fix(deps): update module golang.org/x/text to v0.40.0 (#1091 )

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fix: ignore blank lines and decode UTF-16 in the runner env files (#1084 )
2026-11-13 19:33:41 +00:00 · 2026-07-16 09:22:33 +00:00 · 2026-07-15 19:45:50 +00:00 · 2026-07-15 16:58:07 +00:00 · 2026-07-15 06:34:32 +00:00 · 2026-07-15 06:15:50 +00:00
119 changed files with 7187 additions and 481 deletions
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5
    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
    - uses: actions/setup-node@v6
      with:
        node-version: 24
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
  goreleaser:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -43,16 +43,22 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        variant:
+          # The basic image is built from source and can target any arch the
+          # toolchain supports. The dind variants are limited to the arches the
+          # docker:dind base image publishes.
          - target: basic
            tag_suffix: ""
+            platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/riscv64,linux/s390x
          - target: dind
            tag_suffix: "-dind"
+            platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
          - target: dind-rootless
            tag_suffix: "-dind-rootless"
+            platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # all history for all branches and tags

@@ -82,9 +88,7 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./Dockerfile
          target: ${{ matrix.variant.target }}
-          platforms: |
-            linux/amd64
-            linux/arm64
+          platforms: ${{ matrix.variant.platforms }}
          push: true
          tags: |
            ${{ env.DOCKER_ORG }}/runner:nightly${{ matrix.variant.tag_suffix }}
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
  goreleaser:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # all history for all branches and tags
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -42,12 +42,18 @@ jobs:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        variant:
+          # The basic image is built from source and can target any arch the
+          # toolchain supports. The dind variants are limited to the arches the
+          # docker:dind base image publishes.
          - target: basic
            tag_suffix: ""
+            platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/riscv64,linux/s390x
          - target: dind
            tag_suffix: "-dind"
+            platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
          - target: dind-rootless
            tag_suffix: "-dind-rootless"
+            platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
    container:
      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
    env:
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
      DOCKER_LATEST: latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # all history for all branches and tags

@@ -91,9 +97,7 @@ jobs:
          context: .
          file: ./Dockerfile
          target: ${{ matrix.variant.target }}
-          platforms: |
-            linux/amd64
-            linux/arm64
+          platforms: ${{ matrix.variant.platforms }}
          push: true
          tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}
          build-args: |
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
      # to ~/.docker with the stale credentials.
      DOCKER_CONFIG: /tmp/docker-noauth
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ jobs:
      # after `make test` so the images it needs are already present on the host daemon.
      - name: test against dind image
        run: make test-dind
+      - name: coverage report
+        run: |
+          make coverage-report
+          cat .tmp/coverage.md >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 !/act/runner/testdata/secrets/.env
 .runner
 coverage.txt
+.tmp/
 /config.yaml

 # Jetbrains
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@ coverage.txt
 __debug_bin
 # gorelease binary folder
 /dist
+.DS_Store
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ RUN make clean && make build
 ### DIND VARIANT
 #
 #
-FROM docker:29.5.2-dind AS dind
+FROM docker:29.6.1-dind AS dind

 ARG VERSION=dev

 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://gitea.com/gitea/runner"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="${VERSION}"

-RUN apk add --no-cache s6 bash git tzdata
+RUN apk add --no-cache s6 bash git tzdata nftables

 COPY --from=builder /opt/src/runner/gitea-runner /usr/local/bin/gitea-runner
 COPY scripts/run.sh /usr/local/bin/run.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["s6-svscan","/etc/s6"]
 ### DIND-ROOTLESS VARIANT
 #
 #
-FROM docker:29.5.2-dind-rootless AS dind-rootless
+FROM docker:29.6.1-dind-rootless AS dind-rootless

 ARG VERSION=dev

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://gitea.com/gitea/runner"
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="${VERSION}"

 USER root
-RUN apk add --no-cache s6 bash git tzdata
+RUN apk add --no-cache s6 bash git tzdata nftables

 COPY --from=builder /opt/src/runner/gitea-runner /usr/local/bin/gitea-runner
 COPY scripts/run.sh /usr/local/bin/run.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["s6-svscan","/etc/s6"]
 ### BASIC VARIANT
 #
 #
-FROM alpine:3.23 AS basic
+FROM alpine:3.24 AS basic

 ARG VERSION=dev

@@ -38,12 +38,15 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(OS), Windows_NT)
 	GOFLAGS := -v -buildmode=exe
 	EXECUTABLE ?= $(EXECUTABLE).exe
+	GO_ENV_WINDOWS := set GOOS=windows&&
 else ifeq ($(OS), Windows)
 	GOFLAGS := -v -buildmode=exe
 	EXECUTABLE ?= $(EXECUTABLE).exe
+	GO_ENV_WINDOWS := set GOOS=windows&&
 else
 	GOFLAGS := -v
 	EXECUTABLE ?= $(EXECUTABLE)
+	GO_ENV_WINDOWS := GOOS=windows
 endif

 STORED_VERSION_FILE := VERSION
@@ -108,12 +111,17 @@ deps-tools: ## install tool dependencies
 	wait

 .PHONY: lint
-lint: lint-go ## lint everything
+lint: lint-go lint-go-windows ## lint everything

 .PHONY: lint-go
 lint-go: ## lint go files
 	$(GO) run $(GOLANGCI_LINT_PACKAGE) run

+.PHONY: lint-go-windows
+lint-go-windows: ## lint Windows go files
+	$(GO) install $(GOLANGCI_LINT_PACKAGE)
+	$(GO_ENV_WINDOWS) golangci-lint run
+
 .PHONY: lint-go-fix
 lint-go-fix: ## lint go files and fix issues
 	$(GO) run $(GOLANGCI_LINT_PACKAGE) run --fix
@@ -143,6 +151,12 @@ tidy-check: tidy
 test: fmt-check security-check ## test everything (integration tests self-skip without docker/network)
 	@$(GO) test -race -timeout 20m -v -cover -coverprofile coverage.txt ./... && echo "\n==>\033[32m Ok\033[m\n" || exit 1

+.PHONY: coverage-report
+coverage-report: ## turn coverage.txt from `make test` into .tmp/coverage.md
+	@mkdir -p .tmp
+	@node ./tools/coverage-report.ts -i coverage.txt -o .tmp/coverage.md
+	@echo "Wrote .tmp/coverage.md"
+
 .PHONY: test-dind
 test-dind: ## run the daemon-facing tests against the built dind image (TARGET=dind|dind-rootless)
 	@./scripts/test-dind.sh $(TARGET)
@@ -210,7 +224,7 @@ docker: ## build the docker image
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: ## delete binary and coverage files
 	$(GO) clean -x -i ./...
-	rm -rf coverage.txt $(EXECUTABLE) $(DIST)
+	rm -rf coverage.txt .tmp $(EXECUTABLE) $(DIST)

 .PHONY: version
 version: ## print the version
@@ -85,6 +85,48 @@ docker run -e GITEA_INSTANCE_URL=https://your_gitea.com -e GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRA

 Mount a volume on `/data` if you want the registration file and optional config to survive container recreation (see [scripts/run.sh](scripts/run.sh)).

+> **`/data` does not hold the image cache.** It is the runner's working directory and contains only the `.runner` registration file and, optionally, your config file. Images pulled for jobs live in the *Docker daemon's* data root, which for the `dind` flavours is inside the container (`/var/lib/docker`, or `/home/rootless/.local/share/docker` for `dind-rootless`). To keep the image cache across restarts, give that path its own volume as well — otherwise every new container re-pulls the job images. With the `basic` flavour the images live on whichever daemon you point the runner at, so there is nothing extra to persist.
+
+### Image flavours
+
+The image is published in three flavours, all built from the single multi-stage [Dockerfile](Dockerfile) in this repository. They differ only in how a Docker daemon is made available to the jobs the runner executes; the `gitea-runner` binary inside them is identical.
+
+| Tag | Build target | Base image | Docker daemon | Process supervisor | Runs as |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `latest` (and `<version>`) | `basic` | `alpine` | none — uses an external daemon you provide | [`tini`](https://github.com/krallin/tini) | `root` |
+| `latest-dind` | `dind` | `docker:dind` | bundled, started inside the container | [`s6`](https://skarnet.org/software/s6/) | `root` (privileged) |
+| `latest-dind-rootless` | `dind-rootless` | `docker:dind-rootless` | bundled, started rootless inside the container | [`s6`](https://skarnet.org/software/s6/) | `rootless` (UID 1000) |
+
+#### `latest` — basic
+
+The default flavour ships only the runner on a minimal Alpine base. It contains **no Docker daemon of its own**: jobs that use `docker://` images need a daemon supplied from outside the container, typically by bind-mounting the host's socket:
+
+```bash
+docker run -e GITEA_INSTANCE_URL=https://your_gitea.com -e GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN=<your_token> \
+  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock --name my_runner gitea/runner:latest
+```
+
+`tini` is the entrypoint (it reaps zombie processes), and it just runs [`scripts/run.sh`](scripts/run.sh), which registers the runner on first start and then execs `gitea-runner daemon`. This flavour does not need `--privileged`. The trade-off is that jobs share the host's daemon, so they can see other containers and images on that daemon.
+
+#### `latest-dind` — Docker-in-Docker
+
+This flavour is based on the official `docker:dind` image and bundles its own Docker daemon, so it needs no external socket — only the `--privileged` flag that Docker-in-Docker requires:
+
+```bash
+docker run --privileged -e GITEA_INSTANCE_URL=https://your_gitea.com -e GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN=<your_token> \
+  --name my_runner gitea/runner:latest-dind
+```
+
+Two processes have to run side by side here (the Docker daemon and the runner), so the entrypoint is the [`s6`](https://skarnet.org/software/s6/) supervision tree under [`scripts/s6`](scripts/s6) instead of `tini`. `s6` starts `dockerd`, and the runner service waits for the daemon to come up (`s6-svwait`) before launching [`run.sh`](scripts/run.sh). Each container has a private daemon isolated from the host's, at the cost of running privileged.
+
+#### `latest-dind-rootless` — rootless Docker-in-Docker
+
+Same idea as `dind`, but built on `docker:dind-rootless` so the bundled daemon and the runner run as an unprivileged user (`rootless`, UID 1000) rather than `root`. `DOCKER_HOST` is preset to `unix:///run/user/1000/docker.sock` so the runner talks to the rootless daemon. This reduces the blast radius compared to the privileged `dind` flavour, but rootless Docker carries the usual rootless limitations (networking, cgroups, storage drivers, and some operations that need additional host configuration such as `/etc/subuid` / `/etc/subgid` mappings and unprivileged user-namespace support).
+
+> **The UID is fixed at 1000.** It comes from the `rootless` user baked into the upstream `docker:dind-rootless` base image, and the bundled daemon always listens on `/run/user/1000/docker.sock` inside the container, so running this flavour as a different user (`--user 1001`) does not work. If you need the runner to talk to a *host* rootless daemon that runs under some other UID, use the `basic` flavour instead and bind-mount that daemon's socket (see [examples/vm/rootless-docker.md](examples/vm/rootless-docker.md)); pointing `DOCKER_HOST` at a host socket from inside `dind-rootless` will not work. Changing the UID otherwise means rebuilding the image from a base with a different `rootless` user.
+
+> **Note on Podman:** these images target the Docker daemon. The bundled `dind`/`dind-rootless` daemons are `dockerd`, not Podman, and the `basic` flavour expects a Docker-compatible socket. Running them under rootless Podman is not a supported configuration, though pointing the `basic` flavour at a Podman socket that emulates the Docker API may work for some workloads.
+
 ### Configuration

 The runner is configured with a YAML file. Generate a starting point (this matches what ships in the tree):
@@ -105,26 +147,104 @@ Every option is described in [config.example.yaml](internal/pkg/config/config.ex

 #### Without a config file

-If you omit `-c`, built-in defaults apply (same as an empty YAML document). A small set of **deprecated** environment variables can still override parts of that default config, but **only when no `-c` path was given**; they are ignored if you use a config file:
+If you omit `-c`, built-in defaults apply (same as an empty YAML document).

-| Variable | Effect |
+Earlier releases let a small set of environment variables (`GITEA_DEBUG`, `GITEA_TRACE`, `GITEA_RUNNER_CAPACITY`, `GITEA_RUNNER_FILE`, `GITEA_RUNNER_ENVIRON`, `GITEA_RUNNER_ENV_FILE`) override parts of the default config. Those overrides have been removed — use a YAML config file for all settings instead. For the Docker images, the entrypoint still understands a separate set of variables (such as `RUNNER_STATE_FILE`); see [scripts/run.sh](scripts/run.sh) and the container documentation below.
+
+### Labels
+
+Labels decide **which jobs a runner accepts** and **how it runs them**. A job's `runs-on` is matched against the runner's label names; the first match wins and selects the execution environment for that job.
+
+A label is written as:
+
+```text
+<name>[:<schema>[:<args>]]
+```
+
+| Part | Meaning |
 | --- | --- |
-| `GITEA_DEBUG` | If true, sets log level to `debug` |
-| `GITEA_TRACE` | If true, sets log level to `trace` |
-| `GITEA_RUNNER_CAPACITY` | Concurrent jobs (integer) |
-| `GITEA_RUNNER_FILE` | Registration state file path (default `.runner`) |
-| `GITEA_RUNNER_ENVIRON` | Extra job env vars as comma-separated `KEY:VALUE` pairs |
-| `GITEA_RUNNER_ENV_FILE` | Path to an env file merged into job env (same idea as `runner.env_file` in YAML) |
+| `name` | The name a workflow refers to in `runs-on`, e.g. `ubuntu-latest`. |
+| `schema` | Either `docker` or `host`. Defaults to `host` when omitted. |
+| `args` | Only used by the `docker` schema: the image to run the job in. |

-Prefer a YAML file for all settings.
+Two schemas are supported:
+
+- **`docker://<image>`** — the job runs inside a container created from `<image>`:
+
+  ```text
+  ubuntu-latest:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest
+  ```
+
+- **`host`** — the job's steps run directly on the machine the runner is on, using the tools installed there:
+
+  ```text
+  macos:host
+  ```
+
+So with the labels
+
+```text
+ubuntu-latest:docker://docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest,macos:host
+```
+
+a workflow with `runs-on: ubuntu-latest` is executed in the `runner-images:ubuntu-latest` container, and one with `runs-on: macos` is executed directly on the host.
+
+Names may themselves contain a colon (for example `pool:e57e18d4-10d4-406f-93bf-60f127221bdd`); only `host` and `docker` are treated as schemas.
+
+If a job's `runs-on` matches none of the runner's labels, the job still runs, in the default `docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest` image. Images maintained for this purpose are listed at [gitea/runner-images](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner-images).
+
+Labels are chosen at registration time (`--labels`, or the interactive prompt) and can be changed afterwards by editing `runner.labels` in the config file, or in the Gitea UI under the runner's settings.

 #### Registration vs config labels

 If `runner.labels` is set in the YAML file, those labels are used during `register` and the `--labels` CLI flag is ignored.

-#### External cache (`actions/cache`)
+The `daemon` command also accepts `--labels` (which defaults to the `GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS` environment variable), so the labels of an already registered runner can be changed without deleting its registration file. The most explicit source wins:

-If `cache.external_server` is set, you must set `cache.external_secret` to the same value on this runner and on the standalone cache server. Run the server with `gitea-runner cache-server` using a config that defines `cache.external_secret` (and matching `cache.dir` / host / port as needed). Flags `--dir`, `--host`, and `--port` on `cache-server` override the file.
+```
+--labels / GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS   >   runner.labels in the config file   >   labels in the .runner file
+```
+
+Whenever the resulting labels differ from the ones in the registration file, they are written back to it and re-declared to the Gitea instance on startup.
+
+> **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.
+
+#### 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.
+
+**Shared cache across multiple runners**
+
+Run one dedicated `gitea-runner cache-server` that all runners point at.
+
+1. Create a config file for the cache server host:
+
+   ```yaml
+   cache:
+     dir: /data/actcache
+     port: 8088
+     external_secret: "replace-with-a-strong-random-secret"
+   ```
+
+2. Start the server:
+
+   ```bash
+   gitea-runner -c cache-server-config.yaml cache-server
+   ```
+
+3. On every runner:
+
+   ```yaml
+   cache:
+     external_server: "http://<cache-server-host>:8088/"
+     external_secret: "replace-with-a-strong-random-secret"  # must match the server
+   ```
+
+Alternatively, mount the same NFS/CIFS share on every runner and point `cache.dir` at it — simpler, but with weaker isolation between repositories.
+
+**S3 / MinIO** — mount object storage as a FUSE filesystem (e.g. [s3fs](https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse) or [goofys](https://github.com/kahing/goofys)) and set `cache.dir` to the mount point.
+
+Flags `--dir`, `--host`, and `--port` on `cache-server` override the corresponding `cache.*` YAML keys; all other settings, including `external_secret`, require the config file.

