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59 changes: 59 additions & 0 deletions .github/scripts/check-nightly-release.cjs
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Expand Up @@ -50,7 +50,25 @@ async function findLatestNightly({ github, context }) {
.sort((a, b) => Date.parse(b.published_at) - Date.parse(a.published_at))[0];
}

async function listActiveReleaseRuns({ github, context, event }) {
const { data } = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRuns({
...context.repo,
workflow_id: "release.yml",
event,
per_page: 30,
});
return data.workflow_runs.filter((run) => run.status !== "completed" && run.id !== context.runId);
}

async function shouldReleaseNightly({ github, context, core, now = Date.now() }) {
// Manual runs queue apart from scheduled ones, so one can be building now.
// Leave the release to it; the six-hour gap covers the runs after it.
const [manualRun] = await listActiveReleaseRuns({ github, context, event: "workflow_dispatch" });
if (manualRun) {
core.info(`Manual release run ${manualRun.html_url} is active. Skipping.`);
return false;
}

const lastNightly = await findLatestNightly({ github, context });

if (!lastNightly) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -79,6 +97,46 @@ async function shouldReleaseNightly({ github, context, core, now = Date.now() })
return true;
}

const isStarted = (job) => job?.status === "in_progress" || job?.status === "completed";
const hasFailed = (job) => ["failure", "cancelled", "timed_out"].includes(job.conclusion);

// A manual nightly takes over from scheduled nightlies, so it never waits
// behind one. A healthy scheduled run building the same commit is left to
// finish and the manual run stands down. Any other is canceled, unless it is
// already publishing: publishers are never interrupted, and a manual run needs
// far longer to reach its own publish step. That includes runs still deciding
// whether to build, which may have checked for manual runs before this one
// existed. Returns whether to build.
async function takeOverScheduledNightlies({ github, context, core }) {
for (const run of await listActiveReleaseRuns({ github, context, event: "schedule" })) {
const { data } = await github.rest.actions.listJobsForWorkflowRun({
...context.repo,
run_id: run.id,
filter: "latest",
per_page: 100,
});
const preflight = data.jobs.find((job) => job.name === "Preflight");
if (preflight?.conclusion === "skipped") continue;

if (preflight && run.head_sha === context.sha && !data.jobs.some(hasFailed)) {
core.notice(`Scheduled run ${run.html_url} already builds ${context.sha}. Skipping.`);
return false;
}
if (isStarted(data.jobs.find((job) => job.name === "Publish GitHub Release"))) {
core.info(`Scheduled run ${run.html_url} is publishing. Leaving it to finish.`);
continue;
}
try {
await github.rest.actions.cancelWorkflowRun({ ...context.repo, run_id: run.id });
core.notice(`Canceled scheduled run ${run.html_url} in favor of this one.`);
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sed -n '105,145p' .github/scripts/check-nightly-release.cjs
sed -n '18,45p' .github/workflows/release.yml
sed -n '720,810p' .github/workflows/release.yml
sed -n '840,970p' .github/workflows/release.yml

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 12615

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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- release documentation references ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'docs/operations/release.md' -e 'nightly' -e 'order' -e 'publish' -e 'concurr' -e 'queue' docs/operations/release.md || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- workflow publication and serialization references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '.github/workflows/*.yml' -e 'Publish GitHub Release' -e 'publish_cli' -e 'softprops/action-gh-release' -e 'concurrency:' -e 'nightly' -e 'previous_tag' -e 'target_commitish' .github/workflows || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- release helper and preflight references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '.github/scripts/*' -e 'previous_tag' -e 'release_channel' -e 'tag_name' -e 'nightly' -e 'published' -e 'idempot' .github/scripts || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant documentation block ---'
sed -n '1,260p' docs/operations/release.md
printf '%s\n' '--- workflow publication jobs and gates ---'
sed -n '430,780p' .github/workflows/release.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- helper declarations and tests ---'
sed -n '1,230p' .github/scripts/check-nightly-release.cjs
sed -n '1,300p' .github/scripts/check-nightly-release.test.cjs

