Large macOS runners are pointing to unpaid versions of macOS runners

[akhilamoyila9]

Description

We have adjusted our workflows to utilize large macOS 12 runners by specifying the label "macos-12-large". However, it appears that the workflow is still utilizing the unpaid version macOS 12 [OS Version: macOS 12.7.2 (21G1974)], leading to a "The machine is in the 'gurumeditation' state" error again.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• macOS 11
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Image version and build link

https://github.com/magma/magma/actions/runs/7890640681/job/21533252478

Is it regression?

https://github.com/magma/magma/actions/runs/7019943006/job/19126552806

Expected behavior

It should utilize the macOS-12 large runner

Actual behavior

Repro steps

Workflow file : https://github.com/magma/magma/blob/master/.github/workflows/sudo-python-tests.yml

[sergei-pyshnoi]

Hello @akhilamoyila9 . You problem not connected with large or standard runners (we checked your run and it was running on macos-12-large agent). Set up job shows only image version but not runner type. However The machine is in the 'gurumeditation' state error comes from low nested performance on new runners. More information you can find in similar issue here .

[akhilamoyila9]

Hi @sergei-pyshnoi As suggested by @erik-bershel , if we utilize larger runners, they should support nested virtualization, as mentioned in #8730 (comment)."

[erik-bershel]

Hey @akhilamoyila9! As I said in the mentioned comment:

We recommend using larger linux runners for workflows that require nested virtualization.

Linux but not macOS. Currently we are not support directly nested on macOS due to the platform related limitations.