diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b7de5a70..14621da8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /gitea-runner
 .env
+!/act/runner/testdata/secrets/.env
 .runner
 coverage.txt
 /config.yaml
@@ -10,4 +11,4 @@ coverage.txt
 .vscode
 __debug_bin
 # gorelease binary folder
-dist
+/dist
diff --git a/act/runner/runner_test.go b/act/runner/runner_test.go
index b61a16cb..53cac993 100644
--- a/act/runner/runner_test.go
+++ b/act/runner/runner_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/common"
 	"gitea.com/gitea/runner/act/model"
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ func (j *TestJobFileInfo) runTest(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cfg *Config
 		Inputs:                cfg.Inputs,
 		GitHubInstance:        "github.com",
 		ContainerArchitecture: cfg.ContainerArchitecture,
+		ContainerMaxLifetime:  time.Hour,
 		Matrix:                cfg.Matrix,
 		ActionCache:           cfg.ActionCache,
 	}
diff --git a/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/action.yml b/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/action.yml
index 522b1faf..68e88844 100644
--- a/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/action.yml
+++ b/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/action.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ outputs:
     description: 'The time we greeted you'
 runs:
   using: 'node24'
-  main: 'dist/index.js'
+  main: 'index.js'
diff --git a/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/index.js b/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/index.js
index 5aa4a837..730fa993 100644
--- a/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/index.js
+++ b/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import {getInput, setOutput, setFailed} from '@actions/core';
-import {context} from '@actions/github';
+import {appendFileSync, readFileSync} from 'node:fs';
 
-try {
-  const nameToGreet = getInput('who-to-greet');
-  console.log(`Hello ${nameToGreet}!`);
-  setOutput('time', (new Date()).toTimeString());
-  console.log(`The event payload: ${JSON.stringify(context.payload, undefined, 2)}`);
-} catch (error) {
-  setFailed(error.message);
+const nameToGreet = process.env['INPUT_WHO-TO-GREET'] || 'World';
+console.log(`Hello ${nameToGreet}!`);
+
+if (process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT) {
+  appendFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, `time=${new Date().toTimeString()}\n`);
 }
+
+let payload = {};
+if (process.env.GITHUB_EVENT_PATH) {
+  payload = JSON.parse(readFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_EVENT_PATH, 'utf8'));
+}
+console.log(`The event payload: ${JSON.stringify(payload, undefined, 2)}`);
diff --git a/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/package.json b/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/package.json
index 8603ec31..3dbda4aa 100644
--- a/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/package.json
+++ b/act/runner/testdata/actions/node24/package.json
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "node24",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "ncc build index.js"
-  },
-  "license": "ISC",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/core": "^3.0.1",
-    "@actions/github": "^9.1.1"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.4"
-  },
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=24"
-  }
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module"
 }
diff --git a/act/runner/testdata/secrets/.env b/act/runner/testdata/secrets/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b66cf2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/act/runner/testdata/secrets/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+HELLO=WORLD
+MULTILINE_ENV="foo\nbar\nbaz"