Container exits immediately when used as a service in GitHub Actions since v108

[mihkeleidast]

Describe the bug
When using this container in GitHub Actions as a service, it exits immediately after starting since version 108, example: https://github.com/mihkeleidast/chromium-service-container-debug/blob/main/.github/workflows/test.yml

It works as expected (e.g. container stays running in the background) until version 102, example: https://github.com/mihkeleidast/chromium-service-container-debug/actions/runs/10083423138/job/27879954595

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Fork and run https://github.com/mihkeleidast/chromium-service-container-debug/blob/main/.github/workflows/test.yml

What is the expected behavior?
Container should stay running in the background so I can run tests via puppeteer in the main runner.

What is the actual behavior?
Container exits immediately after starting.

Possible solution
I don't know if it helps much, but for example chromedp/headless-shell stays running as expected if used in the same way.

Logs

From the test run:

2024-07-24T21:23:59.9505348Z Current runner version: '2.317.0'
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9529213Z ##[group]Operating System
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9529832Z Ubuntu
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9530283Z 22.04.4
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9530566Z LTS
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9530895Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9531353Z ##[group]Runner Image
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9531742Z Image: ubuntu-22.04
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9532136Z Version: 20240721.1.0
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9533191Z Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/ubuntu22/20240721.1/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9534572Z Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/ubuntu22%2F20240721.1
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9535417Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9535892Z ##[group]Runner Image Provisioner
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9536326Z 2.0.373.1
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9536673Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9537659Z ##[group]GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9539168Z Contents: read
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9539707Z Metadata: read
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9540234Z Packages: read
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9540794Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9543633Z Secret source: Actions
2024-07-24T21:23:59.9544235Z Prepare workflow directory
2024-07-24T21:24:00.0410761Z Prepare all required actions
2024-07-24T21:24:00.1005471Z Complete job name: run test
2024-07-24T21:24:00.1753898Z ##[group]Checking docker version
2024-07-24T21:24:00.1769044Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker version --format '{{.Server.APIVersion}}'
2024-07-24T21:24:00.2924194Z '1.45'
2024-07-24T21:24:00.2934560Z Docker daemon API version: '1.45'
2024-07-24T21:24:00.2935484Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker version --format '{{.Client.APIVersion}}'
2024-07-24T21:24:00.3099328Z '1.45'
2024-07-24T21:24:00.3112576Z Docker client API version: '1.45'
2024-07-24T21:24:00.3118155Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:24:00.3121211Z ##[group]Clean up resources from previous jobs
2024-07-24T21:24:00.3127649Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker ps --all --quiet --no-trunc --filter "label=7edf2b"
2024-07-24T21:24:00.3464137Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker network prune --force --filter "label=7edf2b"
2024-07-24T21:24:00.3590831Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:24:00.3591448Z ##[group]Create local container network
2024-07-24T21:24:00.3602215Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker network create --label 7edf2b github_network_c6cc527c6b8b45c59fcdce940da47f7b
2024-07-24T21:24:00.4178333Z 9050db3aa8d48f009ad544543bd2ee40b9c2ca371457f17b3f548658804d2eee
2024-07-24T21:24:00.4207343Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:24:00.4321425Z ##[group]Starting puppeteer service container
2024-07-24T21:24:00.4387068Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker pull zenika/alpine-chrome:124
2024-07-24T21:24:00.7569257Z 124: Pulling from zenika/alpine-chrome
2024-07-24T21:24:00.8205598Z b84a74cde5af: Already exists
2024-07-24T21:24:00.8231893Z 9072fde31221: Pulling fs layer
2024-07-24T21:24:00.8233007Z c41a98b58a4e: Pulling fs layer
2024-07-24T21:24:00.8233849Z 73c37ec576f5: Pulling fs layer
2024-07-24T21:24:00.8234746Z 4f4fb700ef54: Pulling fs layer
2024-07-24T21:24:00.8235951Z 4f4fb700ef54: Waiting
2024-07-24T21:24:00.9240672Z 73c37ec576f5: Verifying Checksum
2024-07-24T21:24:00.9242295Z 73c37ec576f5: Download complete
2024-07-24T21:24:00.9422359Z c41a98b58a4e: Verifying Checksum
2024-07-24T21:24:00.9423476Z c41a98b58a4e: Download complete
2024-07-24T21:24:01.0112412Z 4f4fb700ef54: Verifying Checksum
2024-07-24T21:24:01.0113401Z 4f4fb700ef54: Download complete
2024-07-24T21:24:03.4007726Z 9072fde31221: Verifying Checksum
2024-07-24T21:24:03.4008604Z 9072fde31221: Download complete
2024-07-24T21:24:08.4167478Z 9072fde31221: Pull complete
2024-07-24T21:24:08.4300589Z c41a98b58a4e: Pull complete
2024-07-24T21:24:08.4756605Z 73c37ec576f5: Pull complete
2024-07-24T21:24:08.4893659Z 4f4fb700ef54: Pull complete
2024-07-24T21:24:08.4941816Z Digest: sha256:d9921bb165802509ae1765c0cb953927ae93cebf77c1be03139202277c34446b
2024-07-24T21:24:08.4958918Z Status: Downloaded newer image for zenika/alpine-chrome:124
2024-07-24T21:24:08.4967228Z docker.io/zenika/alpine-chrome:124
2024-07-24T21:24:08.5070019Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker create --name 21f2ad167e1747c49d910ef8505fa74f_zenikaalpinechrome124_ad3d2f --label 7edf2b --network github_network_c6cc527c6b8b45c59fcdce940da47f7b --network-alias puppeteer -p 9222:9222 --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN -e "CHROMIUM_FLAGS=--log-level=0 --headless --disable-gpu --disable-software-rasterizer --no-sandbox --remote-debugging-address=0.0.0.0 --remote-debugging-port=9222 --disable-setuid-sandbox --disable-dev-shm-usage --single-process --hide-scrollbars --font-render-hinting=medium --use-gl=swiftshader" -e GITHUB_ACTIONS=true -e CI=true zenika/alpine-chrome:124
