Needed to make changes to use service user lingering

.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -85,12 +85,11 @@ jobs:
           podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman rm test-postgres 2>/dev/null || true
           podman exec ci-pip-$RUN_ID podman network rm integ-$RUN_ID 2>/dev/null || true
 
-      - name: Per-job cleanup (host socket)
+      - name: Per-job cleanup (container only)
         if: always()
         run: |
-          SOCKET_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}/podman-host-${RUN_ID}"
+          # Only cleanup the PiP container, socket is managed by systemd service
-          pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -fa 'podman system service' | grep -F "unix://${SOCKET_DIR}/podman.sock" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -r kill || true
+          podman rm -f ci-pip-$RUN_ID 2>/dev/null || true
-          rm -rf "${SOCKET_DIR}" 2>/dev/null || true
 
   test-frontend:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, ci]
@@ -118,12 +117,11 @@ jobs:
             node:20@sha256:7890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef123456 \
             sh -c "npm ci && npm run test"'
 
-      - name: Per-job cleanup (host socket)
+      - name: Per-job cleanup (container only)
         if: always()
         run: |
-          SOCKET_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}/podman-host-${RUN_ID}"
+          # Only cleanup the PiP container, socket is managed by systemd service
-          pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -fa 'podman system service' | grep -F "unix://${SOCKET_DIR}/podman.sock" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -r kill || true
+          podman rm -f ci-pip-$RUN_ID 2>/dev/null || true
-          rm -rf "${SOCKET_DIR}" 2>/dev/null || true
 
   build-backend:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, ci]
@@ -158,12 +156,11 @@ jobs:
           podman exec -e REGISTRY="$REGISTRY" -e APP_NAME="$APP_NAME" -e IMAGE_TAG="$IMAGE_TAG" \
             ci-pip-$RUN_ID sh -lc 'podman push "$REGISTRY/$APP_NAME/backend:$IMAGE_TAG"'
 
-      - name: Per-job cleanup (host socket)
+      - name: Per-job cleanup (container only)
         if: always()
         run: |
-          SOCKET_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}/podman-host-${RUN_ID}"
+          # Only cleanup the PiP container, socket is managed by systemd service
-          pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -fa 'podman system service' | grep -F "unix://${SOCKET_DIR}/podman.sock" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -r kill || true
+          podman rm -f ci-pip-$RUN_ID 2>/dev/null || true
-          rm -rf "${SOCKET_DIR}" 2>/dev/null || true
 
   build-frontend:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, ci]
@@ -198,23 +195,18 @@ jobs:
           podman exec -e REGISTRY="$REGISTRY" -e APP_NAME="$APP_NAME" -e IMAGE_TAG="$IMAGE_TAG" \
             ci-pip-$RUN_ID sh -lc 'podman push "$REGISTRY/$APP_NAME/frontend:$IMAGE_TAG"'
 
-      - name: Per-job cleanup (host socket)
+      - name: Per-job cleanup (container only)
         if: always()
         run: |
-          SOCKET_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}/podman-host-${RUN_ID}"
+          # Only cleanup the PiP container, socket is managed by systemd service
-          pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -fa 'podman system service' | grep -F "unix://${SOCKET_DIR}/podman.sock" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -r kill || true
+          podman rm -f ci-pip-$RUN_ID 2>/dev/null || true
-          rm -rf "${SOCKET_DIR}" 2>/dev/null || true
 
   cleanup:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, ci]
     needs: [build-backend, build-frontend]
     if: always()
     steps:
-      - name: Cleanup PiP container and per-run socket
+      - name: Cleanup PiP container
         run: |
+          # Only cleanup the PiP container, socket is managed by systemd service
           podman rm -f ci-pip-$RUN_ID 2>/dev/null || true
-          SOCKET_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}/podman-host-${RUN_ID}"
-          if pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -fa 'podman system service' | grep -F "unix://${SOCKET_DIR}/podman.sock" >/dev/null; then
-            pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -fa 'podman system service' | grep -F "unix://${SOCKET_DIR}/podman.sock" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -r kill || true
-          fi
-          rm -rf "${SOCKET_DIR}" 2>/dev/null || true

podman-host-socket.service

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Rootless Podman REST (UNIX socket only)
+After=default.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Environment="XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/%U"
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman system service --time=0 unix://${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/podman-host/podman.sock
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=2
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target

secure_pip_setup.sh

@@ -7,45 +7,26 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # Configuration
 RUN_ID="${GITHUB_RUN_ID:-local}"
 PIP_CONTAINER_NAME="ci-pip-${RUN_ID}"
-SOCKET_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}/podman-host-${RUN_ID}"
+SOCKET_PATH="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/run/user/$(id -u)}/podman-host/podman.sock"
-SOCKET_PATH="${SOCKET_DIR}/podman.sock"
 PODMAN_IMAGE="quay.io/podman/stable@sha256:abc123def4567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890"
 WORKSPACE="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE:-$PWD}"
 
-# Clean up any existing container and socket for this run
+# Clean up any existing container for this run
-echo "🧹 Cleaning up any existing PiP container and socket for run ${RUN_ID}..."
+echo "🧹 Cleaning up any existing PiP container for run ${RUN_ID}..."
 podman rm -f "${PIP_CONTAINER_NAME}" 2>/dev/null || true
 
-# Kill any host service bound to this specific socket path
+# Verify the systemd-managed socket exists
-if pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -fa 'podman system service' | grep -F "unix://${SOCKET_PATH}" >/dev/null; then
+echo "🔍 Checking for systemd-managed Podman socket..."
-    echo "🛑 Stopping existing host service for this socket..."
-    pgrep -u "$(id -u)" -fa 'podman system service' | grep -F "unix://${SOCKET_PATH}" | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -r kill || true
-fi
-
-# Remove existing socket directory
-rm -rf "${SOCKET_DIR}" 2>/dev/null || true
-
-# Create secure per-run socket directory
-echo "📁 Creating per-run socket directory..."
-mkdir -p "${SOCKET_DIR}"
-chmod 700 "${SOCKET_DIR}"
-
-# Start host Podman service on UNIX socket (background)
-echo "🔧 Starting host Podman service on UNIX socket..."
-podman system service --time=0 "unix://${SOCKET_PATH}" &
-HOST_PODMAN_PID=$!
-sleep 2
-
-# Verify socket was created
 if [[ ! -S "${SOCKET_PATH}" ]]; then
-    echo "❌ ERROR: Podman socket not created at ${SOCKET_PATH}"
+    echo "❌ ERROR: Podman socket not found at ${SOCKET_PATH}"
-    kill ${HOST_PODMAN_PID} 2>/dev/null || true
+    echo "   Ensure the podman-host-socket.service is running:"
+    echo "   sudo -u ci-service systemctl --user enable --now podman-host-socket.service"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Set secure permissions on socket
+# Set secure permissions on socket (in case they were reset)
 echo "🔒 Setting secure socket permissions..."
-chmod 660 "${SOCKET_PATH}"
+chmod 660 "${SOCKET_PATH}" 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # Create ephemeral PiP container as client only (no inner daemon)
 echo "🐳 Creating secure PiP client container with workspace mount..."