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 42280

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set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- exact nightly policy and ordering documentation ---'
nl -ba docs/operations/release.md | sed -n '392,438p'
printf '%s\n' '--- resolve and preflight flow ---'
nl -ba .github/workflows/release.yml | sed -n '45,245p'
printf '%s\n' '--- release and downstream publication flow ---'
nl -ba .github/workflows/release.yml | sed -n '724,750p;890,990p;1035,1180p;1210,1250p'
printf '%s\n' '--- all cross-run guards in release workflow ---'
rg -n -F --glob '.github/workflows/release.yml' -e 'listWorkflowRuns' -e 'listJobsForWorkflowRun' -e 'cancelWorkflowRun' -e 'concurrency:' -e 'needs.release' -e 'needs.publish_cli' -e 'tag_name:' -e 'cli_dist_tag' .github/workflows/release.yml || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 31622

Stand down when a scheduled publisher is active.

takeOverScheduledNightlies leaves the scheduled run active but still returns true. The manual run can therefore reach release and publish_cli while the older run is publishing. Both publish to the nightly channel, so the older run can finish last and move the npm dist-tag or hosted nightly alias back to the older commit. Return false when any scheduled publisher was found.

Suggested fix 
 async function takeOverScheduledNightlies({ github, context, core }) {
+  let publishingRunFound = false;
   for (const run of await listActiveReleaseRuns({ github, context, event: "schedule" })) {
@@
     if (isStarted(data.jobs.find((job) => job.name === "Publish GitHub Release"))) {
       core.info(`Scheduled run ${run.html_url} is publishing. Leaving it to finish.`);
+      publishingRunFound = true;
       continue;
@@
-  return true;
+  return !publishingRunFound;
 }
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Review comment at @.github/scripts/check-nightly-release.cjs around lines 125 -
131:
Update takeOverScheduledNightlies to track whether any scheduled run has an
active “Publish GitHub Release” job, set that flag when such a run is found, and
return false when the flag is true; continue returning true only when no
scheduled publisher is active.

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} catch (error) {
// GitHub refuses to cancel a run that finished after it was listed.
if (error.status !== 409) throw error;
}
}
return true;
}

async function resolveLatestNightlyCommit({ github, context, core }) {
const lastNightly = await findLatestNightly({ github, context });
if (!lastNightly) {
Expand All @@ -100,5 +158,6 @@ module.exports = {
assertCommitOnDefaultBranch,
assertReleaseSource,
shouldReleaseNightly,
takeOverScheduledNightlies,
resolveLatestNightlyCommit,
};
97 changes: 95 additions & 2 deletions .github/scripts/check-nightly-release.test.cjs
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Expand Up @@ -86,16 +86,21 @@ test("accepts a release commit already contained in main", async () => {
}
});

function fixture({ releases = [nightly(7)], comparisonStatus = "ahead" } = {}) {
function fixture({ releases = [nightly(7)], comparisonStatus = "ahead", runs = [] } = {}) {
const calls = [];
return {
calls,
options: {
now,
context: { repo: { owner: "example", repo: "app" }, sha: "new" },
context: { repo: { owner: "example", repo: "app" }, sha: "new", runId: 1 },
core: { info() {} },
github: {
rest: {
actions: {
async listWorkflowRuns({ event }) {
return { data: { workflow_runs: runs.filter((run) => run.event === event) } };
},
},
repos: {
listReleases() {},
async compareCommitsWithBasehead(params) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -175,6 +180,94 @@ for (const status of ["behind", "diverged"]) {
});
}

test("skips while another manual release run is active", async () => {
const run = (overrides) => ({
id: 2,
event: "workflow_dispatch",
status: "in_progress",
...overrides,
});
const { options } = fixture({ runs: [run({ status: "queued" })] });
assert.equal(await shouldReleaseNightly(options), false);

for (const ignored of [
run({ status: "completed" }),
run({ id: 1 }),
run({ event: "schedule" }),
]) {
const { options } = fixture({ runs: [ignored] });
assert.equal(await shouldReleaseNightly(options), true);
}
});

const { takeOverScheduledNightlies } = require("./check-nightly-release.cjs");

const job = (name, status = "in_progress", conclusion = null) => ({ name, status, conclusion });