 #### Official Docker image

@@ -138,6 +258,16 @@ When `container.bind_workdir` is enabled, stale task workspace directories can b
 - only purely numeric subdirectories under `container.workdir_parent` are treated as task workspaces and may be removed
 - cleanup assumes `container.workdir_parent` is not shared across multiple runners

+#### Post-task script (`runner.post_task_script`)
+
+Optional host script that runs **after** each task's built-in cleanup (post-steps, container teardown, bind-workdir removal). Use it for extra machine housekeeping — Docker pruning, disk cleanup, and similar.
+
+**While the script runs, the runner stops task heartbeats and stays offline from Gitea's perspective until the script exits (or hits `runner.post_task_script_timeout`, default `5m`).** A script that blocks without exiting keeps the runner from taking new work for up to that timeout. Script output goes to the runner log, not the job log; a non-zero exit is warned but does not change the job result.
+
+On Windows, use `.exe`, `.bat`, or `.cmd` paths; **PowerShell (`.ps1`) is not supported yet** as the configured path — wrap commands in a `.cmd` file instead.
+
+See **[docs/post-task-script.md](docs/post-task-script.md)** for lifecycle details, environment variables, timeout interaction, and platform notes.
+
 ### Example Deployments

 Check out the [examples](examples) directory for sample deployment types.
@@ -390,6 +390,43 @@ func TestMkdirFsImplSafeResolve(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestReadWriteFSWritableAndAppendable(t *testing.T) {
+	fsys := readWriteFSImpl{}
+	name := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "nested", "artifact.txt")
+
+	w, err := fsys.OpenWritable(name)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = w.Write([]byte("first"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, w.Close())
+
+	w, err = fsys.OpenAppendable(name)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = w.Write([]byte("-second"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, w.Close())
+
+	got, err := os.ReadFile(name)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "first-second", string(got))
+
+	w, err = fsys.OpenWritable(name)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = w.Write([]byte("replaced"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, w.Close())
+
+	got, err = os.ReadFile(name)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "replaced", string(got))
+}
+
+func TestServeEmptyArtifactPathReturnsCancelableNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	cancel := Serve(t.Context(), "", "127.0.0.1", "0")
+	require.NotNil(t, cancel)
+	cancel()
+}
+
 func TestDownloadArtifactFileUnsafePath(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := assert.New(t)

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package common
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func TestDryrunContext(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if Dryrun(ctx) {
+		t.Fatal("plain context should not be dryrun")
+	}
+	if !Dryrun(WithDryrun(ctx, true)) {
+		t.Fatal("WithDryrun(true) should set dryrun")
+	}
+	if Dryrun(WithDryrun(ctx, false)) {
+		t.Fatal("WithDryrun(false) should clear dryrun")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobErrorContainer(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	err := errors.New("job failed")
+
+	SetJobError(ctx, err)
+	if got := JobError(ctx); got != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("JobError without container = %v, want nil", got)
+	}
+
+	ctx = WithJobErrorContainer(ctx)
+	SetJobError(ctx, err)
+	if got := JobError(ctx); !errors.Is(got, err) {
+		t.Fatalf("JobError = %v, want %v", got, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoggerAndHookContext(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	if Logger(ctx) != logrus.StandardLogger() {
+		t.Fatal("plain context should use standard logger")
+	}
+	if LoggerHook(ctx) != nil {
+		t.Fatal("plain context should not have a logger hook")
+	}
+
+	logger := logrus.New()
+	ctx = WithLogger(ctx, logger)
+	if Logger(ctx) != logger {
+		t.Fatal("WithLogger should set logger")
+	}
+
+	hook := testHook{}
+	ctx = WithLoggerHook(ctx, hook)
+	if LoggerHook(ctx) != hook {
+		t.Fatal("WithLoggerHook should set hook")
+	}
+}
+
+type testHook struct{}
+
+func (testHook) Levels() []logrus.Level {
+	return logrus.AllLevels
+}
+
+func (testHook) Fire(*logrus.Entry) error {
+	return nil
+}
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package common
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -170,3 +172,43 @@ func TestNewParallelExecutorCanceled(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(int32(3), count.Load())
 	assert.Error(errExpected, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 }
+
+func TestExecutorConditionalsAndFinally(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	var calls []string
+	record := func(name string) Executor {
+		return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+			calls = append(calls, name)
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, record("if-true").If(func(context.Context) bool { return true })(ctx))
+	require.NoError(t, record("if-false").If(func(context.Context) bool { return false })(ctx))
+	require.NoError(t, record("if-not").IfNot(func(context.Context) bool { return false })(ctx))
+	require.NoError(t, record("if-bool").IfBool(true)(ctx))
+	require.NoError(t, record("main").Finally(record("finally"))(ctx))
+
+	want := []string{"if-true", "if-not", "if-bool", "main", "finally"}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(calls, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("calls = %v, want %v", calls, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestExecutorFinallyReturnsFinallyErrorWithOriginal(t *testing.T) {
+	mainErr := errors.New("main failed")
+	finalErr := errors.New("cleanup failed")
+
+	err := NewErrorExecutor(mainErr).Finally(NewErrorExecutor(finalErr))(context.Background())
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "cleanup failed") || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "main failed") {
+		t.Fatalf("finally error = %q, want both cleanup and original error", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConditionalNot(t *testing.T) {
+	cond := Conditional(func(context.Context) bool { return false })
+	if !cond.Not()(context.Background()) {
+		t.Fatal("inverted conditional should be true")
+	}
+}
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ type NewGitCloneExecutorInput struct {
 	Token       string
 	OfflineMode bool

+	// Depth limits the clone/fetch to the given number of commits from the tip of the requested ref.
+	// 0 for full clone.
+	Depth int
+
 	// For Gitea
 	InsecureSkipTLS bool
 }
@@ -265,8 +269,23 @@ type NewGitCloneExecutorInput struct {
 func CloneIfRequired(ctx context.Context, refName plumbing.ReferenceName, input NewGitCloneExecutorInput, logger log.FieldLogger) (*git.Repository, bool, error) {
 	r, err := git.PlainOpen(input.Dir)
 	if err == nil {
-		// Reuse existing clone
-		return r, true, nil
+		// Verify the cached clone still points to the resolved URL before reusing it.
+		remote, err := r.Remote("origin")
+		if err == nil && len(remote.Config().URLs) > 0 && remote.Config().URLs[0] == input.URL {
+			// Reuse existing clone
+			return r, true, nil
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Debugf("Removing cached clone at %s because origin cannot be read: %v", input.Dir, err)
+		} else if len(remote.Config().URLs) == 0 {
+			logger.Debugf("Removing cached clone at %s because origin has no URL", input.Dir)
+		} else {
+			logger.Debugf("Removing cached clone at %s because origin URL changed from %s to %s", input.Dir, remote.Config().URLs[0], input.URL)
+		}
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(input.Dir); err != nil {
+			return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("remove cached clone %s: %w", input.Dir, err)
+		}
 	}

 	var progressWriter io.Writer
@@ -294,7 +313,7 @@ func CloneIfRequired(ctx context.Context, refName plumbing.ReferenceName, input
 		}
 	}

-	r, err = git.PlainCloneContext(ctx, input.Dir, false, &cloneOptions)
+	r, err = cloneAtDepth(ctx, input, cloneOptions, logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("Unable to clone %v %s: %v", input.URL, refName, err)
 		return nil, false, err
@@ -349,6 +368,16 @@ func NewGitCloneExecutor(input NewGitCloneExecutorInput) common.Executor {
 			pullOptions.InsecureSkipTLS = true
 		}

+		// Action clones only ever need the tip commit, so keep a shallow cache cheap on update at depth 1 regardless of its original depth
+		// Turning action_shallow_clone off does not convert an existing shallow cache; evict it for a full clone.
+		shallow := isShallow(r)
+		if shallow {
+			fetchOptions.Depth = 1
+			if spec, ok := shallowFetchRefSpec(r, input.Ref); ok {
+				fetchOptions.RefSpecs = []config.RefSpec{spec}
+			}
+		}
+
 		if !isOfflineMode {
 			err = r.Fetch(&fetchOptions)
 			if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, git.NoErrAlreadyUpToDate) {
@@ -416,11 +445,13 @@ func NewGitCloneExecutor(input NewGitCloneExecutorInput) common.Executor {

 		reusedMsg := ""

-		if !isOfflineMode {
+		switch {
+		case !isOfflineMode && !shallow:
+			// In shallow mode the depth-limited fetch above already advanced the ref.
 			if err = w.Pull(&pullOptions); err != nil && err != git.NoErrAlreadyUpToDate {
 				logger.Debugf("Unable to pull %s: %v", refName, err)
 			}
-		} else if reused {
+		case isOfflineMode && reused:
 			reusedMsg = " (reused in offline mode)"
 		}

@@ -453,3 +484,53 @@ func NewGitCloneExecutor(input NewGitCloneExecutorInput) common.Executor {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+// cloneAtDepth clones input.URL into input.Dir using opts.
+// With input.Depth > 0 it first tries a shallow, single-branch clone of input.Ref, falling back when error.
+func cloneAtDepth(ctx context.Context, input NewGitCloneExecutorInput, opts git.CloneOptions, logger log.FieldLogger) (*git.Repository, error) {
+	if input.Depth > 0 {
+		for _, refName := range []plumbing.ReferenceName{
+			plumbing.NewBranchReferenceName(input.Ref),
+			plumbing.NewTagReferenceName(input.Ref),
+		} {
+			shallowOpts := opts
+			shallowOpts.Depth = input.Depth
+			shallowOpts.SingleBranch = true
+			shallowOpts.ReferenceName = refName
+			shallowOpts.Tags = git.NoTags
+
+			r, err := git.PlainCloneContext(ctx, input.Dir, false, &shallowOpts)
+			if err == nil {
+				return r, nil
+			}
+			logger.Debugf("Shallow clone of %s as %s failed: %v", input.URL, refName, err)
+			if rmErr := os.RemoveAll(input.Dir); rmErr != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("remove partial clone %s: %w", input.Dir, rmErr)
+			}
+		}
+		logger.Debugf("Falling back to a full clone of %s for ref %q", input.URL, input.Ref)
+	}
+
+	return git.PlainCloneContext(ctx, input.Dir, false, &opts)
+}
+
+// isShallow reports whether the local repository was cloned with a limited depth.
+func isShallow(r *git.Repository) bool {
+	shallows, err := r.Storer.Shallow()
+	return err == nil && len(shallows) > 0
+}
+
+// shallowFetchRefSpec returns the single refspec that updates only input.Ref, keeping a shallow clone from re-downloading every branch's history.
+// ok is false when the ref is not present locally as a tag or remote-tracking branch, in which case the broad default refspec is used.
+func shallowFetchRefSpec(r *git.Repository, ref string) (config.RefSpec, bool) {
+	tagRef := plumbing.NewTagReferenceName(ref)
+	if _, err := r.Reference(tagRef, false); err == nil {
+		return config.RefSpec(fmt.Sprintf("+%s:%s", tagRef, tagRef)), true
+	}
+	remoteRef := plumbing.NewRemoteReferenceName("origin", ref)
+	if _, err := r.Reference(remoteRef, false); err == nil {
+		branchRef := plumbing.NewBranchReferenceName(ref)
+		return config.RefSpec(fmt.Sprintf("+%s:%s", branchRef, remoteRef)), true
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
@@ -49,6 +50,13 @@ func TestFindGitSlug(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestErrorWrapsCommitAndCause(t *testing.T) {
+	err := &Error{err: ErrShortRef, commit: "abc123"}
+	require.Equal(t, ErrShortRef.Error(), err.Error())
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrShortRef)
+	require.Equal(t, "abc123", err.Commit())
+}
+
 func cleanGitHooks(dir string) error {
 	hooksDir := filepath.Join(dir, ".git", "hooks")
 	files, err := os.ReadDir(hooksDir)
@@ -95,6 +103,22 @@ func TestFindGitRemoteURL(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(remoteURL, u)
 }

+func TestFindGithubRepoUsesOriginAndCustomRemote(t *testing.T) {
+	basedir := t.TempDir()
+	require.NoError(t, gitCmd("init", basedir))
+	require.NoError(t, cleanGitHooks(basedir))
+	require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", basedir, "remote", "add", "origin", "https://github.com/owner/repo.git"))
+	require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", basedir, "remote", "add", "ghe", "[email protected]:team/project.git"))
+
+	slug, err := FindGithubRepo(context.Background(), basedir, "github.com", "")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "owner/repo", slug)
+
+	slug, err = FindGithubRepo(context.Background(), basedir, "git.example.com", "ghe")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "team/project", slug)
+}
+
 func TestGitFindRef(t *testing.T) {
 	basedir := t.TempDir()

@@ -235,6 +259,51 @@ func TestGitCloneExecutor(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestGitCloneExecutorReclonesWhenOriginURLChanges(t *testing.T) {
+	createRemote := func(message string) string {
+		remoteDir := t.TempDir()
+		require.NoError(t, gitCmd("init", "--bare", "--initial-branch=main", remoteDir))
+
+		workDir := t.TempDir()
+		require.NoError(t, gitCmd("clone", remoteDir, workDir))
+		require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "checkout", "-b", "main"))
+		require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "commit", "--allow-empty", "-m", message))
+		require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "push", "-u", "origin", "main"))
+
+		return remoteDir
+	}
+
+	oldRemoteDir := createRemote("old-action")
+	newRemoteDir := createRemote("new-action")
+	cacheDir := t.TempDir()
+
+	require.NoError(t, NewGitCloneExecutor(NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
+		URL: oldRemoteDir,
+		Ref: "main",
+		Dir: cacheDir,
+	})(t.Context()))
+
+	markerPath := filepath.Join(cacheDir, "stale-marker")
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(markerPath, []byte("stale"), 0o644))
+
+	require.NoError(t, NewGitCloneExecutor(NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
+		URL: newRemoteDir,
+		Ref: "main",
+		Dir: cacheDir,
+	})(t.Context()))
+
+	originURL, err := findGitRemoteURL(t.Context(), cacheDir, "origin")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, newRemoteDir, originURL)
+
+	out, err := exec.Command("git", "-C", cacheDir, "log", "--oneline", "-1", "--format=%s").Output()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "new-action", strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
+
+	_, err = os.Stat(markerPath)
+	require.True(t, os.IsNotExist(err), "stale cached directory should be removed before recloning")
+}
+
 func TestGitCloneExecutorNonFastForwardRef(t *testing.T) {
 	// Simulate the scenario where a remote ref (e.g. a GitHub PR head ref) changes
 	// non-fast-forward between two fetches. Before the fix, the fetch used Force=false,
@@ -335,6 +404,96 @@ func TestGitCloneExecutorOfflineMode(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }

+func TestGitCloneExecutorShallow(t *testing.T) {
+	// Build a local "remote" with several commits on main plus a tag, so a full clone would pull noticeably more history than a shallow one.
+	remoteDir := t.TempDir()
+	require.NoError(t, gitCmd("init", "--bare", "--initial-branch=main", remoteDir))
+	workDir := t.TempDir()
+	require.NoError(t, gitCmd("clone", remoteDir, workDir))
+	require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "checkout", "-b", "main"))
+	for _, m := range []string{"c1", "c2", "c3"} {
+		require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "commit", "--allow-empty", "-m", m))
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "tag", "v1"))
+	sha := gitRevParse(t, workDir, "HEAD~1") // c2, a SHA that go-git cannot shallow-clone
+	require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "push", "-u", "origin", "main"))
+	require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "push", "origin", "v1"))
+
+	shallowMarker := func(dir string) string { return filepath.Join(dir, ".git", "shallow") }
+
+	t.Run("branch is cloned shallowly", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		require.NoError(t, NewGitCloneExecutor(NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
+			URL: remoteDir, Ref: "main", Dir: dir, Depth: 1,
+		})(t.Context()))
+		assert.FileExists(t, shallowMarker(dir), "clone should be shallow")
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, gitRevCount(t, dir), "only the tip commit should be present")
+		assert.Equal(t, "c3", gitHeadSubject(t, dir))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("tag is cloned shallowly", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		require.NoError(t, NewGitCloneExecutor(NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
+			URL: remoteDir, Ref: "v1", Dir: dir, Depth: 1,
+		})(t.Context()))
+		assert.FileExists(t, shallowMarker(dir), "clone should be shallow")
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, gitRevCount(t, dir))
+		assert.Equal(t, "c3", gitHeadSubject(t, dir))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("SHA falls back to a full clone", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		require.NoError(t, NewGitCloneExecutor(NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
+			URL: remoteDir, Ref: sha, Dir: dir, Depth: 1,
+		})(t.Context()))
+		// go-git cannot shallow-clone a raw SHA, so it falls back to a full clone; the absence of a shallow marker proves the fallback happened.
+		assert.NoFileExists(t, shallowMarker(dir), "a SHA ref must not produce a shallow clone")
+		assert.Equal(t, sha, gitRevParse(t, dir, "HEAD"))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("moving branch updates while staying shallow", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dir := t.TempDir()
+		require.NoError(t, NewGitCloneExecutor(NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
+			URL: remoteDir, Ref: "main", Dir: dir, Depth: 1,
+		})(t.Context()))
+		require.Equal(t, "c3", gitHeadSubject(t, dir))
+
+		// Advance main on the remote, then reuse the existing shallow clone.
+		require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "commit", "--allow-empty", "-m", "c4"))
+		require.NoError(t, gitCmd("-C", workDir, "push", "origin", "main"))
+
+		require.NoError(t, NewGitCloneExecutor(NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
+			URL: remoteDir, Ref: "main", Dir: dir, Depth: 1,
+		})(t.Context()))
+		assert.Equal(t, "c4", gitHeadSubject(t, dir), "reused shallow clone should update to the new tip")
+		assert.FileExists(t, shallowMarker(dir), "repo should remain shallow after update")
+		assert.Equal(t, 1, gitRevCount(t, dir))
+	})
+}
+
+func gitRevParse(t *testing.T, dir, rev string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	out, err := exec.Command("git", "-C", dir, "rev-parse", rev).Output()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
+}
+
+func gitRevCount(t *testing.T, dir string) int {
+	t.Helper()
+	out, err := exec.Command("git", "-C", dir, "rev-list", "--count", "HEAD").Output()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	n, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return n
+}
+
+func gitHeadSubject(t *testing.T, dir string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	out, err := exec.Command("git", "-C", dir, "log", "-1", "--format=%s").Output()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
+}
+
 func gitCmd(args ...string) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("git", args...)
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ func JobError(ctx context.Context) error {
 }

 func SetJobError(ctx context.Context, err error) {
-	ctx.Value(jobErrorContextKeyVal).(map[string]error)["error"] = err
+	if container, ok := ctx.Value(jobErrorContextKeyVal).(map[string]error); ok {
+		container["error"] = err
+	}
 }

