Where does GitHub Actions Runner store its log files on Linux?

GitHub Actions Runner logs to /_diag/Runner_*.log on Linux. 2 other Linux log locations are recorded below.

GitHub Actions Runner

3 log locations · Linux

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Where GitHub Actions Runner keeps its logs

GitHub Actions Runner logs to <runner-dir>/_diag/Runner_*.log on Linux. 2 other Linux log locations are recorded below.

Paths are printed exactly as GitHub Actions Runner writes them. Environment variables like %LOCALAPPDATA% and $XDG_STATE_HOME are never expanded, so a path can be pasted straight into a shell. Where a path differs between installer types or shipping flavours, each one is racked as its own card below - why that happens.

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GitHub Actions Runner - Linux

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Runner application log<runner-dir>/_diag/Runner_*.log

Per-job log<runner-dir>/_diag/Worker_*.log

Service logjournalctl -u actions.runner.<org>-<repo>.<name>.service

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