final ahh fix

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish Release to Gitea
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-        uses: actions/gitea-release-action@v1
+        # use their personal repo cuz this searches github.com T_T
+        uses: akkuman/gitea-release-action@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
           files: |

scripts/act_runner_fedora.sh

@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ SERVER_URL="${SERVER_URL:-}"
 TOKEN="${TOKEN:-}"
 LABELS="${LABELS:-self-hosted,linux,fedora,wsl,release:host}"
 
+normalize_paths() {
+    local config_dir config_file
+    config_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$CONFIG_PATH")" && pwd)"
+    config_file="$(basename "$CONFIG_PATH")"
+    CONFIG_PATH="$config_dir/$config_file"
+    RUNNER_HOME="$config_dir"
+}
+
 usage() {
     cat <<'EOF'
 Usage:
@@ -92,6 +100,7 @@ register_runner() {
 
 start_runner() {
     local mode="${1:-daemon}"
+    local config_dir config_file
     ensure_dirs
     ensure_runner_bin
 
@@ -100,15 +109,23 @@ start_runner() {
         exit 2
     fi
 
+    config_dir="$(dirname "$CONFIG_PATH")"
+    config_file="$(basename "$CONFIG_PATH")"
+
     case "$mode" in
     attach)
-        exec "$RUNNER_BIN" daemon --config "$CONFIG_PATH"
+        cd "$config_dir"
+        exec "$RUNNER_BIN" daemon --config "$config_file"
         ;;
     once)
-        exec "$RUNNER_BIN" daemon --config "$CONFIG_PATH" --once
+        cd "$config_dir"
+        exec "$RUNNER_BIN" daemon --config "$config_file" --once
         ;;
     daemon)
-        nohup "$RUNNER_BIN" daemon --config "$CONFIG_PATH" >/tmp/act_runner.log 2>&1 &
+        (
+            cd "$config_dir"
+            nohup "$RUNNER_BIN" daemon --config "$config_file" >/tmp/act_runner.log 2>&1 &
+        )
         echo "Started act_runner in background"
         ;;
     *)
@@ -189,6 +206,8 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     esac
 done
 
+normalize_paths
+
 case "$ACTION" in
 update)
     update_runner

scripts/publish.ps1

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ param(
 )
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+. "$PSScriptRoot/lib.ps1"
 
 # If no version provided, deduce from Cargo.toml
 $versionProvided = [bool]$Version
@@ -90,13 +91,25 @@ if ($Tag -and $Version) {
 
     switch ($RunnerMode) {
         'wsl' {
-            $runnerScript = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'act_runner_wsl.ps1'
-            if (Test-Path $runnerScript) {
-                Write-Host "Starting Fedora/WSL act_runner (once mode) to process release job..."
-                & $runnerScript -Distro $WslDistro -Action start -Once
+            if ($IsWindows) {
+                $runnerScript = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'act_runner_wsl.ps1'
+                if (Test-Path $runnerScript) {
+                    Write-Host "Starting Fedora/WSL act_runner via Windows wrapper (once mode)..."
+                    & $runnerScript -Distro $WslDistro -Action start -Once
+                }
+                else {
+                    Write-Warning "act_runner_wsl.ps1 not found at $runnerScript. Skipping runner."
+                }
             }
             else {
-                Write-Warning "act_runner_wsl.ps1 not found at $runnerScript. Skipping runner."
+                $runnerScript = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'act_runner_fedora.sh'
+                if (Test-Path $runnerScript) {
+                    Write-Host "Starting Fedora runner directly (once mode)..."
+                    & bash $runnerScript start --once
+                }
+                else {
+                    Write-Warning "act_runner_fedora.sh not found at $runnerScript. Skipping runner."
+                }
             }
         }
         'windows' {