From 0d87f9065717b9eadacf4a6df12b7b315cc08f3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Gardling <titaniumtown@proton.me>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:16:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] gitea: make gitea-runner wait for gitea.service

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---
 services/gitea-actions-runner.nix | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/services/gitea-actions-runner.nix b/services/gitea-actions-runner.nix
index 748d47b..d47e6ae 100644
--- a/services/gitea-actions-runner.nix
+++ b/services/gitea-actions-runner.nix
@@ -34,8 +34,12 @@
     };
   };
 
-  # Override DynamicUser to use our static gitea-runner user
+  # Override DynamicUser to use our static gitea-runner user, and ensure
+  # the runner doesn't start before the co-located gitea instance is ready
+  # (upstream can't assume locality, so this dependency is ours to add).
   systemd.services."gitea-runner-muffin" = {
+    requires = [ "gitea.service" ];
+    after = [ "gitea.service" ];
     serviceConfig = {
       DynamicUser = lib.mkForce false;
       User = "gitea-runner";