# DRONE\_RUNNER\_LABELS not work

**URL:** <https://drone.discourse.group/t/drone-runner-labels-not-work/2022>\
**Category:** Drone Support\
**Created:** [March 26, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/drone-runner-labels-not-work/2022 "2019-03-26T03:20:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![NateScarlet](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/natescarlet/32/5902_2.png) [@NateScarlet](https://drone.discourse.group/u/NateScarlet)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/drone-runner-labels-not-work/2022/1 "2019-03-26T03:20:08Z")

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Tried run agent with

```auto
DRONE_RUNNER_LABELS=instance:highmem

```

then that agent will never be assigned any job

jobs that no node limit or configured as below both won’t start

```auto
node:
  instance: highmem

```

When i remove DRONE\_RUNNER\_LABELS, it can recieve no node limit jobs

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**Author:** ![xiaowei0516](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f07891/32.png) [@xiaowei0516](https://drone.discourse.group/u/xiaowei0516)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/drone-runner-labels-not-work/2022/2 "2019-11-11T02:20:04Z")

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> [@Issues with using grep in Drone Pipeline](https://drone.discourse.group/t/issues-with-using-grep-in-drone-pipeline/4104/1):
>
> move DRONE\_RUNNER\_LABELS, it can recieve no node limit jobs

agent can be assigned job

```auto
drone-agent(env.yaml)
DRONE_RUNNER_LABELS=xxx:yyy

gitlab(.drone.yml)
node:
 xxx: yyy

```

drone version:

```auto
commit 8329de0af39f954a693321383cd56a8e9d467903
Merge: 8738099 9304750
Author: Brad Rydzewski <brad.rydzewski@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Oct 31 00:14:10 2019 -0700

    Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master'

```

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**Author:** ![alikhil](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/alikhil/32/4412_2.png) [@alikhil](https://drone.discourse.group/u/alikhil)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/drone-runner-labels-not-work/2022/3 "2021-03-04T11:58:50Z")

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Please refer to [bradrydzewski](http://discuss.harness.io/u/bradrydzewski)’s [comment](http://discuss.harness.io/t/running-multiple-k8s-runners-and-having-pipeline-select-which-to-use/7871/2).