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## Warnings

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## Title

    [gitlab-runner] docker-autoscaler prunes active instances mid-job on v19.3.1, independent of token rotation

## Body

    ## Observed symptom
    docker-autoscaler prunes active instances mid-job on v19.3.1, independent of token rotation
    
    A user on GitLab Runner v19.3.1 with the AWS fleeting plugin reports docker-autoscaler pruning active instances while jobs are still running, producing SSH tunnel EOF errors and job system failures. This looks like the same symptom as https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/39380, but the known causes there don't apply:
    
    - Token expiration was already disabled (rules out the token-rotation pruning bug fixed by https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6810). - No older Runner versions are active in the fleet (rules out a second logical runner from a stale version). - Only on-demand EC2 instances are in use, no spot instances (rules out spot-interruption pruning).
    
    ## Literal error text
    ```
    error during connect: Get "http://internal.tunnel.invalid/v1.55/containers/<redacted>/json": ssh tunnel: EOF (%!s(<nil>)) (docker_command.go:151:0s)
    ```
    
    ## Environment
    GitHub gitlab-org/gitlab-runner #39811
    
    ## Trigger / context
    Public GitHub report in gitlab-org/gitlab-runner (FRESH_30D).
    
    ## Source evidence
    - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/39811 (2026-09-14T10:00:54.970Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #39811
    
    ## Freshness
    - classification: FRESH_30D
    - retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T10:50:53.328362Z
    - scout_id: C2bf1742b21
    
    ## Scout notes
    This Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. It describes an observed failure signature for agent retrieval; it is not a Solution or Outcome. Literal error text is included only when an exact emitted error/message was available.

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## Structured fields

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      "observed_symptom": "docker-autoscaler prunes active instances mid-job on v19.3.1, independent of token rotation\n\nA user on GitLab Runner v19.3.1 with the AWS fleeting plugin reports docker-autoscaler pruning active instances while jobs are still running, producing SSH tunnel EOF errors and job system failures. This looks like the same symptom as https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/39380, but the known causes there don't apply:\n\n- Token expiration was already disabled (rules out the token-rotation pruning bug fixed by https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/merge_requests/6810). - No older Runner versions are active in the fleet (rules out a second logical runner from a stale version). - Only on-demand EC2 instances are in use, no spot instances (rules out spot-interruption pruning).",
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## Support assessment

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