run docker step in host mode (#857)

## Problem
In host executor mode, uses: docker://<image> step actions fail because
act/runner/step_docker.go always attaches the step container to the job
container's network namespace, which doesn't exist in host mode.

### Example
Run following job in host runner

```yaml
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-host
    steps:
      - uses: docker://alpine:3.20
        with:
          args: echo hello
```
```
Error:
  failed to start container: Error response from daemon:
    joining network namespace of container:
    No such container: xxxxxx
```

This pr allows the docker step in the host mode

## Testing
I tested following steps on host runner and it worked

```yaml

 - name: Test azure cli action in host mode
   uses: azure/cli@v2
   env:
     RUNNER_OS: Linux
   with:
     inlineScript: echo "hello from azure cli"
 
 - uses: docker://alpine:3.20
   with:
     args: echo hello

```

---------

Co-authored-by: Nicolas <bircni@icloud.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/pulls/857
Reviewed-by: Nicolas <bircni@icloud.com>
Co-authored-by: Mirko Sekulic <misha.sekulic@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: Mirko Sekulic <misha.sekulic@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Mirko Sekulic
2026-04-27 15:26:31 +00:00
committed by Nicolas
parent bad4239d18
commit f2b4dbf05f
2 changed files with 84 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ func (sd *stepDocker) newStepContainer(ctx context.Context, image string, cmd, e
envList = append(envList, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", "RUNNER_TEMP", "/tmp"))
binds, mounts := rc.GetBindsAndMounts()
networkMode := "container:" + rc.jobContainerName()
if rc.IsHostEnv(ctx) {
networkMode = "default"
}
stepContainer := ContainerNewContainer(&container.NewContainerInput{
Cmd: cmd,
Entrypoint: entrypoint,
@@ -126,7 +130,7 @@ func (sd *stepDocker) newStepContainer(ctx context.Context, image string, cmd, e
Name: createSimpleContainerName(rc.jobContainerName(), "STEP-"+step.ID),
Env: envList,
Mounts: mounts,
NetworkMode: "container:" + rc.jobContainerName(),
NetworkMode: networkMode,
Binds: binds,
Stdout: logWriter,
Stderr: logWriter,

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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
"bytes"
"context"
"io"
"strings"
"testing"
"gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/act/container"
@@ -118,3 +119,81 @@ func TestStepDockerPrePost(t *testing.T) {
err = sd.post()(ctx)
assert.Nil(t, err) //nolint:testifylint // pre-existing issue from nektos/act
}
func TestStepDockerNewStepContainerNetworkMode(t *testing.T) {
cases := []struct {
name string
platform string
expectDefault bool
}{
{
name: "docker mode attaches to job container network",
platform: "node:14",
expectDefault: false,
},
{
name: "host mode uses default network",
platform: "-self-hosted",
expectDefault: true,
},
}
for _, tc := range cases {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
cm := &containerMock{}
var captured *container.NewContainerInput
origContainerNewContainer := ContainerNewContainer
ContainerNewContainer = func(input *container.NewContainerInput) container.ExecutionsEnvironment {
captured = input
return cm
}
defer func() {
ContainerNewContainer = origContainerNewContainer
}()
ctx := context.Background()
platform := tc.platform
sd := &stepDocker{
RunContext: &RunContext{
StepResults: map[string]*model.StepResult{},
Config: &Config{
PlatformPicker: func(_ []string) string {
return platform
},
},
Run: &model.Run{
JobID: "1",
Workflow: &model.Workflow{
Jobs: map[string]*model.Job{
"1": {},
},
},
},
JobContainer: cm,
},
Step: &model.Step{
ID: "1",
Uses: "docker://alpine:3.20",
},
}
sd.RunContext.ExprEval = sd.RunContext.NewExpressionEvaluator(ctx)
assert.Equal(t, tc.expectDefault, sd.RunContext.IsHostEnv(ctx),
"IsHostEnv mismatch for platform %q", tc.platform)
_ = sd.newStepContainer(ctx, "alpine:3.20", []string{"echo", "hello"}, nil)
if tc.expectDefault {
assert.Equal(t, "default", captured.NetworkMode,
"host-mode step container must use 'default' network, got %q",
captured.NetworkMode)
} else {
assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(captured.NetworkMode, "container:"),
"docker-mode step container must attach to job container network, got %q",
captured.NetworkMode)
}
})
}
}