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opened 2025-11-02 10:24:23 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 7 comments
GiteaMirror commented 2025-11-02 10:24:23 -06:00
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Originally created by @kerem0comert on GitHub (Apr 23, 2024).

Feature Description

Hello,

I have an Action Runner, which crashes every now and then due to some exception. For instance the latest logs show:

[Python Code Checks/code-check] ⭐ Run Post Checkout repository
[Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] run post step for 'Checkout repository'
[Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] executing remote job container: [node /var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/dist/index.js]
[Python Code Checks/code-check] Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.43/images/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest/json": context canceled
panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x48 pc=0xb5e0e1]
 
goroutine 434942 [running]:

where this container is the one that I use for Python-based Actions, the one you can find here.

Once any kind of crash such as this one happens, the Runner goes Offline and requires a manual restart. Is there a recommended way to auto-restart the runner? I guess one can setup a cronjob or something to check the runner is alive routinely, but I wanted to create this issue anyway to see if this is a problem that others face too or what's the best way to approach it.

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Originally created by @kerem0comert on GitHub (Apr 23, 2024). ### Feature Description Hello, I have an Action Runner, which crashes every now and then due to some exception. For instance the latest logs show: ``` [Python Code Checks/code-check] ⭐ Run Post Checkout repository [Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] run post step for 'Checkout repository' [Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] executing remote job container: [node /var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/dist/index.js] [Python Code Checks/code-check] Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.43/images/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest/json": context canceled panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x48 pc=0xb5e0e1] goroutine 434942 [running]: ``` where this container is the one that I use for Python-based Actions, [the one you can find here](https://github.com/catthehacker/docker_images). Once any kind of crash such as this one happens, the Runner goes ```Offline``` and requires a manual restart. Is there a recommended way to auto-restart the runner? I guess one can setup a cronjob or something to check the runner is alive routinely, but I wanted to create this issue anyway to see if this is a problem that others face too or what's the best way to approach it. Thanks! ### Screenshots _No response_
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@lunny commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2024):

You can run it with systemd or docker then you can make it restart easier.

Can you paste more details so that we can know what made the runner panic.

@lunny commented on GitHub (Apr 23, 2024): You can run it with systemd or docker then you can make it restart easier. Can you paste more details so that we can know what made the runner panic.
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@kerem0comert commented on GitHub (Apr 24, 2024):

I see. Here are more detailed logs:


[Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] evaluating expression 'always()'

[Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] expression 'always()' evaluated to 'true'

[Python Code Checks/code-check] ⭐ Run Post Checkout repository

[Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] run post step for 'Checkout repository'

[Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] executing remote job container: [node /var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/dist/index.js]

[Python Code Checks/code-check] Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.43/images/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest/json": context canceled

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x48 pc=0xb5e0e1]
 
goroutine 338871 [running]:

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/container.(*containerReference).UpdateFromImageEnv.(*containerReference).extractFromImageEnv.func1({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/container/docker_run.go:528 +0x1e1

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/container.(*containerReference).UpdateFromImageEnv.Executor.IfNot.func2({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:166 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*RunContext).ApplyExtraPath(0xc0007de7e0, {0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150}, 0xc0000e27b8)

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/run_context.go:416 +0x204

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*stepActionRemote).post.runPostStep.func1({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/action.go:656 +0x891

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*stepActionRemote).post.runStepExecutor.func2({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/step.go:141 +0xd83

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*stepActionRemote).post.Executor.If.func4({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:156 +0x45

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*stepActionRemote).post.Executor.If.func6({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:156 +0x45

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.useStepLogger.func12({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/job_executor.go:225 +0x2e2

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func14({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:182 +0x31

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.func7({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/job_executor.go:159 +0xe2

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func16({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func17({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:182 +0x31

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func18({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:182 +0x31

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.NewPipelineExecutor.Executor.Then.func21({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:148 +0x142

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*RunContext).Executor.func1({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/run_context.go:595 +0x50

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*runnerImpl).NewPlanExecutor.func1.1({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5a240})

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/runner.go:214 +0x19a

github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*runnerImpl).NewPlanExecutor.func1.NewParallelExecutor.func2.1(0x8f4ba5?, 0xc00c67bb00?)

