ci: restore-only toolchain cache on the acceptance shards - #3038
ci: restore-only toolchain cache on the acceptance shards#3038Andriy Knysh (aknysh) merged 48 commits into
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…st OS endpoints Windows jobs have been finishing every step, including "Post Harden Runner" and "Complete job", and then never reporting a conclusion until GitHub cancels them 30-40 minutes later (0/day before harden-runner landed on the Windows legs on Aug 31; 5, 9, 23/day on Sept 1-3). Root cause: harden-runner's Windows post step waits at most 10 s for its agent, then kills it, and in the losing case the agent is still restoring the runner's DNS settings, leaving the adapter pointed at a DNS proxy that no longer exists. - Add .github/actions/windows-dns-guard: a scheduled-task watchdog that resets DNS only once harden-runner's post step has begun, the agent is gone, and 127.0.0.1 is still configured. Wired into every Windows leg. - Allowlist the Windows/macOS operating-system endpoints StepSecurity showed blocked on every job (NCSI probes, WNS, update/settings/telemetry, time sync, Sectigo OCSP/CRL, Apple update/CDN hosts); harden-runner stays in block mode everywhere. - Drop the GOPROXY "|direct" fallback in block-mode workflows: it only fans out to blocked vanity-import hosts. - Cancel superseded pull_request runs via a concurrency group. - Skip SARIF uploads on merge_group runs, whose synthetic ref cannot be scanned and was evicting PRs from the merge queue. Fix log: docs/fixes/2026-09-03-harden-runner-windows-dns-restore-race.md Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The pool advertises four rotating names (0-3.pool.ntp.org); a single one was only what happened to be sampled. Push deferred until the first CI run of the guard finishes so its Windows data isn't cancelled by the new concurrency group. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Skip Harden Runner on draft-PR Windows jobs: every other Windows step (including checkout) is already skipped there, so its post step would race the agent's DNS restore with no guard available. - Run the guard's scheduled task as the runner's own Administrator account (S4U) instead of SYSTEM; it grants nothing the job does not already have. - Wrap the plain go mod download steps in pre-commit.yml and codeql.yml with go-mod-download-retry now that GOPROXY has no direct fallback. - Measurement query: filter to Windows jobs and tolerate fractional-second timestamps. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Phase 2 (part 1) of the CI-stability plan, stacked on the Phase 1 branch.
Windows Defender: on the Windows shards "Set up Go" averages 5.2 min
(max 10.5) restoring a 1.9 GB go-build+mod cache; the download is ~20 s,
the rest is tar/zstd extraction with Defender's real-time scanner
inspecting every extracted file, and the same scanner holding handles on
fresh test files surfaces as testing.TempDir cleanup failures
("unlinkat ... being used by another process"). Add a continue-on-error
pwsh step to every Windows leg of test.yml (build, terraform-registry-cache,
test, mock) and to setup-go-cache-warmup.yml that excludes D:\a,
C:\hostedtoolcache\windows, the Go caches, and the temp dirs, plus go.exe
as a process. These are ephemeral VMs and the step does not touch
harden-runner's egress policy.
Restore-only toolchain cache: the repo's Actions cache is 18.9 GB across
17 refs/pull/N/merge-scoped entries against a 10 GB LRU quota, so the
static atmos-toolchain-<os>-<arch>-v2 key never hits ("Cache not found
for input keys" on every shard), then all 10 shards race to save it
("Unable to reserve cache with key ...") and "Post Cache Atmos toolchain"
costs 43 s avg / 3 min max per shard for nothing. Add an opt-in
restore-only input (default 'false') to actions/cache/action.yml that
switches to actions/cache/restore at the same pinned SHA, keep cache-hit
and key outputs working, document it in the README, and set it on the
test job's "Cache Atmos toolchain" step for all three OSes.
terraform-registry-cache stays the single writer per OS and is unchanged.
Fix log: docs/fixes/2026-09-03-windows-defender-exclusions-and-restore-only-toolchain-cache.md
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'go.exe' matches on image name only, not path, so it would exempt any binary named go.exe from real-time scanning regardless of where it actually lives - including one planted by a compromised dependency during go build/go generate. The path exclusions already in this step cover the actual scanning cost (file I/O in the Go caches and workspace), so removing the process exclusion gives up nothing measured. (Skipped a second CodeRabbit finding on this PR: it asked test/ terraform-registry-cache to needs: a "cache-writer" job that doesn't exist in this file - terraform-registry-cache itself is the writer, and test is deliberately parallel to it so 30 shards don't wait on or race the single writer job. Making test depend on it would serialize two long-running job groups that currently run concurrently.) Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…efender-restore-only-cache # Conflicts: # .github/workflows/setup-go-cache-warmup.yml # .github/workflows/test.yml # docs/fixes/2026-09-03-harden-runner-windows-dns-restore-race.md
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 4 included reviews per hour; 2 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request adds restore-only cache execution, exports cache metadata for nested actions, standardizes Windows Go cache setup, updates CI workflows, and documents related Windows and cache behavior. ChangesCache and CI updates
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Restore-only caching reduces save contention while retaining a single cache writer per operating system. The remaining risk is limited to inaccurate cache and compatibility documentation, so the change is mergeable with documentation follow-up. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant TestShard
participant AtmosCacheAction
participant AtmosCachePaths
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TestShard->>AtmosCacheAction: Request restore-only cache
AtmosCacheAction->>AtmosCachePaths: Generate cache metadata
AtmosCachePaths-->>AtmosCacheAction: Export cache variables
AtmosCacheAction->>ActionsCacheRestore: Restore cache key and paths
ActionsCacheRestore-->>TestShard: Return cache-hit
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In @.github/workflows/test.yml:
- Around line 218-223: Update the Windows Defender exclusion blocks in the
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…verted)" This reverts commit 145a8c4.
