelExecutor does with a semaphore
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	semaphore := make(chan struct{}, 2) // Limit to 2 concurrent
-
-	for range 6 {
-		wg.Go(func() {
-			semaphore <- struct{}{}        // Acquire
-			defer func() { <-semaphore }() // Release
-			trackingFunc()
-		})
-	}
-
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	// With a semaphore of 2, max concurrent should be <= 2
-	assert.LessOrEqual(t, maxConcurrent, 2, "Maximum concurrent executions should not exceed limit")
-	assert.GreaterOrEqual(t, maxConcurrent, 1, "Should have at least 1 concurrent execution")
-}

act/runner/runner_test.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -163,6 +164,12 @@ func TestGraphEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Empty(t, plan.Stages)
 }
 
+// these two build the same action Dockerfiles into one image tag, so they cannot overlap
+var sharedImageWorkflows = []string{"local-action-dockerfile", "local-action-via-composite-dockerfile"}
+
+// bounds concurrent plans: each job holds a network, and the daemon's address pool is finite
+var planSlots = make(chan struct{}, 4)
+
 type TestJobFileInfo struct {
 	workdir      string
 	workflowPath string
@@ -187,7 +194,14 @@ func (j *TestJobFileInfo) runTest(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cfg *Config
 		EventName:   j.eventName,
 		EventPath:   cfg.EventPath,
 		Platforms:   j.platforms,
+		// fixtures reuse workflow and job names, so parallel tests would collide without this
+		ContainerNamePrefix: strings.ReplaceAll(t.Name(), "/", "-"),
 		ReuseContainers:     false,
+		// as the shipped runner does, else a fixture asserting a job failure keeps its
+		// container, and its network, on the daemon forever
+		AutoRemove: true,
+		// 0 would run jobs runtime.NumCPU()-wide, making the network peak machine-dependent
+		MaxParallel:           2,
 		ForceRebuild:          true,
 		Env:                   cfg.Env,
 		Secrets:               cfg.Secrets,
@@ -210,7 +224,11 @@ func (j *TestJobFileInfo) runTest(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cfg *Config
 	plan, err := planner.PlanEvent(j.eventName)
 	assert.True(t, (err == nil) != (plan == nil), "PlanEvent should return either a plan or an error") //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	if err == nil && plan != nil {
-		err = runner.NewPlanExecutor(plan)(ctx)
+		err = func() error {
+			planSlots <- struct{}{}
+			defer func() { <-planSlots }()
+			return runner.NewPlanExecutor(plan)(ctx)
+		}()
 		if j.errorMessage == "" {
 			assert.NoError(t, err, fullWorkflowPath) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 		} else {
@@ -227,6 +245,7 @@ type TestConfig struct {
 
 func TestRunEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	requireDocker(t)
+	t.Parallel()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
@@ -315,6 +334,9 @@ func TestRunEvent(t *testing.T) {
 				// host /proc bind mounts are Linux-Docker-only
 				requireLinuxDocker(t)
 			}
+			if !slices.Contains(sharedImageWorkflows, table.workflowPath) {
+				t.Parallel()
+			}
 
 			config := &Config{
 				Secrets: table.secrets,
@@ -445,6 +467,7 @@ func TestRunEventHostEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestDryrunEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 	// Dryrun plans without containers or network (shells and local actions only).
 	ctx := common.WithDryrun(context.Background(), true)
 
@@ -464,6 +487,7 @@ func TestDryrunEvent(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, table := range tables {
 		t.Run(table.workflowPath, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
 			table.runTest(ctx, t, &Config{})
 		})
 	}
@@ -474,33 +498,11 @@ func TestDryrunEvent(t *testing.T) {
 // workflow's outputs via `needs`).
 func TestReusableWorkflowCaller(t *testing.T) {
 	requireDocker(t)
+	t.Parallel()
 	table := TestJobFileInfo{workdir, "uses-workflow", "push", "", platforms, map[string]string{"secret": "keep_it_private"}}
 	table.runTest(context.Background(), t, &Config{Secrets: table.secrets})
 }
 
-func TestDockerActionForcePullForceRebuild(t *testing.T) {
-	requireDocker(t)
-	requireNetwork(t) // force-pulls a docker action image
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	config := &Config{
-		ForcePull:    true,
-		ForceRebuild: true,
-	}
-
-	tables := []TestJobFileInfo{
-		{workdir, "local-action-dockerfile", "push", "", platforms, secrets},
-		{workdir, "local-action-via-composite-dockerfile", "push", "", platforms, secrets},
-	}
-
-	for _, table := range tables {
-		t.Run(table.workflowPath, func(t *testing.T) {
-			table.runTest(ctx, t, config)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 type maskJobLoggerFactory struct {
 	Output bytes.Buffer
 }
@@ -513,6 +515,7 @@ func (f *maskJobLoggerFactory) WithJobLogger() *log.Logger {
 }
 
 func TestMaskValues(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 	assertNoSecret := func(text, secret string) { //nolint:unparam // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 		found := strings.Contains(text, "composite secret")
 		if found {
@@ -543,6 +546,7 @@ func TestMaskValues(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRunEventSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 	requireDocker(t)
+	t.Parallel()
 	workflowPath := "secrets"
 
 	tjfi := TestJobFileInfo{
@@ -598,6 +602,7 @@ func TestRunWithService(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRunActionInputs(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 	requireDocker(t)
 	workflowPath := "input-from-cli"
 
@@ -617,6 +622,7 @@ func TestRunActionInputs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRunEventPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 	requireDocker(t)
 
 	workflowPath := "pull-request"
@@ -633,6 +639,7 @@ func TestRunEventPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRunMatrixWithUserDefinedInclusions(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
 	requireDocker(t)
 	workflowPath := "matrix-with-user-inclusions"
 

act/runner/step.go

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func runStepExecutor(step step, stage stepStage, executor common.Executor) commo
 			}
 
 			if continueOnError {
-				logger.Errorf("##[error]%v", err)
+				logger.Errorf("##[error]%s", escapeCommandData(err.Error()))
 				logger.Infof("Failed but continue next step")
 				err = nil
 				stepResult.Conclusion = model.StepStatusSuccess

act/runner/step_action_remote.go

@@ -138,9 +138,10 @@ func (sar *stepActionRemote) prepareActionExecutor() common.Executor {
 		})
 		var ntErr common.Executor
 		if err := gitClone(ctx); err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, git.ErrShortRef) {
+			var refErr *git.Error
+			if errors.As(err, &refErr) && errors.Is(err, git.ErrShortRef) {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Unable to resolve action `%s`, the provided ref `%s` is the shortened version of a commit SHA, which is not supported. Please use the full commit SHA `%s` instead",
-					sar.Step.Uses, sar.remoteAction.Ref, err.(*git.Error).Commit())
+					sar.Step.Uses, sar.remoteAction.Ref, refErr.Commit())
 			} else if errors.Is(err, gogit.ErrForceNeeded) { // TODO: figure out if it will be easy to shadow/alias go-git err's
 				ntErr = common.NewInfoExecutor("Non-terminating error while running 'git clone': %v", err)
 			} else {

act/runner/step_docker.go

@@ -110,10 +110,7 @@ func (sd *stepDocker) newStepContainer(ctx context.Context, image string, cmd, e
 		envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
 
-	envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE", "/opt/hostedtoolcache"))
-	envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_OS", "Linux"))
-	envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_ARCH", container.RunnerArch(ctx)))
-	envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_TEMP", "/tmp"))
+	envList = append(envList, rc.runnerEnv(ctx)...)
 
 	binds, mounts := rc.GetBindsAndMounts()
 	networkMode := "container:" + rc.jobContainerName()

act/runner/step_run.go

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (sr *stepRun) printRunScriptActionDetails(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	normalized := strings.TrimRight(strings.ReplaceAll(sr.interpolatedScript, "\r\n", "\n"), "\n")
 
-	rawLogger.Infof("::group::Run %s", sr.runScriptGroupTitle(normalized))
+	rawLogger.Infof("::group::Run %s", escapeCommandData(sr.runScriptGroupTitle(normalized)))
 
 	if normalized != "" {
 		for line := range strings.SplitSeq(normalized, "\n") {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func printRunActionHeader(ctx context.Context, step *model.Step, env map[string]
 	if step.Name != "" {
 		title = step.Name
 	}
-	rawLogger.Infof("::group::Run %s", title)
+	rawLogger.Infof("::group::Run %s", escapeCommandData(title))
 
 	if len(step.With) > 0 {
 		rawLogger.Infof("with:")

act/runner/step_test.go

@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ func TestSetupEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	delete((env), "GITHUB_REPOSITORY")
 	delete((env), "GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER")
 	delete((env), "GITHUB_ACTOR")
+	// Host-dependent, asserted in TestRunContextWithGithubEnvRunnerValues instead.
+	delete((env), "RUNNER_NAME")
+	delete((env), "RUNNER_WORKSPACE")
 
