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+# runner-config.yaml — only the relevant section
+container:
+  # passed as DOCKER_HOST inside the job container
+  docker_host: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
+  # whitelists the socket path so workflows can mount it
+  valid_volumes:
+    - "/var/run/docker.sock"
+  # appended to `docker run` when the runner spawns a job container
+  options: "-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
+  # keep network mode default (bridge) — Testcontainers handles its own networking
+  force_pull: false
+