Low-privilege CI/CD runners cannot manage IIS junction points on Windows Server
Self-hosted GitHub Actions runners with minimal privileges cannot delete and recreate Windows junction points when IIS holds file handles, blocking blue-green style deployments. No supported mechanism exists to trigger IIS recycling from a low-privilege runner context. Workarounds involving scheduled tasks or elevated accounts conflict with corporate security policies.
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