<# .SYNOPSIS Make the Gitea Actions runner on this machine survive restarts, and give it a toolchain the SYSTEM service account can actually see. .DESCRIPTION Why this file exists (2026-10-11 CI audit, the "many jobs never ran" bug): Six consecutive runs (16..21, i.e. 12 jobs) produced ZERO log lines. The runner `win-stm32-ci` was simply offline, and two independent causes made that permanent: 1. NO SUPERVISION. gitea-runner v4.0.1 `daemon` has no service support (v4 removed `daemon install`), and it EXITS when the first Declare call fails. The runner log shows exactly that after a Gitea restart: level=error msg="fail to invoke Declare" error="unavailable: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:3001: connectex: ... actively refused it." Error: unavailable: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:3001 ... ...and the process is gone. So one Gitea restart (or one reboot) silently kills CI until a human notices days later. Queued runs then get cancelled by the NEXT push, because ci.yml sets `concurrency.cancel-in-progress: true` -- which is why the symptom looks like "tasks vanish" rather than "tasks fail". 2. NO MACHINE-LEVEL TOOLCHAIN. The runner service runs as SYSTEM. pre-commit / cppcheck were only reachable through the interactive user's PATH, and no machine-level DTU_* variable was ever set, so even a live runner died in the L0 environment check. This script installs the missing supervision (a watchdog launcher + a scheduled task) and, with -SetEnv, writes the machine-level DTU_* variables by discovering the tools the same way CI does. Run elevated, from the repo: powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts\ci_runner_bootstrap.ps1 -SetEnv -StartNow .PARAMETER RunnerDir Directory holding gitea-runner.exe / config.yaml / .runner. .PARAMETER GiteaUrl Instance address the runner registered against (must match .runner's "address"; the runner talks to it directly, not through the public URL). .PARAMETER TaskName Scheduled-task name for the watchdog. .PARAMETER SetEnv Discover and write MACHINE-level DTU_PRECOMMIT_PYTHON / DTU_CPPCHECK / DTU_MSVC_CL. Existing values are preserved unless -Force. .PARAMETER StartNow Start the task after registering it. .PARAMETER Status Only report: task state, daemon process, Gitea reachability. .PARAMETER Force With -SetEnv, overwrite existing machine-level values. .OUTPUTS Progress lines. Exit codes: 0 = ok, 1 = precondition failed, 2 = not elevated. .NOTES Keep this file pure ASCII (PowerShell 5.1 decodes BOM-less files as CP936). #> [CmdletBinding()] param( [string]$RunnerDir = 'D:\Docker\act_runner', [string]$GiteaUrl = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001', [string]$TaskName = 'GiteaActionsRunner', [switch]$SetEnv, [switch]$StartNow, [switch]$Status, [switch]$Force ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' function Info($m) { Write-Host "[INFO] $m" -ForegroundColor Cyan } function Ok($m) { Write-Host "[ OK ] $m" -ForegroundColor Green } function Warn($m) { Write-Host "[WARN] $m" -ForegroundColor Yellow } function Fail($m) { Write-Host "[FAIL] $m" -ForegroundColor Red } function Test-Admin { $id = [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent() (New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($id) ).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator) } function Test-Gitea([string]$url) { try { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$url/api/v1/version" -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec 10 | Out-Null return $true } catch { return $false } } function Get-MachineEnv([string]$name) { $v = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable($name, 'Machine') if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($v)) { return $null } return $v } function Set-MachineEnv([string]$name, [string]$value, [string]$label) { $cur = Get-MachineEnv $name if ($cur) { if ($cur -ieq $value) { Ok "$label already set: $cur"; return } if (-not $Force) { Warn "$label already set to a different value: $cur (use -Force to overwrite)" return } Warn "$label overwriting $cur -> $value" } [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($name, $value, 'Machine') Ok "$label set (MACHINE scope): $value" } function Find-Cppcheck { $pf = $env:ProgramFiles $pf86 = ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($pf)) { $pf = 'C:\Program Files' } if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($pf86)) { $pf86 = 'C:\Program Files (x86)' } foreach ($c in @((Join-Path $pf 'Cppcheck\cppcheck.exe'), (Join-Path $pf86 