Adding AutoLogon registration for GitHub runner agent
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Description
Describe the enhancement
Be able to register and autorun the GitHub runner agent for self-hosted agents on Windows in a user session for running UI related automation. Currently you can also specify --runAsService but which doesn't give you the UI session access by default and many UI automations simply doesn't work when the runner is in this mode.
Additional information
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/agents/v2-windows?view=azure-devops#windows-only-startup
In VSTS agent, you can achieve this by providing --runAsAutoLogon which makes the agent autorun under a UI session. Perhaps this is also something GitHub runner can provide.
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Windows-only startup guidance linked in the issue and inspect how the existing --runAsService option handles agent registration. Define the Windows user-session behavior and verify that a self-hosted runner can register, auto-log on, and run UI automation without service mode.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- ci-cd, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100