jojo/services
Mathieu Fenniak 0ae6235386 fix: allow Actions runner to recover tasks lost during fetching from intermittent errors (#11401)
Probably fixes (or improves, at least) https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/issues/1391, paired with the runner implementation https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/pulls/1393.

When the FetchTask() API is invoked to create a task, unpreventable environmental errors may occur; for example, network disconnects and timeouts. It's possible that these errors occur after the server-side has assigned a task to the runner during the API call, in which case the error would cause that task to be lost between the two systems -- the server will think it's assigned to the runner, and the runner never received it.  This can cause jobs to appear stuck at "Set up job".

The solution implemented here is idempotency in the FetchTask() API call, which means that the "same" FetchTask() API call is expected to return the same values. Specifically, the runner creates a unique identifier which is transmitted to the server as a header `x-runner-request-key` with each FetchTask() invocation which defines the sameness of the call, and the runner retains the value until the API call receives a successful response. The server implementation returns the same tasks back if a second (or Nth) call is received with the same `x-runner-request-key` header.  In order to accomplish this is records the `x-runner-request-key` value that is used with each request that assigns tasks.

As a complication, the Forgejo server is unable to return the same `${{ secrets.forgejo_token }}` for the task because the server stores that value in a one-way hash in the database.  To resolve this, the server regenerates the token when retrieving tasks for a second time.

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Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/11401
Reviewed-by: Andreas Ahlenstorf <aahlenst@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mathieu@fenniak.net>
Co-committed-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mathieu@fenniak.net>
2026-02-22 23:24:38 +01:00
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actions fix: allow Actions runner to recover tasks lost during fetching from intermittent errors (#11401) 2026-02-22 23:24:38 +01:00
agit chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
asymkey chore: do not clobber ~/.ssh/authorized_keys in certain tests (#10163) 2025-11-19 16:14:16 +01:00
attachment chore: move all test blank imports in a single package (#10662) 2026-01-02 05:32:32 +01:00
auth fix: portable error reporting for PAM (#11296) 2026-02-16 05:57:01 +01:00
automerge fix: check PR reference on base repository (#8431) 2025-07-06 14:23:47 +02:00
context fix: return bad request on malformed packages upload input (#10954) 2026-02-13 18:04:19 +01:00
contexttest Replace the 'relative-time' element scripting with custom, translatable rewrite (#6154) 2025-05-03 14:11:01 +00:00
convert feat: implement ephemeral runners (#9962) 2026-02-16 18:56:56 +01:00
cron fix: garbage collect lingering actions logs (#10009) 2025-11-18 18:59:01 +01:00
doctor chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
externalaccount chore(cleanup): replaces unnecessary calls to formatting functions by non-formatting equivalents (#7994) 2025-05-29 17:34:29 +02:00
f3 chore: update gof3/v3 v3.11.15 (#10673) 2026-01-13 16:59:56 +01:00
federation feat(activitypub): use structure @PreferredUsername@host.tld:port for actors (#9254) 2026-01-30 23:45:11 +01:00
feed chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
forgejo chore: move all test blank imports in a single package (#10662) 2026-01-02 05:32:32 +01:00
forms feat: allow sync quota groups with oauth2 auth source (#8554) 2025-12-01 14:12:00 +01:00
gitdiff refactor: replace Value() from Option[T] with Get() & ValueOrZeroValue() (#11218) 2026-02-10 16:41:21 +01:00
indexer chore: branding import path (#7337) 2025-03-27 19:40:14 +00:00
issue chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
lfs fix: return on error if an LFS token cannot be parsed 2025-10-25 10:41:49 -06:00
mailer fix: don't display pending reviews as participants (#10528) 2026-01-06 10:47:21 +01:00
markup chore: remove branding from context imports (#9628) 2025-10-11 01:52:51 +02:00
migrations chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
mirror fix: don't push LFS when using SSH authentication (#10475) 2025-12-18 23:23:07 +01:00
moderation chore: move all test blank imports in a single package (#10662) 2026-01-02 05:32:32 +01:00
notify chore: Dead Code: DeleteIssue Notify Topic (#10046) 2025-11-17 02:13:38 +01:00
org chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
packages fix: cleanup of multi-platform container images (#11246) 2026-02-12 03:12:32 +01:00
pull fix: correct Reviewed-on URL in merge message for subpath deployments (#11240) 2026-02-11 18:12:29 +01:00
redirect chore: move all test blank imports in a single package (#10662) 2026-01-02 05:32:32 +01:00
release chore: move all test blank imports in a single package (#10662) 2026-01-02 05:32:32 +01:00
remote chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
repository feat: implement ephemeral runners (#9962) 2026-02-16 18:56:56 +01:00
secrets fix: normalize secrets consistently, display accurate help (#11052) 2026-02-09 17:02:18 +01:00
shared/automerge fix: suppress false-positive error log when PR is already in the automerge queue (#9784) 2025-10-21 08:19:33 +02:00
stats chore: fix typos throughout the codebase (#10753) 2026-01-26 22:57:33 +01:00
task feat: cache derived keys for faster keying (#10114) 2025-11-16 14:29:14 +01:00
uinotification chore: branding import path (#7337) 2025-03-27 19:40:14 +00:00
user refactor: replace Value() from Option[T] with Get() & ValueOrZeroValue() (#11218) 2026-02-10 16:41:21 +01:00
webhook fix: allow test delivery for webhooks not enabled for push events (#11073) 2026-01-27 23:19:34 +01:00
wiki chore: move all test blank imports in a single package (#10662) 2026-01-02 05:32:32 +01:00