Run tasks with min task run instead of mip run (v2) by mitodrummer · Pull Request #3 · gominimal/run-task

mitodrummer · 2026-10-15T21:51:54Z

Runs the task with min task run instead of mip run. For gominimal/inbox#1092 (consumer: gominimal/webapp#881).

What the action does now

Lifts the Ubuntu 24.04 AppArmor userns restriction (unchanged).
Reads the channel pointer for the version output (unchanged).
Installs min + minimald with the release installer at go.minimal.dev/<channel> (checksum-verified components, ~/.local/bin, no terminal so no prompts and no finalize-install), and puts that directory on PATH for later steps.
Optionally writes ~/.config/minimal/user_policy.toml from the new allow-env input. min task run gates every env_vars name a task declares against that file and, off a terminal, fails on an unlisted one, so a task that inherits a variable needs it listed. The action refuses to overwrite an existing policy file.
min task run <task> with stdin closed. min auto-spawns a native minimald (no KVM, no VM), creates a task-<name>-<hex> session from an uploaded copy of the checkout, relays output and the exit code, and destroys the session.

What it cannot do, documented in the README

Files the task writes stay in the destroyed session; nothing comes back to the checkout. Tasks that produce artifacts (webapp's build, deploy-build) cannot move to this action until min task run can return outputs.
No host-side materialize or dump: still mip.
No state_key cache across runs (Build cache does not survive across sessions: every min task run compiles from scratch (state_key keyed on per-upload path) minimal#1729).

Tests

test.yml keeps the hello-world matrix (ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-24.04-arm × stable, unstable, nightly) and adds: hello-env, a task that inherits RUN_TASK_GREETING through allow-env; and task-failure, which checks that a task that does not exist fails the step. The fixture's hello-world drops interactive = true, which min task run does not provide.

This is a breaking change for consumers pinned to main/v1: tag it v2. Consumers pinned by sha are unaffected.

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New Features
- The action now installs Minimal and minimald from the selected stable, unstable, or nightly release channel and runs tasks in an ephemeral session.
- Added the optional allow-env input to control which runner environment variables are passed into a task. The action reports errors for disallowed variables or existing policy files.
- The resolved Minimal version is available in the action’s version output.
Documentation
- Added setup guidance, usage examples, environment policy details, task-session information, channel behavior, and self-hosted runner requirements.

The action installs min and minimald through the release installer at go.minimal.dev/<channel> and runs the task with `min task run`, which brings up a native minimald itself and destroys the task's session when it exits. The channel pointer is still read first for the `version` output. A new `allow-env` input writes the runner user's user_policy.toml [vars] allow list, which min task run consults for every env_vars name a task declares; without it, any inherited variable fails the run off a terminal. The test matrix adds a job for that input and one that checks a failing task fails the step. The hello-world fixture drops `interactive`, which min task run does not provide. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Wm1YgysmSMp3upJQvZJHwt

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The action now installs Minimal from a release channel, configures permitted environment variables, and runs tasks declared in minimal.toml. Documentation, task examples, and workflow checks cover these behaviors.

Changes: Minimal task action

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Channel installation and task execution `.github/workflows/test.yml`, `README.md`, `action.yml`	The action validates the channel, installs Minimal, updates `PATH`, optionally writes an environment-variable policy, and runs the task. The README documents the inputs, channel resolution, task-session behavior, and runner setup.
Task examples and workflow checks `minimal.toml`, `.github/workflows/test.yml`	`minimal.toml` defines greeting and environment-variable tasks. Workflow jobs test environment inheritance on stable and unstable channels and verify that an unknown task fails.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Action as GitHub Action
  participant Channel as Channel pointer
  participant Installer as Release installer
  participant Policy as Runner policy file
  participant Min as min task run
  Action->>Channel: Resolve channel version
  Action->>Installer: Download and run installer
  Installer-->>Action: Install min and minimald
  Action->>Policy: Write allowed environment names or globs
  Action->>Min: Run declared task with stdin closed

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f83bf

The primary example may lead users to the older action instead of the documented v2 behavior. Correct the example before merge, or explicitly accept this bounded documentation risk.

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mitodrummer · 2026-10-15T21:53:53Z

Test run 38813058256: all 9 jobs green. On ubuntu-latest stable the whole step takes ~30 s: sysctl, installer (min 0.7.0), Running task hello-world in session task-hello-world-46e1..., Hello World!!. nightly/unstable resolve to a3f2fa97 and pass on both arches; the allow-env job proves an inherited variable reaches the task; the missing-task job fails the step as expected.

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🟡 Minor · Update the primary usage example to @v2. · README.md:22

README.md:22
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Update the primary usage example to @v2.

The first copyable example still selects gominimal/run-task@v1. Users who follow it do not select the action documented by this PR. Change the reference to @v2, as in the allow-env example.
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- Around line 90-93: Update the installed-version check in the shell case block
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with version, replacing the current substring match; keep version as the
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`@v2`, matching the version used in the `allow-env` example.

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The pointer-vs-installed warning matched by substring, so a pointer of 1.2 would accept an installed 1.20. Compare the last token of `min --version` exactly, or by the `.g<sha>` suffix a dev build carries when the pointer names a commit (nightly, unstable). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Wm1YgysmSMp3upJQvZJHwt

mitodrummer · 2026-10-20T16:16:44Z

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