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Adds a new documentation warning in the Builtin Node Steps guide to clarify how Runner selection behaves when using a Job Reference step to run a Job from another project, highlighting how the parent project’s Runner Selection mode affects execution.
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- Added a
warningadmonition under “Job reference step” describing Runner-selection behavior for referenced Jobs. - Linked the warning to the Project Dispatch / Runner Selection documentation for additional context.
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PR: https://pagerduty.atlassian.net/browse/RUN-4483
This pull request adds important documentation about how Runner selection works when referencing Jobs from other projects. It clarifies that the Runner used is determined by the parent project's configuration, which can impact execution flow.
Documentation update on Runner selection:
job-plugins/node-steps/builtin.mdexplaining that when a Job is referenced from another project, the Runner is selected based on the parent project's Runner Selection setting, not the referenced Job's project. It details the behavior for both Automatic and Manual selection modes.