diff --git a/actions/example-container/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/actions/example-container/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
index 6385e42..583df87 100644
--- a/actions/example-container/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/actions/example-container/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: docker
     container:
-      image: alpine:3.18
+      image: alpine:3.19
     steps:
       - run: grep Alpine /etc/os-release
diff --git a/actions/example-context/.forgejo/fileone.txt b/actions/example-context/.forgejo/fileone.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a2628c1..0000000
--- a/actions/example-context/.forgejo/fileone.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ONE
diff --git a/actions/example-context/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/actions/example-context/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4da32ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/example-context/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: code.forgejo.org/oci/node:20-bookworm
+      options: "--volume /srv/example:/srv/example"
+    steps:
+
+      - name: env.CI
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$CI" = true
+          test "$CI" = "${{ env.CI }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_ACTION
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          echo "$GITHUB_ACTION" | grep -E '^[0-9]+$'
+          test "$GITHUB_ACTION" = "${{ env.GITHUB_ACTION }}"
+
+      # See also actions/example-local-action/.forgejo/local-action/action.yml
+      - name: env.GITHUB_ACTION_PATH
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test -z "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH"
+          test "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH" = "${{ env.GITHUB_ACTION_PATH }}"
+
+      - name: when running an action
+        if: ${{ env.GITHUB_ACTIONS }}
+        uses: SELF@main
+        with:
+          input-one: "otherone"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY
+        run: test -f /srv/example/example-context/GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_ACTION_PATH
+        run: test -f /srv/example/example-context/GITHUB_ACTION_PATH
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_ACTIONS
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" = true
+          test "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" = "${{ env.GITHUB_ACTIONS }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_ACTOR
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
+          test "$GITHUB_ACTOR" = "${{ env.GITHUB_ACTOR }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_API_URL
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          [[ "$GITHUB_API_URL" =~ /api/v1$ ]]
+          test "$GITHUB_API_URL" = "${{ env.GITHUB_API_URL }}"
+
+      # See also actions/example-pull-request/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+      - name: env.GITHUB_BASE_REF
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test -z "$GITHUB_BASE_REF"
+          test "$GITHUB_BASE_REF" = "${{ env.GITHUB_BASE_REF }}"
+
+      # See also actions/example-pull-request/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+      - name: env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test -z "$GITHUB_HEAD_REF"
+          test "$GITHUB_HEAD_REF" = "${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_ENV
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test -f "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          test "$GITHUB_ENV" = "${{ env.GITHUB_ENV }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_EVENT_NAME
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" = push
+          test "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" = "${{ env.GITHUB_EVENT_NAME }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_JOB
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$GITHUB_JOB" = test
+          test "$GITHUB_JOB" = "${{ env.GITHUB_JOB }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test -f "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          test "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" = "${{ env.GITHUB_OUTPUT }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_PATH
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test -f "$GITHUB_PATH"
+          test "$GITHUB_PATH" = "${{ env.GITHUB_PATH }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_REF
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          [[ "$GITHUB_REF" =~ ^refs/ ]]
+          test "$GITHUB_REF" = "${{ env.GITHUB_REF }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_REF_NAME
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          ! [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" =~ ^refs/ ]]
+          test "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" = "${{ env.GITHUB_REF_NAME }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" = root/example-context
+          test "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" = "${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" = root
+          test "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER" = "${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          echo "$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER" | grep -E '^[0-9]+$'
+          test "$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER" = "${{ env.GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          [[ "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL" =~ ^http ]]
+          test "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL" = "${{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_SHA
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$GITHUB_SHA"
+          test "$GITHUB_SHA" = "${{ env.GITHUB_SHA }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test -f "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+          test "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY" = "${{ env.GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY }}"
+
+      # See also actions/example-pull-request/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+      - name: env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$GITHUB_TOKEN"
+          test "$GITHUB_TOKEN" = "${{ env.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test -d "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+          test "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" = "${{ env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}"
+
+      - name: RUNNER_ARCH
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$RUNNER_ARCH" = X64
+
+      - name: RUNNER_OS
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$RUNNER_OS" = Linux
+
+      # runner 3.3.0 $RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE is not an existing directory
+      # - name: RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE
+      #   run: |
+      #     set -x
+      #     test -d "$RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE"
+
+      - name: RUNNER_TEMP
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test -d "$RUNNER_TEMP"
diff --git a/actions/example-context/action-for-context/action.yml b/actions/example-context/action-for-context/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a79adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/example-context/action-for-context/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+inputs:
+  input-one:
+    default: 'one'
+    description: 'description one'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY
+      run: |
+        set -x
+        test "$GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY" = root/action-for-context
+        test "$GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY" = "${{ env.GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY }}"
+        touch /srv/example/example-context/GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY
+
+    - name: GITHUB_ACTION_PATH
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        set -x
+        [[ "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH" =~ action-for-context@main$ ]]
+        touch /srv/example/example-context/GITHUB_ACTION_PATH
diff --git a/actions/example-context/run.sh b/actions/example-context/run.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9d08b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/example-context/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+forgejo-test-helper.sh run_workflow actions/example-$example $url root example-$example action-for-context $token
diff --git a/actions/example-context/setup.sh b/actions/example-context/setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7759f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/example-context/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mkdir -p /srv/example/example-context
+
+forgejo-test-helper.sh push actions/example-$example/action-for-context $url root action-for-context
diff --git a/actions/example-cron/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/actions/example-cron/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
index c81b017..5f9a843 100644
--- a/actions/example-cron/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/actions/example-cron/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: docker
     container:
       image: code.forgejo.org/oci/debian:bookworm
-      options: "--volume /srv/example-cron-volume:/srv/example-cron-volume"
+      options: "--volume /srv/example:/srv/example"
 