 	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
 		"ACT":                      "true",
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@ func TestSetupEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		"GITHUB_WORKFLOW":          "",
 		"INPUT_STEP_WITH":          "with-value",
 		"RC_KEY":                   "rcvalue",
+		"RUNNER_ENVIRONMENT":       "self-hosted",
 		"RUNNER_PERFLOG":           "/dev/null",
 		"RUNNER_TRACKING_ID":       "",
 	}, env)

act/runner/testdata/actions/action1/Dockerfile

@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ubuntu:24.04
+FROM ubuntu:26.04

docs/job-hooks.md

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Job hooks
+
+Job hooks are operator-provided scripts that run **inside the job environment**, before the job's first step and after its last one. They are the equivalent of GitHub's [job hooks](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/how-tos/manage-runners/self-hosted-runners/run-scripts) and are configured under `runner.hooks` in the runner YAML config (see [config.example.yaml](../internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml)):
+
+```yaml
+runner:
+  hooks:
+    job_started: /hooks/started.sh
+    job_completed: /hooks/completed.sh
+```
+
+| Setting | Runs |
+| --- | --- |
+| `runner.hooks.job_started` | Before the job's first step, before any action is downloaded |
+| `runner.hooks.job_completed` | After the job's last post step, while the job environment is still up |
+
+`ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED` and `ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED` are read from the runner's environment (`runner.envs`, `runner.env_file`) when the settings are unset, so a configuration carried over from actions/runner keeps working. The settings take precedence. A workflow cannot point the runner at a different hook: the variables are only read from the runner's own environment, never from the job's.
+
+Both hooks are **synchronous** and block the job while they run, and a non-zero exit from either one fails the job. There is no `continue-on-error` and no per-hook timeout — the job's own `runner.timeout` is the only bound. The operator is responsible for the hook's resilience; run anything long in the background from within the hook.
+
+## Where they run
+
+The hooks run in the same place as the job's steps: inside the job container, or on the host in host mode. The paths are resolved *there*, so the script has to exist in the job image or on the host — a path that only exists on the runner host is not visible to a containerized job. For host-wide cleanup that runs after the job environment is gone, use the [post-task script](post-task-script.md) instead.
+
+> This is a deliberate difference from actions/runner, which runs its job hooks on the host, outside any container the job declares. Running them where the steps run is what lets a hook prepare the environment the steps actually see.
+
+The script is run according to its extension:
+
+| Extension | Command |
+| --- | --- |
+| `.sh` | `bash -e <path>` |
+| `.ps1` | `pwsh -command . '<path>'` |
+| anything else | the file itself, which needs its own shebang and executable bit |
+
+As on GitHub, the shell flags applied to `run:` steps are **not** applied to a hook — set `pipefail` or anything else you want inside the script.
+
+### Docker-in-Docker and Docker-out-of-Docker
+
+The hook is executed and its files are exchanged over the Docker API, addressed by container ID, so no path is translated between the runner and the daemon. Both setups work unchanged, but they differ in where the hook file has to be:
+
+- **DinD** — the daemon has its own filesystem. Bake the hook into the job image; a path from the runner's filesystem is not visible to it.
+- **DooD** — the job container is created by the host's daemon, so a bind mount in `container.options` is resolved against the **host**, not against the runner container. Either bake the hook into the job image, or mount a host directory and add it to `container.valid_volumes`.
+
+A hook path that does not exist inside the job environment fails the job with `No such file or directory`, naming the path.
+
+## Environment
+
+A hook sees the job's environment: the workflow, job and `container:` `env:`, the runner's `envs`, and the `GITHUB_*` context variables, with the same masking applied to its output as to a step's. The step-specific ones (`GITHUB_ACTION`, `GITHUB_OUTPUT`, `GITHUB_STATE`) are not set — a hook is not a step, so `::save-state::` and `::set-output::` have nowhere to go.
+
+Its stdout is part of the job log, inside a collapsible group, and is scanned for workflow commands. `::add-mask::` registers a value to be masked for the rest of the job, `::set-env::` and `::add-path::` apply to the steps that follow.
+
+`$GITHUB_ENV` and `$GITHUB_PATH` point at files that are read back after the hook exits, so the file-command form works too:
+
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash
+echo "REGISTRY_TOKEN=$(fetch-token)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+echo "/opt/tooling/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+```
+
+Both files are the hook's own, separate from the per-step ones, so nothing a hook writes is truncated by the first step.
+
+## Recommendations
+
+- Keep hooks **fast** and return the right exit code: they are on the critical path of every job, and nothing bounds them.
+- Use **idempotent** operations, and expect `job_completed` to run after success, failure, and cancellation alike.
+- Mask anything secret the hook prints or exports with `::add-mask::`.
+
+## See also
+
+- [Post-task script](post-task-script.md) — host-side cleanup after the job environment is torn down.

docs/post-task-script.md

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "%~dp0po
 
 ## See also
 
+- [Job hooks](job-hooks.md) — scripts running inside the job environment, around its steps
 - [Configuration](../README.md#configuration) — generating and loading `config.yaml`
 - [config.example.yaml](../internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml) — all runner options
 - Bind-workdir idle cleanup (`runner.workdir_cleanup_age`) — separate from this hook; runs only when the runner is idle