 // WithJobErrorContainer adds a value to the context as a container for an error
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ import (
 // LineHandler is a callback function for handling a line
 type LineHandler func(line string) bool

+// Flusher is implemented by writers that buffer a trailing, not-yet-terminated
+// line. Callers should flush once the underlying stream has reached EOF so the
+// final line (when it is not newline-terminated) is not lost.
+type Flusher interface {
+	Flush()
+}
+
 type lineWriter struct {
 	buffer   bytes.Buffer
 	handlers []LineHandler
@@ -24,6 +31,14 @@ func NewLineWriter(handlers ...LineHandler) io.Writer {
 	return w
 }

+// FlushWriter flushes w if it implements Flusher. It is a no-op otherwise, so
+// callers can flush an io.Writer without knowing its concrete type.
+func FlushWriter(w io.Writer) {
+	if f, ok := w.(Flusher); ok {
+		f.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
 func (lw *lineWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	pBuf := bytes.NewBuffer(p)
 	written := 0
@@ -44,6 +59,17 @@ func (lw *lineWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return written, nil
 }

+// Flush emits any buffered, not-yet-newline-terminated content as a final line.
+// It is safe to call multiple times; subsequent calls with an empty buffer are
+// no-ops.
+func (lw *lineWriter) Flush() {
+	if lw.buffer.Len() == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	lw.handleLine(lw.buffer.String())
+	lw.buffer.Reset()
+}
+
 func (lw *lineWriter) handleLine(line string) {
 	for _, h := range lw.handlers {
 		ok := h(line)
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package common

 import (
+	"io"
 	"testing"

 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -39,3 +40,33 @@ func TestLineWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(" and another\n", lines[2])
 	assert.Equal("last line\n", lines[3])
 }
+
+func TestLineWriterFlush(t *testing.T) {
+	lines := make([]string, 0)
+	lineHandler := func(s string) bool {
+		lines = append(lines, s)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	lineWriter := NewLineWriter(lineHandler)
+
+	assert := assert.New(t)
+	_, err := lineWriter.Write([]byte("complete line\npartial line without newline"))
+	assert.NoError(err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing pattern from nektos/act
+
+	// Only the newline-terminated line is emitted before flushing.
+	assert.Equal([]string{"complete line\n"}, lines)
+
+	// Flushing emits the buffered, not-yet-terminated trailing line.
+	FlushWriter(lineWriter)
+	assert.Equal([]string{"complete line\n", "partial line without newline"}, lines)
+
+	// Flushing again is a no-op: nothing is buffered.
+	FlushWriter(lineWriter)
+	assert.Len(lines, 2)
+}
+
+func TestFlushWriterIgnoresNonFlusher(t *testing.T) {
+	// FlushWriter must be a safe no-op for writers that do not buffer lines.
+	assert.NotPanics(t, func() { FlushWriter(io.Discard) })
+}
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ type NewDockerBuildExecutorInput struct {
 	Platform     string
 }

+// NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutorInput the input for the NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutor function
+type NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutorInput struct {
+	EnableIPv4 *bool
+	EnableIPv6 *bool
+}
+
 // NewDockerPullExecutorInput the input for the NewDockerPullExecutor function
 type NewDockerPullExecutorInput struct {
 	Image     string
@@ -498,6 +498,79 @@ func TestParseDevice(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestParseDeviceByServerOS(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		device   string
+		serverOS string
+		want     container.DeviceMapping
+		wantErr  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "linux source only",
+			device:   "/dev/snd",
+			serverOS: "linux",
+			want: container.DeviceMapping{
+				PathOnHost:        "/dev/snd",
+				PathInContainer:   "/dev/snd",
+				CgroupPermissions: "rwm",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "linux source and mode",
+			device:   "/dev/snd:rw",
+			serverOS: "linux",
+			want: container.DeviceMapping{
+				PathOnHost:        "/dev/snd",
+				PathInContainer:   "/dev/snd",
+				CgroupPermissions: "rw",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "linux source target and mode",
+			device:   "/dev/snd:/container/snd:m",
+			serverOS: "linux",
+			want: container.DeviceMapping{
+				PathOnHost:        "/dev/snd",
+				PathInContainer:   "/container/snd",
+				CgroupPermissions: "m",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "windows passes value through",
+			device:   `class/GUID`,
+			serverOS: "windows",
+			want: container.DeviceMapping{
+				PathOnHost: `class/GUID`,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "invalid server OS",
+			device:   "/dev/snd",
+			serverOS: "plan9",
+			wantErr:  "unknown server OS: plan9",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "too many linux fields",
+			device:   "/dev/snd:/container/snd:rw:extra",
+			serverOS: "linux",
+			wantErr:  "invalid device specification: /dev/snd:/container/snd:rw:extra",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := parseDevice(tc.device, tc.serverOS)
+			if tc.wantErr != "" {
+				assert.Error(t, err, tc.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NilError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, got, tc.want)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestParseNetworkConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name        string
@@ -930,6 +1003,82 @@ func TestValidateDevice(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestValidateDeviceByServerOS(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		value     string
+		serverOS  string
+		want      string
+		wantError string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "linux preserves three-field container path",
+			value:    "/host:/container/../device:rw",
+			serverOS: "linux",
+			want:     "/host:/container/../device:rw",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "linux source path can be relative when target is absolute",
+			value:    "relative-host:/container/device",
+			serverOS: "linux",
+			want:     "relative-host:/container/device",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "windows defers validation",
+			value:    `class/GUID`,
+			serverOS: "windows",
+			want:     `class/GUID`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "linux rejects bad mode",
+			value:     "/host:/container:ro",
+			serverOS:  "linux",
+			wantError: "bad mode specified: ro",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "linux target must be absolute",
+			value:     "/host:relative",
+			serverOS:  "linux",
+			wantError: "relative is not an absolute path",
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "unknown server OS",
+			value:     "/dev/snd",
+			serverOS:  "plan9",
+			wantError: "unknown server OS: plan9",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := validateDevice(tc.value, tc.serverOS)
+			if tc.wantError != "" {
+				assert.Error(t, err, tc.wantError)
+				return
+			}
+			assert.NilError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, got, tc.want)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeviceCgroupRulesAndInvalidParameter(t *testing.T) {
+	got, err := validateDeviceCgroupRule("c 1:3 rwm")
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, got, "c 1:3 rwm")
+
+	_, err = validateDeviceCgroupRule("invalid")
+	assert.Error(t, err, "invalid device cgroup format 'invalid'")
+
+	if invalidParameter(nil) != nil {
+		t.Fatal("invalidParameter(nil) should be nil")
+	}
+	err = invalidParameter(errors.New("bad input"))
+	assert.Assert(t, err != nil)
+	var invalid interface{ InvalidParameter() }
+	assert.Assert(t, errors.As(err, &invalid))
+}
+
 func TestParseSystemPaths(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		doc                       string
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/moby/moby/client"
 )

-func NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutor(name string) common.Executor {
+func NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutor(name string, opts NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutorInput) common.Executor {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		cli, err := GetDockerClient(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ func NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutor(name string) common.Executor {
 		}

 		_, err = cli.NetworkCreate(ctx, name, client.NetworkCreateOptions{
-			Driver: "bridge",
-			Scope:  "local",
+			Driver:     "bridge",
+			Scope:      "local",
+			EnableIPv4: opts.EnableIPv4,
+			EnableIPv6: opts.EnableIPv6,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ func NewDockerPullExecutor(input NewDockerPullExecutorInput) common.Executor {

 				_ = logDockerResponse(logger, reader, err != nil)
 			}
-			return err
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to pull image '%s' (%s): %w", imageRef, input.Platform, err)
+			}
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"

 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/filecollector"
@@ -45,6 +46,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )

+// drainGracePeriod bounds how long we wait for an output-copy goroutine to
+// finish draining a container's output before returning, so that neither a
+// cancellation (waitForCommand) nor a normal container exit (wait) truncates
+// the tail of the log. It is a safety bound: in the common case the stream
+// reaches EOF and the goroutine returns well before this elapses.
+const drainGracePeriod = 2 * time.Second
+
 // NewContainer creates a reference to a container
 func NewContainer(input *NewContainerInput) ExecutionsEnvironment {
 	cr := new(containerReference)
@@ -229,6 +237,10 @@ type containerReference struct {
 	input *NewContainerInput
 	UID   int
 	GID   int
+	// attachDone is closed by the attach() streaming goroutine once it has
+	// drained and flushed the container's output. wait() blocks on it so the
+	// tail of the log lands before the step proceeds.
+	attachDone chan struct{}
 	LinuxContainerEnvironmentExtensions
 }

@@ -730,7 +742,9 @@ func (cr *containerReference) tryReadGID() common.Executor {
 func (cr *containerReference) waitForCommand(ctx context.Context, isTerminal bool, resp client.HijackedResponse, _ client.ExecCreateResult, _, _ string) error {
 	logger := common.Logger(ctx)

-	cmdResponse := make(chan error)
+	// Buffered so the copy goroutine never blocks on send if the grace-period
+	// drain below times out and no one is left to receive.
+	cmdResponse := make(chan error, 1)

 	go func() {
 		var outWriter io.Writer
@@ -749,6 +763,11 @@ func (cr *containerReference) waitForCommand(ctx context.Context, isTerminal boo
 		} else {
 			_, err = io.Copy(outWriter, resp.Reader)
 		}
+		// Flush any buffered, not-yet-newline-terminated trailing line so the
+		// final line of a command's output is not lost (e.g. an error message
+		// printed without a trailing newline before the process exits).
+		common.FlushWriter(outWriter)
+		common.FlushWriter(errWriter)
 		cmdResponse <- err
 	}()

@@ -760,6 +779,16 @@ func (cr *containerReference) waitForCommand(ctx context.Context, isTerminal boo
 			logger.Warnf("Failed to send CTRL+C: %+s", err)
 		}

+		// Give the copy goroutine a brief grace period to drain output already
+		// produced by the command before we return, so cancellation does not
+		// truncate the tail of the log. The goroutine exits once the hijacked
+		// stream is closed by resp.Close() in the caller's defer.
+		select {
+		case <-cmdResponse:
+		case <-time.After(drainGracePeriod):
+			logger.Warn("Timed out draining command output after cancellation")
+		}
+
 		// we return the context canceled error to prevent other steps
 		// from executing
 		return ctx.Err()
@@ -945,14 +974,23 @@ func (cr *containerReference) attach() common.Executor {
 		if errWriter == nil {
 			errWriter = os.Stderr
 		}
+		done := make(chan struct{})
+		cr.attachDone = done
 		go func() {
+			defer close(done)
+			var copyErr error
 			if !isTerminal || os.Getenv("NORAW") != "" {
-				_, err = stdcopy.StdCopy(outWriter, errWriter, out.Reader)
+				_, copyErr = stdcopy.StdCopy(outWriter, errWriter, out.Reader)
 			} else {
-				_, err = io.Copy(outWriter, out.Reader)
+				_, copyErr = io.Copy(outWriter, out.Reader)
 			}
-			if err != nil {
-				common.Logger(ctx).Error(err)
+			// Flush any buffered, not-yet-newline-terminated trailing line once
+			// the stream reaches EOF, so the final line of the container's
+			// output is not lost when it is not newline-terminated.
+			common.FlushWriter(outWriter)
+			common.FlushWriter(errWriter)
+			if copyErr != nil {
+				common.Logger(ctx).Error(copyErr)
 			}
 		}()
 		return nil
@@ -991,6 +1029,18 @@ func (cr *containerReference) wait() common.Executor {

 		logger.Debugf("Return status: %v", statusCode)

+		// The container has exited; wait for the attach() streaming goroutine to
+		// finish draining and flushing its output before returning, so the tail
+		// of the log is not lost. Bounded so a stuck stream cannot hang the step.
+		if cr.attachDone != nil {
+			select {
+			case <-cr.attachDone:
+			case <-time.After(drainGracePeriod):
+				logger.Warn("Timed out draining container output")
+			}
+			cr.attachDone = nil
+		}
+
 		if statusCode == 0 {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"net"
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"

 	cerrdefs "github.com/containerd/errdefs"
+	"github.com/moby/moby/api/pkg/stdcopy"
 	"github.com/moby/moby/api/types/container"
 	mobyclient "github.com/moby/moby/client"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus/hooks/test"
@@ -89,6 +91,11 @@ func (m *mockDockerClient) ExecInspect(ctx context.Context, execID string, opts
 	return args.Get(0).(mobyclient.ExecInspectResult), args.Error(1)
 }

+func (m *mockDockerClient) ContainerAttach(ctx context.Context, containerID string, opts mobyclient.ContainerAttachOptions) (mobyclient.ContainerAttachResult, error) {
+	args := m.Called(ctx, containerID, opts)
+	return args.Get(0).(mobyclient.ContainerAttachResult), args.Error(1)
+}
+
 func (m *mockDockerClient) ContainerWait(ctx context.Context, containerID string, opts mobyclient.ContainerWaitOptions) mobyclient.ContainerWaitResult {
 	args := m.Called(ctx, containerID, opts)
 	return args.Get(0).(mobyclient.ContainerWaitResult)
@@ -206,6 +213,71 @@ func TestDockerExecFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	client.AssertExpectations(t)
 }

+// stdcopyFrame wraps payload in a single Docker multiplexed-stream frame, the
+// format StdCopy expects: an 8-byte header (stream type + 4-byte big-endian
+// length) followed by the payload.
+func stdcopyFrame(stream stdcopy.StdType, payload string) []byte {
+	b := make([]byte, 8+len(payload))
+	b[0] = byte(stream)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(b[4:8], uint32(len(payload)))
+	copy(b[8:], payload)
+	return b
+}
+
+// TestDockerAttachFlushesTrailingLine verifies that wait() blocks until the
+// attach() streaming goroutine has drained and flushed the container's output,
+// so a final line without a trailing newline is not lost.
+func TestDockerAttachFlushesTrailingLine(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	framed := bytes.NewBuffer(stdcopyFrame(stdcopy.Stdout, "line one\nlast line without newline"))
+
+	var lines []string
+	logWriter := common.NewLineWriter(func(s string) bool {
+		lines = append(lines, s)
+		return true
+	})
+
+	client := &mockDockerClient{}
+	client.On("ContainerAttach", ctx, "123", mock.AnythingOfType("client.ContainerAttachOptions")).
+		Return(mobyclient.ContainerAttachResult{
+			HijackedResponse: mobyclient.HijackedResponse{
+				Conn:   &mockConn{},
+				Reader: bufio.NewReader(framed),
+			},
+		}, nil)
+
+	statusCh := make(chan container.WaitResponse, 1)
+	statusCh <- container.WaitResponse{StatusCode: 0}
+	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+	client.On("ContainerWait", ctx, "123", mobyclient.ContainerWaitOptions{Condition: container.WaitConditionNotRunning}).
+		Return(mobyclient.ContainerWaitResult{
+			Result: (<-chan container.WaitResponse)(statusCh),
+			Error:  (<-chan error)(errCh),
+		})
+
+	cr := &containerReference{
+		id:  "123",
+		cli: client,
+		input: &NewContainerInput{
+			Image:  "image",
+			Stdout: logWriter,
+			Stderr: logWriter,
+		},
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, cr.attach()(ctx))
+	require.NoError(t, cr.wait()(ctx))
+
+	// wait() must have blocked until the goroutine drained AND flushed; the
+	// trailing, non-newline-terminated line must therefore be present. Reading
+	// lines here is race-free because wait() synchronizes on attachDone, which
+	// the goroutine closes after the final append.
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"line one\n", "last line without newline"}, lines)
+
+	client.AssertExpectations(t)
+}
+
 func TestDockerWaitFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewDockerVolumeRemoveExecutor(volume string, force bool) common.Executor {
 	}
 }

