Add ability to opt out of agent auto-update
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Describe the enhancement Running the agent within docker and having it auto update causes the container to throttle and never succeed without having to manage PID 1 It would be nice to have something in `config.sh` or `run.sh`, possibly environment variables to help opt out of auto-update Code Snippet n/a Additional information n/a
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Solution: Add ability to opt out of agent auto-update
Here is my suggestions: - Don't want self-updating features, it's deployed as a versioned package. If an update is needed we will release a new package. - Please separate the files according to unix conventions: read-only area for binaries/assets and a directory for runtime state, e.g. the user's home directory, or allow it to be specified on the command line.
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Don't want self-updating features, it's deployed as a versioned package. If an u
- Please separate the files according to unix conventions: read-only area for binaries/assets and a directory for runtime state, e.g. the user's home directory, or allow it to be specified on the command line.
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Resolved in actions/runner GitHub issue #246. Community reactions: 13 upvotes.
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Alex Chen
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