ubuntu-24.04-arm - Step - Post Host checkout errors Error: EACCES: permission denied

[userdocs]

Description

I am seeing this in all Post host steps on arm runners.

Post job cleanup.
Unexpected error attempting to determine if executable file exists '/home/runneradmin/.local/bin/git': Error: EACCES: permission denied, stat '/home/runneradmin/.local/bin/git'
Unexpected error attempting to determine if executable file exists '/home/runneradmin/.cargo/bin/git': Error: EACCES: permission denied, stat '/home/runneradmin/.cargo/bin/git'
Unexpected error attempting to determine if executable file exists '/home/runneradmin/.config/composer/vendor/bin/git': Error: EACCES: permission denied, stat '/home/runneradmin/.config/composer/vendor/bin/git'
Unexpected error attempting to determine if executable file exists '/home/runneradmin/.dotnet/tools/git': Error: EACCES: permission denied, stat '/home/runneradmin/.dotnet/tools/git'
/usr/bin/git version
git version [2](https://github.com/userdocs/ninja-alpine/actions/runs/12832988716/job/35786956868#step:28:2).47.1
Temporarily overriding HOME='/home/runner/work/_temp/acb9b100-82c6-4847-891b-220275cca230' before making global git config changes
Adding repository directory to the temporary git global config as a safe directory
/usr/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /home/runner/work/ninja-alpine/ninja-alpine
/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp core\.sshCommand
/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'core\.sshCommand' && git config --local --unset-all 'core.sshCommand' || :"
/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader
/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader' && git config --local --unset-all 'http.https://github.com/.extraheader' || :"

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Image version and build link

Current runner version: '2.321.0'
Operating System
Runner Image
Runner Image Provisioner
GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
Secret source: Actions
Prepare workflow directory
Prepare all required actions
Getting action download info
Download action repository 'actions/checkout@v4' (SHA:11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d[2](https://github.com/userdocs/ninja-alpine/actions/runs/12832988716/job/35786956091#step:1:2)7597364c9af683)
Download action repository 'actions/attest-build-provenance@v2' (SHA:7[6](https://github.com/userdocs/ninja-alpine/actions/runs/12832988716/job/35786956091#step:1:7)68571508540a607bdfd90a87a560489fe372eb)
Download action repository 'actions/upload-artifact@v4' (SHA:65c4c4a1ddee5b72f698fdd19549f0f0fb45cf08)
Getting action download info
Download action repository 'actions/attest-build-provenance@36fa7d009e22618ca7cd599486979b8150596c74' (SHA:36fa7d009e22618ca7cd599486979b8150596c74)
Download action repository 'actions/[email protected]' (SHA:63d2e98e267398337e9a[17](https://github.com/userdocs/ninja-alpine/actions/runs/12832988716/job/35786956091#step:1:21)ec68a5c8d936cb9247)
Complete job name: python aarch64

Is it regression?

no idea

Expected behavior

No errors

Actual behavior

error Error: EACCES: permission denied, stat '/home/runneradmin/.dotnet/tools/git'

Repro steps

Run a job with ubuntu-24.04-arm runner

[bgilbert]

See also actions/partner-runner-images#29.

[userdocs]

@bgilbert thanks.

I wonder is this one is also related #11411 since it all seems related the same directories

[userdocs]

I think it's this

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/148648#discussioncomment-11858717