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New env var to configure self-hosted runner session startup timeout

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Runner session startup timeout can now be set via an environment variable too.

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Runner session startup timeout can now be set via an environment variable too.

The startup-timeout idle-detection window for self-hosted runner session children can now be set via the SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS environment variable, in addition to the existing --startup-timeout-min CLI flag.

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Names in the bundleSELF_HOSTED_RUNNER_STARTUP_TIMEOUT_MS
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Documented inclaude-code/self-hosted-environments-reference

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