-func NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutor(name string) common.Executor {
+func NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutor(name string, opts NewDockerNetworkCreateExecutorInput) common.Executor {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/filecollector"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/lookpath"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/internal/pkg/process"

 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/helper/polyfill"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs"
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ func setupPty(cmd *exec.Cmd, cmdline string) (*os.File, *os.File, error) {
 	cmd.Stdin = tty
 	cmd.Stdout = tty
 	cmd.Stderr = tty
-	cmd.SysProcAttr = getSysProcAttr(cmdline, true)
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = process.SysProcAttr(cmdline, true)
 	return ppty, tty, nil
 }

@@ -321,7 +322,15 @@ func (e *HostEnvironment) exec(ctx context.Context, command []string, cmdline st
 	cmd.Env = envList
 	cmd.Stderr = e.StdOut
 	cmd.Dir = wd
-	cmd.SysProcAttr = getSysProcAttr(cmdline, false)
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = process.SysProcAttr(cmdline, false)
+
+	// Kill the step's whole process tree on cancellation (a step often launches a
+	// shell that spawns further background or GUI children) and bound the post-exit
+	// I/O wait, so an orphan inheriting cmd's stdout/stderr pipe can never hang
+	// cmd.Wait() and the runner. See process.TreeKill. The PTY path below may
+	// override SysProcAttr, but never touches Cancel/WaitDelay.
+	treeKill := process.NewTreeKill(cmd)
+
 	var ppty *os.File
 	var tty *os.File
 	defer func() {
@@ -351,6 +360,11 @@ func (e *HostEnvironment) exec(ctx context.Context, command []string, cmdline st
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if k, kerr := treeKill.Capture(cmd.Process); kerr != nil {
+		common.Logger(ctx).Warnf("process tree kill setup failed, falling back to single-process kill: %v", kerr)
+	} else {
+		defer k.Close()
+	}
 	err = cmd.Wait()
 	if err != nil {
 		var exitErr *exec.ExitError
@@ -393,6 +407,24 @@ func (e *HostEnvironment) UpdateFromEnv(srcPath string, env *map[string]string)
 	return parseEnvFile(e, srcPath, env)
 }

+// removeAll is the filesystem delete used by removeAllWithContext. A package
+// var so tests can substitute a blocking stub without patching os.RemoveAll.
+var removeAll = os.RemoveAll
+
+// removeAllWithContext runs removeAll in a goroutine and returns once it
+// finishes or ctx is cancelled. On cancellation the goroutine is left running —
+// a delete blocked inside a syscall cannot be interrupted (see runWithTimeout).
+func removeAllWithContext(ctx context.Context, path string) error {
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() { done <- removeAll(path) }()
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		return err
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return ctx.Err()
+	}
+}
+
 func removePathWithRetry(ctx context.Context, path string) error {
 	if path == "" {
 		return nil
@@ -412,10 +444,13 @@ func removePathWithRetry(ctx context.Context, path string) error {
 			case <-time.After(delay):
 			}
 		}
-		lastErr = os.RemoveAll(path)
+		lastErr = removeAllWithContext(ctx, path)
 		if lastErr == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
+		if errors.Is(lastErr, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+			return lastErr
+		}
 	}
 	return lastErr
 }
@@ -497,23 +532,61 @@ func (e *HostEnvironment) terminateRunningProcesses(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }

+// hostCleanupTimeout bounds each filesystem-teardown phase of the host
+// environment so a single stalled delete cannot wedge the runner slot forever.
+// A var (not const) so tests can shrink it.
+var hostCleanupTimeout = 30 * time.Second
+
+// runWithTimeout runs fn in a goroutine and returns once it finishes or timeout
+// elapses, whichever comes first. On timeout the goroutine is left running — an
+// os.RemoveAll blocked inside a delete syscall (AV/EDR filter drivers, an
+// unresponsive network mount, a dying disk) cannot be interrupted — and
+// context.DeadlineExceeded is returned. Leaking the goroutine and the scratch
+// state it was deleting is strictly better than blocking the caller forever and
+// permanently losing the runner's capacity slot; the leaked scratch dir is
+// reclaimed later by the runner's idle stale-dir sweep.
+func runWithTimeout(fn func(), timeout time.Duration) error {
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(done)
+		fn()
+	}()
+	timer := time.NewTimer(timeout)
+	defer timer.Stop()
+	select {
+	case <-done:
+		return nil
+	case <-timer.C:
+		return context.DeadlineExceeded
+	}
+}
+
 func (e *HostEnvironment) Remove() common.Executor {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		logger := common.Logger(ctx)
+
 		// Ensure any lingering child processes are ended before attempting
 		// to remove the workspace (Windows file locks otherwise prevent cleanup).
 		e.terminateRunningProcesses(ctx)

 		// Only removes per-job misc state. Must not remove the cache/toolcache root.
+		// Bound it: CleanUp is a caller-supplied, typically unbounded os.RemoveAll,
+		// and a delete stalled by a filesystem filter driver would otherwise hang
+		// the job forever at "Cleaning up container" and hold the capacity slot.
 		if e.CleanUp != nil {
-			e.CleanUp()
+			logger.Debugf("running host environment cleanup callback")
+			if err := runWithTimeout(e.CleanUp, hostCleanupTimeout); err != nil {
+				logger.Warnf("host environment cleanup did not finish within %s; continuing job completion, scratch state may be leaked and is reclaimed by the idle stale-dir sweep", hostCleanupTimeout)
+			} else {
+				logger.Debugf("host environment cleanup callback finished")
+			}
 		}

 		// Detach: a cancelled ctx would skip removePathWithRetry's retries,
 		// which absorb Windows file-handle release lag after the kill above.
-		rmCtx, rmCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+		rmCtx, rmCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), hostCleanupTimeout)
 		defer rmCancel()

-		logger := common.Logger(ctx)
 		var errs []error
 		if err := removePathWithRetry(rmCtx, e.Path); err != nil {
 			logger.Warnf("failed to remove host misc state %s: %v", e.Path, err)
@@ -525,7 +598,14 @@ func (e *HostEnvironment) Remove() common.Executor {
 				errs = append(errs, err)
 			}
 		}
-		return errors.Join(errs...)
+		for _, err := range errs {
+			if !errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+				return errors.Join(errs...)
+			}
+		}
+		// Bounded teardown timed out; warnings already logged above. Do not
+		// fail job completion — leaked scratch is reclaimed by the idle sweep.
+		return nil
 	}
 }

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"

 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"

@@ -188,6 +189,118 @@ func TestHostEnvironmentRemoveCleansWorkdirWhenOwned(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, os.ErrNotExist)
 }

+func TestRemoveAllWithContextDoesNotHangOnStuckDelete(t *testing.T) {
+	release := make(chan struct{})
+	stubDone := make(chan struct{})
+
+	orig := removeAll
+	removeAll = func(string) error {
+		defer close(stubDone)
+		<-release
+		return nil
+	}
+	// removeAllWithContext intentionally leaks the delete goroutine on timeout,
+	// and that goroutine still references removeAll. Unblock it and wait for it
+	// to return before restoring the var, so the restore can't race the read.
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		close(release)
+		<-stubDone
+		removeAll = orig
+	})
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	err := removeAllWithContext(ctx, t.TempDir())
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.DeadlineExceeded)
+}
+
+// TestHostEnvironmentRemoveDoesNotHangOnStuckCleanUp guards against a stalled
+// CleanUp callback (e.g. an os.RemoveAll blocked by an AV/EDR filter driver or
+// an unresponsive mount) wedging the runner slot forever at "Cleaning up
+// container". Remove must time out the callback and complete job teardown.
+func TestHostEnvironmentRemoveDoesNotHangOnStuckCleanUp(t *testing.T) {
+	// Keep the suite fast: shrink the per-phase teardown timeout for this test.
+	orig := hostCleanupTimeout
+	hostCleanupTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
+	t.Cleanup(func() { hostCleanupTimeout = orig })
+
+	logger := logrus.New()
+	ctx := common.WithLogger(context.Background(), logrus.NewEntry(logger))
+	base := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(base, "misc", "hostexecutor")
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(path, 0o700))
+
+	release := make(chan struct{})
+	t.Cleanup(func() { close(release) }) // unblock the leaked goroutine at test end
+
+	e := &HostEnvironment{
+		Path: path,
+		CleanUp: func() {
+			<-release // simulate a delete syscall stuck indefinitely
+		},
+		StdOut: os.Stdout,
+	}
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() { done <- e.Remove()(ctx) }()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Remove() hung on a stuck CleanUp callback")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestHostEnvironmentRemoveDoesNotHangOnStuckPathRemoval guards against a
+// stalled os.RemoveAll on the misc/workspace paths (same AV/EDR wedge as
+// #1023) wedging job completion after the CleanUp callback has already timed
+// out or finished.
+func TestHostEnvironmentRemoveDoesNotHangOnStuckPathRemoval(t *testing.T) {
+	origTimeout := hostCleanupTimeout
+	hostCleanupTimeout = 100 * time.Millisecond
+	t.Cleanup(func() { hostCleanupTimeout = origTimeout })
+
+	release := make(chan struct{})
+	stubDone := make(chan struct{})
+
+	origRemoveAll := removeAll
+	removeAll = func(string) error {
+		defer close(stubDone)
+		<-release
+		return nil
+	}
+	// The stuck delete goroutine outlives the timed-out Remove and still reads
+	// removeAll; unblock it and wait before restoring to avoid a restore/read race.
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		close(release)
+		<-stubDone
+		removeAll = origRemoveAll
+	})
+
+	logger := logrus.New()
+	ctx := common.WithLogger(context.Background(), logrus.NewEntry(logger))
+	base := t.TempDir()
+	path := filepath.Join(base, "misc", "hostexecutor")
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(path, 0o700))
+
+	e := &HostEnvironment{
+		Path:   path,
+		StdOut: os.Stdout,
+	}
+
+	done := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() { done <- e.Remove()(ctx) }()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-done:
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
+		t.Fatal("Remove() hung on a stuck path removal")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBuildWindowsWorkspaceKillScript(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("single dir", func(t *testing.T) {
 		s := buildWindowsWorkspaceKillScript([]string{`C:\workspace\job1`})
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"

 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
+
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode"
+	"golang.org/x/text/transform"
 )

 func parseEnvFile(e Container, srcPath string, env *map[string]string) common.Executor {
@@ -28,11 +31,19 @@ func parseEnvFile(e Container, srcPath string, env *map[string]string) common.Ex
 		if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
 			return err
 		}
-		s := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
+		// Decode by BOM: Windows PowerShell 5.1 redirection writes UTF-16, and some
+		// tools emit a UTF-8 BOM. Without a BOM the file is read as UTF-8, as before.
+		decoded := transform.NewReader(reader, unicode.BOMOverride(unicode.UTF8.NewDecoder()))
+
+		s := bufio.NewScanner(decoded)
 		// Default 64 KiB max token size is too small for realistic env-file lines; allow up to 16 MiB.
 		s.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 64*1024), 16*1024*1024)
 		for s.Scan() {
 			line := s.Text()
+			// GitHub's runner ignores blank lines
+			if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "" {
+				continue
+			}
 			singleLineEnv := strings.Index(line, "=")
 			multiLineEnv := strings.Index(line, "<<")
 			if singleLineEnv != -1 && (multiLineEnv == -1 || singleLineEnv < multiLineEnv) {
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (

 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding"
+	"golang.org/x/text/encoding/unicode"
 )

 func newTestHostEnv(t *testing.T) (*HostEnvironment, string) {
@@ -64,6 +66,63 @@ func TestParseEnvFileLineExceedsBufferReportsScannerError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "reading env file")
 }

+// Regression test: a blank line used to fail the job at "Complete Job", after
+// every step had already been recorded as successful.
+func TestParseEnvFileBlankLines(t *testing.T) {
+	e, envPath := newTestHostEnv(t)
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(envPath, []byte("\nFOO=bar\n\n   \nBAZ=qux\n\n"), 0o600))
+
+	env := map[string]string{}
+	require.NoError(t, parseEnvFile(e, envPath, &env)(context.Background()))
+	assert.Equal(t, "bar", env["FOO"])
+	assert.Equal(t, "qux", env["BAZ"])
+}
+
+// blank lines inside a heredoc value are content, not separators
+func TestParseEnvFileMultiLineKeepsBlankLines(t *testing.T) {
+	e, envPath := newTestHostEnv(t)
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(envPath, []byte("FOO<<EOF\nline1\n\nline2\nEOF\n"), 0o600))
+
+	env := map[string]string{}
+	require.NoError(t, parseEnvFile(e, envPath, &env)(context.Background()))
+	assert.Equal(t, "line1\n\nline2", env["FOO"])
+}
+
+func TestParseEnvFileUTF8BOM(t *testing.T) {
+	e, envPath := newTestHostEnv(t)
+	content := append([]byte{0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF}, []byte("FOO=bar\n")...)
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(envPath, content, 0o600))
+
+	env := map[string]string{}
+	require.NoError(t, parseEnvFile(e, envPath, &env)(context.Background()))
+	assert.Equal(t, "bar", env["FOO"])
+}
+
+// Windows host mode: PowerShell 5.1 redirection writes UTF-16, which used to be
+// unrecognisable as KEY=VALUE, so the writes were silently ignored.
+func TestParseEnvFileUTF16(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		encoder *encoding.Encoder
+	}{
+		{"little endian", unicode.UTF16(unicode.LittleEndian, unicode.UseBOM).NewEncoder()},
+		{"big endian", unicode.UTF16(unicode.BigEndian, unicode.UseBOM).NewEncoder()},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			e, envPath := newTestHostEnv(t)
+			content, err := tt.encoder.Bytes([]byte("FOO=bar\r\nMULTI<<EOF\r\nline1\r\nEOF\r\n"))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(envPath, content, 0o600))
+
+			env := map[string]string{}
+			require.NoError(t, parseEnvFile(e, envPath, &env)(context.Background()))
+			assert.Equal(t, "bar", env["FOO"])
+			assert.Equal(t, "line1", env["MULTI"])
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestParseEnvFileMissingDelimiter(t *testing.T) {
 	e, envPath := newTestHostEnv(t)
 	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(envPath, []byte("FOO<<EOF\nline1\nline2\n"), 0o600))
@@ -8,23 +8,10 @@ package container

 import (
 	"os"
-	"syscall"

 	"github.com/creack/pty"
 )

-func getSysProcAttr(_ string, tty bool) *syscall.SysProcAttr {
-	if tty {
-		return &syscall.SysProcAttr{
-			Setsid:  true,
-			Setctty: true,
-		}
-	}
-	return &syscall.SysProcAttr{
-		Setpgid: true,
-	}
-}
-
 func openPty() (*os.File, *os.File, error) {
 	return pty.Open()
 }
@@ -7,15 +7,8 @@ package container
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
-	"syscall"
 )

-func getSysProcAttr(cmdLine string, tty bool) *syscall.SysProcAttr {
-	return &syscall.SysProcAttr{
-		Setpgid: true,
-	}
-}
-
 func openPty() (*os.File, *os.File, error) {
 	return nil, nil, errors.New("Unsupported")
 }
@@ -7,15 +7,8 @@ package container
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
-	"syscall"
 )

-func getSysProcAttr(cmdLine string, tty bool) *syscall.SysProcAttr {
-	return &syscall.SysProcAttr{
-		Rfork: syscall.RFNOTEG,
-	}
-}
-
 func openPty() (*os.File, *os.File, error) {
 	return nil, nil, errors.New("Unsupported")
 }
@@ -7,13 +7,8 @@ package container
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"os"
-	"syscall"
 )

