fix(ci): isolate Ubuntu package refresh

[cjagwani]

Outcome

CLI coverage shards and the PR Review Advisor runtime refresh only Ubuntu package metadata before installing Ubuntu-provided tools. A stale or inconsistent third-party apt repository on the hosted runner can no longer prevent these jobs from reaching their tests.

Reason

The existing apt-get update refreshed every source configured on the runner. A Google Chrome index hash mismatch therefore failed all 12 CLI coverage shards before test execution on #11047 and an unrelated code-changing PR, even though the jobs only install fd-find and ripgrep from Ubuntu.

Related issues

Part of #10791

Changes

• Restrict the CLI coverage action's package refresh to sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources and disable additional source parts.
• Apply the same restriction to the Advisor's trusted locked-runtime bootstrap.
• Execute both shipped install snippets with a fake sudo in the workflow contract test and assert the exact source-isolation arguments, protecting the trusted bootstrap behavior without source-shape matching.

Verification

• npx vitest run --project integration test/automation/pull-requests/pr-workflow-contract.test.ts — passed 42/42
• npx vitest run --project integration test/automation/pull-requests/growth-guardrails.test.ts — passed 45/45
• npm run source-shape:check — passed; no source-shape tests detected
• Normal signed commit hooks — passed formatting, YAML, repository, source-shape, growth-guardrail, and commit-message checks
• git diff --check 7e4bdf27f17bd760a02e36467d7ea79a9ae5a37e..c0a1cc1dd85234f01038de254701722faef89bf9 — passed
• GitHub commit verification for c0a1cc1dd85234f01038de254701722faef89bf9 — valid and Verified
• Diff inspection — no secrets, API keys, or credentials

Review notes

This changes a trusted CI bootstrap path. The dependency PR's own CLI shards may still execute the old composite action from trusted main; if so, that is the bootstrap failure this PR fixes rather than evidence that the branch change is ineffective. No user-facing or contributor-facing documentation changes are needed because commands, supported platforms, and configuration are unchanged.

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Signed-off-by: Charan Jagwani cjagwani@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores

  • Improved CI environment setup by restricting package updates to the intended Ubuntu software sources.
  • Updated pinned command-line tool installation in pull-request automation for more predictable builds and consistent runtime setup.

• Tests

  • Added coverage to verify that automated workflows use the expected Ubuntu-only package source configuration.
  • Added validation for workflow behavior when the system command path is unavailable.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The CLI coverage action and review advisor workflow restrict pinned package updates to Ubuntu sources. Contract tests validate both installation paths and their APT arguments.

Changes

APT source restriction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Restrict runtime APT sources .github/actions/ci-cli-coverage-shard/action.yaml, .github/workflows/pr-review-advisor.yaml	Both installation paths limit apt-get update to ubuntu.sources and disable configured source parts.
Validate installation commands test/automation/pull-requests/pr-workflow-contract.test.ts	The contract test loads the review advisor workflow and validates the expected APT arguments for both installation steps. It uses an empty-string fallback when PATH is unset.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 0d4be

CI package refreshes now avoid unrelated third-party APT repositories while preserving installation of the pinned Ubuntu tools. Both installation paths have contract coverage, with no remaining current-head merge risk identified.

Suggested reviewers: cv, apurvvkumaria, prekshivyas

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Code Coverage Overview

Languages: TypeScript

TypeScript / code-coverage/plugin

The overall line coverage in commit 0d4bed8 in the codex/ci-ubuntu-apt-... branch remains at 96%, unchanged from commit f893b83 in the main branch.

TypeScript / code-coverage/cli

The overall line coverage in commit 0d4bed8 in the codex/ci-ubuntu-apt-... branch remains at 83%, unchanged from commit ae5b2ca in the main branch.

Show a line coverage summary of the most impacted files.

File	main ae5b2ca	codex/ci-ubuntu-apt-... 0d4bed8	+/-
src/lib/actions...ridge-output.ts	95%	89%	-6%
src/lib/actions...e-validation.ts	88%	84%	-4%
src/lib/actions...ard-recovery.ts	97%	95%	-2%
src/lib/actions...ard-recovery.ts	85%	84%	-1%
src/lib/onboard...uild-context.ts	75%	75%	0%
src/lib/actions...ess-recovery.ts	82%	84%	+2%
src/lib/actions...eway-restart.ts	92%	94%	+2%
src/lib/inferen...anaged-state.ts	82%	85%	+3%
src/lib/state/o...config-merge.ts	85%	92%	+7%
src/lib/actions...-diagnostics.ts	67%	81%	+14%

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