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+name: runner-probe
+# ВРЕМЕННЫЙ пробник. Нужен только для ответа на вопрос: зарегистрирован ли
+# для embeddevio/awg-dash рабочий Gitea Actions runner (issue #17).
+# Ветка ci/runner-probe удаляется сразу после проверки.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - ci/runner-probe
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  probe:
+    name: runner-probe
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: environment
+        run: |
+          echo "RUNNER_OK"
+          echo "runner.os=${{ runner.os }}"
+          echo "runner.name=${{ runner.name }}"
+          echo "GITHUB_ACTIONS=${GITHUB_ACTIONS}"
+          uname -a
+          python3 -V || echo "python3: MISSING"
+          docker --version || echo "docker: MISSING"
+          git --version || echo "git: MISSING"