     steps:
       - run: |
-          touch /srv/example-cron-volume/DONE
+          touch /srv/example/cron-volume/DONE
diff --git a/actions/example-cron/run.sh b/actions/example-cron/run.sh
index 3ced64c..c0dc193 100755
--- a/actions/example-cron/run.sh
+++ b/actions/example-cron/run.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ forgejo-curl.sh api_json --data '{"new_branch_name":"zzzz"}' $api/repos/root/exa
 verify_ref
 
 # cron runs once per minute, give it three minutes max before declaring failure
-if ! RETRY_DELAYS="30 30 30 30 30 30" forgejo.sh retry test -f /srv/example-cron-volume/DONE ; then
+if ! RETRY_DELAYS="30 30 30 30 30 30" forgejo.sh retry test -f /srv/example/cron-volume/DONE ; then
     cat $FORGEJO_RUNNER_LOGS
     false
 fi
diff --git a/actions/example-cron/runner-config.yaml b/actions/example-cron/runner-config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 119cde4..0000000
--- a/actions/example-cron/runner-config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-
-log:
-  level: info
-
-runner:
-  file: .runner
-  capacity: 1
-  env_file: .env
-  timeout: 3h
-  insecure: false
-  fetch_timeout: 5s
-  fetch_interval: 2s
-  labels: ["docker:docker://code.forgejo.org/oci/node:16-bullseye"]
-
-cache:
-  enabled: false
-  dir: ""
-  host: ""
-  port: 0
-
-container:
-  network: ""
-  privileged: false
-  options:
-  workdir_parent:
-  valid_volumes: ["/srv/example-cron-volume"]
-  docker_host: ""
-
-host:
-  workdir_parent:
diff --git a/actions/example-cron/setup.sh b/actions/example-cron/setup.sh
index ee70b92..ed70dec 100755
--- a/actions/example-cron/setup.sh
+++ b/actions/example-cron/setup.sh
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-rm -fr /srv/example-cron-volume
-mkdir -p /srv/example-cron-volume
-FORGEJO_RUNNER_CONFIG=$EXAMPLE_DIR/runner-config.yaml forgejo-runner.sh reload
+mkdir -p /srv/example/cron-volume
diff --git a/actions/example-cron/teardown.sh b/actions/example-cron/teardown.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b410c51..0000000
--- a/actions/example-cron/teardown.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-forgejo-runner.sh reload
diff --git a/actions/example-local-action/.forgejo/local-action/action.yml b/actions/example-local-action/.forgejo/local-action/action.yml
index d83d33c..7963757 100644
--- a/actions/example-local-action/.forgejo/local-action/action.yml
+++ b/actions/example-local-action/.forgejo/local-action/action.yml
@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ outputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
+    - name: GITHUB_ACTION_PATH
+      run: |
+        set -x
+        test "$(basename $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH)" = local-action
+        test "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH" = "${{ env.GITHUB_ACTION_PATH }}"
+
     - run: echo key=${{ inputs.input-two-required }} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/actions/example-pull-request/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/actions/example-pull-request/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
index 90e9fb4..c9a4cdf 100644
--- a/actions/example-pull-request/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/actions/example-pull-request/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: docker
     container:
       image: code.forgejo.org/oci/node:20-bookworm
-      options: "--volume /srv/example-pull-request:/srv/example-pull-request"
+      options: "--volume /srv/example:/srv/example"
 
     steps:
       - name: setup
@@ -33,6 +33,24 @@ jobs:
             echo value=true >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
+      # See also actions/example-context/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+      - name: env.GITHUB_BASE_REF
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          test "$GITHUB_BASE_REF" = main
+          test "$GITHUB_BASE_REF" = "${{ env.GITHUB_BASE_REF }}"
+
+      # See also actions/example-context/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
+      - name: env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          if ${{ steps.forked.outputs.value }} ; then
+              test "$GITHUB_HEAD_REF" = main
+          else
+              test "$GITHUB_HEAD_REF" = other
+          fi
+          test "$GITHUB_HEAD_REF" = "${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}"
+
       - name: secrets
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -115,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: save event
         run: |
-          d=/srv/example-pull-request/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.username }}/$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME/${{ github.event.action }}
+          d=/srv/example/pull-request/${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.username }}/$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME/${{ github.event.action }}
           mkdir -p $d
           cat > $d/event <<'EOF'
           ${{ toJSON(github.event) }}
diff --git a/actions/example-pull-request/run.sh b/actions/example-pull-request/run.sh
index 2a88afd..b6897a2 100755
--- a/actions/example-pull-request/run.sh
+++ b/actions/example-pull-request/run.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 api=$url/api/v1
-export d=/srv/example-pull-request
+export d=/srv/example/pull-request
 
