From c741310a1e55257b76b3f3d3128d85a94e70785d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ginnoir <ginnoir@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 14:21:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: exclude github-runner from dc up -d to avoid self-kill
 during deploy

---
 .github/workflows/deploy.yml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 695ed0b..295ee3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Pull and apply compose
         run: |
           $COMPOSE pull
-          $COMPOSE up -d
+          # Exclude github-runner from up -d — recreating the container that
+          # is running this job would kill the workflow mid-step.
+          SERVICES=$($COMPOSE config --services | grep -v '^github-runner$' | tr '\n' ' ')
+          $COMPOSE up -d $SERVICES
 
       - name: Reload Caddyfile
         run: |