go.mod

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.15.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.24.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
 	github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.7.12
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/timshannon/bolthold v0.0.0-20240314194003-30aac6950928
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.5.0
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.3
+	golang.org/x/net v0.56.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.45.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.40.0
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 // indirect
 	github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.5 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.19.0 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.21 // indirect
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.70.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.21.1 // indirect
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/skeema/knownhosts v1.3.2 // indirect
@@ -98,15 +99,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.65.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.52.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.54.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.22.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0 h1:0IXCQ5g4/QMHHkarYzh5l+u8T3t73zM5QvfrDyIgxBk=
 github.com/distribution/reference v0.6.0/go.mod h1:BbU0aIcezP1/5jX/8MP0YiH4SdvB5Y4f/wlDRiLyi3E=
-github.com/docker/cli v29.6.1+incompatible h1:oO7F4nn3Ovr/5TlfTUWFbMwBSS/B7Xs6Epv26gBrUP8=
-github.com/docker/cli v29.6.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
 github.com/docker/cli v29.6.2+incompatible h1:/bjePvcbbFTnRrMfWJBY7AjfICdsiLVgHn6LwTVOcqw=
 github.com/docker/cli v29.6.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.9.6 h1:cT2PbRPSlnMmNTfT2TDMXRyQ1KMWHG7xoTLBcn1ZNv0=
@@ -104,8 +102,8 @@ github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51 h1:Z9n2FFNU
 github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:CzGEWj7cYgsdH8dAjBGEr58BoE7ScuLd+fwFZ44+/x8=
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.6.0 h1:J1FBfmuVosPHf5GRdltRLhPJtJpTlMdKTBjRgTaQBFY=
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.6.0/go.mod h1:q2RIzfka+BXARoNexmF9gkxEX7DmvbW9P4hIVx2Kg4M=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.5 h1:/h1gH5Ce+VWNLSWqPzOVn6XBO+vJbCNGvjoaGBFW2IE=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.5/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.19.0 h1:sXLILfc9jV2QYWkzFOPWStmcUVH2RHEB1JCdY2oVvCQ=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.19.0/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.3.0 h1:S4CRMLnYUhGeDFDqkGriYKdfoFlDnMtqTiI/sFzhA9Y=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hqwkgyIinND0mEev00jJYCxPNVRVXFQeu1XKlok6oO0=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
@@ -119,8 +117,6 @@ github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 h1:RPNrshWIDI6G2gRW9EHilWtl7Z6Sb1BR0xunSBf0
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9/0rRGxNHcop5bhtWyNeEfOS8JIWk580+fNqagV/RAw=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 h1:9A9LHSqF/7dyVVX6g0U9cwm9pG3kP9gSzcuIPHPsaIE=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14/go.mod h1:6LmQG8QLFO4G5z1gPvYEzlUgJ2wF+stgPZH1UqBm1s8=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.22 h1:j8l17JJ9i6VGPUFUYoTUKPSgKe/83EYU2zBC7YNKMw4=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.22/go.mod h1:ZXfXG4SQHsB/w3ZeOYbR0PrPwLy+n6xiMrJlRFqopa4=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.23 h1:cYwCQTQf3HB6xUC+BtyCLZNr7IzbOmoZbmssVNzSyiQ=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.23/go.mod h1:nMCL3Zebbrt45jsMDgnfIwz6ydEQApk5oEI3HqDio6A=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.21 h1:jJKAZiQH+2mIinzCJIaIG9Be1+0NR+5sz/lYEEjdM8w=
@@ -159,14 +155,14 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2 h1:Je96obch5RDVy3FDMndoUsjAhG5Edi49h0RJWRi/o0o=
-github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.23.2/go.mod h1:Tb1a6LWHB3/SPIzCoaDXI4I8UHKeFTEQ1YCr+0Gyqmg=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.24.0 h1:5XStIklKuAtJSNpdD3s8XJj/Yv78IQmE1kbNk87JrAI=
+github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.24.0/go.mod h1:QcsNdotprC2nS4BTM2ucbcqxd2CeXTEa9jW7zHO9iDE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2 h1:oBsgwpGs7iVziMvrGhE53c/GrLUsZdHnqNwqPLxwZyk=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2/go.mod h1:y3m2F6Gdpfy6Ut/GBsUqTWZqCUvMVzSfMLjcu6wAwpE=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1 h1:h5E0h5/Y8niHc5DlaLlWLArTQI7tMrsfQjHV+d9ZoGs=
-github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1/go.mod h1:gcaUsgf3KfRSwHY4dIMXLPV0K/Wg1oZ8+SbZk/HH/dA=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0 h1:FuLQ+05u4ZI+SS/w9+BWEM2TXiHKsUQ9TADiRH7DuK0=
-github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.17.0/go.mod h1:oPQLaDAMRbA+u8H5Pbfq+dl3VDAvHxMUOVhe0wYB2zw=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.70.0 h1:bcpru3tWPVnxGnETLgOV5jbp/JRXgYEyv65CuBLAMMI=
+github.com/prometheus/common v0.70.0/go.mod h1:S/SFasQmgGiYH6C81LKCtYa8QACgthGg5zxL2udV7SY=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.21.1 h1:GljZCt+zSTS+NZq88cyQ1LjZ+RCHp3uVuabBWA5+OJI=
+github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.21.1/go.mod h1:aB55Cww9pdSJVHk0hUf0inxWyyjPogFIjmHKYgMKmtY=
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 github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.7.12/go.mod h1:krOUhujIsJusovkaYzQ/VNH8PFexjNKqU0q5XI/4w+g=
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@@ -218,34 +214,32 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1 h1:jXsnJ4Lmnqd11kwkBV2LgLoFMZKizbCi5fNZ/ipaZ
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.2.1/go.mod h1:KRTj+aOaElaLi+wW1kO/DZRXwkF4C5xPbEe3ZiIhN7Y=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.65.0 h1:7iP2uCb7sGddAr30RRS6xjKy7AZ2JtTOPA3oolgVSw8=
 go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.65.0/go.mod h1:c7hN3ddxs/z6q9xwvfLPk+UHlWRQyaeR1LdgfL/66l0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0 h1:mYIM03dnh5zfN7HautFE4ieIig9amkNANT+xcVxAj9I=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.43.0/go.mod h1:JuG+u74mvjvcm8vj8pI5XiHy1zDeoCS2LB1spIq7Ay0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0 h1:d7638QeInOnuwOONPp4JAOGfbCEpYb+K6DVWvdxGzgM=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.43.0/go.mod h1:RDnPtIxvqlgO8GRW18W6Z/4P462ldprJtfxHxyKd2PY=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0 h1:JjwHmHpA4iZ3wBxluu2fbbE7j4kqlE8jXyAyPXH7HqU=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0/go.mod h1:BMgjTHL9WPRlRjL2oZCBTL4whCGtXch2H4BhOPIAyYc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0 h1:1w0gILTcHdr3YI+ixLyjemwrVnsMURbTZFrSYCdDdmc=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.44.0/go.mod h1:8O7hanEPBNgEMmybD3s2VBKcgWOCsA6tzHBPODAiquo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0 h1:pi5mE86i5rTeLXqoF/hhiBtUNcrAGHLKQdhg4h4V9Dg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.43.0/go.mod h1:P+IkVU3iWukmiit/Yf9AWvpyRDlUeBaRg6Y+C58QHzg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0 h1:S88dyqXjJkuBNLeMcVPRFXpRw2fuwdvfCGLEo89fDkw=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.43.0/go.mod h1:C/RJtwSEJ5hzTiUz5pXF1kILHStzb9zFlIEe85bhj6A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0 h1:BkNrHpup+4k4w+ZZ86CZoHHEkohws8AY+WTX09nk+3A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0/go.mod h1:/QJhyVBUUswCphDVxq+8mld+AvhXZLhe+8WVFxiFff0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0 h1:jxF5CsGYCe74MCRx2X4g7WsY/VBKRqqpNvXlX/6gtIk=
+go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.44.0/go.mod h1:oLl1jrMQAVo6v3GAggN+1VH9VIz9iUSvW53sW1Q8PIE=
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 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
-go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 h1:6gvOSjQoTB3vt1l+CU+tSyi/HOjfOjRLJ4YwYZGwRO0=
-go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3/go.mod h1:zSxWcmIDjOzPXpjlTTbAsKokqkDNAVtZO0WOMiT90s8=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 h1:tuyd0P+2Ont/d6e2rl3be67goVK4R6deVxCUX5vyPaQ=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4/go.mod h1:gMZqIpDtDqOfM0uNfy0SkpRhvUryYH0Z6wdMYcacYXQ=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.3 h1:3h1fjsh1CTAPjW7q/EMe+C8shx5d8ctzZTrLcs/j8Go=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 v4.0.0-rc.3/go.mod h1:aZqd9kCMsGL7AuUv/m/PvWLdg5sjJsZ4oHDEnfPPfY0=
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-golang.org/x/crypto v0.52.0 h1:RMs7fP2rXdep0CftQlK8Uf+kibLm7qkCcradZWYz988=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.52.0/go.mod h1:1QgfPxDqh0T2M/elOJtp9RvuR95kVjir0e6/BvEmGbc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0 h1:QZ4Muo8THX6CizN2vPPd5fBGHyogrdK9fG4wLPFUsto=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.53.0/go.mod h1:DNLU434OwVakk9PzuwV8w62mAJpRJL3vsgcfp4Qnsio=
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-golang.org/x/net v0.54.0 h1:2zJIZAxAHV/OHCDTCOHAYehQzLfSXuf/5SoL/Dv6w/w=
-golang.org/x/net v0.54.0/go.mod h1:Sj4oj8jK6XmHpBZU/zWHw3BV3abl4Kvi+Ut7cQcY+cQ=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0 h1:e0PTpb7pjO8GAtTs2dQ6jYa5BWYlMuX047Dco/pItO4=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0/go.mod h1:9xrNwdLfx4jkKbNva9FpL6vEN7evnE43NNNJQ2LF3+0=
+golang.org/x/net v0.56.0 h1:Rw8j/hFzGvJUZwNBXnAtf5sVDVt+65SK2C7IxCxZt5o=
+golang.org/x/net v0.56.0/go.mod h1:D3Ku6r+V6JROoZK144D2XfMHFcMq/0zSfLelVTCFKec=
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@@ -262,8 +256,6 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9sn
 golang.org/x/term v0.45.0 h1:NwWyBmoJCbfTHpxrWoZ9C6/VxOf7ic219I8xZZFdrf0=
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-golang.org/x/text v0.37.0 h1:Cqjiwd9eSg8e0QAkyCaQTNHFIIzWtidPahFWR83rTrc=
-golang.org/x/text v0.37.0/go.mod h1:a5sjxXGs9hsn/AJVwuElvCAo9v8QYLzvavO5z2PiM38=
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internal/app/cmd/cache-server.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func runCacheServer(configFile *string, cacheArgs *cacheServerArgs) func(cmd *co
 
 		secret := cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret
 		if secret == "" {
-			return errors.New("cache.external_secret must be set for cache-server; configure the same value on each runner that points at this server via cache.external_server")
+			return errors.New("cache.external_secret (or cache.external_secret_file) must be set for cache-server; configure the same value on each runner that points at this server via cache.external_server")
 		}
 		cacheHandler, err := artifactcache.StartHandler(
 			dir,

internal/app/cmd/daemon.go

@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ func runDaemon(ctx context.Context, daemArgs *daemonArgs, configFile *string) fu
 			log.Warn("no labels configured, runner may not be able to pick up jobs")
 		}
 
+		// Before the first Docker API call: the standard library resolves the proxy
+		// environment once. Ungated because host labels still reach the daemon.
+		if dockerSocketPath, err := getDockerSocketPath(cfg.Container.DockerHost); err == nil {
+			run.BypassProxyForDockerHost(dockerSocketPath)
+		} else {
+			log.Debugf("cannot resolve the docker socket path, so Docker API calls are not exempted from the proxy: %v", err)
+		}
+
 		if ls.RequireDocker() || cfg.Container.RequireDocker {
 			// Wait for dockerd be ready
 			if timeout := cfg.Container.DockerTimeout; timeout > 0 {
@@ -101,6 +109,7 @@ func runDaemon(ctx context.Context, daemArgs *daemonArgs, configFile *string) fu
 			}
 			// if dockerSocketPath passes the check, override DOCKER_HOST with dockerSocketPath
 			os.Setenv("DOCKER_HOST", dockerSocketPath)
+			run.WarnIfDaemonHasNoProxy(ctx)
 			// empty cfg.Container.DockerHost means runner need to find an available docker host automatically
 			// and assign the path to cfg.Container.DockerHost
 			if cfg.Container.DockerHost == "" {

internal/app/cmd/exec.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/runner"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/internal/app/run"
 
