v2.162.0

Features

• Added the "severity" keyword to allow action authors to set the default severity for problem matchers (#203)

Bugs

• Fixed generated self-hosted runner names to never go over 80 characters (helps Windows customers) (#193)
• Fixed PrepareActions_DownloadActionFromGraph test by pointing to an active Actions repository (#205)

Misc

• Updated the publish and download artifact actions to use the v2 endpoint (#188)
• Updated the service name on self-hosted runner name to include repository or organization information (#193)

Windows x64

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

// Create a folder under the drive root
mkdir \actions-runner ; cd \actions-runner
// Download the latest runner package
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://githubassets.azureedge.net/runners/2.162.0/actions-runner-win-x64-2.162.0.zip -OutFile actions-runner-win-x64-2.162.0.zip
// Extract the installer
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ; 
[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$HOME\Downloads\actions-runner-win-x64-2.162.0.zip", "$PWD")

OSX

// Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
// Download the latest runner package
curl -O https://githubassets.azureedge.net/runners/2.162.0/actions-runner-osx-x64-2.162.0.tar.gz
// Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-osx-x64-2.162.0.tar.gz

Linux x64

// Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
// Download the latest runner package
curl -O https://githubassets.azureedge.net/runners/2.162.0/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.162.0.tar.gz
// Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-x64-2.162.0.tar.gz

Linux arm64 (Pre-release)

// Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
// Download the latest runner package
curl -O https://githubassets.azureedge.net/runners/2.162.0/actions-runner-linux-arm64-2.162.0.tar.gz
// Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-arm64-2.162.0.tar.gz

Linux arm (Pre-release)

// Create a folder
mkdir actions-runner && cd actions-runner
// Download the latest runner package
curl -O https://githubassets.azureedge.net/runners/2.162.0/actions-runner-linux-arm-2.162.0.tar.gz
// Extract the installer
tar xzf ./actions-runner-linux-arm-2.162.0.tar.gz

Using your self hosted runner

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