diff --git a/orchestrator/dispatch/bootstrap b/orchestrator/dispatch/bootstrap
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diff --git a/orchestrator/dispatch/function.zip b/orchestrator/dispatch/function.zip
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diff --git a/orchestrator/dispatch/main.go b/orchestrator/dispatch/main.go
index 6b798fc..b3ea60e 100644
--- a/orchestrator/dispatch/main.go
+++ b/orchestrator/dispatch/main.go
@@ -158,9 +158,13 @@ cleanup() {
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
 # Source Go/Node paths from AMI
-export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
+export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/bin
 export HOME=/root
 
+# Ensure AWS SDK can find instance profile credentials via IMDS
+# act_runner may change HOME — force credential chain to use IMDS
+export AWS_EC2_METADATA_DISABLED=false
+
 # Create proper working directory for act_runner
 mkdir -p /opt/runner && cd /opt/runner
 
@@ -178,6 +182,10 @@ log:
 runner:
   capacity: 1
   timeout: 30m
+  envs:
+    HOME: /root
+    AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: eu-west-1
+    PATH: /usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
 host:
   workdir_parent: /opt/runner/work
 RUNCFG