function takeOverFixture(scheduled) {
const canceled = [];
const { options } = fixture({
runs: scheduled.map(({ jobs, ...run }, index) => ({
id: 10 + index,
event: "schedule",
status: "in_progress",
html_url: `run-${10 + index}`,
...run,
})),
});
options.core.notice = () => {};
options.github.rest.actions.listJobsForWorkflowRun = async ({ run_id }) => ({
data: { jobs: scheduled[run_id - 10].jobs },
});
options.github.rest.actions.cancelWorkflowRun = async ({ run_id }) => {
canceled.push(run_id);
};
return { options, canceled };
}

test("a manual nightly stands down for a healthy scheduled build of its commit", async () => {
const { options, canceled } = takeOverFixture([
{ head_sha: "new", jobs: [job("Preflight", "completed", "success"), job("Build")] },
]);
assert.equal(await takeOverScheduledNightlies(options), false);
assert.deepEqual(canceled, []);
});

test("a manual nightly cancels older, failed, and undecided scheduled runs", async () => {
const { options, canceled } = takeOverFixture([
{ head_sha: "old", jobs: [job("Preflight"), job("Build", "queued")] },
{
head_sha: "new",
jobs: [job("Preflight", "completed", "success"), job("Build", "completed", "timed_out")],
},
{ head_sha: "new", jobs: [job("Resolve release commit", "completed", "success")] },
]);
assert.equal(await takeOverScheduledNightlies(options), true);
assert.deepEqual(canceled, [10, 11, 12]);
});

test("a manual nightly never cancels a publishing run or one that will not build", async () => {
const { options, canceled } = takeOverFixture([
{
head_sha: "old",
jobs: [job("Preflight", "completed", "success"), job("Publish GitHub Release")],
},
{ head_sha: "new", jobs: [job("Preflight", "completed", "skipped")] },
]);
assert.equal(await takeOverScheduledNightlies(options), true);
assert.deepEqual(canceled, []);
});

test("a manual nightly ignores a scheduled run that finished before the cancel", async () => {
const { options } = takeOverFixture([{ head_sha: "old", jobs: [job("Preflight")] }]);
options.github.rest.actions.cancelWorkflowRun = async () => {
throw Object.assign(new Error("Cannot cancel a workflow run that is completed."), {
status: 409,
});
};
assert.equal(await takeOverScheduledNightlies(options), true);
});

const { resolveLatestNightlyCommit } = require("./check-nightly-release.cjs");

function nightlyCommitFixture({ releases, commitSha = "abc123" }) {
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41 changes: 31 additions & 10 deletions .github/workflows/release-desktop.yml
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Expand Up @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ name: Release desktop build
# each target is its own job with its own `needs`. The JS bundle (server, web
# client, Electron main) comes from the `js-bundle` artifact that build_bundle
# produced; this job only packages it, builds the native helpers, and, where
# `cli_archive` is set, the self-contained CLI archive for its platform.
# `cli_archive` is set, the self-contained CLI archive for its platform. With
# `desktop: false` it builds only that archive.

on:
workflow_call:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -64,6 +65,12 @@ on:
required: false
default: false
type: boolean
# False skips the desktop app and builds only the CLI archive, for a
# target whose app is cross-built on a faster runner elsewhere.
desktop:
required: false
default: true
type: boolean
version:
required: true
type: string
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -129,11 +136,11 @@ jobs:
git sparse-checkout set --no-cone '/*' '!/.repos/'
git -c checkout.workers=0 checkout --detach FETCH_HEAD

# The runner's PowerShell 7.6/.NET 10 intermittently crashes during signing:
# https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/131636
# The ARM runner's PowerShell 7.6/.NET 10 intermittently crashes during
# signing: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/131636
# Put the .NET 8 release first for both workflow shells and electron-builder.
- name: Use PowerShell 7.4 for Windows ARM builds
if: inputs.platform == 'win' && inputs.arch == 'arm64'
- name: Use PowerShell 7.4 on Windows ARM runners
if: runner.os == 'Windows' && runner.arch == 'ARM64'
shell: powershell
run: |
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
Expand All @@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ jobs:
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { exit $LASTEXITCODE }

