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+name: One-shot runner fleet deployment
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - ops/deploy-runner-fleet-20260818
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: one-shot-runner-fleet-deployment
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, X64, co-server]
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - name: Deploy scheduler and provision runners
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          umask 077
+
+          echo "== host preflight =="
+          id
+          hostname
+          sudo -n true
+          sudo -n -u nomad -H sudo -n true
+          sudo -n -u nomad -H gh auth status >/dev/null
+
+          work="$(sudo -n -u nomad -H mktemp -d /tmp/runner-fleet-deploy.XXXXXX)"
+          cleanup() {
+            sudo rm -rf -- "$work"
+          }
+          trap cleanup EXIT
+
+          scheduler_repo="$work/plugin-scheduler"
+          light_repo="$work/plugin-light"
+          fleet_repo="$work/ghrunner"
+          tarball="$work/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.336.0.tar.gz"
+
+          echo "== fetch approved deployment sources =="
+          sudo -n -u nomad -H gh repo clone \
+            PRISMA-USER-INTERFACE-FRAMEWORK/PluginEditTool \
+            "$scheduler_repo" -- --branch fix/scheduler-managed-worker-filter --single-branch --quiet
+          sudo -n -u nomad -H gh repo clone \
+            PRISMA-USER-INTERFACE-FRAMEWORK/PluginEditTool \
+            "$light_repo" -- --branch ci/add-prisma-light-runner-bootstrap --single-branch --quiet
+          sudo -n -u nomad -H gh repo clone \
+            G-A-R-D-E-N/GHRUNNER \
+            "$fleet_repo" -- --branch feat/hosted-minute-repo-runners --single-branch --quiet
+
+          sudo -n -u nomad -H bash -c 'cd "$1" && ./scripts/validate-repo.sh' bash "$fleet_repo"
+          python3 -m py_compile "$scheduler_repo/tools/ci/ghrunnerd.py"
+          bash -n "$light_repo/tools/ci/install-prisma-runner.sh"
+
+          echo "== deploy PluginEditTool #194 scheduler fix =="
+          sudo install -m 0755 \
+            "$scheduler_repo/tools/ci/ghrunnerd.py" \
+            /usr/local/lib/gh-runner/ghrunnerd.py
+          sudo systemctl restart gh-runner-webhook.service
+          sudo systemctl is-active --quiet gh-runner-webhook.service
+          sudo /usr/local/lib/gh-runner/ghrunnerd.py status
+
+          echo "== fetch and verify pinned Actions runner =="
+          sudo -n -u nomad -H curl -fL --retry 3 --retry-delay 2 \
+            -o "$tarball" \
+            https://github.com/actions/runner/releases/download/v2.336.0/actions-runner-linux-x64-2.336.0.tar.gz
+          actual="$(sha256sum "$tarball" | awk '{print $1}')"
+          expected="04cf0be1aff4c3ec3554466c39124ca250e3effd8873bb7e8d68535aa9505d5d"
+          test "$actual" = "$expected" || {
+            echo "runner archive digest mismatch" >&2
+            echo "expected: $expected" >&2
+            echo "actual:   $actual" >&2
+            exit 1
+          }
+
+          org_runner_exists() {
+            sudo -n -u nomad -H gh api \
+              'orgs/PRISMA-USER-INTERFACE-FRAMEWORK/actions/runners?per_page=100' \
+              --jq '.runners[] | select(.name == "prisma-light-1") | .name' \
+              | grep -qx 'prisma-light-1'
+          }
+
+          repo_runner_exists() {
+            local repo="$1" name="$2"
+            sudo -n -u nomad -H gh api "repos/$repo/actions/runners?per_page=100" \
+              --jq ".runners[] | select(.name == \"$name\") | .name" \
+              | grep -qx "$name"
+          }
+
+          echo "== provision prisma-light-1 =="
+          light_dir=/opt/actions-runner-prisma-light-1
+          light_unit=actions.runner.PRISMA-USER-INTERFACE-FRAMEWORK.prisma-light-1.service
+          if org_runner_exists; then
+            test -d "$light_dir" || {
+              echo "prisma-light-1 exists on GitHub but $light_dir is missing" >&2
+              exit 1
+            }
+            sudo systemctl cat "$light_unit" >/dev/null