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container"
@@ -415,6 +416,11 @@ func runExec(ctx context.Context, execArgs *executeArgs) func(cmd *cobra.Command
 		}
 		handler.RegisterJob(actionsRuntimeToken, "__local/__exec")
 
+		// no service aliases: exec builds one config for the whole plan
+		run.BypassProxyForDockerHost(os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST"))
+		proxyEnv := run.JobProxyEnv(env, env["ACTIONS_CACHE_URL"], nil)
+		maps.Copy(env, proxyEnv)
+
 		// run the plan
 		config := &runner.Config{
 			Workdir:               execArgs.Workdir(),
@@ -425,6 +431,7 @@ func runExec(ctx context.Context, execArgs *executeArgs) func(cmd *cobra.Command
 			LogOutput:             true,
 			JSONLogger:            execArgs.jsonLogger,
 			Env:                   env,
+			ProxyEnv:              proxyEnv,
 			Vars:                  execArgs.LoadVars(),
 			Secrets:               execArgs.LoadSecrets(),
 			InsecureSecrets:       execArgs.insecureSecrets,

internal/app/run/proxy.go

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package run
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/container"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"golang.org/x/net/http/httpproxy"
+)
+
+// proxyFromEnv returns the runner's own proxy configuration, or nil when it has none.
+func proxyFromEnv() *httpproxy.Config {
+	cfg := httpproxy.FromEnvironment()
+	if cfg.HTTPProxy == "" && cfg.HTTPSProxy == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return cfg
+}
+
+// JobProxyEnv returns the proxy variables a job runs with, given what runner.envs already
+// put in jobEnvs. Gitea is deliberately not made direct, so it stays reachable however the
+// runner reaches it.
+func JobProxyEnv(jobEnvs map[string]string, cacheURL string, serviceNames []string) map[string]string {
+	cfg := proxyFromEnv()
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Go bypasses loopback on its own, curl and most other tools in a job do not.
+	direct := append([]string{"localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1"}, serviceNames...)
+	direct = append(direct, hostOf(cacheURL))
+
+	proxyEnv := map[string]string{}
+	setPair := func(lower, upper, value string) {
+		if value == "" {
+			return
+		}
+		// Either spelling in runner.envs takes over both, so the pair cannot disagree.
+		if existing, ok := jobEnvs[lower]; ok {
+			value = existing
+		} else if existing, ok := jobEnvs[upper]; ok {
+			value = existing
+		}
+		proxyEnv[lower], proxyEnv[upper] = value, value
+	}
+	setPair("http_proxy", "HTTP_PROXY", cfg.HTTPProxy)
+	setPair("https_proxy", "HTTPS_PROXY", cfg.HTTPSProxy)
+
+	// no_proxy is merged rather than replaced: the hosts above are structural, and an
+	// operator cannot list the cache server's startup-assigned address in advance.
+	noProxy := appendNoProxy(cfg.NoProxy, direct...)
+	for _, name := range []string{"no_proxy", "NO_PROXY"} {
+		if existing, ok := jobEnvs[name]; ok {
+			noProxy = appendNoProxy(existing, strings.Split(noProxy, ",")...)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	proxyEnv["no_proxy"], proxyEnv["NO_PROXY"] = noProxy, noProxy
+	return proxyEnv
+}
+
+// BypassProxyForDockerHost keeps the runner's Docker API traffic off the proxy: the docker
+// client proxies every transport that is not a unix socket or a named pipe, so a tcp://
+// daemon would be reached through a proxy that cannot route to it.
+//
+// It must run before the first Docker API call, because the standard library resolves the
+// proxy environment once.
+func BypassProxyForDockerHost(dockerHost string) {
+	cfg := proxyFromEnv()
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	host := hostOf(dockerHost)
+	if host == "" {
+		// A unix socket or named pipe is never proxied.
+		return
+	}
+
+	noProxy := appendNoProxy(cfg.NoProxy, host)
+	for _, name := range []string{"no_proxy", "NO_PROXY"} {
+		if err := os.Setenv(name, noProxy); err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("cannot set %s for the runner process: %v", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+	log.Debugf("docker host %s is reached directly, no_proxy is now %q", host, noProxy)
+}
+
+// WarnIfDaemonHasNoProxy points at the one part the runner cannot set: the docker daemon
+// pulls the images, and a daemon in its own container needs its own proxy.
+func WarnIfDaemonHasNoProxy(ctx context.Context) {
+	if proxyFromEnv() == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	info, err := container.GetHostInfo(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("cannot read the docker daemon's proxy configuration: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if info.HTTPProxy == "" && info.HTTPSProxy == "" {
+		log.Warn("the runner has a proxy but the docker daemon reports none, so image pulls will not use it: https://docs.docker.com/engine/daemon/proxy/")
+	}
+}
+
+// proxyPasswords returns the passwords embedded in the runner's proxy URLs, to mask before
+// a job echoes its environment.
+func proxyPasswords() []string {
+	cfg := proxyFromEnv()
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var passwords []string
+	for _, raw := range []string{cfg.HTTPProxy, cfg.HTTPSProxy} {
+		parsed, err := url.Parse(raw)
+		if err != nil || parsed.User == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if password, ok := parsed.User.Password(); ok && password != "" && !slices.Contains(passwords, password) {
+			passwords = append(passwords, password)
+		}
+	}
+	return passwords
+}
+
+// appendNoProxy adds hosts to a no_proxy list, keeping the operator's entries and adding
+// none twice.
+func appendNoProxy(noProxy string, hosts ...string) string {
+	entries := []string{}
+	for entry := range strings.SplitSeq(noProxy, ",") {
+		if entry = strings.TrimSpace(entry); entry != "" {
+			entries = append(entries, entry)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, host := range hosts {
+		if host == "" || slices.Contains(entries, host) {
+			continue
+		}
+		entries = append(entries, host)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(entries, ",")
+}
+
+// hostOf returns the host of a URL without its port, the form a no_proxy entry takes. It is
+// empty for anything without a network host, such as a unix socket.
+func hostOf(raw string) string {
+	if raw == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	parsed, err := url.Parse(strings.TrimSuffix(raw, "/"))
+	if err != nil || parsed.Hostname() == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return parsed.Hostname()
+}