- name: Verify Windows ARM PowerShell selection
if: inputs.platform == 'win' && inputs.arch == 'arm64'
if: runner.os == 'Windows' && runner.arch == 'ARM64'
shell: pwsh
run: |
$expectedPath = Join-Path $env:RUNNER_TEMP "powershell-7.4.20-arm64\pwsh.exe"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -187,7 +194,7 @@ jobs:
- name: Install desktop dependencies
env:
pnpm_config_cache_dir: ${{ runner.temp }}/pnpm-metadata
run: vp install --filter=@t3tools/desktop... --filter=t3... --filter=@t3tools/scripts...
run: vp install ${{ inputs.desktop && '--filter=@t3tools/desktop...' || '' }} --filter=t3... --filter=@t3tools/scripts...

- name: Cache resource monitor
id: resource_monitor_cache
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -244,6 +251,7 @@ jobs:
# Only the resource monitor build needs these libraries. With a cached
# monitor, the desktop build's preflight skips its MSVC check, and node-pty
# ships prebuilt Windows binaries, so the 30-60s install is skipped too.
# The ARM64 compiler lets an x64 runner cross-build the arm64 monitor.
- name: Install Spectre-mitigated MSVC libs
if: inputs.platform == 'win' && steps.resource_monitor_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
shell: pwsh
Expand All @@ -253,7 +261,8 @@ jobs:
$setupExe = "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe"
$proc = Start-Process -FilePath $setupExe `
-ArgumentList "modify", "--installPath", "`"$installPath`"", "--add", `
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Runtimes.${{ inputs.arch == 'arm64' && 'ARM64' || 'x86.x64' }}.Spectre", "--quiet", "--norestart" `
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Runtimes.${{ inputs.arch == 'arm64' && 'ARM64' || 'x86.x64' }}.Spectre", "--add", `
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.${{ inputs.arch == 'arm64' && 'ARM64' || 'x86.x64' }}", "--quiet", "--norestart" `
-Wait -PassThru -NoNewWindow
if ($null -eq $proc -or $proc.ExitCode -ne 0) {
$code = if ($null -ne $proc) { $proc.ExitCode } else { 1 }
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -349,7 +358,7 @@ jobs:
# after all other setup. It stops early if the Linux job ended without
# uploading the archive.
- name: Wait for Linux CLI archive
if: inputs.platform == 'win'
if: inputs.platform == 'win' && inputs.desktop
shell: pwsh
timeout-minutes: 40
env:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -397,13 +406,14 @@ jobs:
}

- name: Download Linux CLI archive for WSL
if: inputs.platform == 'win'
if: inputs.platform == 'win' && inputs.desktop
uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8
with:
name: cli-linux-${{ inputs.arch }}
path: wsl-runtime

- name: Build desktop artifact
if: inputs.desktop
shell: bash
env:
pnpm_config_cache_dir: ${{ runner.temp }}/pnpm-metadata
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -488,6 +498,13 @@ jobs:

vp run dist:desktop:artifact "${args[@]}"

# The desktop build compiles the monitor itself; a CLI-only job must do it
# here unless the cache already holds it.
- name: Build resource monitor
if: inputs.cli_archive && !inputs.desktop && steps.resource_monitor_cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
shell: bash
run: cargo build --locked --release --manifest-path native/resource-monitor/Cargo.toml --target "${{ inputs.rust_target }}"

# The single-executable is built with a Node that supports --build-sea
# (25.7+); the repo itself stays on the engines.node version. It always
# injects into the runner's own Node: tsdown's cross-target download path
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -591,6 +608,7 @@ jobs:
if-no-files-found: error

- name: Collect release assets
if: inputs.desktop
shell: bash
run: |
set -euo pipefail
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -636,6 +654,7 @@ jobs:
fi

- name: Collect resource monitor
if: inputs.desktop
shell: bash
run: |
set -euo pipefail
Expand All @@ -649,13 +668,15 @@ jobs:
cp "$source_path" "$target_dir/$binary_name"

- name: Upload build artifacts
if: inputs.desktop
uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
with:
name: desktop-${{ inputs.platform }}-${{ inputs.arch }}
path: release-publish/*
if-no-files-found: error

- name: Upload resource monitor
if: inputs.desktop
uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
with:
name: resource-monitor-${{ inputs.resource_key }}
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