From 304bbc62ad78e8bb8b4c4b332fc0ccfca802faa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: david <david.cejtlin@hal8.io>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(deploy): run the deploy job on the self-hosted nixos
 runner

Keep SSH key material in $RUNNER_TEMP instead of ~/.ssh since a
self-hosted runner's home persists across jobs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .github/workflows/deploy-mainnet.yml | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-mainnet.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-mainnet.yml
index 6bd3d3f..4bac9ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-mainnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-mainnet.yml
@@ -39,22 +39,28 @@ env:
 jobs:
   deploy:
     name: deploy to vector-marketplace
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: nixos
     # workflow_run fires on failure too — only deploy green main.
     if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
     steps:
+      # Self-hosted runner: keep key material in the job's temp dir, not the
+      # runner user's ~/.ssh (which persists across jobs).
       - name: Set up SSH
         run: |
-          install -m 700 -d ~/.ssh
-          printf '%s\n' "${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
-          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
-          printf '%s\n' "$DEPLOY_HOSTKEY" > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          install -m 700 -d "$RUNNER_TEMP/ssh"
+          printf '%s\n' "${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/ssh/id_ed25519"
+          chmod 600 "$RUNNER_TEMP/ssh/id_ed25519"
+          printf '%s\n' "$DEPLOY_HOSTKEY" > "$RUNNER_TEMP/ssh/known_hosts"
 
       - name: Run deploy script on server
         run: |
           FORCE=0
           [ "${{ github.event.inputs.force }}" = "true" ] && FORCE=1
-          ssh -o BatchMode=yes "$DEPLOY_USER@$DEPLOY_HOST" "
+          ssh -o BatchMode=yes \
+              -o IdentitiesOnly=yes \
+              -i "$RUNNER_TEMP/ssh/id_ed25519" \
+              -o UserKnownHostsFile="$RUNNER_TEMP/ssh/known_hosts" \
+              "$DEPLOY_USER@$DEPLOY_HOST" "
             set -euo pipefail
             cd /root/agents-marketplace
             git fetch origin main