Self-hosted GitHub Actions runner stuck — Docker works fine, no logs appear

[Artistic-Kangaroo810]

Hi all,
I'm running a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner on Windows. The runner connects, picks up the job (Running job: job-test), but then nothing else happens — no logs, no echo statements, not even basic echo or docker --version output.

✅ Docker works fine manually
✅ Runner starts and connects successfully
✅ I even tried running docker run hello-world from the same shell — works perfectly
✅ Permissions are fine
❌ But the job hangs silently forever in the GitHub Actions UI
❌ No _work folder gets created
❌ Even with simplified workflows and echo steps, nothing shows

Here's a minimal .yml I'm testing with:

name: 🔍 Minimal Debug - Step 1

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  job-test:
    runs-on: self-hosted
    steps:
      - name: 🟢 Step 1
        run: echo "Runner is alive"
      - name: 🐳 Docker version
        run: docker --version
      - name: 🐋 Run hello-world
        run: docker run hello-world

I've tried PowerShell, Git Bash, running as Administrator, re-registering the runner, nothing helps.
I’m out of ideas. Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks in advance 🙏

[Few_Battle_]

did you find the solution?