'Cppcheck\cppcheck.exe'))) { if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $c) { return $c } } $cmd = Get-Command cppcheck -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($cmd) { return $cmd.Source } return $null } function Find-MsvcCl { $pf = $env:ProgramFiles $pf86 = ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($pf)) { $pf = 'C:\Program Files' } if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($pf86)) { $pf86 = 'C:\Program Files (x86)' } $roots = @() foreach ($year in @('2019', '2022', '2026', '18')) { foreach ($edition in @('BuildTools', 'Community', 'Professional', 'Enterprise')) { $roots += (Join-Path $pf86 "Microsoft Visual Studio\$year\$edition") $roots += (Join-Path $pf "Microsoft Visual Studio\$year\$edition") } } foreach ($r in $roots) { if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $r)) { continue } $cl = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $r -Recurse -Filter 'cl.exe' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object { $_.FullName -like '*Hostx64\x64*' } | Select-Object -First 1 if ($cl) { return $cl.FullName } } return $null } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # -Status: read-only report # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- if ($Status) { Info "task $TaskName" $t = Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName $TaskName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($t) { Ok ("task state: {0}" -f $t.State) } else { Warn 'task not registered' } $proc = Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.ProcessName -match 'gitea-runner|act_runner' } if ($proc) { Ok ("daemon running: pid(s) " + ($proc.Id -join ',')) } else { Warn 'daemon not running' } if (Test-Gitea $GiteaUrl) { Ok "Gitea reachable at $GiteaUrl" } else { Fail "Gitea NOT reachable at $GiteaUrl" } foreach ($n in @('DTU_PRECOMMIT_PYTHON', 'DTU_CPPCHECK', 'DTU_MSVC_CL')) { $v = Get-MachineEnv $n if ($v) { Ok ("MACHINE {0} = {1}" -f $n, $v) } else { Warn "MACHINE $n not set (CI auto-discovery still applies; see scripts/ci_find_python.ps1)" } } exit 0 } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Preconditions # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- if (-not (Test-Admin)) { Fail 'not elevated -- rerun from an elevated PowerShell (this writes a scheduled task and machine env vars)' exit 2 } $exe = Join-Path $RunnerDir 'gitea-runner.exe' $cfg = Join-Path $RunnerDir 'config.yaml' $regFile = Join-Path $RunnerDir '.runner' $launcher = Join-Path $RunnerDir 'run_runner_watchdog.ps1' foreach ($f in @($exe, $cfg)) { if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $f)) { Fail "missing file: $f"; exit 1 } } if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $regFile)) { Fail "not registered: $regFile is missing" Info 'register first, e.g.:' Write-Host " & '$exe' register --no-interactive --instance '$GiteaUrl' --token --name win-stm32-ci --labels 'windows:host'" exit 1 } # The daemon must talk to the address baked into .runner, not the public URL. $registeredAddress = $null try { $registeredAddress = (Get-Content -LiteralPath $regFile -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json).address } catch { Warn "cannot parse $regFile : $_" } if ($registeredAddress -and $registeredAddress.TrimEnd('/') -ne $GiteaUrl.TrimEnd('/')) { Warn ".runner address is $registeredAddress but -GiteaUrl is $GiteaUrl -- using the .runner value for the readiness probe" $GiteaUrl = $registeredAddress } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 1. machine-level toolchain (SYSTEM cannot see the interactive user's PATH) # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- if ($SetEnv) { Info 'discovering toolchain for MACHINE scope ...' $findPy = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'ci_find_python.ps1' if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $findPy) { $py = & $findPy -NeedPreCommit if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0 -and $py) { Set-MachineEnv 'DTU_PRECOMMIT_PYTHON' ("$py".Trim()) 'DTU_PRECOMMIT_PYTHON' } else { Warn 'no interpreter with pre-commit found -- install pre-commit into a machine-wide interpreter first' } } else { Warn "not found: $findPy (skipping DTU_PRECOMMIT_PYTHON)" } $cpp = Find-Cppcheck if ($cpp) { Set-MachineEnv 'DTU_CPPCHECK' $cpp 'DTU_CPPCHECK' } else { Warn 'cppcheck not found (install Cppcheck.Cppcheck, or set DTU_CPPCHECK manually)' } $cl = Find-MsvcCl if ($cl) { Set-MachineEnv 'DTU_MSVC_CL' $cl 'DTU_MSVC_CL' } else { Warn 'MSVC cl.exe (Hostx64\x64) not found -- L0.5 will degrade to "skipped" without