# GitLab Runner v19.3.0

- Product: GitLab Runner (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitlab-runner)
- Vendor: GitLab
- Date: 2026-08-19
- Version: v19.3.0
- Original notes: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/tags/v19.3.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gitlab-runner/releases/v19.3.0

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Version v19.3.0

- **added** — Enable GitLab Functions on the shell executor
- **added** — Echo Job Router last_update for long-poll coalescing
- **added** — Add config lint command to validate config.toml files
- **added** — Add logging for snowplow_billing usage events syncing
- **added** — Support zipzstd cache compression format
- **added** — Add No docker prune env var
- **added** — Clear CI token in git credential managers
- **security** — Update module k8s.io/client-go to v0.36.2
- **fixed** — Close connections leaked on setup error paths
- **fixed** — Fix concrete scriptwriter aborting on else branches under errexit
- **fixed** — Propagate artifact read errors to user instead of hiding them
- **fixed** — Prevent pre-remove script aborting when service not installed
- **fixed** — Fix platform key breaking image inspect on Podman backend
- **fixed** — Fix print_pod_warning_events not suppressing pod scheduling warnings
- **fixed** — Avoid buggy Remove-Item -Recurse in PsWriter.RmDir
- **fixed** — Quiet git rm/clean output when clearing worktree on retry
- **fixed** — Log successful network disconnect at Info level
- **fixed** — Fix gitlab-runner verify failing when CI_SERVER_TOKEN is set
- **fixed** — Allow spaces in Linux volume path names

###### New features

- Enable GitLab Functions on the shell executor [!6964](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6964)
- Echo Job Router last_update for long-poll coalescing [!7130](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7130)
- Add config lint command to validate config.toml files [!6916](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6916) (Ashmit Sharma @4shm1td06)
- Add logging for snowplow_billing usage events syncing [!7101](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7101)
- Support zipzstd cache compression format [!6892](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6892) (Rafael Fonseca @rafael.fonseca1)
- Add No docker prune env var [!6828](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6828) (Pishel @pishel65)
- Clear CI token in git credential managers [!6609](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6609) (Guillaume Chauvel @guillaume.chauvel)

###### Security fixes

- Go: Update module k8s.io/client-go to v0.36.2 [!6838](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6838)

###### Bug fixes

- Retry TestBuildPowerShellCatchesExceptions get_sources failure [!7002](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7002)
- Close connections leaked on setup error paths [!6955](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6955)
- Fix concrete scriptwriter aborting on else branches under errexit [!6970](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6970)
- Propagate artifact read errors to user instead of hiding them (closes #27922) [!6910](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6910) (Ashmit Sharma @4shm1td06)
- Fix(packaging): prevent pre-remove script aborting when service not installed [!6890](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6890) (Gourab Singha @gourabsingha1)
- Fix platform key breaking image inspect on Podman backend [!6990](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6990)
- Fix print_pod_warning_events not suppressing pod scheduling warnings [!6927](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6927)
- Avoid buggy Remove-Item -Recurse in PsWriter.RmDir [!7145](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7145)
- Retry TestBuildCacheHelper's git fetch on transient reset [!6997](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6997)
- Quiet git rm/clean output when clearing worktree on retry [!7180](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7180)
- Log successful network disconnect at Info level [!7008](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7008) (Pishel @pishel65)
- Fix gitlab-runner verify failing when CI_SERVER_TOKEN is set [!6928](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6928)
- Allow spaces in Linux volume path names (closes #4442) [!7005](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7005) (Ashmit Sharma @4shm1td06)
- Fail fast on a missing build-container stage script (attach strategy) [!6941](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6941)
- Apply isolation config to service containers (closes #39620) [!7013](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7013) (Ashmit Sharma @4shm1td06)
- Kubernetes executor: write attach-mode stage scripts atomically [!7090](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7090) (Cyprian Bergonia @nikoku)
- Restore IMAGE_FILTER_FLAGS default to label filter (closes #39621) [!6985](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6985) (Ashmit Sharma @4shm1td06)
- Fix bare platform strings resolving to the runner host's OS [!6993](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6993)
- Send runner info with the verify request [!7186](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/7186)
- Retry image pulls on a mid-connecti

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