get_entity_name('svc-runner') returned '' because the exact-match branch short-circuited on the category path 'svc-runner' before the shorter 'svc-' prefix could strip. The empty entity produced an empty swarm stack name (docker stack deploy "") and SERVICE_NAME '_' in the swarm convergence probe ('no such service: _' -> timeout). Record the exact match as a fallback and keep scanning so a shorter category prefix wins; simulated across all 254 roles, only svc-runner changes ('' -> 'runner').
Re-key roles/svc-runner/meta/services.yml from 'svc-runner' to the entity name 'runner' (services.yml is keyed by primary entity) and its 12 vars lookups, and add proxy.service_key: runner-1 so the swarm probe targets the real service (runner_runner-1) instead of the non-existent runner_runner.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Workers failed 'docker build: no Dockerfile': the build context, compose file, .env and runner binary were staged on the stack host only while every node deploys its own node-local runner stack. Build and push the image once on the manager (RUNNER_IMAGE_REF via the swarm registry, 04_image.yml) and let workers pull it; render compose.yml (template with lstrip_blocks, matching the replaced stack_host_template action), .env and the extracted run.sh on every node. Add a node_local kwarg to the compose_networks/container_networks/compose_restart/compose_only lookups so this node-local compose stack renders a bridge default network (workers cannot create overlays), keeps restart: unless-stopped (ephemeral runners died after one job) and keeps container_name under swarm; default is unchanged for every other role. Treat build/install.stamp as stale when the venv is missing and exclude ./build from the nested-src copy, closing the nested-e2e ruamel failure class. Regression tests for the node_local render paths; the network include tests now accept lookup kwargs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace base_image: ubuntu:22.04 with image: ubuntu / version: "22.04"
so the runner's base image is discoverable and reachability-checked;
RUNNER_BASE_IMAGE now composes the two.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
kevinveenbirkenbachandClaude Fable 5
Alejandro Roman