-func getSysProcAttr(cmdLine string, tty bool) *syscall.SysProcAttr {
-	return &syscall.SysProcAttr{CmdLine: cmdLine, CreationFlags: syscall.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP}
-}
-
 func openPty() (*os.File, *os.File, error) {
 	return nil, nil, errors.New("Unsupported")
 }
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func (impl *interperterImpl) jobSuccess() (bool, error) { //nolint:unparam // pr
 	jobNeeds := impl.getNeedsTransitive(impl.config.Run.Job())

 	for _, needs := range jobNeeds {
-		if jobs[needs].Result != "success" {
+		if jobs[needs].NeedsResult() != "success" {
 			return false, nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func (impl *interperterImpl) jobFailure() (bool, error) { //nolint:unparam // pr
 	jobNeeds := impl.getNeedsTransitive(impl.config.Run.Job())

 	for _, needs := range jobNeeds {
-		if jobs[needs].Result == "failure" {
+		if jobs[needs].NeedsResult() == "failure" {
 			return true, nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"

 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/memfs"
@@ -221,3 +222,63 @@ func TestCopyCollectorWriteFileOverwritesFileWithSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, "target", resolved)
 }
+
+func TestDefaultFsOpenReadlinkAndWalk(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("creating symlinks requires elevated privileges on Windows")
+	}
+
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(root, "file.txt"), []byte("content"), 0o644))
+	require.NoError(t, os.Symlink("file.txt", filepath.Join(root, "link.txt")))
+
+	fsys := &DefaultFs{}
+	var walked []string
+	require.NoError(t, fsys.Walk(root, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		walked = append(walked, info.Name())
+		return nil
+	}))
+	require.Contains(t, walked, "file.txt")
+	require.Contains(t, walked, "link.txt")
+
+	file, err := fsys.Open(filepath.Join(root, "file.txt"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(file)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, file.Close())
+	require.Equal(t, "content", string(data))
+
+	link, err := fsys.Readlink(filepath.Join(root, "link.txt"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "file.txt", link)
+}
+
+func TestFileCollectorCancellationAndWalkError(t *testing.T) {
+	fc := &FileCollector{Fs: &memoryFs{Filesystem: memfs.New()}}
+	walk := fc.CollectFiles(cancelledContext(t), nil)
+
+	err := walk("file", fakeFileInfo{name: "file"}, nil)
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "copy cancelled")
+
+	err = walk("file", fakeFileInfo{name: "file"}, os.ErrPermission)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, os.ErrPermission)
+}
+
+func cancelledContext(t *testing.T) context.Context {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+	return ctx
+}
+
+type fakeFileInfo struct {
+	name string
+}
+
+func (f fakeFileInfo) Name() string       { return f.name }
+func (f fakeFileInfo) Size() int64        { return 0 }
+func (f fakeFileInfo) Mode() os.FileMode  { return 0o644 }
+func (f fakeFileInfo) ModTime() time.Time { return time.Time{} }
+func (f fakeFileInfo) IsDir() bool        { return false }
+func (f fakeFileInfo) Sys() any           { return nil }
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+//go:build aix || darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris
+
+package lookpath
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"io/fs"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type testEnv map[string]string
+
+func (e testEnv) Getenv(name string) string {
+	return e[name]
+}
+
+func TestLookPath2SearchesPathAndEmptyElement(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	exe := filepath.Join(dir, "tool")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(exe, []byte("#!/bin/sh\n"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := LookPath2("tool", testEnv{"PATH": string(filepath.ListSeparator) + dir})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got != exe {
+		t.Fatalf("LookPath2() = %q, want %q", got, exe)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLookPath2DirectPathDoesNotSearchPath(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	exe := filepath.Join(dir, "tool")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(exe, []byte("#!/bin/sh\n"), 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	got, err := LookPath2(exe, testEnv{"PATH": ""})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got != exe {
+		t.Fatalf("LookPath2() = %q, want %q", got, exe)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLookPath2ReportsPermissionAndNotFound(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	file := filepath.Join(dir, "not-executable")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte("plain text"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	_, err := LookPath2(file, testEnv{"PATH": dir})
+	var pathErr *Error
+	if !errors.As(err, &pathErr) || !errors.Is(pathErr.Err, fs.ErrPermission) {
+		t.Fatalf("LookPath2(non-executable) error = %v, want fs.ErrPermission wrapped in *Error", err)
+	}
+	if pathErr.Error() != fs.ErrPermission.Error() {
+		t.Fatalf("Error() = %q, want %q", pathErr.Error(), fs.ErrPermission.Error())
+	}
+
+	_, err = LookPath2("missing", testEnv{"PATH": dir})
+	if !errors.As(err, &pathErr) || !errors.Is(pathErr.Err, ErrNotFound) {
+		t.Fatalf("LookPath2(missing) error = %v, want ErrNotFound wrapped in *Error", err)
+	}
+}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func LookPath2(file string, lenv Env) (string, error) {
 	var exts []string
 	x := lenv.Getenv(`PATHEXT`)
 	if x != "" {
-		for _, e := range strings.Split(strings.ToLower(x), `;`) {
+		for e := range strings.SplitSeq(strings.ToLower(x), `;`) {
 			if e == "" {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestReadActionDefaultsAndCaseInsensitiveUsing(t *testing.T) {
+	action, err := ReadAction(strings.NewReader(`
+name: example
+runs:
+  using: NoDe24
+  main: dist/index.js
+`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if action.Runs.Using != ActionRunsUsingNode24 {
+		t.Fatalf("using = %q, want %q", action.Runs.Using, ActionRunsUsingNode24)
+	}
+	if action.Runs.PreIf != "always()" {
+		t.Fatalf("pre-if = %q, want always()", action.Runs.PreIf)
+	}
+	if action.Runs.PostIf != "always()" {
+		t.Fatalf("post-if = %q, want always()", action.Runs.PostIf)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReadActionPreservesExplicitConditions(t *testing.T) {
+	action, err := ReadAction(strings.NewReader(`
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  pre-if: success()
+  post-if: failure()
+  steps:
+    - run: echo hello
+`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if action.Runs.PreIf != "success()" || action.Runs.PostIf != "failure()" {
+		t.Fatalf("conditions = %q/%q, want explicit values", action.Runs.PreIf, action.Runs.PostIf)
+	}
+	if !action.Runs.Using.IsComposite() || action.Runs.Using.IsDocker() || action.Runs.Using.IsNode() {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected using predicates for %q", action.Runs.Using)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestReadActionRejectsUnknownUsing(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := ReadAction(strings.NewReader(`
+runs:
+  using: node99
+`))
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected unknown runs.using to fail")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "node99") {
+		t.Fatalf("error = %q, want invalid value", err)
+	}
+}
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ package model

 import (
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"

 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )

 type WorkflowPlanTest struct {
@@ -65,3 +67,133 @@ func TestWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
 	assert.NotNil(t, result)
 }
+
+func TestNewSingleWorkflowPlannerAndPlanMethods(t *testing.T) {
+	planner, err := NewSingleWorkflowPlanner("ci.yml", strings.NewReader(`
+name: CI
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build project
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: make build
+  test:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: make test
+`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"pull_request", "push"}, planner.GetEvents())
+
+	eventPlan, err := planner.PlanEvent("push")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, eventPlan.Stages, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"build"}, eventPlan.Stages[0].GetJobIDs())
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"test"}, eventPlan.Stages[1].GetJobIDs())
+	assert.Equal(t, len("Build project"), eventPlan.MaxRunNameLen())
+	assert.Equal(t, "Build project", eventPlan.Stages[0].Runs[0].String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "build", eventPlan.Stages[0].Runs[0].JobID)
+	assert.NotNil(t, eventPlan.Stages[0].Runs[0].Job())
+
+	jobPlan, err := planner.PlanJob("test")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, jobPlan.Stages, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"build"}, jobPlan.Stages[0].GetJobIDs())
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"test"}, jobPlan.Stages[1].GetJobIDs())
+
+	allPlan, err := planner.PlanAll()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, allPlan.Stages, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"build"}, allPlan.Stages[0].GetJobIDs())
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"test"}, allPlan.Stages[1].GetJobIDs())
+}
+
+func TestCombineWorkflowPlannerMergesWorkflowStages(t *testing.T) {
+	first := mustReadWorkflow(t, `
+name: First
+on: push
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: make build
+`)
+	second := mustReadWorkflow(t, `
+name: Second
+on: push
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: make lint
+  test:
+    needs: lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: make test
+`)
+
+	planner := CombineWorkflowPlanner(first, second)
+	plan, err := planner.PlanEvent("push")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, plan.Stages, 2)
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"build", "lint"}, plan.Stages[0].GetJobIDs())
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"test"}, plan.Stages[1].GetJobIDs())
+
+	empty, err := planner.PlanEvent("schedule")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, empty.Stages)
+}
+
+func TestPlannerErrorsForMissingAndCyclicJobs(t *testing.T) {
+	workflow := mustReadWorkflow(t, `
+name: Cyclic
+on: push
+jobs:
+  a:
+    needs: b
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: echo a
+  b:
+    needs: a
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: echo b
+`)
+	planner := CombineWorkflowPlanner(workflow)
+
+	plan, err := planner.PlanJob("missing")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, plan.Stages)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Could not find any stages")
+
+	plan, err = planner.PlanEvent("push")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, plan.Stages)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "unable to build dependency graph")
+}
+
+func TestNewSingleWorkflowPlannerErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := NewSingleWorkflowPlanner("empty.yml", strings.NewReader(""))
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "file is empty")
+
+	_, err = NewSingleWorkflowPlanner("invalid.yml", strings.NewReader("jobs: ["))
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "workflow is not valid")
+}
+
+func mustReadWorkflow(t *testing.T, content string) *Workflow {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	workflow, err := ReadWorkflow(strings.NewReader(content))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	if workflow.Name == "" {
+		workflow.Name = "workflow"
+	}
+	return workflow
+}
@@ -190,23 +190,52 @@ func (w *Workflow) WorkflowCallConfig() *WorkflowCall {

 // Job is the structure of one job in a workflow
 type Job struct {
-	Name           string                    `yaml:"name"`
-	RawNeeds       yaml.Node                 `yaml:"needs"`
-	RawRunsOn      yaml.Node                 `yaml:"runs-on"`
-	Env            yaml.Node                 `yaml:"env"`
-	If             yaml.Node                 `yaml:"if"`
-	Steps          []*Step                   `yaml:"steps"`
-	TimeoutMinutes string                    `yaml:"timeout-minutes"`
-	Services       map[string]*ContainerSpec `yaml:"services"`
-	Strategy       *Strategy                 `yaml:"strategy"`
-	RawContainer   yaml.Node                 `yaml:"container"`
-	Defaults       Defaults                  `yaml:"defaults"`
-	Outputs        map[string]string         `yaml:"outputs"`
-	Uses           string                    `yaml:"uses"`
-	With           map[string]any            `yaml:"with"`
-	RawSecrets     yaml.Node                 `yaml:"secrets"`
-	RawPermissions yaml.Node                 `yaml:"permissions"`
-	Result         string
+	Name               string                    `yaml:"name"`
+	RawNeeds           yaml.Node                 `yaml:"needs"`
+	RawRunsOn          yaml.Node                 `yaml:"runs-on"`
+	Env                yaml.Node                 `yaml:"env"`
+	If                 yaml.Node                 `yaml:"if"`
+	Steps              []*Step                   `yaml:"steps"`
+	TimeoutMinutes     string                    `yaml:"timeout-minutes"`
+	RawContinueOnError string                    `yaml:"continue-on-error"`
+	Services           map[string]*ContainerSpec `yaml:"services"`
+	Strategy           *Strategy                 `yaml:"strategy"`
+	RawContainer       yaml.Node                 `yaml:"container"`
+	Defaults           Defaults                  `yaml:"defaults"`
+	Outputs            map[string]string         `yaml:"outputs"`
+	Uses               string                    `yaml:"uses"`
+	With               map[string]any            `yaml:"with"`
+	RawSecrets         yaml.Node                 `yaml:"secrets"`
+	RawPermissions     yaml.Node                 `yaml:"permissions"`
+	Result             string
+	// Runtime fields set during execution (not from YAML):
+	ContinueOnError bool // true when all failing matrix combinations had continue-on-error=true
+	hasFirmFailure  bool // true once any combination failed without continue-on-error
+}
+
+// SetContinueOnError records whether this combination's failure should not fail the workflow.
+// Must be called under the job lock. Safe across parallel matrix combinations.
+func (j *Job) SetContinueOnError(continueOnErr bool) {
+	if continueOnErr {
+		if !j.hasFirmFailure {
+			j.ContinueOnError = true
+		}
+	} else {
+		j.hasFirmFailure = true
+		j.ContinueOnError = false
+	}
+}
+
+// NeedsResult returns the job result as seen by dependent jobs through the
+// `needs` context. A job that failed but was tolerated via continue-on-error
+// reports "success" to its dependents, matching GitHub: such a failure must not
+// block jobs gated on the default `if: success()`, even though the overall
+// workflow run is still marked as failed.
+func (j *Job) NeedsResult() string {
+	if j.Result == "failure" && j.ContinueOnError {
+		return "success"
+	}
+	return j.Result
 }

 // Strategy for the job
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package model

 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

@@ -32,6 +33,216 @@ func TestStepCloneIsolatesMutableFields(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "original", orig.With["arg"], "With map must not be shared with the clone")
 }

+// TestJobNeedsResult guards the continue-on-error semantics exposed to dependent
+// jobs through the `needs` context: a failed-but-tolerated job reports "success"
+// so it does not block dependents gated on the default `if: success()`, matching
+// GitHub. A firm failure and any non-failure result are reported verbatim.
+func TestJobNeedsResult(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name            string
+		result          string
+		continueOnError bool
+		want            string
+	}{
+		{"tolerated failure reports success", "failure", true, "success"},
+		{"firm failure reports failure", "failure", false, "failure"},
+		{"success is unchanged", "success", false, "success"},
+		{"success with continue-on-error is unchanged", "success", true, "success"},
+		{"empty result is unchanged", "", true, ""},
+		{"skipped is unchanged", "skipped", true, "skipped"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			j := &Job{Result: tc.result, ContinueOnError: tc.continueOnError}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, j.NeedsResult())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestJobSetContinueOnErrorFirmFailureWins(t *testing.T) {
+	job := &Job{}
+	job.SetContinueOnError(true)
+	assert.True(t, job.ContinueOnError)
+
+	job.SetContinueOnError(false)
+	assert.False(t, job.ContinueOnError)
+
+	job.SetContinueOnError(true)
+	assert.False(t, job.ContinueOnError, "a later tolerated failure must not hide an earlier firm failure")
+}
+
+func TestStepStatusText(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		status stepStatus
+		text   string
+	}{
+		{StepStatusSuccess, "success"},
+		{StepStatusFailure, "failure"},
+		{StepStatusSkipped, "skipped"},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.text, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := tc.status.MarshalText()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.text, string(got))
+
+			var parsed stepStatus
+			require.NoError(t, parsed.UnmarshalText(got))
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.status, parsed)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.text, parsed.String())
+		})
+	}
+
+	var parsed stepStatus
+	require.Error(t, parsed.UnmarshalText([]byte("cancelled")))
+	assert.Empty(t, stepStatus(99).String())
+}
+
+func TestWorkflowCallConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	workflow, err := ReadWorkflow(strings.NewReader(`
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      name:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    outputs:
+      digest:
+        value: ${{ jobs.build.outputs.digest }}
+jobs: {}
+`))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	config := workflow.WorkflowCallConfig()
+	require.NotNil(t, config)
+	require.Contains(t, config.Inputs, "name")
+	assert.True(t, config.Inputs["name"].Required)
+	assert.Equal(t, "string", config.Inputs["name"].Type)
+	assert.Equal(t, "${{ jobs.build.outputs.digest }}", config.Outputs["digest"].Value)
+
+	listWorkflow, err := ReadWorkflow(strings.NewReader("on: [workflow_call]\njobs: {}\n"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, listWorkflow.WorkflowCallConfig())
+	assert.Empty(t, listWorkflow.WorkflowCallConfig().Inputs)
+}
+
+func TestJobSecretsAndEnvironment(t *testing.T) {
+	inheritJob := readJob(t, `
+secrets: inherit
+env:
+  A: one
+  B: two
+`)
+	assert.True(t, inheritJob.InheritSecrets())
+	assert.Nil(t, inheritJob.Secrets())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"A": "one", "B": "two"}, inheritJob.Environment())
+
+	mappingJob := readJob(t, `
+secrets:
+  TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
+`)
+	assert.False(t, mappingJob.InheritSecrets())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"TOKEN": "${{ secrets.TOKEN }}"}, mappingJob.Secrets())
+}
+
+func TestJobTypeAndString(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		job     Job
+		want    JobType
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{job: Job{}, want: JobTypeDefault},
+		{job: Job{Uses: "./.github/workflows/reuse.yml"}, want: JobTypeReusableWorkflowLocal},
+		{job: Job{Uses: "owner/repo/.github/workflows/reuse.yaml@v1"}, want: JobTypeReusableWorkflowRemote},
+		{job: Job{Uses: "owner/repo/.github/workflows/reuse.yaml"}, want: JobTypeInvalid, wantErr: true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", tc.job.Uses, tc.want), func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := tc.job.Type()
+			if tc.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "default", JobTypeDefault.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "local-reusable-workflow", JobTypeReusableWorkflowLocal.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "remote-reusable-workflow", JobTypeReusableWorkflowRemote.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "unknown", JobType(99).String())
+}
+
+func TestStepStringEnvironmentEnvAndType(t *testing.T) {
+	step := readStep(t, `
+id: example
+env:
+  DIRECT: value
+with:
+  mixed-key: input
+`)
+	assert.Equal(t, "example", step.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"DIRECT": "value"}, step.Environment())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"DIRECT": "value", "INPUT_MIXED-KEY": "input"}, step.GetEnv())
+
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		step Step
+		want StepType
+	}{
+		{step: Step{}, want: StepTypeInvalid},
+		{step: Step{Run: "echo hi"}, want: StepTypeRun},
+		{step: Step{Run: "echo hi", Uses: "actions/checkout@v4"}, want: StepTypeInvalid},
+		{step: Step{Uses: "docker://alpine:latest"}, want: StepTypeUsesDockerURL},
+		{step: Step{Uses: "./.github/workflows/reuse.yml"}, want: StepTypeReusableWorkflowLocal},
+		{step: Step{Uses: "owner/repo/.github/workflows/reuse.yml@v1"}, want: StepTypeReusableWorkflowRemote},
+		{step: Step{Uses: "./actions/local"}, want: StepTypeUsesActionLocal},
+		{step: Step{Uses: "actions/checkout@v4"}, want: StepTypeUsesActionRemote},
+	} {
+		t.Run(tc.want.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.want, tc.step.Type())
+		})
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "invalid", StepTypeInvalid.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "run", StepTypeRun.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "local-action", StepTypeUsesActionLocal.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "remote-action", StepTypeUsesActionRemote.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "docker", StepTypeUsesDockerURL.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "local-reusable-workflow", StepTypeReusableWorkflowLocal.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "remote-reusable-workflow", StepTypeReusableWorkflowRemote.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "unknown", StepType(99).String())
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, (&Step{Uses: "actions/checkout@v4"}).UsesHash())
+}
+
+func TestWorkflowGetJobAndIDs(t *testing.T) {
+	workflow := &Workflow{Jobs: map[string]*Job{"build": {}}}
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"build"}, workflow.GetJobIDs())
+
+	job := workflow.GetJob("build")
+	require.NotNil(t, job)
+	assert.Equal(t, "build", job.Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, "success()", job.If.Value)
+	assert.Nil(t, workflow.GetJob("missing"))
+}
+
+func TestRawConcurrencyYaml(t *testing.T) {
+	var expr RawConcurrency
+	require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte("group-${{ github.ref }}"), &expr))
+	assert.Equal(t, "group-${{ github.ref }}", expr.RawExpression)
+	marshaled, err := expr.MarshalYAML()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "group-${{ github.ref }}", marshaled)
+
+	var object RawConcurrency
+	require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte("group: ci\ncancel-in-progress: true\n"), &object))
+	assert.Equal(t, "ci", object.Group)
+	assert.Equal(t, "true", object.CancelInProgress)
+	marshaled, err = object.MarshalYAML()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, (*objectConcurrency)(&object), marshaled)
+}
+
 func TestReadWorkflow_ScheduleEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	yaml := `
 name: local-action-docker-url
@@ -926,3 +1137,19 @@ func TestJobMatrixValidation(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Nil(t, matrix, "matrix with nested map should return nil")
 	})
 }
+
+func readJob(t *testing.T, content string) *Job {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var job Job
+	require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &job))
+	return &job
+}
+
+func readStep(t *testing.T, content string) *Step {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	var step Step
+	require.NoError(t, yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &step))
+	return &step
+}
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ package runner

