checkout v4 fails with ACTIONS_RUNNER_CONTAINER_HOOKS

When trying to upgrade the GitHub checkout action from v3 to v4 using self-hosted runners with Kubernetes mode, I consistently get the following error:

Run '/home/runner/k8s/index.js'
  shell: /home/runner/externals/node20/bin/node {0}
undefined:1


SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at new Context (/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v4/dist/index.js:4766:37)
    at 3030 (/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v4/dist/index.js:4935:19)
    at __nccwpck_require__ (/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v4/dist/index.js:18273:43)
    at 5438 (/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v4/dist/index.js:4836:17)
    at __nccwpck_require__ (/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v4/dist/index.js:18273:43)
    at 8601 (/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v4/dist/index.js:1921:[29](https://github.com/<redacted>/actions/runs/8252557433/job/22600517448?pr=42#step:3:30))
    at __nccwpck_require__ (/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v4/dist/index.js:18273:43)
    at 738 (/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v4/dist/index.js:477:[32](https://github.com/<redacted>/actions/runs/8252557433/job/22600517448?pr=42#step:3:34))
    at __nccwpck_require__ (/__w/_actions/actions/checkout/v4/dist/index.js:18273:43)

Node.js v20.8.1

I've tried upgrading the internal runner node version from 16 to 20 using:

 env:
     - name: ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCED_INTERNAL_NODE_VERSION
       value: node20

But I still see the same error. I believe this is a somewhat urgent issue as GitHub actions won't support node16 after Spring 2024 anymore (post) and we will need to upgrade checkout actions from v3 to v4.

Thank you!

Reproduce the checkout v4 failure in Kubernetes mode and start with /home/runner/k8s/index.js, then follow the checkout v4 dist/index.js stack trace to the Context JSON parsing entry point. Verify the behavior with the configured ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCED_INTERNAL_NODE_VERSION value; done means checkout v4 runs successfully on the self-hosted runner without the JSON parse error.