{"version":"2.1.246","anchor":"runner-checkpoint-hint-is-wired-end-to-end-but-hard-disabled","canonical_anchor":"runner-checkpoint-hint-is-wired-end-to-end-but-hard-disabled","heading":"Runner checkpoint hint is wired end to end but hard-disabled","tier":"soon","area":"Elsewhere","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246\/e\/runner-checkpoint-hint-is-wired-end-to-end-but-hard-disabled","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.246","markdown":"### Runner checkpoint hint is wired end to end but hard-disabled\n\nThe cloud runner could learn which commit each repo should start at, but the gate is hard-set false.\n\n**What**\n\nThe cloud runner can re-read its session config after registering to pick up a hint about which commit each repo should already be at, and pass it into repo preparation. The call site constructs the hint with its gate set to false, and the helper returns nothing when the gate is false, so no run uses it in this build.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Hints are validated per repo (name plus base commit SHA), the count is capped, and malformed entries are logged and dropped.\n- The prefetched-tip helper the hint feeds returns nothing unconditionally.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`hintedBeforeRegister`\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: Nothing to try yet\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5\n- Present in the build but not switched on"}