2024-07-24T21:24:08.5359375Z e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53
2024-07-24T21:24:08.5382724Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker start e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8142995Z e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8168327Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker ps --all --filter id=e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53 --filter status=running --no-trunc --format "{{.ID}} {{.Status}}"
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8292891Z e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53 Up Less than a second
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8314105Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker port e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8429375Z 9222/tcp -> 0.0.0.0:9222
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8430052Z 9222/tcp -> [::]:9222
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8503901Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8529010Z ##[group]Waiting for all services to be ready
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8564673Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker inspect --format="{{if .Config.Healthcheck}}{{print .State.Health.Status}}{{end}}" e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8693267Z puppeteer service is healthy.
2024-07-24T21:24:08.8693786Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:24:08.9089182Z ##[group]Run sleep 10s
2024-07-24T21:24:08.9089630Z �[36;1msleep 10s�[0m
2024-07-24T21:24:08.9166485Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2024-07-24T21:24:08.9166884Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9536966Z ##[group]Run docker ps -a
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9537542Z �[36;1mdocker ps -a�[0m
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9591033Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9591497Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9803267Z CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                      COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS                     PORTS     NAMES
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9805334Z e1864ca560ae   zenika/alpine-chrome:124   "chromium-browser --…"   10 seconds ago   Exited (0) 9 seconds ago             21f2ad167e1747c49d910ef8505fa74f_zenikaalpinechrome124_ad3d2f
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9836375Z ##[group]Run curl http://127.0.0.1:9222/json/version
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9837137Z �[36;1mcurl http://127.0.0.1:9222/json/version�[0m
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9889349Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2024-07-24T21:24:18.9889869Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0034058Z   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0035178Z                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0036017Z 
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0036735Z   0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0037889Z   0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0039006Z curl: (7) Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 9222 after 0 ms: Connection refused
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0056613Z ##[error]Process completed with exit code 7.
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0118313Z Print service container logs: 21f2ad167e1747c49d910ef8505fa74f_zenikaalpinechrome124_ad3d2f
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0123462Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker logs --details e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0366361Z  [0724/212409.200193:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0368158Z  [0724/212409.201098:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0369882Z  [0724/212409.201140:ERROR:bus.cc(407)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0371146Z  [0724/212409.222182:WARNING:sandbox_linux.cc(420)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process.
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0372679Z  [0724/212409.233256:INFO:config_dir_policy_loader.cc(118)] Skipping mandatory platform policies because no policy file was found at: /etc/chromium/policies/managed
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0374120Z  [0724/212409.233277:INFO:config_dir_policy_loader.cc(118)] Skipping recommended platform policies because no policy file was found at: /etc/chromium/policies/recommended
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0375470Z  [0724/212409.243287:WARNING:bluez_dbus_manager.cc(248)] Floss manager not present, cannot set Floss enable/disable.
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0377025Z  [0724/212409.245594:WARNING:runtime_features.cc(730)] AttributionReportingCrossAppWeb cannot be enabled in this configuration. Use --enable-features=ConversionMeasurement,AttributionReportingCrossAppWeb in addition.
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0384870Z Stop and remove container: 21f2ad167e1747c49d910ef8505fa74f_zenikaalpinechrome124_ad3d2f
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0390286Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker rm --force e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0552297Z e1864ca560ae63843bdcea2673e23ae1157e5a3531b8c52a77e549c4aeb6cd53
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0575338Z Remove container network: github_network_c6cc527c6b8b45c59fcdce940da47f7b
2024-07-24T21:24:19.0580909Z ##[command]/usr/bin/docker network rm github_network_c6cc527c6b8b45c59fcdce940da47f7b
2024-07-24T21:24:19.3213496Z github_network_c6cc527c6b8b45c59fcdce940da47f7b
2024-07-24T21:24:19.3375801Z Cleaning up orphan processes

Versions
See in the logs above.

Additional context

I tried various different settings and options, but could not get it to keep running on newer versions. Any pointers appreciated.

[mihkeleidast]

Okay, I at least figured out a workaround.

Something seems to have happened to how the CHROMIUM_FLAGS env variable is passed forward, as that's what has stopped working in the same way.

The flags work if passed as args/command to the image, but that is not possible yet with GitHub Actions service containers.

So I tested If perhaps I can just run the container manually... and it works! Example run: https://github.com/mihkeleidast/chromium-service-container-debug/actions/runs/10106859331/job/27949698933

I would still appreciate if someone looked at why the env variable is no longer respected