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:107 +0x52

created by github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*runnerImpl).NewPlanExecutor.func1.NewParallelExecutor.func2 in goroutine 338870

        /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:105 +0xf7
[Python Code Checks/code-check] Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.43/images/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest/json": context canceled

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x48 pc=0xb5e0e1]
@kerem0comert commented on GitHub (Apr 24, 2024): I see. Here are more detailed logs: ``` [Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] evaluating expression 'always()' [Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] expression 'always()' evaluated to 'true' [Python Code Checks/code-check] ⭐ Run Post Checkout repository [Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] run post step for 'Checkout repository' [Python Code Checks/code-check] [DEBUG] executing remote job container: [node /var/run/act/actions/actions-checkout@v2/dist/index.js] [Python Code Checks/code-check] Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.43/images/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest/json": context canceled panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x48 pc=0xb5e0e1] goroutine 338871 [running]: github.com/nektos/act/pkg/container.(*containerReference).UpdateFromImageEnv.(*containerReference).extractFromImageEnv.func1({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/container/docker_run.go:528 +0x1e1 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/container.(*containerReference).UpdateFromImageEnv.Executor.IfNot.func2({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:166 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*RunContext).ApplyExtraPath(0xc0007de7e0, {0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150}, 0xc0000e27b8) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/run_context.go:416 +0x204 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*stepActionRemote).post.runPostStep.func1({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/action.go:656 +0x891 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*stepActionRemote).post.runStepExecutor.func2({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/step.go:141 +0xd83 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*stepActionRemote).post.Executor.If.func4({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:156 +0x45 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*stepActionRemote).post.Executor.If.func6({0xefd3a8, 0xc000314150}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:156 +0x45 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.useStepLogger.func12({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/job_executor.go:225 +0x2e2 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func13({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func14({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:182 +0x31 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.func7({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/job_executor.go:159 +0xe2 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func16({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:183 +0x4f github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func17({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:182 +0x31 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.Executor.Finally.func18({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:182 +0x31 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.newJobExecutor.NewPipelineExecutor.Executor.Then.func21({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:148 +0x142 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*RunContext).Executor.func1({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5b230}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/run_context.go:595 +0x50 github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*runnerImpl).NewPlanExecutor.func1.1({0xefd3a8, 0xc000b5a240}) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/runner/runner.go:214 +0x19a github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*runnerImpl).NewPlanExecutor.func1.NewParallelExecutor.func2.1(0x8f4ba5?, 0xc00c67bb00?) /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:107 +0x52 created by github.com/nektos/act/pkg/runner.(*runnerImpl).NewPlanExecutor.func1.NewParallelExecutor.func2 in goroutine 338870 /go/pkg/mod/gitea.com/gitea/act@v0.2.51/pkg/common/executor.go:105 +0xf7 [Python Code Checks/code-check] Get "http://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/v1.43/images/catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest/json": context canceled panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x48 pc=0xb5e0e1] ```
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@wolfogre commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024):

@kerem0comert Which version of act runner are you using?

I think I have already fixed the panic: https://github.com/nektos/act/pull/2071

@wolfogre commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024): @kerem0comert Which version of act runner are you using? I think I have already fixed the panic: https://github.com/nektos/act/pull/2071
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@kerem0comert commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024):

I run the latest via:

gitea/act_runner:latest

@kerem0comert commented on GitHub (May 6, 2024): I run the latest via: ```gitea/act_runner:latest```
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@wolfogre commented on GitHub (May 7, 2024):

I run the latest via:

gitea/act_runner:latest

latest cannot identify the version; it could be very old if you pulled it a long time ago. You can go to /admin/actions/runners to check the version of runners.

@wolfogre commented on GitHub (May 7, 2024): > I run the latest via: > > `gitea/act_runner:latest` `latest` cannot identify the version; it could be very old if you pulled it a long time ago. You can go to `/admin/actions/runners` to check the version of runners.
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@kerem0comert commented on GitHub (May 7, 2024):

I see. Well in that case, the version seems to be v0.2.6.

@kerem0comert commented on GitHub (May 7, 2024): I see. Well in that case, the version seems to be ```v0.2.6```.
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@wolfogre commented on GitHub (May 8, 2024):

I see. Well in that case, the version seems to be v0.2.6.

It's quite an old version; you can upgrade it. And as Lunny said, run it with systemd or Docker, then you can restart it more easily.

@wolfogre commented on GitHub (May 8, 2024): > I see. Well in that case, the version seems to be `v0.2.6`. It's quite an old version; you can upgrade it. And as Lunny said, run it with systemd or Docker, then you can restart it more easily.
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