 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"embed"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -272,6 +274,36 @@ func removeGitIgnore(ctx context.Context, directory string) error {
 	return nil
 }

+// dockerActionImageTag derives the local docker image tag used when an action
+// is built from a Dockerfile.
+//
+// For Gitea: a local action (`uses: ./` or `uses: ./path`) has an actionName
+// that is the workspace-relative path of the action. That path is identical
+// across repositories (e.g. "./" for a self-referencing action), so without
+// namespacing, every repository's local docker action would build and reuse the
+// same `act-dockeraction:latest` image on a shared docker daemon. A subsequent
+// repository would then silently run the image built for an earlier one.
+// Including the repository keeps the tag stable for caching within a repository
+// while preventing cross-repository collisions.
+// See https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/issues/1039.
+func dockerActionImageTag(repository, actionName string, localAction bool) string {
+	name := actionName
+	if localAction {
+		name = path.Join(repository, actionName)
+	}
+	// The human-readable name is sanitized by collapsing every non-alphanumeric character to "-".
+	sanitized := regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9]").ReplaceAllString(name, "-")
+	if localAction {
+		// For local actions a short hash of the raw repository and action path is appended so the tag stays unique per repository.
+		sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(repository + "\x00" + actionName))
+		sanitized += "-" + hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])[:12]
+	}
+	// "-dockeraction" ensures that "./", "./test " won't get converted to "act-:latest", "act-test-:latest" which are invalid docker image names
+	image := fmt.Sprintf("%s-dockeraction:%s", sanitized, "latest")
+	image = "act-" + strings.TrimLeft(image, "-")
+	return strings.ToLower(image)
+}
+
 // TODO: break out parts of function to reduce complexicity
 func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName, actionDir, basedir string, localAction bool) error {
 	logger := common.Logger(ctx)
@@ -286,10 +318,7 @@ func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName, actionDir, b
 		// Apply forcePull only for prebuild docker images
 		forcePull = rc.Config.ForcePull
 	} else {
-		// "-dockeraction" enshures that "./", "./test " won't get converted to "act-:latest", "act-test-:latest" which are invalid docker image names
-		image = fmt.Sprintf("%s-dockeraction:%s", regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9]").ReplaceAllString(actionName, "-"), "latest")
-		image = "act-" + strings.TrimLeft(image, "-")
-		image = strings.ToLower(image)
+		image = dockerActionImageTag(step.getGithubContext(ctx).Repository, actionName, localAction)
 		contextDir, fileName := filepath.Split(filepath.Join(basedir, action.Runs.Image))

 		anyArchExists, err := ContainerImageExistsLocally(ctx, image, "any")
@@ -436,13 +465,11 @@ func newStepContainer(ctx context.Context, step step, image string, cmd, entrypo
 	if rc.IsHostEnv(ctx) {
 		networkMode = "default"
 	}
-	stepContainer := container.NewContainer(&container.NewContainerInput{
+	stepContainer := ContainerNewContainer(&container.NewContainerInput{
 		Cmd:          cmd,
 		Entrypoint:   entrypoint,
 		WorkingDir:   rc.JobContainer.ToContainerPath(rc.Config.Workdir),
 		Image:        image,
-		Username:     rc.Config.Secrets["DOCKER_USERNAME"],
-		Password:     rc.Config.Secrets["DOCKER_PASSWORD"],
 		Name:         createContainerName(rc.jobContainerName(), "STEP-"+stepModel.ID),
 		Env:          envList,
 		Mounts:       mounts,
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

@@ -85,6 +86,19 @@ func newCompositeRunContext(ctx context.Context, parent *RunContext, step action
 	return compositerc
 }

+// appendUniqueMasks appends the masks from src to dst, skipping any mask that
+// is already present in dst. This prevents the parent RunContext's Masks slice
+// from growing exponentially when composite actions are nested or repeated,
+// since each composite RunContext is seeded with its parent's masks.
+func appendUniqueMasks(dst, src []string) []string {
+	for _, m := range src {
+		if !slices.Contains(dst, m) {
+			dst = append(dst, m)
+		}
+	}
+	return dst
+}
+
 func execAsComposite(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 	rc := step.getRunContext()
 	action := step.getActionModel()
@@ -110,7 +124,11 @@ func execAsComposite(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 			}, eval.Interpolate(ctx, output.Value))
 		}

-		rc.Masks = append(rc.Masks, compositeRC.Masks...)
+		// compositeRC.Masks is seeded with rc.Masks (see newCompositeRunContext)
+		// and may have additional masks appended while the composite action runs.
+		// Only append masks that are not already present, otherwise nested or
+		// repeated composite actions grow rc.Masks exponentially.
+		rc.Masks = appendUniqueMasks(rc.Masks, compositeRC.Masks)
 		rc.ExtraPath = compositeRC.ExtraPath
 		// compositeRC.Env is dirty, contains INPUT_ and merged step env, only rely on compositeRC.GlobalEnv
 		mergeIntoMap := mergeIntoMapCaseSensitive
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package runner
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestAppendUniqueMasks(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		dst  []string
+		src  []string
+		want []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "appends new masks",
+			dst:  []string{"a"},
+			src:  []string{"b", "c"},
+			want: []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "skips masks already present",
+			dst:  []string{"a", "b"},
+			src:  []string{"a", "b"},
+			want: []string{"a", "b"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "deduplicates within src",
+			dst:  []string{"a"},
+			src:  []string{"b", "b", "a"},
+			want: []string{"a", "b"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty src leaves dst unchanged",
+			dst:  []string{"a"},
+			src:  nil,
+			want: []string{"a"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, appendUniqueMasks(tt.dst, tt.src))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAppendUniqueMasksNoExponentialGrowth reproduces the exponential growth of
+// the parent's Masks slice observed with nested/repeated composite actions. A
+// composite RunContext is seeded with its parent's masks and the whole seeded
+// slice was previously appended back into the parent, doubling its length on
+// every composite action.
+func TestAppendUniqueMasksNoExponentialGrowth(t *testing.T) {
+	parentMasks := []string{"secret"}
+
+	for range 20 {
+		// compositeRC.Masks starts as a copy of the parent's masks (it is
+		// seeded with parent.Masks in newCompositeRunContext).
+		compositeMasks := make([]string, len(parentMasks))
+		copy(compositeMasks, parentMasks)
+
+		parentMasks = appendUniqueMasks(parentMasks, compositeMasks)
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"secret"}, parentMasks)
+}
@@ -258,6 +258,54 @@ func TestActionRunner(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

+func TestNewStepContainerDoesNotUseDockerSecrets(t *testing.T) {
+	cm := &containerMock{}
+
+	var captured *container.NewContainerInput
+	origContainerNewContainer := ContainerNewContainer
+	ContainerNewContainer = func(input *container.NewContainerInput) container.ExecutionsEnvironment {
+		captured = input
+		return cm
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		ContainerNewContainer = origContainerNewContainer
+	}()
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	rc := &RunContext{
+		Name: "job",
+		Config: &Config{
+			Secrets: map[string]string{
+				"DOCKER_USERNAME": "docker-user",
+				"DOCKER_PASSWORD": "docker-password",
+			},
+		},
+		Run: &model.Run{
+			JobID: "job",
+			Workflow: &model.Workflow{
+				Name: "test",
+				Jobs: map[string]*model.Job{
+					"job": {},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		JobContainer: cm,
+		StepResults:  map[string]*model.StepResult{},
+	}
+	env := map[string]string{}
+	step := &stepMock{}
+	step.On("getRunContext").Return(rc)
+	step.On("getStepModel").Return(&model.Step{ID: "action"})
+	step.On("getEnv").Return(&env)
+
+	_ = newStepContainer(ctx, step, "registry.example.com/action:tag", nil, nil)
+
+	// DOCKER_USERNAME/DOCKER_PASSWORD should not be injected as pull credentials for docker action containers.
+	assert.Empty(t, captured.Username)
+	assert.Empty(t, captured.Password)
+	step.AssertExpectations(t)
+}
+
 func TestMaybeCopyToActionDirHoldsCloneLock(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()

