seperate validate runner reload

.gitea/workflows/gitainer-deploy.yaml

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ on:
       stack_name:
         required: true
         type: string
+      delayed_silent:
+        description: Delay the webhook call using a detached container and always succeed. Used when rebuilding the runner executing the webhook.
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 
 jobs:
   deploy-gitainer:
@@ -18,6 +23,11 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: Call Gitainer stack webhooks
         continue-on-error: true
-        run: curl --request POST http://192.168.1.150:9080/api/stacks/${{ inputs.stack_name }}?pretty &
-        with:
-          workflow-status: ${{ steps.check-step.outcome }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ inputs.delayed_silent }}" = "true" ]; then
+            echo "Delaying the webhook call by 10s using a detached container."
+            echo "This gives the runner time to report job completion and clean up before it restarts."
+            docker run --rm -d alpine sh -c "apk add --no-cache curl && sleep 10 && curl --request POST 'http://192.168.1.150:9080/api/stacks/${{ inputs.stack_name }}?pretty'"
+          else
+            curl --request POST "http://192.168.1.150:9080/api/stacks/${{ inputs.stack_name }}?pretty"
+          fi

.gitea/workflows/reload-act-runner.yaml

@@ -17,11 +17,5 @@ jobs:
     uses: martin/chromart-gitea-actions/.gitea/workflows/gitainer-deploy.yaml@main
     with:
       stack_name: gitea_act_runner
-  
-  notify:
-    needs: diff
-    if: ${{ needs.diff.outputs.is_changed == 'false' }}
-    uses: martin/chromart-gitea-actions/.gitea/workflows/apprise-notify.yaml@main
-    with:
-      title: Skipped deploy on chromart-gitea-actions
-      message: No changes to deploy
+      # use this because this action kills the runner
+      delayed_silent: true

.gitea/workflows/validate-runner.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Validate Runner Reload
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Reload Act Runner Stack to clear cache for workflows"]
+    types:
+      - completed
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Wait for Gitainer to restart the runner
+        run: sleep 30
+
+      - name: Check runner age is under 2 minutes
+        run: |
+          runner_start=$(docker run --rm --pid=host alpine stat -c %Y /proc/1)
+          now=$(date +%s)
+          age_seconds=$((now - runner_start))
+          echo "Runner age: $age_seconds seconds"
+          if [ "$age_seconds" -gt 120 ]; then
+            echo "Validation Failed! Runner did not restart."
+            exit 1
+          fi