fix: verify GitHub runner registration before reporting ready - #21
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The readiness check previously validated only GCE instance metadata (gh_ready=1), which is set immediately after ./svc.sh start — before the runner process has actually connected to GitHub's API. When a runner silently fails to register, downstream jobs queue for 24 hours waiting for a runner that never appears. This adds a second verification stage that polls the GitHub Actions runners API to confirm runners with the expected label are registered. If they don't appear within 3 minutes, all VMs are cleaned up and the step fails fast. Also fixes the loop counter bug where `i` was never reset between instances, causing later VMs to get fewer readiness polling attempts. Also moves the GITHUB_OUTPUT label write to after all verification passes (defense-in-depth). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe action now waits for launched runners to register with GitHub before it writes the runner label. It deletes all launched VMs and fails after a three-minute registration timeout. ChangesRunner registration verification
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The readiness check can incorrectly conclude that runners are missing when they appear on later API pages, potentially deleting healthy VMs and failing otherwise valid runs. Pagination should be added before merging. Poem
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In `@action.sh`:
- Around line 362-364: Update the runner-discovery logic assigning REGISTERED to
fetch and combine all paginated responses from the GitHub Actions runners API
before filtering labels by VM_ID and counting matches. Preserve the existing
label-selection behavior so the resulting count includes runners beyond the
default first page for comparison with EXPECTED_RUNNERS.
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| REGISTERED=$(curl -s -H "authorization: Bearer ${token}" \ | ||
| "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/actions/runners" | \ | ||
| jq "[.runners[] | select(.labels[].name == \"${VM_ID}\")] | length") |
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
# Confirm whether the action limits runner counts and locate all runner-list calls.
rg -n -C 4 'num_instances|EXPECTED_RUNNERS|actions/runners|per_page|page=' action.sh action.ymlRepository: teamsnap/gce-github-runner
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- action.sh: instance input and registration verification ---'
sed -n '130,170p;330,390p' action.sh
printf '%s\n' '--- action.yml: num_instances contract ---'
sed -n '95,110p' action.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- repository guidance and learnings relevant to action.sh ---'
find /tmp/coderabbit-repo-knowledge/teamsnap-gce-github-runner-079c29cd -maxdepth 2 -type f -name '*.md' -print \
-exec sh -c 'grep -inE "action\\.sh|runner|pagination|num_instances" "$1" || true' _ {} \;Repository: teamsnap/gce-github-runner
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GitHub REST API List self-hosted runners for a repository default per_page pagination response ordering
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The GitHub REST API endpoint to list self-hosted runners for a repository (GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runners) supports pagination using the per_page and page query parameters [1][2]. For this endpoint: - The default value for per_page is 30 [1][2]. - The maximum value for per_page is 100 [1][3]. - The default value for page is 1 [1][2]. Regarding response ordering, the official GitHub REST API documentation does not specify a default sort order for this endpoint, nor does it provide a parameter to control the ordering of the returned list of runners [1][2]. When an endpoint does not explicitly support sorting or ordering parameters, the results are typically returned in an implementation-defined order, which should not be relied upon for consistent sequencing [3].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/self-hosted-runners
- 2: https://docs.github.com/rest/actions/self-hosted-runners
- 3: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api
Paginate the runner list before counting labels.
The API returns 30 runners by default. If matching runners are on later pages, REGISTERED remains too low, so the action deletes healthy VMs and fails. Fetch all pages before comparing with EXPECTED_RUNNERS.
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In `@action.sh` around lines 362 - 364, Update the runner-discovery logic
assigning REGISTERED to fetch and combine all paginated responses from the
GitHub Actions runners API before filtering labels by VM_ID and counting
matches. Preserve the existing label-selection behavior so the resulting count
includes runners beyond the default first page for comparison with
EXPECTED_RUNNERS.
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Summary
iwas never reset between instances, causing later VMs to get fewer readiness polling attemptsGITHUB_OUTPUTlabel write to after all verification passes (defense-in-depth)Problem
The readiness check validates only GCE instance metadata (
gh_ready=1), which is set immediately after./svc.sh start— before the runner process has actually connected to GitHub's API. When a runner silently fails to register, downstream jobs queue for 24 hours waiting for a runner that never appears.timeout-minuteson the job doesn't help because GitHub excludes queue wait time from the timeout for self-hosted runners.Evidence from
organization-frontend-v2PR preview E2E runs:32149226039: one matrix job completed in 8 min, the other queued 24h → cancelled31833694087: one matrix job completed in 5 min, the other queued 24h → cancelledFix
After all VMs pass the GCE metadata check, a new loop polls
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runnersto verify the expected number of runners with the correct label exist. If they don't appear within 3 minutes (36 × 5s), all VMs are cleaned up and the step exits 1 — turning a silent 24-hour hang into a clear ~3-minute failure.Test plan
create-runnerwithnum_instances: 2. Both VMs should register and the new check should log✅ All 2 runners registered with GitHubivariable fix: test withnum_instances: 3+and confirm all VMs get full polling windows in the GCE metadata check🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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