@@ -407,3 +455,50 @@ func TestExecAsDockerHoldsCloneLockForRemoteUncached(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("execAsDocker did not return after inner was released and ctx was canceled")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDockerActionImageTag(t *testing.T) {
+	// Remote actions already carry a unique, ref-scoped actionName (the uses
+	// hash), so the tag must be left untouched for backwards compatibility.
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		"act-abc123-dockeraction:latest",
+		dockerActionImageTag("owner/repo", "abc123", false),
+	)
+
+	// Local actions keep a human-readable, repository-namespaced prefix and gain a short hash suffix that makes the tag unique per (repository, actionName).
+	// See https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/issues/1039.
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		"act-owner-repo-baca2daaa2fe-dockeraction:latest",
+		dockerActionImageTag("owner/repo", "./", true),
+	)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		"act-owner-repo-sub-e847b61255a8-dockeraction:latest",
+		dockerActionImageTag("owner/repo", "./sub", true),
+	)
+
+	// Sanitizing every non-alphanumeric character to "-" is lossy, so distinct inputs can collapse to the same readable prefix.
+	// The hash suffix must keep such cases apart, otherwise an image built for one repository is reused for another.
+	collisions := [][2]struct {
+		repoName   string
+		actionName string
+	}{
+		// Two different repositories, both `uses: ./`: "a/b-c" and "a-b/c" both sanitize to "a-b-c".
+		{{"a/b-c", "./"}, {"a-b/c", "./"}},
+		// A repository's root action vs another repository's sub-path action:
+		// "owner/repo-a" + "./" and "owner/repo" + "./a" both sanitize to "owner-repo-a".
+		{{"owner/repo-a", "./"}, {"owner/repo", "./a"}},
+	}
+	for _, c := range collisions {
+		assert.NotEqual(t,
+			dockerActionImageTag(c[0].repoName, c[0].actionName, true),
+			dockerActionImageTag(c[1].repoName, c[1].actionName, true),
+			"local docker action tags must differ for %q/%q vs %q/%q",
+			c[0].repoName, c[0].actionName, c[1].repoName, c[1].actionName,
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Distinct local actions within the same repository keep distinct tags.
+	assert.NotEqual(t,
+		dockerActionImageTag("owner/repo", "./", true),
+		dockerActionImageTag("owner/repo", "./sub", true),
+	)
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package runner
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/exprparser"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
+)
+
+// TestCancelledJobStatusEnablesAlwaysAndCancelledSteps verifies that once a job is
+// cancelled, getJobContext reports the "cancelled" status so the step `if` functions
+// evaluate the way GitHub Actions does: cancelled()/always() are true, success()/failure()
+// are false. A step that defaults to success() is therefore skipped while an always() step
+// still runs. Before the fix the status could only ever be success/failure, so cancelled()
+// was structurally impossible and cancel-only cleanup steps never ran.
+func TestCancelledJobStatusEnablesAlwaysAndCancelledSteps(t *testing.T) {
+	rc := createIfTestRunContext(map[string]*model.Job{
+		"job1": createJob(t, `runs-on: ubuntu-latest`, ""),
+	})
+	rc.markCancelled()
+
+	// The core fix: the job status context now reports "cancelled" instead of being
+	// pinned to success/failure.
+	jobCtx := rc.getJobContext()
+	require.Equal(t, "cancelled", jobCtx.Status)
+
+	// Feed that status through the step-context expression functions, which is what a
+	// step `if` evaluates. On a cancelled job only always()/cancelled() are true.
+	interp := exprparser.NewInterpeter(
+		&exprparser.EvaluationEnvironment{Job: jobCtx},
+		exprparser.Config{Context: "step"},
+	)
+	for expr, want := range map[string]bool{
+		"cancelled()":  true,
+		"always()":     true,
+		"success()":    false,
+		"failure()":    false,
+		"!cancelled()": false,
+	} {
+		got, err := interp.Evaluate(expr, exprparser.DefaultStatusCheckNone)
+		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "Evaluate(%q)", expr)
+		assert.Equalf(t, want, got, "Evaluate(%q) on a cancelled job", expr)
+	}
+
+	// A step without an `if` defaults to success() and must be skipped on cancel,
+	// while an `if: always()` step must still run.
+	disabled, err := interp.Evaluate("", exprparser.DefaultStatusCheckSuccess)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, false, disabled, "default-success step must be skipped on a cancelled job")
+
+	enabled, err := interp.Evaluate("always()", exprparser.DefaultStatusCheckSuccess)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, true, enabled, "`if: always()` step must run on a cancelled job")
+}
+
+// TestMainStepsExecutorRunsAlwaysStepsAfterCancel verifies that newMainStepsExecutor does
+// not abandon the remaining steps when the run is cancelled mid-pipeline. The later step
+// still runs (so a main-stage always() step is reached), it runs under a fresh,
+// non-cancelled context, and the job is marked cancelled. The interrupt error is still
+// propagated so callers up the chain see the cancellation.
+func TestMainStepsExecutorRunsAlwaysStepsAfterCancel(t *testing.T) {
+	rc := createIfTestRunContext(map[string]*model.Job{
+		"job1": createJob(t, `runs-on: ubuntu-latest`, ""),
+	})
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	var ran []string
+	var laterStepCtxErr error
+	steps := []common.Executor{
+		func(_ context.Context) error {
+			ran = append(ran, "step1")
+			cancel() // server cancellation lands while step1 runs
+			return nil
+		},
+		func(c context.Context) error {
+			ran = append(ran, "always-step")
+			laterStepCtxErr = c.Err()
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	err := newMainStepsExecutor(rc, steps)(ctx)
+
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled, "interrupt error is propagated")
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"step1", "always-step"}, ran, "the always() step still runs after cancel")
+	require.NoError(t, laterStepCtxErr, "remaining steps run under a fresh, non-cancelled context")
+	assert.True(t, rc.jobCancelled, "the job is marked cancelled")
+}
+
+// TestMainStepsExecutorMarksFailedOnTimeoutBetweenSteps guards the timeout path's symmetry with the cancel path.
+// When the job deadline (timeout-minutes) lands in the gap between two steps, the job must be marked as failed (not cancelled),
+// so always()/failure() cleanup steps run while default success() steps skip, and so the timed-out job is not reported as success.
+func TestMainStepsExecutorMarksFailedOnTimeoutBetweenSteps(t *testing.T) {
+	rc := createIfTestRunContext(map[string]*model.Job{
+		"job1": createJob(t, `runs-on: ubuntu-latest`, ""),
+	})
+
+	// A short deadline that we let elapse between steps, so no step records the error itself.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	var ran []string
+	var laterStepCtxErr error
+	steps := []common.Executor{
+		func(c context.Context) error {
+			ran = append(ran, "step1")
+			// Block until the job deadline elapses, then return cleanly: the interrupt lands in the loop's between-steps check, not inside a step.
+			<-c.Done()
+			return nil
+		},
+		func(c context.Context) error {
+			ran = append(ran, "always-step")
+			laterStepCtxErr = c.Err()
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	err := newMainStepsExecutor(rc, steps)(ctx)
+
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.DeadlineExceeded, "the timeout error is propagated")
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"step1", "always-step"}, ran, "the always() step still runs after a timeout")
+	require.NoError(t, laterStepCtxErr, "remaining steps run under a fresh, non-expired context")
+	assert.True(t, rc.jobFailed, "a job timeout marks the job failed")
+	assert.False(t, rc.jobCancelled, "a timeout is not a cancellation")
+
+	// The status the real main-step `if` evaluation sees: "failure", so default success() steps skip while always()/failure() steps run.
+	assert.Equal(t, "failure", rc.getJobContext().Status)
+}
+
+// TestStepsExecutorRunsMainStepsAfterPreCancel verifies that a cancellation landing during the
+// pre phase does not abandon the main steps: newStepsExecutor still runs the main-steps executor,
+// so a main-stage always()/cancelled() step is reached (under a fresh, non-cancelled context),
+// the job is marked cancelled, and the cancellation is propagated. Before the fix the `.Then(...)`
+// short-circuit skipped the main steps entirely when a pre step was cancelled.
+func TestStepsExecutorRunsMainStepsAfterPreCancel(t *testing.T) {
+	rc := createIfTestRunContext(map[string]*model.Job{
+		"job1": createJob(t, `runs-on: ubuntu-latest`, ""),
+	})
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	var ran []string
+	var mainStepCtxErr error
+	preSteps := []common.Executor{
+		func(_ context.Context) error {
+			ran = append(ran, "pre1")
+			cancel() // server cancellation lands during the pre phase
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+	steps := []common.Executor{
+		func(c context.Context) error {
+			ran = append(ran, "always-step")
+			mainStepCtxErr = c.Err()
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	err := newStepsExecutor(rc, preSteps, steps)(ctx)
+
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled, "the cancellation is propagated")
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"pre1", "always-step"}, ran, "the main always() step runs after a pre-phase cancel")
+	require.NoError(t, mainStepCtxErr, "the main step runs under a fresh, non-cancelled context")
+	assert.True(t, rc.jobCancelled, "the job is marked cancelled")
+}
+
+// TestStepsExecutorRunsMainStepsAfterPreFailure verifies that a failing pre step does not abandon
+// the main steps: they still run (so a main-stage always()/failure() step is reached), and the
+// pre-step error is propagated so the job is reported as failed. The main steps' own `if`
+// evaluation is what skips success()-default steps, so running them here is safe.
+func TestStepsExecutorRunsMainStepsAfterPreFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	rc := createIfTestRunContext(map[string]*model.Job{
+		"job1": createJob(t, `runs-on: ubuntu-latest`, ""),
+	})
+
+	var ran []string
+	preSteps := []common.Executor{
+		func(_ context.Context) error {
+			ran = append(ran, "pre1")
+			return assert.AnError
+		},
+	}
+	steps := []common.Executor{
+		func(_ context.Context) error {
+			ran = append(ran, "always-step")
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	err := newStepsExecutor(rc, preSteps, steps)(context.Background())
+
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, assert.AnError, "the pre-step error is propagated")
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"pre1", "always-step"}, ran, "the main always() step runs after a pre-step failure")
+	assert.False(t, rc.jobCancelled, "a pre-step failure is not a cancellation")
+}
+
+// TestPreStepFailureAffectsMainStepIfStatus verifies the status path used by real
+// main-step `if` evaluation. A pre-step failure is not present in StepResults, so
+// recording only the context job error is not enough: getJobContext must also report
+// failure so success()-default main steps skip and failure() steps run.
+func TestPreStepFailureAffectsMainStepIfStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	rc := createIfTestRunContext(map[string]*model.Job{
+		"job1": createJob(t, `runs-on: ubuntu-latest`, ""),
+	})
+	ctx := common.WithJobErrorContainer(context.Background())
+
+	reportStepError(ctx, rc, assert.AnError)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "failure", rc.getJobContext().Status)
+	require.ErrorIs(t, common.JobError(ctx), assert.AnError)
+
+	defaultStep := &stepRun{
+		RunContext: rc,
+		Step:       &model.Step{ID: "default-step"},
+		env:        map[string]string{},
+	}
+	defaultEnabled, err := isStepEnabled(ctx, defaultStep.getIfExpression(ctx, stepStageMain), defaultStep, stepStageMain)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.False(t, defaultEnabled, "default success() main step must skip after a pre-step failure")
+
+	failureStep := &stepRun{
+		RunContext: rc,
+		Step: &model.Step{
+			ID: "failure-step",
+			If: yaml.Node{Value: "failure()"},
+		},
+		env: map[string]string{},
+	}
+	failureEnabled, err := isStepEnabled(ctx, failureStep.getIfExpression(ctx, stepStageMain), failureStep, stepStageMain)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, failureEnabled, "failure() main step must run after a pre-step failure")
+}
+
+// TestPostStepsContextCancelledIsUsableForFailingStep guards against a panic: post/cleanup
+// steps run on a context derived from the cancelled job context, and a failing post step
+// records its error via common.SetJobError. If that derived context lacks a job-error container,
+// SetJobError dereferences a nil map and panics. The post context must therefore be detached
+// from cancellation (so the steps run) yet still carry a usable error container.
+func TestPostStepsContextCancelledIsUsableForFailingStep(t *testing.T) {
+	cancelled, cancel := context.WithCancel(common.WithJobErrorContainer(context.Background()))
+	cancel()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, cancelled.Err(), context.Canceled)
+
+	postCtx, done := postStepsContext(cancelled)
+	defer done()
+
+	// Detached from cancellation, so the post steps actually run.
+	require.NoError(t, postCtx.Err(), "post context must not be cancelled")
+
+	// A failing post step records its error instead of panicking.
+	require.NotPanics(t, func() {
+		common.SetJobError(postCtx, assert.AnError)
+	}, "a failing post step must not panic on the cancel path")
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, common.JobError(postCtx), assert.AnError)
+}
+
+// TestPostStepsContextDeadlinePreservesJobError verifies the job-timeout path keeps the original
+// job-error container (via context.WithoutCancel), so the timeout failure and any post-step error
+// survive into the post phase and the job is still reported as failed.
+func TestPostStepsContextDeadlinePreservesJobError(t *testing.T) {
+	base := common.WithJobErrorContainer(context.Background())
+	common.SetJobError(base, assert.AnError)
+	expired, cancel := context.WithDeadline(base, time.Now().Add(-time.Hour))
+	defer cancel()
+	require.ErrorIs(t, expired.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded)
+
+	postCtx, done := postStepsContext(expired)
+	defer done()
+
+	require.NoError(t, postCtx.Err(), "post context must not carry the expired deadline")
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, common.JobError(postCtx), assert.AnError, "the timeout job error must be preserved")
+}
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ func (rc *RunContext) commandHandler(ctx context.Context) common.LineHandler {
 		if resumeCommand != "" && command != resumeCommand {
 			// There should not be any emojis in the log output for Gitea.
 			// The code in the switch statement is the same.
+			// Return true (not false) so the line still reaches the raw_output
+			// log handler; otherwise everything between ::stop-commands:: and
+			// its end token is silently dropped from the step log.
 			logger.Infof("%s", line)
-			return false
+			return true
 		}
 		arg = UnescapeCommandData(arg)
 		kvPairs = unescapeKvPairs(kvPairs)
@@ -28,6 +28,29 @@ func TestSetEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	a.Equal("valz", rc.Env["x"])
 }

+func TestStopCommandsKeepsSuppressedLinesInLog(t *testing.T) {
+	a := assert.New(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	rc := new(RunContext)
+	handler := rc.commandHandler(ctx)
+
+	// Stop command processing until the matching end token is seen.
+	a.True(handler("::stop-commands::my-end-token\n"))
+
+	// A command-shaped line while stopped must not be executed (env unchanged),
+	// but must still return true so it reaches the raw_output log handler and is
+	// not dropped from the step log.
+	a.True(handler("::set-env name=x::valz\n"))
+	a.NotContains(rc.Env, "x")
+
+	// The matching end token resumes command processing.
+	a.True(handler("::my-end-token::\n"))
+
+	// Commands are processed again after resuming.
+	a.True(handler("::set-env name=y::valy\n"))
+	a.Equal("valy", rc.Env["y"])
+}
+
 func TestSetOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	a := assert.New(t)
 	ctx := context.Background()
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) NewExpressionEvaluatorWithEnv(ctx context.Context, env map
 		for _, needs := range jobNeeds {
 			using[needs] = exprparser.Needs{
 				Outputs: jobs[needs].Outputs,
-				Result:  jobs[needs].Result,
+				Result:  jobs[needs].NeedsResult(),
 			}
 		}

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (rc *RunContext) NewStepExpressionEvaluator(ctx context.Context, step step)
 	for _, needs := range jobNeeds {
 		using[needs] = exprparser.Needs{
 			Outputs: jobs[needs].Outputs,
-			Result:  jobs[needs].Result,
+			Result:  jobs[needs].NeedsResult(),
 		}
 	}

@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ func (ee expressionEvaluator) evaluate(ctx context.Context, in string, defaultSt
 	logger.Debugf("evaluating expression '%s'", in)
 	evaluated, err := ee.interpreter.Evaluate(in, defaultStatusCheck)

-	printable := regexp.MustCompile(`::add-mask::.*`).ReplaceAllString(fmt.Sprintf("%t", evaluated), "::add-mask::***)")
+	// evaluated is an any: %t renders everything but a bool as "%!t(string=...)"
+	printable := regexp.MustCompile(`::add-mask::.*`).ReplaceAllString(fmt.Sprintf("%v", evaluated), "::add-mask::***)")
 	logger.Debugf("expression '%s' evaluated to '%s'", in, printable)

 	return evaluated, err
@@ -497,11 +498,7 @@ func getEvaluatorInputs(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext, step step, ghc *mod
 				if value == nil {
 					value = v.Default
 				}
-				if v.Type == "boolean" {
-					inputs[k] = value == "true"
-				} else {
-					inputs[k] = value
-				}
+				inputs[k] = coerceInputValue(value, v.Type)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -514,17 +511,26 @@ func getEvaluatorInputs(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext, step step, ghc *mod
 				if value == nil {
 					value = v.Default
 				}
-				if v.Type == "boolean" {
-					inputs[k] = value == "true"
-				} else {
-					inputs[k] = value
-				}
+				inputs[k] = coerceInputValue(value, v.Type)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	return inputs
 }

+// coerceInputValue converts an input value to the type declared by the workflow.
+// The event payload carries natively typed JSON values on newer Gitea versions,
+// while defaults and older servers provide strings.
+func coerceInputValue(value any, inputType string) any {
+	if inputType != "boolean" {
+		return value
+	}
+	if b, ok := value.(bool); ok {
+		return b
+	}
+	return value == "true"
+}
+
 func setupWorkflowInputs(ctx context.Context, inputs *map[string]any, rc *RunContext) {
 	if rc.caller != nil {
 		config := rc.Run.Workflow.WorkflowCallConfig()
@@ -548,7 +554,7 @@ func setupWorkflowInputs(ctx context.Context, inputs *map[string]any, rc *RunCon
 				}
 			}

-			(*inputs)[name] = value
+			(*inputs)[name] = coerceInputValue(value, input.Type)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ package runner

 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"

 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/exprparser"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"

 	assert "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	yaml "go.yaml.in/yaml/v4"
 )

@@ -321,3 +323,82 @@ func TestRewriteSubExpressionForceFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetEvaluatorInputsBoolean(t *testing.T) {
+	workflows := map[string]string{
+		"workflow_call": `
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      flag:
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      name:
+        type: string
+        default: gitea
+`,
+		"workflow_dispatch": `
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      flag:
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      name:
+        type: string
+        default: gitea
+`,
+	}
+
+	tables := []struct {
+		name  string
+		event map[string]any
+		flag  any
+	}{
+		{
+			// Gitea >= 1.27 resolves the inputs server-side and sends native JSON types
+			name:  "native bool true",
+			event: map[string]any{"inputs": map[string]any{"flag": true}},
+			flag:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "native bool false",
+			event: map[string]any{"inputs": map[string]any{"flag": false}},
+			flag:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "string true",
+			event: map[string]any{"inputs": map[string]any{"flag": "true"}},
+			flag:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "string false",
+			event: map[string]any{"inputs": map[string]any{"flag": "false"}},
+			flag:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "default is used when the event carries no inputs",
+			event: map[string]any{},
+			flag:  true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for eventName, workflow := range workflows {
+		for _, table := range tables {
+			t.Run(eventName+"/"+table.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				wf, err := model.ReadWorkflow(strings.NewReader(workflow))
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				rc := &RunContext{
+					Config: &Config{Workdir: "."},
+					Run:    &model.Run{JobID: "job1", Workflow: wf},
+				}
+				ghc := &model.GithubContext{EventName: eventName, Event: table.event}
+
+				inputs := getEvaluatorInputs(context.Background(), rc, nil, ghc)
+				assert.Equal(t, table.flag, inputs["flag"])
+				assert.Equal(t, "gitea", inputs["name"])
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
@@ -5,15 +5,47 @@
 package runner

 import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"path"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"unicode"

 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/container"
+	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/exprparser"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"
 )

+const maxJobSummaryBytes = 1024 * 1024
+
+// jobSummaryTruncationMarker is appended to a summary that exceeded the size limit
+// so the rendered output makes the truncation visible instead of silently cutting off.
+const jobSummaryTruncationMarker = "\n\n---\n\n*Job summary truncated: it exceeded the maximum allowed size.*\n"
+
+var (
+	jobSummaryUploadRetryDelay = time.Second
+	// jobSummaryUploadRequestTimeout bounds a single step upload request. It is kept
+	// below jobSummaryUploadPhaseTimeout so one slow or unreachable request times out
+	// and lets the remaining steps still upload within the phase budget, instead of a
+	// single stuck request consuming the whole phase.
+	jobSummaryUploadRequestTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	// jobSummaryUploadPhaseTimeout bounds the total time spent uploading all step
+	// summaries. The uploads run inside the job cleanup budget that is also used to
+	// stop and remove the container, so a slow or unreachable endpoint must not be
+	// allowed to consume it; this keeps the remaining budget available for teardown.
+	jobSummaryUploadPhaseTimeout = 15 * time.Second
+)
+
 type jobInfo interface {
 	matrix() map[string]any
 	steps() []*model.Step
@@ -26,9 +58,10 @@ type jobInfo interface {

 // reportStepError emits the GitHub Actions ##[error] annotation and records
 // the error against the job so the job is reported as failed.
-func reportStepError(ctx context.Context, err error) {
+func reportStepError(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext, err error) {
 	common.Logger(ctx).Errorf("##[error]%v", err)
 	common.SetJobError(ctx, err)
+	rc.markFailed()
 }

 func newJobExecutor(info jobInfo, sf stepFactory, rc *RunContext) common.Executor {
@@ -80,35 +113,39 @@ func newJobExecutor(info jobInfo, sf stepFactory, rc *RunContext) common.Executo
 			return common.NewErrorExecutor(err)
 		}