internal/app/run/proxy_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package run
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// clearProxyEnv starts a test from a runner that has no proxy, whatever the developer's own
+// environment looks like.
+func clearProxyEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+	for _, name := range []string{"http_proxy", "HTTP_PROXY", "https_proxy", "HTTPS_PROXY", "no_proxy", "NO_PROXY"} {
+		t.Setenv(name, "")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobProxyEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	const loopback = "localhost,127.0.0.1,::1"
+	const proxy = "http://proxy:3128"
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name     string
+		runner   map[string]string // the runner process environment
+		envs     map[string]string // what runner.envs already put in the job
+		cacheURL string
+		services []string
+		want     map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			// The guarantee that makes this safe to ship: a runner without a proxy gives its
+			// jobs nothing at all.
+			name:     "runner has no proxy",
+			cacheURL: "http://cache.local:8088/",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "a lone no_proxy is not a proxy",
+			runner: map[string]string{"no_proxy": "example.com"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "both spellings of every variable",
+			runner: map[string]string{"http_proxy": proxy, "https_proxy": proxy},
+			want: map[string]string{
+				"http_proxy": proxy, "HTTP_PROXY": proxy,
+				"https_proxy": proxy, "HTTPS_PROXY": proxy,
+				"no_proxy": loopback, "NO_PROXY": loopback,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "a variable the runner does not have is omitted",
+			runner: map[string]string{"https_proxy": proxy},
+			want: map[string]string{
+				"https_proxy": proxy, "HTTPS_PROXY": proxy,
+				"no_proxy": loopback, "NO_PROXY": loopback,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// The cache server and the service containers are on the local network; Gitea is
+			// not added and keeps being reached through the proxy.
+			name:     "hosts the job must reach directly",
+			runner:   map[string]string{"http_proxy": proxy, "no_proxy": "internal.example"},
+			cacheURL: "http://192.168.1.10:34567/",
+			services: []string{"postgres", "redis"},
+			want: map[string]string{
+				"http_proxy": proxy, "HTTP_PROXY": proxy,
+				"no_proxy": "internal.example," + loopback + ",postgres,redis,192.168.1.10",
+				"NO_PROXY": "internal.example," + loopback + ",postgres,redis,192.168.1.10",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "runner.envs wins, for both spellings",
+			runner: map[string]string{"http_proxy": "http://from-env:3128"},
+			envs:   map[string]string{"http_proxy": "http://from-config:3128"},
+			want: map[string]string{
+				"http_proxy": "http://from-config:3128", "HTTP_PROXY": "http://from-config:3128",
+				"no_proxy": loopback, "NO_PROXY": loopback,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "runner.envs wins through the upper case spelling too",
+			runner: map[string]string{"http_proxy": "http://from-env:3128"},
+			envs:   map[string]string{"HTTP_PROXY": "http://from-config:3128"},
+			want: map[string]string{
+				"http_proxy": "http://from-config:3128", "HTTP_PROXY": "http://from-config:3128",
+				"no_proxy": loopback, "NO_PROXY": loopback,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// A runner.envs no_proxy adds to the hosts that must stay direct rather than
+			// replacing them, which would send cache traffic through the proxy.
+			name:     "runner.envs no_proxy is merged, not substituted",
+			runner:   map[string]string{"http_proxy": proxy},
+			envs:     map[string]string{"no_proxy": "operator.example"},
+			cacheURL: "http://192.168.1.10:34567/",
+			want: map[string]string{
+				"http_proxy": proxy, "HTTP_PROXY": proxy,
+				"no_proxy": "operator.example," + loopback + ",192.168.1.10",
+				"NO_PROXY": "operator.example," + loopback + ",192.168.1.10",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "runner.envs NO_PROXY is merged through the upper case spelling too",
+			runner:   map[string]string{"http_proxy": proxy},
+			envs:     map[string]string{"NO_PROXY": "operator.example"},
+			cacheURL: "http://192.168.1.10:34567/",
+			want: map[string]string{
+				"http_proxy": proxy, "HTTP_PROXY": proxy,
+				"no_proxy": "operator.example," + loopback + ",192.168.1.10",
+				"NO_PROXY": "operator.example," + loopback + ",192.168.1.10",
+			},
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			clearProxyEnv(t)
+			for name, value := range tc.runner {
+				t.Setenv(name, value)
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, JobProxyEnv(tc.envs, tc.cacheURL, tc.services))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// docker-in-docker over tcp: the docker client would otherwise send API calls to a proxy
+// that cannot route to the daemon.
+func TestBypassProxyForDockerHost(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name       string
+		httpProxy  string
+		dockerHost string
+		want       string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "tcp daemon is added",
+			httpProxy:  "http://proxy:3128",
+			dockerHost: "tcp://docker:2375",
+			want:       "internal.example,docker",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "unix socket is left alone",
+			httpProxy:  "http://proxy:3128",
+			dockerHost: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock",
+			want:       "internal.example",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "nothing happens without a proxy",
+			dockerHost: "tcp://docker:2375",
+			want:       "internal.example",
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			clearProxyEnv(t)
+			t.Setenv("no_proxy", "internal.example")
+			if tc.httpProxy != "" {
+				t.Setenv("http_proxy", tc.httpProxy)
+			}
+
+			BypassProxyForDockerHost(tc.dockerHost)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, os.Getenv("no_proxy"))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProxyPasswords(t *testing.T) {
+	clearProxyEnv(t)
+	t.Setenv("http_proxy", "http://user:hunter2@proxy:3128")
+	t.Setenv("https_proxy", "http://user:s3cret@proxy:3128")
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"hunter2", "s3cret"}, proxyPasswords())
+
+	t.Setenv("https_proxy", "http://proxy:3128")
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"hunter2"}, proxyPasswords())
+}
+
+func TestAppendNoProxy(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "a.example,b.example", appendNoProxy(" a.example , b.example "))
+	// a host already listed is not repeated
+	assert.Equal(t, "cache.local", appendNoProxy("cache.local", "cache.local"))
+	assert.Empty(t, appendNoProxy("", "", ""))
+}
+
+func TestHostOf(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "cache.local", hostOf("http://cache.local:8088/"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "192.168.1.10", hostOf("http://192.168.1.10:34567"))
+	// nothing to bypass for a socket path or an unparseable URL
+	assert.Empty(t, hostOf("unix:///var/run/docker.sock"))
+	assert.Empty(t, hostOf("cache.local:8088"))
+	assert.Empty(t, hostOf("://nope"))
+}

internal/app/run/runner.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ func NewRunner(cfg *config.Config, reg *config.Registration, cli client.Client)
 		if cfg.Cache.ExternalServer != "" {
 			envs["ACTIONS_CACHE_URL"] = cfg.Cache.ExternalServer
 		} else {
+			warnIgnoredCacheSecret(cfg)
 			handler, err := artifactcache.StartHandler(
 				cfg.Cache.Dir,
 				cfg.Cache.Host,
@@ -267,7 +269,8 @@ func (r *Runner) Run(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task) error {
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, r.cfg.Runner.Timeout)
 	defer cancel()
-	reporter := report.NewReporter(ctx, cancel, r.client, task, r.cfg)
+	// A proxy URL may carry credentials, and every job is given it; keep them out of the log.
+	reporter := report.NewReporter(ctx, cancel, r.client, task, r.cfg, proxyPasswords()...)
 	var runErr error
 	defer func() {
 		r.runningCount.Add(-1)
@@ -340,6 +343,11 @@ func (r *Runner) run(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task, reporter *report.
 	taskContext := task.Context.Fields
 	envs := r.cloneEnvs()
 
+	// Added per task because this job's service containers must be reached directly, and
+	// act reaches them by their workflow key.
+	proxyEnv := JobProxyEnv(envs, envs["ACTIONS_CACHE_URL"], slices.Sorted(maps.Keys(job.Services)))
+	maps.Copy(envs, proxyEnv)
+
 	if r.capabilities != "" {
 		envs["GITEA_ACTIONS_CAPABILITIES"] = r.capabilities
 	}
@@ -449,6 +457,7 @@ func (r *Runner) run(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task, reporter *report.
 		LogOutput:            true,
 		JSONLogger:           false,
 		Env:                  envs,
+		ProxyEnv:             proxyEnv,
 		Secrets:              task.Secrets,
 		GitHubInstance:       strings.TrimSuffix(r.client.Address(), "/"),
 		AutoRemove:           true,
@@ -470,9 +479,12 @@ func (r *Runner) run(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task, reporter *report.
 		DefaultActionInstance:             r.getDefaultActionsURL(task),
 		DefaultActionInstanceIsSelfHosted: r.isSelfHostedActionsURL(task),
 		PlatformPicker:                    r.labels.PickPlatform,
+		JobStartedHook:                    r.cfg.Runner.Hooks.JobStarted,
+		JobCompletedHook:                  r.cfg.Runner.Hooks.JobCompleted,
 		Vars:                              task.Vars,
 		ValidVolumes:                      r.cfg.Container.ValidVolumes,
 		InsecureSkipTLS:                   r.cfg.Runner.Insecure,
+		RunnerName:                        r.name,
 	}
 
 	rr, err := runner.New(runnerConfig)
@@ -512,14 +524,11 @@ func (r *Runner) run(ctx context.Context, task *runnerv1.Task, reporter *report.
 // function the caller must invoke (typically via defer) to revoke the
 // credential when the task finishes.
 //
-// Three modes:
+// Two modes:
 //   - Embedded handler: register in-process via RegisterJob.
-//   - external_server + external_secret: POST to the remote server's
-//     /_internal/register, defer a POST to /_internal/revoke. This is what
-//     enables full per-job auth and repo scoping over the network.
-//   - external_server alone (no secret): no-op revoker. The remote server is
-//     in legacy openMode and ignores the runtime token; trust is at the
-//     network layer.
+//   - external_server: POST to the remote server's /_internal/register, defer a
+//     POST to /_internal/revoke. This is what enables full per-job auth and
+//     repo scoping over the network.
 //
 // Safe with an empty token (older Gitea did not issue one).
 func (r *Runner) registerCacheForTask(token, repo string, reporter *report.Reporter) func() {
@@ -532,6 +541,7 @@ func (r *Runner) registerCacheForTask(token, repo string, reporter *report.Repor
 	if r.cfg.Cache.ExternalServer != "" && r.cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret != "" {
 		return r.registerExternalCacheJob(token, repo, reporter)
 	}
+	// No cache server to register against: caching is disabled, or the built-in server failed to start.
 	return func() {}
 }
 
@@ -655,3 +665,20 @@ func (r *Runner) Declare(ctx context.Context, labels []string) (*connect.Respons
 		Capabilities: RunnerCapabilities(),
 	}))
 }
+
+// warnIgnoredCacheSecret flags an external cache server secret configured on a runner that uses the built-in cache server.
+func warnIgnoredCacheSecret(cfg *config.Config) {
+	if cfg.Cache.ExternalServer != "" {
+		return
+	}
+	// Not using an external cache server, so any configured secret is ignored.
+	if cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	// LoadDefault resolves external_secret_file into ExternalSecret, so report whichever key the operator actually wrote.
+	key := "cache.external_secret"
+	if cfg.Cache.ExternalSecretFile != "" {
+		key = "cache.external_secret_file"
+	}
+	log.Warnf("%s is set but cache.external_server is not; the built-in cache server does not use a shared secret, so the value is ignored", key)
+}

internal/app/run/runner_test.go

@@ -93,6 +93,24 @@ func TestNewRunnerInitializesLabelsAndEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Nil(t, r.cacheHandler)
 }
 
