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Systemd service doesn't fail when runner listener crashes

See original GitHub issue

Due to a permission issue the runner listener crashes, but the systemd service still shows up as running.

$ sudo systemctl status actions.runner.name-robotics-name_ci.image-build.service
● actions.runner.name-robotics-name_ci.image-build.service - GitHub Actions Runner (name-robotics-name_ci.image-build)
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/actions.runner.name-robotics-name_ci.image-build.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-02-09 20:37:58 UTC; 8min ago
   Main PID: 20082 (runsvc.sh)
      Tasks: 8 (limit: 18966)
     Memory: 6.6M
     CGroup: /system.slice/actions.runner.name-robotics-name_ci.image-build.service
             ├─20082 /bin/bash /home/gh_actions_runner/runsvc.sh
             └─20085 ./externals/node12/bin/node ./bin/RunnerService.js

Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]:    at Interop.ThrowExceptionForIoErrno(ErrorInfo errorInfo, String path, Boolean isDirectory, Func`2 errorRewriter)
Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]:    at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String path, OpenFlags flags, Int32 mode)
Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]:    at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallo>
Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]:    at System.IO.Strategies.OSFileStreamStrategy..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocati>
Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]:    at GitHub.Runner.Common.HostTraceListener.CreatePageLogWriter()
Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]:    at GitHub.Runner.Common.HostTraceListener..ctor(String logFileDirectory, String logFilePrefix, Int32 pageSizeLimit, Int32 retentionDays)
Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]:    at GitHub.Runner.Common.HostContext..ctor(String hostType, String logFile)
Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]:    at GitHub.Runner.Listener.Program.Main(String[] args)
Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]: Runner listener exited with error code null
Feb 09 20:45:57 image-build runsvc.sh[20085]: Runner listener exit with undefined return code, re-launch runner in 5 seconds.

Version 287.1 The restart should be handled by systemd and not internally on Linux.