+		stepIdx := stepModel.Number
 		preExec := step.pre()
 		preSteps = append(preSteps, useStepLogger(rc, stepModel, stepStagePre, func(ctx context.Context) error {
+			rc.CurrentStepIndex = stepIdx
 			preErr := preExec(ctx)
 			if preErr != nil {
-				reportStepError(ctx, preErr)
+				reportStepError(ctx, rc, preErr)
 			} else if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				reportStepError(ctx, ctx.Err())
+				reportStepError(ctx, rc, ctx.Err())
 			}
 			return preErr
 		}))

 		stepExec := step.main()
 		steps = append(steps, useStepLogger(rc, stepModel, stepStageMain, func(ctx context.Context) error {
+			rc.CurrentStepIndex = stepIdx
 			err := stepExec(ctx)
 			if err != nil {
-				reportStepError(ctx, err)
+				reportStepError(ctx, rc, err)
 			} else if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				reportStepError(ctx, ctx.Err())
+				reportStepError(ctx, rc, ctx.Err())
 			}
 			return nil
 		}))

 		postFn := step.post()
 		postExec := useStepLogger(rc, stepModel, stepStagePost, func(ctx context.Context) error {
+			rc.CurrentStepIndex = stepIdx
 			err := postFn(ctx)
 			if err != nil {
-				reportStepError(ctx, err)
+				reportStepError(ctx, rc, err)
 			} else if ctx.Err() != nil {
-				reportStepError(ctx, ctx.Err())
+				reportStepError(ctx, rc, ctx.Err())
 			}
 			return err
 		})
@@ -123,12 +160,18 @@ func newJobExecutor(info jobInfo, sf stepFactory, rc *RunContext) common.Executo
 	postExecutor = postExecutor.Finally(func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		jobError := common.JobError(ctx)
 		var err error
-		if rc.Config.AutoRemove || jobError == nil {
+		// jobError == nil keeps a failed job's container alive for post-mortem debugging when
+		// AutoRemove is off (the act-CLI --rm behavior; the shipped runner always sets
+		// AutoRemove). A cancelled run is not a failure to inspect, and the cancel-path post
+		// context now carries its own error container so a failing post step makes jobError
+		// non-nil — OR in rc.jobCancelled so cancellation still always tears the container down.
+		if rc.Config.AutoRemove || jobError == nil || rc.jobCancelled {
 			// always allow 1 min for stopping and removing the runner, even if we were cancelled
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(common.WithLogger(context.Background(), common.Logger(ctx)), time.Minute)
 			defer cancel()

 			logger := common.Logger(ctx)
+			tryUploadJobSummary(ctx, rc)
 			// For Gitea
 			// We don't need to call `stopServiceContainers` here since it will be called by following `info.stopContainer`
 			// logger.Infof("Cleaning up services for job %s", rc.JobName)
@@ -161,25 +204,107 @@ func newJobExecutor(info jobInfo, sf stepFactory, rc *RunContext) common.Executo
 		return err
 	})

-	pipeline := make([]common.Executor, 0)
-	pipeline = append(pipeline, preSteps...)
-	pipeline = append(pipeline, steps...)
+	stepsExecutor := newStepsExecutor(rc, preSteps, steps)

-	return common.NewPipelineExecutor(info.startContainer(), common.NewPipelineExecutor(pipeline...).
+	return common.NewPipelineExecutor(info.startContainer(), stepsExecutor.
 		Finally(func(ctx context.Context) error {
-			var cancel context.CancelFunc
-			if ctx.Err() == context.Canceled {
-				// in case of an aborted run, we still should execute the
-				// post steps to allow cleanup.
-				ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(common.WithLogger(context.Background(), common.Logger(ctx)), 5*time.Minute)
-				defer cancel()
-			}
-			return postExecutor(ctx)
+			// Record an interrupt (backstop for interrupts that land outside the main
+			// step loop) so the post steps observe the cancelled/failed job status.
+			rc.markInterrupted(ctx.Err())
+			postCtx, cancel := postStepsContext(ctx)
+			defer cancel()
+			return postExecutor(postCtx)
 		}).
 		Finally(info.interpolateOutputs()).
 		Finally(info.closeContainer()))
 }

+// postStepsContext derives the context used to run the job's post/cleanup steps from the
+// finished main-pipeline context. Cleanup has to run even when the run was interrupted, so the
+// returned context always carries a fresh bounded deadline and is never itself cancelled.
+//
+//   - context.Canceled (server cancel): detach from the cancelled context via a fresh root so
+//     the post steps can run.
+//   - context.DeadlineExceeded (job timeout): detach the deadline with WithoutCancel, which
+//     keeps the original values — including the job-error container — so the timeout failure and
+//     any post-step error are preserved and the job is still reported as failed.
+//   - otherwise: run on the live context unchanged.
+func postStepsContext(ctx context.Context) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
+	switch ctx.Err() {
+	case context.Canceled:
+		// The cancelled context is abandoned for a fresh root, which drops the job-error
+		// container installed at the job root. Re-attach a fresh one so a failing post step
+		// records its error via SetJobError instead of panicking on a nil container.
+		return context.WithTimeout(common.WithJobErrorContainer(common.WithLogger(context.Background(), common.Logger(ctx))), 5*time.Minute)
+	case context.DeadlineExceeded:
+		return context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), 5*time.Minute)
+	default:
+		return ctx, func() {}
+	}
+}
+
+// newStepsExecutor sequences the job's pre steps and main steps.
+//
+// The pre steps run as a normal pipeline that short-circuits on the first failure or
+// cancellation. The main-steps executor then runs unconditionally — even if a pre step failed
+// or the job was interrupted — so always()/cancelled()/failure() main steps still run, mirroring
+// GitHub Actions. This is safe because each main step re-evaluates its own `if` (a pre-step
+// failure flips the expression job status to failure, so success()-default steps skip) and
+// newMainStepsExecutor detaches from an interrupted context before running the remaining steps.
+//
+// A pre-step failure or interrupt is still propagated so the job is reported with the correct
+// conclusion; the pre error takes precedence since it happened first.
+func newStepsExecutor(rc *RunContext, preSteps, steps []common.Executor) common.Executor {
+	preExecutor := common.NewPipelineExecutor(preSteps...)
+	mainExecutor := newMainStepsExecutor(rc, steps)
+	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		preErr := preExecutor(ctx)
+		mainErr := mainExecutor(ctx)
+		if preErr != nil {
+			return preErr
+		}
+		return mainErr
+	}
+}
+
+// newMainStepsExecutor runs the job's main-stage step executors in order. Unlike a plain
+// pipeline, an interruption (context.Canceled from a server cancel, or context.DeadlineExceeded
+// from the job timeout) does not abandon the remaining steps: it marks the job cancelled when
+// appropriate and keeps iterating under a fresh, bounded context so steps whose `if` still
+// evaluates true — always() and cancelled() — run for cleanup, mirroring GitHub Actions. Steps
+// that default to success() skip themselves because success() is false once the job is no longer
+// successful. The main-step wrappers report their own errors and return nil, so the loop drives
+// step ordering off the context, not return values.
+func newMainStepsExecutor(rc *RunContext, steps []common.Executor) common.Executor {
+	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		for i, step := range steps {
+			if ctx.Err() != nil {
+				return runMainStepsAfterInterrupt(ctx, rc, steps[i:])
+			}
+			_ = step(ctx)
+		}
+		// An interrupt can land during the final step, after the loop's last context
+		// check; record it so the post steps still observe the cancelled/failed status.
+		rc.markInterrupted(ctx.Err())
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+// runMainStepsAfterInterrupt runs the remaining main steps after the job context was cancelled or
+// timed out. It detaches from the interrupted context (keeping its values: logger and job error)
+// and applies a fresh deadline so always()/cancelled() steps run to completion. The original
+// interrupt error is returned so callers up the chain still see the job as cancelled/timed out.
+func runMainStepsAfterInterrupt(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext, steps []common.Executor) error {
+	interruptErr := ctx.Err()
+	rc.markInterrupted(interruptErr)
+	freshCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(ctx), 5*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+	for _, step := range steps {
+		_ = step(freshCtx)
+	}
+	return interruptErr
+}
+
 func setJobResult(ctx context.Context, info jobInfo, rc *RunContext, success bool) {
 	logger := common.Logger(ctx)

@@ -187,6 +312,12 @@ func setJobResult(ctx context.Context, info jobInfo, rc *RunContext, success boo
 	// read-modify-write of the job result so a failing combination is not lost-updated by a
 	// concurrent succeeding one.
 	job := rc.Run.Job()
+	var continueOnError bool
+	if !success {
+		// Use a fresh context so an expired job timeout cannot block expression evaluation.
+		evalCtx := common.WithLogger(context.Background(), common.Logger(ctx))
+		continueOnError = evaluateJobContinueOnError(evalCtx, rc, job)
+	}
 	jobResult := func() string {
 		defer lockJob(job)()
 		result := "success"
@@ -197,6 +328,7 @@ func setJobResult(ctx context.Context, info jobInfo, rc *RunContext, success boo
 		}
 		if !success {
 			result = "failure"
+			job.SetContinueOnError(continueOnError)
 		}
 		info.result(result)
 		return result
@@ -235,6 +367,206 @@ func setJobOutputs(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext) {
 	}
 }

+// applyJobTimeout applies the job-level timeout-minutes to ctx, mirroring the
+// step-level evaluateStepTimeout in step.go.
+func applyJobTimeout(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext, job *model.Job) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
+	timeout := rc.ExprEval.Interpolate(ctx, job.TimeoutMinutes)
+	if timeout != "" {
+		if timeoutMinutes, err := strconv.ParseInt(timeout, 10, 64); err == nil {
+			return context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Duration(timeoutMinutes)*time.Minute)
+		}
+	}
+	return ctx, func() {}
+}
+
+// evaluateJobContinueOnError evaluates the job-level continue-on-error expression.
+func evaluateJobContinueOnError(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext, job *model.Job) bool {
+	expr := strings.TrimSpace(job.RawContinueOnError)
+	if expr == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	continueOnError, err := EvalBool(ctx, rc.NewExpressionEvaluator(ctx), expr, exprparser.DefaultStatusCheckNone)
+	if err != nil {
+		common.Logger(ctx).Warnf("continue-on-error expression %q evaluation failed: %v", expr, err)
+		return false
+	}
+	return continueOnError
+}
+
+func tryUploadJobSummary(ctx context.Context, rc *RunContext) {
+	if rc == nil || rc.JobContainer == nil || rc.Config == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	// Bound the whole upload phase so a slow or unreachable endpoint cannot consume
+	// the job cleanup budget reserved for stopping and removing the container.
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, jobSummaryUploadPhaseTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	env := rc.GetEnv()
+	caps := strings.TrimSpace(env["GITEA_ACTIONS_CAPABILITIES"])
+	if !hasJobSummaryCapability(caps) {
+		// Server did not advertise support. Do not attempt upload.
+		return
+	}
+	runtimeURL := strings.TrimSpace(env["ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL"])
+	runtimeToken := strings.TrimSpace(env["ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN"])
+	runID := strings.TrimSpace(env["GITEA_RUN_ID"])
+	if runtimeURL == "" || runtimeToken == "" || runID == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	if rc.Run == nil || rc.Run.Job() == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	// The numeric ActionRunJob ID is not exposed in the proto Task message or task context,
+	// but the server signs it into the ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN JWT claims. We decode the
+	// unverified claims to retrieve it; the server re-verifies the token on the request.
+	jobID := extractJobIDFromRuntimeToken(runtimeToken)
+	if jobID <= 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	base := strings.TrimRight(runtimeURL, "/") + "/_apis/pipelines/workflows/" + runID +
+		"/jobs/" + strconv.FormatInt(jobID, 10) + "/steps/"
+	actPath := rc.JobContainer.GetActPath()
+	// Reuse a single client across all step uploads so connections can be pooled.
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: jobSummaryUploadRequestTimeout}
+	for i := range rc.Run.Job().Steps {
+		summaryPath := path.Join(actPath, "workflow", "step-summary-"+strconv.Itoa(i)+".md")
+		body, ok := readSingleFileFromContainerArchive(ctx, rc.JobContainer, summaryPath, maxJobSummaryBytes)
+		if !ok || len(body) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		uploadJobSummary(ctx, client, base+strconv.Itoa(i)+"/summary", runtimeToken, body)
+	}
+}
+
+// extractJobIDFromRuntimeToken returns the JobID claim from an ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN JWT
+// without verifying its signature. Returns 0 if the token is unparseable or has no JobID.
+func extractJobIDFromRuntimeToken(token string) int64 {
+	parts := strings.Split(token, ".")
+	if len(parts) != 3 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	payload, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(parts[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	var claims struct {
+		JobID int64 `json:"JobID"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(payload, &claims); err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return claims.JobID
+}
+
+func hasJobSummaryCapability(caps string) bool {
+	return slices.Contains(strings.FieldsFunc(caps, func(r rune) bool {
+		return r == ',' || unicode.IsSpace(r)
+	}), "job-summary")
+}
+
+func uploadJobSummary(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, url, runtimeToken string, body []byte) {
+	logger := common.Logger(ctx)
+
+	var lastStatus int
+	var lastErr error
+	for attempt := 0; attempt < 2; attempt++ {
+		status, err := putJobSummary(ctx, client, url, runtimeToken, body)
+		if err == nil && status/100 == 2 {
+			return
+		}
+		lastStatus = status
+		lastErr = err
+		if attempt == 1 || !isTransientJobSummaryUploadFailure(status, err) {
+			break
+		}
+		timer := time.NewTimer(jobSummaryUploadRetryDelay)
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			timer.Stop()
+			lastErr = ctx.Err()
+			attempt = 1
+		case <-timer.C:
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Best-effort only; do not fail job, but log because capability was advertised.
+	if lastErr != nil {
+		logger.WithError(lastErr).Warn("job summary upload failed")
+		return
+	}
+	logger.Warnf("job summary upload failed: status=%d", lastStatus)
+}
+
+func putJobSummary(ctx context.Context, client *http.Client, url, runtimeToken string, body []byte) (int, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPut, url, bytes.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+runtimeToken)
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "text/markdown; charset=utf-8")
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
+	return resp.StatusCode, nil
+}
+
+func isTransientJobSummaryUploadFailure(status int, err error) bool {
+	return err != nil || status == http.StatusRequestTimeout || status == http.StatusTooManyRequests || status/100 == 5
+}
+
+func readSingleFileFromContainerArchive(ctx context.Context, env container.ExecutionsEnvironment, p string, maxBytes int64) ([]byte, bool) {
+	rc, err := env.GetContainerArchive(ctx, p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	defer rc.Close()
+
+	tr := tar.NewReader(rc)
+	for {
+		header, err := tr.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return nil, false
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, false
+		}
+		if header.Typeflag != tar.TypeReg {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !archiveEntryMatchesPath(header.Name, p) {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Summaries larger than the limit are truncated rather than dropped, so the
+		// user still gets the leading content (mirroring how GitHub caps oversized
+		// step summaries instead of discarding them). Read one extra byte so an
+		// over-limit file is detected from the actual stream rather than trusting
+		// header.Size, then cap the returned content at maxBytes.
+		b, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(tr, maxBytes+1))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, false
+		}
+		if int64(len(b)) > maxBytes {
+			// Reserve room for the marker so the marked-up result still fits in maxBytes.
+			marker := []byte(jobSummaryTruncationMarker)
+			keep := max(maxBytes-int64(len(marker)), 0)
+			b = append(b[:keep], marker...)
+			common.Logger(ctx).Warnf("job summary truncated: path=%s max=%d", p, maxBytes)
+		}
+		return b, true
+	}
+}
+
+func archiveEntryMatchesPath(entryName, requestedPath string) bool {
+	entryName = path.Clean(strings.TrimPrefix(entryName, "/"))
+	requestedPath = path.Clean(strings.TrimPrefix(requestedPath, "/"))
+	return entryName == requestedPath || entryName == path.Base(requestedPath)
+}
+
 func useStepLogger(rc *RunContext, stepModel *model.Step, stage stepStage, executor common.Executor) common.Executor {
 	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
 		ctx = withStepLogger(ctx, stepModel.Number, stepModel.ID, rc.ExprEval.Interpolate(ctx, stepModel.String()), stage.String())
@@ -252,6 +584,11 @@ func useStepLogger(rc *RunContext, stepModel *model.Step, stage stepStage, execu
 		oldout, olderr := rc.JobContainer.ReplaceLogWriter(logWriter, logWriter)
 		defer rc.JobContainer.ReplaceLogWriter(oldout, olderr)

+		// Flush any buffered, not-yet-newline-terminated trailing line once the
+		// step has finished, so the final line of the step's output is not lost
+		// when it is not newline-terminated.
+		defer common.FlushWriter(logWriter)
+
 		return executor(ctx)
 	}
 }