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+name: Test Runner
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - staging
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  test-basic:
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Test basic runner
+        run: |
+          echo "✅ Runner is working!"
+          echo "Runner OS: $(uname -a)"
+          echo "Docker version: $(docker --version)"
+          echo "Current directory: $(pwd)"
+          echo "Git branch: $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+  test-php:
+    runs-on: php-ci
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Test PHP environment
+        run: |
+          echo "✅ PHP Runner is working!"
+          php -v
+          composer --version
+          echo "PHP Extensions:"
+          php -m | grep -E "(pdo|redis|zip|gd|mbstring)"
+