From b0e7f5251df9a5baa3f81a0c9b134b88cceb92fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Meyer <me@undef.im>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:17:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [runner] Restore `--home-dir` option as no-op

Fixes: https://github.com/dstackai/dstack/issues/3474
---
 runner/cmd/runner/main.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/runner/cmd/runner/main.go b/runner/cmd/runner/main.go
index c2ed94f0e..c8125dc84 100644
--- a/runner/cmd/runner/main.go
+++ b/runner/cmd/runner/main.go
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ func mainInner() int {
 						Usage:       "dstack server or user authorized key. May be specified multiple times",
 						Destination: &sshAuthorizedKeys,
 					},
+					// --home-dir is not used since 0.20.4, but the flag was retained as no-op
+					// for compatibility with pre-0.20.4 shims; remove the flag eventually
+					&cli.StringFlag{
+						Name:   "home-dir",
+						Hidden: true,
+					},
 				},
 				Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 					return start(ctx, tempDir, httpPort, sshPort, sshAuthorizedKeys, logLevel, Version)