it' } Info 'machine env vars are read when a PROCESS STARTS: the daemon must be restarted below' } # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 2. watchdog launcher (the actual fix for "daemon exits and nobody notices") # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info "writing watchdog launcher: $launcher" $template = @' # AUTO-GENERATED by scripts/ci_runner_bootstrap.ps1 -- do not edit by hand. # # gitea-runner `daemon` exits when its first Declare call fails (no retry, no # service support in v4), so a plain scheduled task is NOT enough: a Gitea # restart would take CI down until a human noticed. This loop # 1) waits until Gitea answers, then # 2) runs the daemon, and # 3) restarts it after a short pause whenever it exits. # Keep this file pure ASCII (PowerShell 5.1 decodes BOM-less files as CP936). $ErrorActionPreference = 'Continue' $runnerDir = '__RUNNER_DIR__' $runnerExe = Join-Path $runnerDir 'gitea-runner.exe' $runnerCfg = Join-Path $runnerDir 'config.yaml' $logDir = Join-Path $runnerDir 'log' $log = Join-Path $logDir 'runner-stdout.log' $probeUrl = '__GITEA_URL__/api/v1/version' $maxWaitSec = 1800 if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $logDir)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $logDir | Out-Null } function Log($m) { $line = '{0} [watchdog] {1}' -f (Get-Date -Format 'o'), $m Add-Content -LiteralPath $log -Value $line -Encoding ascii } while ($true) { $waited = 0 while ($true) { $ok = $false try { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $probeUrl -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec 10 | Out-Null $ok = $true } catch { $ok = $false } if ($ok) { break } if ($waited -eq 0) { Log "waiting for Gitea at $probeUrl" } Start-Sleep -Seconds 15 $waited += 15 if ($waited -ge $maxWaitSec) { Log 'Gitea still not answering after 30m -- starting anyway so the real error lands in the log' break } } Log 'starting daemon' & $runnerExe daemon --config $runnerCfg *>> $log Log ("daemon exited, exit code {0}; restarting in 10s" -f $LASTEXITCODE) Start-Sleep -Seconds 10 } '@ $content = $template.Replace('__RUNNER_DIR__', $RunnerDir).Replace('__GITEA_URL__', $GiteaUrl.TrimEnd('/')) $utf8NoBom = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding($false) [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($launcher, $content, $utf8NoBom) Ok 'launcher written' # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 3. scheduled task: start at boot, run as SYSTEM, restart if it dies # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- $existing = Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName $TaskName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($existing) { Info "task $TaskName exists -- unregistering to re-register with the current settings" Unregister-ScheduledTask -TaskName $TaskName -Confirm:$false } $action = New-ScheduledTaskAction ` -Execute 'powershell.exe' ` -Argument "-NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File `"$launcher`"" ` -WorkingDirectory $RunnerDir # -AtStartup needs the "System" account; a boot trigger plus StartWhenAvailable # also covers "machine was off when the task was created". $trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup $trigger.Delay = 'PT1M' $trigger.StartWhenAvailable = $true $settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet ` -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries ` -ExecutionTimeLimit ([TimeSpan]::Zero) ` -RestartCount 999 -RestartInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 1) ` -MultipleInstances IgnoreNew Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName $TaskName -Action $action -Trigger $trigger ` -Settings $settings -User 'SYSTEM' -RunLevel Highest ` -Description 'Gitea Actions runner watchdog (STM32F4-Base CI). Supervises gitea-runner daemon: waits for Gitea, restarts the daemon when it exits. Generated by scripts/ci_runner_bootstrap.ps1.' | Out-Null Ok "scheduled task registered: $TaskName (at boot +1m, as SYSTEM, unlimited runtime, restart x999/1m)" # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 4. start it # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- if ($StartNow) { if (-not (Test-Gitea $GiteaUrl)) { Warn "Gitea is not answering at $GiteaUrl right now -- the watchdog will keep waiting" } Start-ScheduledTask -TaskName $TaskName Ok "task started; watch: Get-Content '$(Join-Path $RunnerDir 'log\runner-stdout.log')' -Tail 20" Info 'verify on the web UI: repo -> Settings -> Actions -> Runners -> win-stm32-ci should turn Idle' } Ok 'done' exit 0