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Self-hosted runner can defer its drain on the first shutdown signal

Self-hosted runners can keep serving attached sessions on the first shutdown signal instead of draining.

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What

New flag --defer-shutdown-max-min <m> makes the first SIGTERM stop the runner accepting new work while it keeps serving attached sessions, rather than starting the drain budget straight away. It writes SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER_DEFER_SHUTDOWN_MAX_MS; 0 disables it and is the default, so operators who do not pass the flag see no change.

Details
  • After M minutes everything still attached is released through the park path; a further grace period later it drains as a last resort. It exits 0 as soon as no session is held.
  • A second signal drains immediately; a third force-exits.
  • Help text warns that the supervisor's stop timeout must exceed M minutes plus the grace plus the shutdown budget, and the troubleshooting table gained a row for the new exit line.
  • New telemetry points self_hosted_defer_shutdown and self_hosted_defer_ceiling; poll-failure backoff now distinguishes timeout and transport errors from 5xx responses.
Usage
claude self-hosted-runner --defer-shutdown-max-min 30
Evidence

--defer-shutdown-max-min, --defer-shutdown-max-min <m>

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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Names in the bundle--defer-shutdown-max-minSELF_HOSTED_RUNNER_DEFER_SHUTDOWN_MAX_MS
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Two sources agreeTwo things we can check say the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded claude self-hosted-runner --defer-shutdown-max-min <minutes>: on SIGTERM, keep serving attached sessions, park what is left after that…
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER_DEFER_SHUTDOWN_MAX_MS

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