# GitLab Runner v19.1.0

- Product: GitLab Runner (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitlab-runner)
- Vendor: GitLab
- Date: 2026-06-16
- Version: v19.1.0
- Original notes: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/tags/v19.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitlab-runner/releases/v19.1.0

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Version v19.1.0

- **added** — Add MatchLabelKeys and MismatchLabelKeys support for PodAffinityTerm in Kubernetes executor
- **added** — Fall back to direct polling when the Job Router is disabled
- **added** — Add native windows/arm64 helper binary build target
- **added** — Add suspend/resume support to the Docker Autoscaler executor
- **added** — Skip job request and warn when runner token is empty
- **added** — Retry secrets retrieval
- **added** — Bundle native arm64 helper binary in windows-servercore-ltsc2025-arm64 image
- **added** — Add discovered placement labels to autoscaling metrics in docker+machine
- **added** — Add imagePullSecrets support for pause pods in Kubernetes executor
- **added** — Support PidMode for setting PID namespace in Docker
- **added** — Send environment key as part of job status update
- **added** — Add get_sources timeout to runner config
- **added** — Introduce gitlab_runner_process_state_info metric
- **changed** — Use fresh context in StopKillWait when build context is cancelled
- **changed** — Update to Go 1.26.3
- **changed** — Update docker-machine version to the latest one
- **fixed** — Fix jobs stuck in canceling due to missing final update
- **fixed** — Clear-docker-cache: fall back to podman when docker is absent
- **fixed** — Fix concrete execution divergences from abstract shell
- **fixed** — Silence exec-cleanup warning under Podman
- **fixed** — Fix Bash script body leak on job cancellation

###### New features

- feat(kubernetes): add MatchLabelKeys & MismatchLabelKeys for PodAffinityTerm [!6711](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6711) (Tobias Germer @germert)
- Fall back to direct polling when the Job Router is disabled [!6811](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6811)
- Add native windows/arm64 helper binary build target [!6697](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6697) (Shanush Prema Thasarathan @shanushpt)
- Add suspend/resume support to the Docker Autoscaler executor [!6719](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6719)
- Skip job request and warn when runner token is empty [!6821](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6821)
- Use fresh context in StopKillWait when build ctx is cancelled [!6636](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6636)
- Retry secrets retrieval [!6072](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6072) (Syed Saif Ali Alvi @syedsaifalialvi)
- Bundle native arm64 helper binary in windows-servercore-ltsc2025-arm64 image [!6716](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6716) (Shanush Prema Thasarathan @shanushpt)
- docker+machine: Add discovered placement labels to autoscaling metrics [!6740](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6740)
- Kubernetes executor: add imagePullSecrets support for pause pods [!6672](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6672) (Ashmit Sharma @4shm1td06)
- Docker: support `PidMode` for setting PID namespace [!6694](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6694) (Diego Becciolini @itizir)
- Send environment key as part of job status update [!6813](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6813)
- Add get_sources timeout to runner config [!6822](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6822)
- Introduce gitlab_runner_process_state_info metric [!6793](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6793)

###### Bug fixes

- Fix jobs stuck in canceling due to missing final update [!6770](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6770)
- clear-docker-cache: fall back to podman when docker is absent [!6755](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6755)
- Fix concrete execution divergences from abstract shell [!6801](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6801)
- Silence exec-cleanup warning under Podman [!6773](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6773)
- Fix Bash script body leak on job cancellation [!6784](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6784)
- clear-docker-cache: drop unsupported -a from podman volume prune [!6808](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6808)
- Update to Go 1.26.3 [!6760](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6760)
- Forward job variables to concrete's nested run: dispatch [!6825](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6825)
- Scope http.proactiveAuth to remote host [!6798](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6798)
- docker+machine: cap finalizeRemoval retries [!6791](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6791)
- Remove need for `grep` to enable `pipefail` [!6739](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6739) (Matt Clarkson @mattyclarkson)
- Update warning for alias overlap in executors/docker/services.go [!6742](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6742)
- Expand variables in image_name log fields [!6809](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6809)
- Fix flaky test [!6786](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6786)

###### Maintenance

- Product Docs AI Translation: GITTECHA-704 #1 [!6785](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_re

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