+            sudo systemctl enable --now "$light_unit"
+          else
+            test ! -e "$light_dir" || {
+              echo "$light_dir exists but prisma-light-1 is not registered on GitHub" >&2
+              exit 1
+            }
+            token="$(sudo -n -u nomad -H gh api -X POST \
+              orgs/PRISMA-USER-INTERFACE-FRAMEWORK/actions/runners/registration-token \
+              --jq .token)"
+            test -n "$token"
+            printf '%s\n' "$token" \
+              | sudo -n -u nomad -H bash \
+                  "$light_repo/tools/ci/install-prisma-runner.sh" \
+                  prisma-light-1 "$tarball"
+            unset token
+          fi
+
+          verify_light_labels() {
+            sudo -n -u nomad -H gh api \
+              'orgs/PRISMA-USER-INTERFACE-FRAMEWORK/actions/runners?per_page=100' \
+              --jq '.runners[] | select(.name == "prisma-light-1") | [.labels[].name] | sort | join(",")'
+          }
+          labels="$(verify_light_labels)"
+          test "$labels" = "prisma-light" || {
+            echo "prisma-light-1 has unexpected labels: $labels" >&2
+            exit 1
+          }
+          sudo systemctl is-active --quiet "$light_unit"
+          sudo systemctl show "$light_unit" -p User -p Slice -p MemoryHigh -p MemoryMax -p MemorySwapMax
+
+          install_repo_runner() {
+            local key="$1" repo="$2" name="$3" dir="$4" unit="$5"
+            echo "== provision $key ($repo) =="
+            if repo_runner_exists "$repo" "$name"; then
+              test -d "$dir" || {
+                echo "$name exists on GitHub but $dir is missing" >&2
+                exit 1
+              }
+              sudo systemctl cat "$unit" >/dev/null
+              sudo -n -u nomad -H bash -c \
+                'cd "$1" && ./scripts/apply-host-baseline.sh --runner "$2" --apply' \
+                bash "$fleet_repo" "$key"
+            else
+              test ! -e "$dir" || {
+                echo "$dir exists but $name is not registered on GitHub" >&2
+                exit 1
+              }
+              token="$(sudo -n -u nomad -H gh api -X POST \
+                "repos/$repo/actions/runners/registration-token" --jq .token)"
+              test -n "$token"
+              printf '%s\n' "$token" \
+                | sudo -n -u nomad -H bash -c \
+                    'cd "$1" && exec ./scripts/install-runner.sh "$2" "$3"' \
+                    bash "$fleet_repo" "$key" "$tarball"
+              unset token
+            fi
+            sudo "$fleet_repo/scripts/audit-host.sh" --runner "$key"
+          }
+
+          install_repo_runner \
+            aimatrix G-A-R-D-E-N/AIMatrix aimatrix-ci \
+            /opt/actions-runner-aimatrix \
+            actions.runner.G-A-R-D-E-N-AIMatrix.aimatrix-ci.service
+
+          install_repo_runner \
+            uirepo G-A-R-D-E-N/UIRepo uirepo-ci \
+            /opt/actions-runner-uirepo \
+            actions.runner.G-A-R-D-E-N-UIRepo.uirepo-ci.service
+
+          install_repo_runner \
+            f4lodgen G-A-R-D-E-N/F4LODGEN f4lodgen-ci \
+            /opt/actions-runner-f4lodgen \
+            actions.runner.G-A-R-D-E-N-F4LODGEN.f4lodgen-ci.service
+
+          install_repo_runner \
+            fcc G-A-R-D-E-N/FCC fcc-ci \
+            /opt/actions-runner-fcc \
+            actions.runner.G-A-R-D-E-N-FCC.fcc-ci.service
+
+          install_repo_runner \
+            aimatrix-local G-A-R-D-E-N/aimatrix-local aimatrix-local-ci \
+            /opt/actions-runner-aimatrix-local \
+            actions.runner.G-A-R-D-E-N-aimatrix-local.aimatrix-local-ci.service
+
+          install_repo_runner \
+            commonwealth-ui-sync G-A-R-D-E-N/CommonwealthOnlineUI commonwealth-ui-sync \
+            /opt/actions-runner-commonwealth-ui-sync \
+            actions.runner.G-A-R-D-E-N-CommonwealthOnlineUI.commonwealth-ui-sync.service
+
+          echo "== final fleet audit =="
+          sudo "$fleet_repo/scripts/audit-host.sh"
+          sudo /usr/local/lib/gh-runner/ghrunnerd.py status
+
+          echo "deployment complete"