GitHub's own actions/runner-images build script already disables
real-time monitoring and excludes C:\ and D:\ entirely on windows-latest
images, before any workflow step runs. Confirmed live via a temporary
diagnostic step (Get-MpComputerStatus/Get-MpPreference) on an actual
windows-latest runner: RealTimeProtectionEnabled was already False and
ExclusionPath already {C:\, D:\} before our own Add-MpPreference calls,
which only added redundant subpaths already covered by the existing C:\
exclusion. Since Defender was never doing real-time scanning to begin
with, it wasn't the cause of the measured Windows slowdown this step was
meant to fix - that root cause is still open.
Splits the fix-log doc accordingly: the restore-only-toolchain-cache half
(unrelated, unaffected) moves to its own file; a new doc records the
Defender investigation and reversal so it isn't re-attempted blind later.
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75-76: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDocument the deprecated
restore-onlycompatibility input.The action still accepts
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In @.github/actions/setup-go-cache/action.yml:
- Around line 81-82: In .github/actions/setup-go-cache/action.yml:81-82, update
or remove the comment referencing setup-go v6 so it accurately documents the
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Resolves conflicts in actions/cache/action.yml, actions/cache/README.md, .github/actions/setup-go-cache/action.yml, and the windows-go-caches fix doc against main's cache-action redesign (#3049): kept this branch's deprecated restore-only input (mapped to mode) and its wider conditions layered on top of main's redesigned structure, and kept this branch's fuller comments (the Linux race-job pin note; the stale setup-go v6 comment removal).
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Phase 2 (part 1) of the CI-stability plan. #3037 (Phase 1) has since merged; this PR now targets
maindirectly.Restore-only toolchain cache on the acceptance shards.
actions/cache/action.ymlgains an opt-inrestore-onlyinput (string, default'false') that switches toactions/cache/restoreat the same pinned SHA (27d5ce7f… # v5.0.5, same repo and tag asactions/cache) with identicalkey/path/restore-keys;cache-hitandkeyoutputs keep working (exactly one of the two steps runs).actions/cache/README.mddocuments the input and the many-consumers/one-writer pattern. Thetestjob'sCache Atmos toolchainstep passesrestore-only: 'true'on all three OSes;terraform-registry-cacheis unchanged and stays the single writer per OS.Fix log:
docs/fixes/2026-09-03-restore-only-toolchain-cache-on-shards.md.Windows Defender exclusions on every Windows leg— dropped. Verified live on an actualwindows-latestrunner (Get-MpComputerStatus/Get-MpPreference, before/after our ownAdd-MpPreferencecalls) that GitHub's ownwindows-latestimage already disables real-time monitoring and excludesC:\/D:\entirely, at the image level, before any workflow step runs. Our exclusions only added redundant subpaths already covered. Since Defender was never actually scanning to begin with, it isn't the cause of the measured Windows slowdown — that root cause is still open. Recorded asdocs/fixes/2026-09-04-windows-defender-exclusions-are-a-noop.mdso it isn't re-attempted blind later.why
Measured on
test.ymlruns Aug 24 to Sept 3 (80 successful Windows shards, step timelines, raw job logs,actions/cache/usage):Cache. The repo's Actions cache is 18.9 GB across 17 entries against a 10 GB LRU quota; every entry is
refs/pull/N/merge-scoped and minutes old, so the static keyatmos-toolchain-<os>-<arch>-v2never hits (every shard logsCache not found for input keys). All 10 shards then race to save the same key and logUnable to reserve cache with key ..., another job may be creating this cache, andPost Cache Atmos toolchaincosts 43 s avg / 3 min max per shard for nothing. Restore-only removes that post step from 30 shard jobs and the 10-way save race.Expected: no
Post Cache Atmos toolchainstep on shards; noUnable to reserve cachelines in shard logs.Deliberately not in this PR (separate PRs in flight): the single-writer hashed toolchain key in
atmos.yamlci.cache.key, shipping toolchains inside the build artifact,setup-gowriter roles, and the cache warmup workflow's role.Validation
python3 -c 'import yaml; yaml.safe_load(...)'on all edited YAML files: parse OK.atmos ci validateon both edited workflows: clean.go test ./cmd -run TestAtmosCacheActionValidatesMetadataBeforeActionsCache: passes.references
docs/fixes/2026-09-03-harden-runner-windows-dns-restore-race.md(Phase 1 log, merged as ci: guard Windows DNS against harden-runner post-step race; allowlist OS endpoints #3037).docs/fixes/2026-08-31-terraform-registry-cache-windows-runner-degradation.md(earlierPost Cache Atmos toolchaintiming).docs/fixes/2026-09-04-windows-defender-exclusions-are-a-noop.md(why the Defender half was dropped).actions/cache, hence the same SHA).Summary by CodeRabbit
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