{"version":"2.1.225","anchor":"self-hosted-runner-checks-its-base-directory-before-starting","canonical_anchor":"self-hosted-runner-checks-its-base-directory-before-starting","heading":"Self-hosted runner checks its base directory before starting work","tier":"use","area":"Elsewhere","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.225\/e\/self-hosted-runner-checks-its-base-directory-before-starting","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.225","markdown":"### Self-hosted runner checks its base directory before starting work\n\nThe self-hosted runner fails fast if its base directory is unwritable or the mount hangs.\n\n**What**\n\nStartup creates and access-checks the base directory under a timeout so an unwritable or hung mount fails immediately rather than partway through a run.\n\n**Details**\n\n- a timeout exits the process with a hint to check mount health\n- other failures throw with instructions to pass `--base-dir` or set `SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER_BASE_DIR`\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER_BASE_DIR`\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Names: `--base-dir`, `SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER_BASE_DIR`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5"}