+// Proxy variables are assembled per task, because a job's service containers have to be
+// reached directly and they are only known once the workflow is parsed.
+func TestNewRunnerLeavesProxyToTheTask(t *testing.T) {
+	clearProxyEnv(t)
+	t.Setenv("http_proxy", "http://proxy:3128")
+
+	cfg := &config.Config{}
+	cfg.Cache.ExternalServer = "http://cache.local:8088/"
+	reg := &config.Registration{Name: "runner"}
+	cli := clientmocks.NewClient(t)
+	cli.On("Address").Return("https://gitea.example/").Maybe()
+
+	r := NewRunner(cfg, reg, cli)
+
+	require.NotContains(t, r.envs, "http_proxy")
+	require.NotContains(t, r.envs, "no_proxy")
+}
+
 func taskWithDefaultActionsURL(url string) *runnerv1.Task {
 	return &runnerv1.Task{
 		Context: &structpb.Struct{

internal/pkg/config/config.example.yaml

@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ runner:
   post_task_script: ''
   # Hard limit on post_task_script runtime. Default if omitted: 5m.
   post_task_script_timeout: 5m
+  # Scripts run inside the job environment before the job's first step and after its last
+  # one, the equivalent of GitHub's ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED and
+  # ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED, which are read when these are unset. The paths are
+  # resolved inside the job environment. Either one failing fails the job.
+  # Full guide: docs/job-hooks.md
+  hooks:
+    job_started: ''
+    job_completed: ''
 
 cache:
   # Enable the built-in cache server (used by actions/cache and similar actions).
@@ -132,6 +140,11 @@ cache:
   # Required when external_server is set. Must be identical on every runner and the cache-server.
   # Generate with: openssl rand -hex 32
   external_secret: ""
+  # Path to a file containing the shared secret, as an alternative to external_secret.
+  # Use this to keep the secret out of this file.
+  # Surrounding whitespace is trimmed, so a trailing newline in the file is fine.
+  # Setting both external_secret and external_secret_file is an error.
+  external_secret_file: ""
   # When true, reuse a cached action instead of fetching from the remote on every job.
   # A moved tag (e.g. a re-tagged "v6") or an updated branch stays at the cached commit
   # until its cache entry expires or is manually removed.
@@ -154,7 +167,11 @@ container:
     enable_ipv6: false # Omit to use Docker's default (IPv6 disabled). Enabling it requires dockerd started with --ipv6.
   # Whether to use privileged mode or not when launching task containers (privileged mode is required for Docker-in-Docker).
   privileged: false
-  # Any other options to be used when the container is started (e.g., --add-host=my.gitea.url:host-gateway).
+  # Any other options to be used when the container is started, for example:
+  #   options: --add-host=my.gitea.url:host-gateway
+  # A volume declared here replaces the one the runner mounts on the same container path, so the
+  # tool cache can be kept on the host. Its source must also be allowed by valid_volumes below:
+  #   options: --volume /host/toolcache:/opt/hostedtoolcache
   options:
   # The parent directory of a job's working directory.
   # NOTE: There is no need to add the first '/' of the path as runner will add it automatically.

internal/pkg/config/config.go

@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"maps"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
@@ -53,6 +55,13 @@ type Runner struct {
 	AllocatePTY           bool              `yaml:"allocate_pty"`             // AllocatePTY allocates a pseudo-TTY for each step's process. Default is false, matching GitHub's actions/runner. Enable only for jobs that need an interactive terminal; tools like docker build emit redrawing progress frames into the captured log when a TTY is present. Applies to both host and docker backends.
 	PostTaskScript        string            `yaml:"post_task_script"`         // PostTaskScript is the path to an executable script run on the host after each task's cleanup completes. Empty disables the hook. On Windows use .exe/.bat/.cmd; PowerShell (.ps1) is not supported yet as the configured path.
 	PostTaskScriptTimeout time.Duration     `yaml:"post_task_script_timeout"` // PostTaskScriptTimeout caps how long the post-task script may run. Default is 5m when post_task_script is set.
+	Hooks                 RunnerHooks       `yaml:"hooks"`                    // Hooks are scripts run inside the job environment around the job's steps.
+}
+
+// RunnerHooks represents the scripts run inside the job environment around the job's steps.
+type RunnerHooks struct {
+	JobStarted   string `yaml:"job_started"`   // JobStarted is the path of a script run before the job's first step. Falls back to ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED; a failure fails the job.
+	JobCompleted string `yaml:"job_completed"` // JobCompleted is the path of a script run after the job's last step, while the job environment is still up. Falls back to ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_COMPLETED; a failure fails the job.
 }
 
 // Cache represents the configuration for caching.
@@ -62,7 +71,8 @@ type Cache struct {
 	Host               string `yaml:"host"`                 // Host specifies the caching host.
 	Port               uint16 `yaml:"port"`                 // Port specifies the caching port.
 	ExternalServer     string `yaml:"external_server"`      // ExternalServer specifies the URL of external cache server
-	ExternalSecret string `yaml:"external_secret"` // ExternalSecret is a shared secret between this runner and an external gitea-runner cache-server, enabling per-job ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN authentication and repo scoping over the network. Leave empty to keep the legacy unauthenticated behavior.
+	ExternalSecret     string `yaml:"external_secret"`      // ExternalSecret is a shared secret between this runner and an external gitea-runner cache-server, enabling per-job ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN authentication and repo scoping over the network. Required whenever ExternalServer is set; ExternalSecretFile is the alternative way to provide it.
+	ExternalSecretFile string `yaml:"external_secret_file"` // ExternalSecretFile is the path to a file holding the ExternalSecret value, so the secret can be mounted instead of stored in the config file. LoadDefault reads it into ExternalSecret; setting both is an error.
 	OfflineMode        bool   `yaml:"offline_mode"`         // OfflineMode reuses a cached action without fetching from the remote; a moved tag or branch stays at the cached commit until the cache entry is removed.
 }
 
@@ -134,6 +144,7 @@ func LoadDefault(file string) (*Config, error) {
 		if err := yaml.Unmarshal(content, cfg); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse config file %q: %w", file, err)
 		}
+		warnUnknownKeys(file, content)
 		definedRunnerKeys, err = definedRunnerConfigKeys(content)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse config file %q for defaults metadata: %w", file, err)
@@ -177,6 +188,10 @@ func LoadDefault(file string) (*Config, error) {
 		b := true
 		cfg.Cache.Enabled = &b
 	}
+	// Resolved regardless of cache.enabled, because the `cache-server` command reads the secret from the same key without checking cache.enabled.
+	if err := resolveCacheExternalSecret(cfg); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	if *cfg.Cache.Enabled {
 		if cfg.Cache.Dir == "" {
 			home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
@@ -186,7 +201,7 @@ func LoadDefault(file string) (*Config, error) {
 			cfg.Cache.Dir = filepath.Join(home, ".cache", "actcache")
 		}
 		if cfg.Cache.ExternalServer != "" && cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret == "" {
-			return nil, errors.New("cache.external_server is set but cache.external_secret is empty; configure the same external_secret on this runner and the gitea-runner cache-server")
+			return nil, errors.New("cache.external_server is set but no shared secret is configured; set cache.external_secret (or cache.external_secret_file) to the same value used by the gitea-runner cache-server")
 		}
 	}
 	if cfg.Container.WorkdirParent == "" {
@@ -275,6 +290,21 @@ func LoadDefault(file string) (*Config, error) {
 	return cfg, nil
 }
 
+// warnUnknownKeys reports keys the config does not define, which are otherwise ignored
+// without a trace. It only warns, so a config carrying keys from another runner version
+// still loads.
+func warnUnknownKeys(file string, content []byte) {
+	decoder := yaml.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(content))
+	decoder.KnownFields(true)
+
+	var typeErr *yaml.TypeError
+	if err := decoder.Decode(&Config{}); errors.As(err, &typeErr) {
+		for _, message := range typeErr.Errors {
+			log.Warnf("config file %q: %s, it will be ignored", file, message)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func definedRunnerConfigKeys(content []byte) (map[string]bool, error) {
 	var root yaml.Node
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(content, &root); err != nil {
@@ -301,3 +331,24 @@ func definedRunnerConfigKeys(content []byte) (map[string]bool, error) {
 
 	return defined, nil
 }
+
+// resolveCacheExternalSecret loads cache.external_secret from the file named by cache.external_secret_file,
+// so deployments can mount the secret instead of committing it to the config file.
+func resolveCacheExternalSecret(cfg *Config) error {
+	if cfg.Cache.ExternalSecretFile == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret != "" {
+		return errors.New("cache.external_secret and cache.external_secret_file are both set; configure only one of them")
+	}
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(cfg.Cache.ExternalSecretFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read cache.external_secret_file %q: %w", cfg.Cache.ExternalSecretFile, err)
+	}
+	secret := strings.TrimSpace(string(content))
+	if secret == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cache.external_secret_file %q contains no secret", cfg.Cache.ExternalSecretFile)
+	}
+	cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret = secret
+	return nil
+}

internal/pkg/config/config_test.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus/hooks/test"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -139,9 +140,6 @@ runner:
 	assert.Equal(t, -1*time.Second, cfg.Runner.IdleCleanupInterval)
 }
 