 PROOF='some proof'
 
 function setup() {
+    mkdir -p $d
+
     forgejo-test-helper.sh push_workflow actions/example-$example $url root example-$example setup-forgejo $token
 
     forgejo-curl.sh api_json --data-raw '{"username":"fork-org"}' $api/orgs
diff --git a/actions/example-pull-request/setup.sh b/actions/example-pull-request/setup.sh
index e93087e..72c13c0 100755
--- a/actions/example-pull-request/setup.sh
+++ b/actions/example-pull-request/setup.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
-if test $(id -u) != 0 ; then
-    SUDO=sudo
-fi
+mkdir -p /srv/example/pull-request
 
-$SUDO rm -fr /srv/example-pull-request/{root,fork-org}
-rm -fr /srv/example-pull-request
-mkdir -p /srv/example-pull-request
-FORGEJO_RUNNER_CONFIG=$EXAMPLE_DIR/runner-config.yaml forgejo-runner.sh reload
diff --git a/actions/example-pull-request/teardown.sh b/actions/example-pull-request/teardown.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b410c51..0000000
--- a/actions/example-pull-request/teardown.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-forgejo-runner.sh reload
diff --git a/actions/example-service/runner-config.yaml b/actions/example-service/runner-config.yaml
index 4606852..27981ab 100644
--- a/actions/example-service/runner-config.yaml
+++ b/actions/example-service/runner-config.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ runner:
   insecure: false
   fetch_timeout: 5s
   fetch_interval: 2s
-  labels: ["docker:docker://code.forgejo.org/oci/node:16-bullseye"]
+  labels: ["docker:docker://code.forgejo.org/oci/node:20-bookworm"]
 
 cache:
   enabled: false
diff --git a/actions/run.sh b/actions/run.sh
index 717682d..eee678a 100755
--- a/actions/run.sh
+++ b/actions/run.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 set -e
 
+SELF_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
 function run() {
   local example=$1
 
   export example
-  export EXAMPLE_DIR=$(pwd)/actions/example-$example
+  export EXAMPLE_DIR=$SELF_DIR/example-$example
 
   if test -f $EXAMPLE_DIR/setup.sh ; then
     echo "============================ SETUP example-$example ==================="
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ function run() {
     echo "============================ RUN example-$example ==================="
     bash -ex $EXAMPLE_DIR/run.sh || return 1
   else
-    forgejo-test-helper.sh run_workflow actions/example-$example $url root example-$example setup-forgejo $token || return 1
+    forgejo-test-helper.sh run_workflow actions/example-$example $url root example-$example $example $token || return 1
   fi
 
   if test -f $EXAMPLE_DIR/teardown.sh ; then
@@ -32,16 +34,31 @@ function examples_v1_20() {
 
 function examples_v1_21() {
     # keep "cron" last otherwise it will linger and pollute the following runs
-    echo 'echo push-cancel artifacts service checkout pull-request container expression local-action docker-action if if-fail cron'
+    echo 'echo push-cancel artifacts service checkout pull-request container expression local-action context docker-action if if-fail cron'
 }
 
 function examples_v1_22() {
     examples_v1_21
 }
 
+function cleanup_example_volume() {
+    if ! test -d /srv/example ; then
+	mkdir -p /srv/example
+	return
+    fi
+
+    if test $(id -u) != 0 ; then
+	SUDO=sudo
+    fi
+
+    $SUDO rm -fr /srv/example/*
+}
+
 function setup() {
     local binary=$1
     forgejo-binary.sh setup root admin1234 $binary
+    cleanup_example_volume
+    export FORGEJO_RUNNER_CONFIG=$SELF_DIR/runner-config.yaml
     forgejo-runner.sh setup
 }
 
@@ -84,12 +101,13 @@ function main() {
     for example in $examples ; do
       echo "======================== BEGIN example-$example ==================="
       if ! time run $example >& /tmp/run.out ; then
-	  cat /tmp/run.out
+	  sed -e 's/^/[RUN] /' < /tmp/run.out
 	  echo "======================== FAIL example-$example ==================="
 	  sleep 5 # hack for Forgejo v1.21 to workaround a bug by which the last lines of the output are moved to the next step
 	  false
       fi
       echo "======================== END example-$example ==================="
+      cleanup_example_volume
     done
 }
 
diff --git a/actions/example-pull-request/runner-config.yaml b/actions/runner-config.yaml
similarity index 89%
rename from actions/example-pull-request/runner-config.yaml
rename to actions/runner-config.yaml
index 5c3a6b3..12019d7 100644
--- a/actions/example-pull-request/runner-config.yaml
+++ b/actions/runner-config.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ container:
   privileged: false
   options:
   workdir_parent:
-  valid_volumes: ["/srv/example-pull-request"]
+  valid_volumes: ["/srv/example"]
   docker_host: ""
 
 host: