{"version":"2.1.314","anchor":"self-hosted-runner-clearer-setup-error-for-a-missing-branch","canonical_anchor":"self-hosted-runner-clearer-setup-error-for-a-missing-branch","heading":"Clearer setup error on self-hosted runners when a branch is missing","tier":"notice","area":"Self-Hosted Runners","scope":"org","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314\/e\/self-hosted-runner-clearer-setup-error-for-a-missing-branch","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314","markdown":"### Clearer setup error on self-hosted runners when a branch is missing\n\nWhen runner setup fails because a branch cannot be found, the error now says retrying will fail until you fix that branch\n\n**What**\n\nA self-hosted runner is a machine you run yourself to carry out Claude Code jobs. When its setup fails because the source branch it was asked to use cannot be found, the hint about retrying now reads:\n\n\"Retrying will fail the same way until you fix the missing branch described below.\"\n\nBefore, this hint was the same generic text used for every kind of setup failure.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe message now tells whoever runs the runner what to do: retrying alone will not help, and the missing branch has to be fixed first.\n\n- Area: Self-Hosted Runners\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: org\n- Heads-up: no"}