From 66800900843747f37591b077091dd2c8cf2c1796 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zach Renner <13670625+zarenner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:46:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unnecessary connection test during some registration
 flows (#4244)

---
 src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs b/src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs
index 2c18d8d60..360728a1c 100644
--- a/src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/src/Runner.Listener/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -178,8 +178,12 @@ namespace GitHub.Runner.Listener.Configuration
                         }
                     }
 
-                    // Validate can connect.
-                    await _runnerServer.ConnectAsync(new Uri(runnerSettings.ServerUrl), creds);
+                    // Validate can connect using the obtained vss credentials.
+                    // In Runner Admin flow there's nothing new to test connection to at this point as registerToken is already validated via GetTenantCredential.
+                    if (!runnerSettings.UseRunnerAdminFlow)
+                    {
+                        await _runnerServer.ConnectAsync(new Uri(runnerSettings.ServerUrl), creds);
+                    }
 
                     _term.WriteLine();
                     _term.WriteSuccessMessage("Connected to GitHub");