apify run: ENOENT error for INPUT.json after successful Actor exit when using default purge

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Description

When running apify run (without flags), the CLI exits with an error even though the Actor completes successfully:

[apify] INFO  Exiting Actor ({"exit_code": 0})
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/path/to/project/storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json'

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a new Python Actor: apify create my-actor (select Python + Playwright template)
2. Create storage/key_value_stores/default/INPUT.json with valid input
3. Run apify run
4. Actor runs successfully (exit_code: 0)
5. CLI crashes with ENOENT error trying to read INPUT.json

Expected Behavior

The CLI should either:

1. Not delete INPUT.json during the default purge operation, OR
2. Not attempt to read INPUT.json after the Actor exits if it was purged

Actual Behavior

The --purge behavior (which is default) deletes the entire key-value store including INPUT.json. After the Actor successfully exits, the CLI attempts to read INPUT.json and fails with ENOENT.

Workarounds

• Use apify run --no-purge
• Use apify run --input '{"key": "value"}' to pass input via CLI flag

Environment

• apify-cli version: 1.1.1
• OS: macOS (darwin-arm64)
• Node.js: v25.2.1

Additional Context

The Actor code handles missing input gracefully (await Actor.get_input() or {}), so the Actor itself runs fine. The error is purely in the CLI layer after the Actor completes.