-// TestLoadDefault_MalformedYAMLReturnsParseError pins the error surfaced for
-// invalid YAML to the canonical "parse config file" message rather than the
-// "for defaults metadata" variant — i.e. the main yaml.Unmarshal runs first.
 func TestLoadDefault_LoadsPostTaskScript(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
@@ -170,6 +168,25 @@ runner:
 	assert.Equal(t, 5*time.Minute, cfg.Runner.PostTaskScriptTimeout)
 }
 
+func TestLoadDefault_LoadsJobHooks(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`
+runner:
+  hooks:
+    job_started: /hooks/started.sh
+    job_completed: /hooks/completed.sh
+`), 0o600))
+
+	cfg, err := LoadDefault(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/hooks/started.sh", cfg.Runner.Hooks.JobStarted)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/hooks/completed.sh", cfg.Runner.Hooks.JobCompleted)
+}
+
+// TestLoadDefault_MalformedYAMLReturnsParseError pins the error surfaced for
+// invalid YAML to the canonical "parse config file" message rather than the
+// "for defaults metadata" variant — i.e. the main yaml.Unmarshal runs first.
 func TestLoadDefault_MalformedYAMLReturnsParseError(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
@@ -181,6 +198,21 @@ func TestLoadDefault_MalformedYAMLReturnsParseError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotContains(t, err.Error(), "defaults metadata")
 }
 
+func TestLoadDefault_WarnsOnUnknownKeysButStillLoads(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte("container:\n  volumes:\n    - /host:/ctr\n  privileged: true\n"), 0o600))
+
+	hook := test.NewGlobal()
+	defer hook.Reset()
+
+	cfg, err := LoadDefault(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, cfg.Container.Privileged)
+	require.Len(t, hook.Entries, 1)
+	assert.Contains(t, hook.LastEntry().Message, "field volumes not found")
+}
+
 func TestContainerNetworkCreateOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	// Verify that the enable_ipv4/enable_ipv6 YAML keys unmarshal into the *bool fields,
 	// distinguishing an explicit true/false from an omitted key (nil). A nil here is
@@ -227,3 +259,91 @@ func TestContainerNetworkCreateOptions(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Nil(t, opts.EnableIPv6)
 	})
 }
+
+func TestLoadDefault_ReadsExternalSecretFromFile(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	secretPath := filepath.Join(dir, "cache.secret")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(secretPath, []byte("  s3cr3t\n"), 0o600))
+
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`
+cache:
+  enabled: true
+  external_server: "http://cache.invalid/"
+  external_secret_file: "`+secretPath+`"
+`), 0o600))
+
+	cfg, err := LoadDefault(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "s3cr3t", cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret)
+}
+
+func TestLoadDefault_ReadsExternalSecretFromFileWhenCacheDisabled(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	secretPath := filepath.Join(dir, "cache.secret")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(secretPath, []byte("s3cr3t"), 0o600))
+
+	// the file has to be resolved even when cache is disabled
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`
+cache:
+  enabled: false
+  external_secret_file: "`+secretPath+`"
+`), 0o600))
+
+	cfg, err := LoadDefault(path)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "s3cr3t", cfg.Cache.ExternalSecret)
+}
+
+func TestLoadDefault_RejectsBothExternalSecretAndFile(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	secretPath := filepath.Join(dir, "cache.secret")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(secretPath, []byte("s3cr3t"), 0o600))
+
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`
+cache:
+  enabled: true
+  external_server: "http://cache.invalid/"
+  external_secret: "inline"
+  external_secret_file: "`+secretPath+`"
+`), 0o600))
+
+	_, err := LoadDefault(path)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "both set")
+}
+
+func TestLoadDefault_RejectsMissingExternalSecretFile(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`
+cache:
+  enabled: true
+  external_server: "http://cache.invalid/"
+  external_secret_file: "`+filepath.Join(dir, "absent.secret")+`"
+`), 0o600))
+
+	_, err := LoadDefault(path)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "read cache.external_secret_file")
+}
+
+func TestLoadDefault_RejectsEmptyExternalSecretFile(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	secretPath := filepath.Join(dir, "cache.secret")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(secretPath, []byte("\n  \n"), 0o600))
+
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "config.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`
+cache:
+  enabled: true
+  external_server: "http://cache.invalid/"
+  external_secret_file: "`+secretPath+`"
+`), 0o600))
+
+	_, err := LoadDefault(path)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "contains no secret")
+}

internal/pkg/lock/keyed.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package lock
+
+import "sync"
+
+// Keyed serializes the work done under one key while letting different keys run in
+// parallel. Its zero value is ready to use, and it keeps one mutex per key it has seen.
+type Keyed[K comparable] struct {
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	mutexes map[K]*sync.Mutex
+}
+
+// Lock locks the mutex for key and returns its unlock function.
+func (kl *Keyed[K]) Lock(key K) func() {
+	kl.mu.Lock()
+	if kl.mutexes == nil {
+		kl.mutexes = map[K]*sync.Mutex{}
+	}
+	lock := kl.mutexes[key]
+	if lock == nil {
+		lock = &sync.Mutex{}
+		kl.mutexes[key] = lock
+	}
+	kl.mu.Unlock()
+
+	lock.Lock()
+	return lock.Unlock
+}
+
+// Delete drops the mutex for key. Holders of it keep working, they just no longer share it
+// with a later Lock of the same key.
+func (kl *Keyed[K]) Delete(key K) {
+	kl.mu.Lock()
+	delete(kl.mutexes, key)
+	kl.mu.Unlock()
+}

internal/pkg/report/reporter.go

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ const (
 	maxOutputValueLen = 1024 * 1024 // 1 MiB
 )
 
+// jobOutput is a job output on its way to the server, sent once the server has acknowledged it.
+type jobOutput struct {
+	value string
+	sent  bool
+}
+
 type Reporter struct {
 	ctx    context.Context
 	cancel context.CancelFunc
@@ -53,7 +59,8 @@ type Reporter struct {
 	state             *runnerv1.TaskState
 	stateChanged      bool
 	stateMu           sync.RWMutex
-	outputs           sync.Map
+	outputsMu         sync.Mutex
+	outputs           map[string]jobOutput
 	daemon            chan struct{}
 	heartbeatStop     chan struct{}
 	heartbeatStopOnce sync.Once
@@ -79,8 +86,13 @@ type Reporter struct {
 	stopCommandEndToken string
 }
 
-func NewReporter(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc, client client.Client, task *runnerv1.Task, cfg *config.Config) *Reporter {
+// extraMasks are values known before the job starts that are not among its secrets, such as
+// the password in the runner's proxy URL.
+func NewReporter(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc, client client.Client, task *runnerv1.Task, cfg *config.Config, extraMasks ...string) *Reporter {
 	var oldnew []string
+	for _, v := range extraMasks {
+		oldnew = runner.AppendSecretMasker(oldnew, v)
+	}
 	if v := task.Context.Fields["token"].GetStringValue(); v != "" {
 		oldnew = runner.AppendSecretMasker(oldnew, v)
 	}
@@ -394,7 +406,12 @@ func (r *Reporter) logf(format string, a ...any) {
 func (r *Reporter) SetOutputs(outputs map[string]string) {
 	r.stateMu.Lock()
 	defer r.stateMu.Unlock()
+	r.outputsMu.Lock()
+	defer r.outputsMu.Unlock()
 
+	if r.outputs == nil {
+		r.outputs = map[string]jobOutput{}
+	}
 	for k, v := range outputs {
 		if l := len(k); l > maxOutputKeyLen {
 			log.Warnf("ignore output %q because the key is too long: %d > %d", k, l, maxOutputKeyLen)
@@ -406,10 +423,9 @@ func (r *Reporter) SetOutputs(outputs map[string]string) {
 			r.logf("ignore output %q because the value is too long: %d > %d", k, l, maxOutputValueLen)
 			continue
 		}
-		if _, ok := r.outputs.Load(k); ok {
-			continue
+		if _, ok := r.outputs[k]; !ok {
+			r.outputs[k] = jobOutput{value: v}
 		}
-		r.outputs.Store(k, v)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -574,14 +590,14 @@ func (r *Reporter) ReportState(reportResult bool) error {
 	r.clientM.Lock()
 	defer r.clientM.Unlock()
 
-	// Build the outputs map first (single Range pass instead of two).
 	outputs := make(map[string]string)
-	r.outputs.Range(func(k, v any) bool {
-		if val, ok := v.(string); ok {
-			outputs[k.(string)] = val
+	r.outputsMu.Lock()
+	for key, out := range r.outputs {
+		if !out.sent {
+			outputs[key] = out.value
 		}
-		return true
-	})
+	}
+	r.outputsMu.Unlock()
 
 	// Consume stateChanged atomically with the snapshot; restored on error
 	// below so a concurrent Fire() during UpdateTask isn't silently lost.
@@ -594,7 +610,8 @@ func (r *Reporter) ReportState(reportResult bool) error {
 		r.stateMu.Unlock()
 		return nil
 	}
-	state := proto.Clone(r.state).(*runnerv1.TaskState)
+	state := &runnerv1.TaskState{}
+	proto.Merge(state, r.state)
 	r.stateChanged = false
 	r.stateMu.Unlock()
 
@@ -622,21 +639,23 @@ func (r *Reporter) ReportState(reportResult bool) error {
 	metrics.ReportStateTotal.WithLabelValues(metrics.LabelResultSuccess).Inc()
 	r.lastReportedAtNanos.Store(time.Now().UnixNano())
 
+	var noSent []string
+	r.outputsMu.Lock()
 	for _, k := range resp.Msg.SentOutputs {
-		r.outputs.Store(k, struct{}{})
+		if _, ok := r.outputs[k]; ok {
+			r.outputs[k] = jobOutput{sent: true}
 		}
+	}
+	for key, out := range r.outputs {
+		if !out.sent {
+			noSent = append(noSent, key)
+		}
+	}
+	r.outputsMu.Unlock()
 
 	if resp.Msg.State != nil && resp.Msg.State.Result == runnerv1.Result_RESULT_CANCELLED {
 		r.cancel()
 	}
-
-	var noSent []string
-	r.outputs.Range(func(k, v any) bool {
-		if _, ok := v.(string); ok {
-			noSent = append(noSent, k.(string))
-		}
-		return true
-	})
 	if len(noSent) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("there are still outputs that have not been sent: %v", noSent)
 	}

internal/pkg/report/reporter_test.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"maps"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
@@ -1011,33 +1013,59 @@ func TestReporter_SetOutputs(t *testing.T) {
 	r := &Reporter{state: &runnerv1.TaskState{}}
 
 	r.SetOutputs(map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
-	got, ok := r.outputs.Load("foo")
+	got, ok := r.outputs["foo"]
 	require.True(t, ok)
-	assert.Equal(t, "bar", got)
+	assert.Equal(t, "bar", got.value)
 
 	// first value wins: a later write to the same key is ignored
 	r.SetOutputs(map[string]string{"foo": "baz"})
-	got, _ = r.outputs.Load("foo")
-	assert.Equal(t, "bar", got)
+	assert.Equal(t, "bar", r.outputs["foo"].value)
 
 	// keys longer than maxOutputKeyLen are dropped
 	longKey := strings.Repeat("k", maxOutputKeyLen+1)
 	r.SetOutputs(map[string]string{longKey: "v"})
-	_, ok = r.outputs.Load(longKey)
+	_, ok = r.outputs[longKey]
 	assert.False(t, ok)
 
 	// values longer than maxOutputValueLen are dropped
 	longValue := strings.Repeat("v", maxOutputValueLen+1)
 	r.SetOutputs(map[string]string{"big": longValue})
-	_, ok = r.outputs.Load("big")
+	_, ok = r.outputs["big"]
 	assert.False(t, ok)
 
 	// a value at exactly the limit is still stored
 	maxValue := strings.Repeat("v", maxOutputValueLen)
 	r.SetOutputs(map[string]string{"atlimit": maxValue})
-	got, ok = r.outputs.Load("atlimit")
+	got, ok = r.outputs["atlimit"]
 	require.True(t, ok)
-	assert.Len(t, got, maxOutputValueLen)
+	assert.Len(t, got.value, maxOutputValueLen)
+}
+
+// An output the server acknowledged is not reported again.
+func TestReporter_OutputsSentOnce(t *testing.T) {
+	client := mocks.NewClient(t)
+	var reported []map[string]string
+	client.On("UpdateTask", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(
+		func(_ context.Context, req *connect_go.Request[runnerv1.UpdateTaskRequest]) (*connect_go.Response[runnerv1.UpdateTaskResponse], error) {
+			reported = append(reported, req.Msg.Outputs)
+			return connect_go.NewResponse(&runnerv1.UpdateTaskResponse{SentOutputs: slices.Collect(maps.Keys(req.Msg.Outputs))}), nil
+		})
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+	taskCtx, err := structpb.NewStruct(map[string]any{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	cfg, _ := config.LoadDefault("")
+	r := NewReporter(ctx, cancel, client, &runnerv1.Task{Context: taskCtx}, cfg)
+
+	r.SetOutputs(map[string]string{"foo": "bar"})
+	require.NoError(t, r.ReportState(false))
+	assert.True(t, r.outputs["foo"].sent)
+
+	require.NoError(t, r.ReportState(true))
+	require.Len(t, reported, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}, reported[0])
+	assert.Empty(t, reported[1])
 }
 
 func TestReporter_EffectiveCloseTimeout(t *testing.T) {

renovate.json5

@@ -2,5 +2,11 @@
   "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
   "extends": [
     "local>gitea/renovate-config"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "matchPackageNames": ["go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"],
+      "allowedVersions": "<4.0.0-rc.4", // rc.4 removes the error types actionlint builds against
+    },
+  ],
 }

scripts/upload-r2.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+# upload-r2.sh uploads a single local file to a single object key in a
+# Cloudflare R2 bucket, using curl's built-in AWS SigV4 signer (R2 is
+# S3-API compatible).
+#
+# This is the R2 half of the release process's parallel S3+R2 upload
+# period: goreleaser's `blobs:` pipe still uploads every release
+# artifact to AWS S3, and this script is invoked once per artifact
+# (via a goreleaser `publishers:` entry) to mirror the same artifact
+# into R2. Once the migration away from S3 is complete, the `blobs:`
+# block and the AWS_* secrets can be dropped without touching this
+# script.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   upload-r2.sh <local-file> <remote-key>
+#   upload-r2.sh --check-config
+#
+# The second form only validates that the required environment
+# variables below are set (it does not touch the network or the
+# filesystem beyond that), and is meant to be run as an early
+# preflight step in CI: goreleaser custom publishers run as the very
+# last step of the publish pipeline, so without a preflight check a
+# missing R2_* secret would only be discovered after the Gitea release
+# has already been created and every artifact already uploaded to S3.
+#
+# Required environment variables:
+#   R2_ENDPOINT          Base URL of the R2 endpoint, e.g.
+#                        https://<account>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
+#   R2_BUCKET            Destination bucket name.
+#   R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID     R2 access key id.
+#   R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY R2 secret access key.
+
+set -eu
+
+# check_env validates that all required R2_* environment variables are
+# set and non-empty, printing a single "missing required environment
+# variable(s): ..." message and exiting non-zero otherwise. Used by
+# both the normal upload mode and --check-config, so the validation
+# logic only exists in one place.
+check_env() {
+  missing=""
+
+  if [ -z "${R2_ENDPOINT:-}" ]; then
+    missing="$missing R2_ENDPOINT"
+  fi
+  if [ -z "${R2_BUCKET:-}" ]; then
+    missing="$missing R2_BUCKET"
+  fi
+  if [ -z "${R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID:-}" ]; then
+    missing="$missing R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
+  fi
+  if [ -z "${R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:-}" ]; then
+    missing="$missing R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -n "$missing" ]; then
+    echo "upload-r2.sh: missing required environment variable(s):$missing" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+if [ "$#" -eq 1 ] && [ "$1" = "--check-config" ]; then
+  check_env
+  echo "upload-r2.sh: R2 configuration OK"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+  echo "usage: upload-r2.sh <local-file> <remote-key>" >&2
+  echo "       upload-r2.sh --check-config" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+local_file="$1"
+remote_key="$2"
+
+if [ ! -f "$local_file" ]; then
+  echo "upload-r2.sh: local file not found: $local_file" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+check_env
+
+# Strip a single trailing slash from the endpoint, if present, so that
+# building the path-style URL below never produces a double slash.
+endpoint="${R2_ENDPOINT%/}"
+url="$endpoint/$R2_BUCKET/$remote_key"
+
+# Credentials are passed to curl through a config file read from
+# stdin rather than as a command-line argument, so they never show up
+# in `ps` output.
+#
+# --fail-with-body (instead of plain --fail) still exits non-zero on
+# HTTP errors, but also prints R2's XML error body, which is where the
+# actual error code lives (SignatureDoesNotMatch, NoSuchBucket,
+# AccessDenied, ...); with plain --fail that body is discarded and the
+# failure is silent. --retry 3 (without --retry-all-errors) still
+# retries the transient cases (5xx, 408, 429, connection failures);
+# --retry-all-errors would additionally retry permanent 4xx responses
+# three times with backoff, which only delays an inevitable failure.
+printf 'user = "%s:%s"\n' "$R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID" "$R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" | curl \
+  --config - \
+  --fail-with-body \
+  --silent \
+  --show-error \
+  --retry 3 \
+  --aws-sigv4 "aws:amz:auto:s3" \
+  --upload-file "$local_file" \
+  "$url"