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From: Emil Simeonov <emil@theliberatededge.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:45:39 +0200
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Three fixes for runner reliability:

1. Fix service startup order (install_runner.yml)
   - Move service.yml include BEFORE register.yml
   - Previously, register.yml tried to start gitea-runner.service
     before service.yml created the systemd unit file, causing
     "Unit gitea-runner.service not found" on first install
   - This only failed when registration actually happened (new runner);
     on idempotent re-runs registration was skipped so the bug was masked

2. Restart runner after (re-)registration (register.yml)
   - Add "Restart runner service after (re-)registration" task
   - When a runner is re-registered (force-reregister or auto-recovery),
     the service must be restarted to pick up the new .runner file
   - The old premature start task was already removed; this adds it back
     in the correct position (after service.yml has created the unit)

3. Docker daemon restart override (rootless_docker.yml)
   - Add Restart=always, RestartSec=5, StartLimitIntervalSec=300,
     StartLimitBurst=10 to both Docker service override blocks
   - Upstream dockerd-rootless-setuptool.sh defaults to
     StartLimitBurst=3 in 60s — too aggressive for OOM-prone hosts
   - If Docker crashes 3 times in a minute, it stops restarting
     permanently, taking the runner down with it
   - New settings allow 10 restarts in 5 minutes, matching the
     runner service's own restart policy

Note: Auto-recovery (--auto-recover-token) already exists in the CLI
and healthcheck script but defaults to disabled. Operators should pass
--auto-recover-token <token> during grm install to enable automatic
re-registration when runners become unregistered.

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---
 ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/install_runner.yml  | 6 +++---
 ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/rootless_docker.yml | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/install_runner.yml b/ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/install_runner.yml
index b977c45..82d4c73 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/install_runner.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/install_runner.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 - name: Include validation
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: validate.yml
 
+- name: Include service setup
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: service.yml
+
 - name: Include registration
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: register.yml
   when: not gitea_runner_skip_registration
-
-- name: Include service setup
-  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: service.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/rootless_docker.yml b/ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/rootless_docker.yml
index 760d7e7..ae01c8c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/rootless_docker.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/gitea_runner/tasks/rootless_docker.yml
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@
       {% if gitea_runner_docker_rootless_net_driver == 'pasta' %}
       Environment="DOCKERD_ROOTLESS_ROOTLESSKIT_FLAGS=--ipv6"
       {% endif %}
+      Restart=always
+      RestartSec=5
+      StartLimitIntervalSec=300
+      StartLimitBurst=10
     mode: "0644"
     owner: "{{ gitea_runner_service_user }}"
     group: "{{ gitea_runner_service_user }}"
@@ -248,6 +252,10 @@
       {% if gitea_runner_docker_rootless_net_driver == 'pasta' %}
       Environment="DOCKERD_ROOTLESS_ROOTLESSKIT_FLAGS=--ipv6"
       {% endif %}
+      Restart=always
+      RestartSec=5
+      StartLimitIntervalSec=300
+      StartLimitBurst=10
     mode: "0644"
     owner: "{{ gitea_runner_service_user }}"
     group: "{{ gitea_runner_service_user }}"