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CI moved to Blacksmith on 2026-09-17 by setting the MACOS_RUNNER_* repository variables, because Warp builds were piling up cost. Pull requests from forks never see repository variables, so they run wherever the vars.X || 'label' fallback points, and fourteen fallbacks still pointed at Warp. On 2026-09-19 fork pull requests ran 119 jobs and 13.2 runner-hours on Warp (7.3 h app-host shards, 2.5 h compile admission, 1.9 h cli-pipe-regressions, 1.6 h tests-build-and-lag) while main ran on Blacksmith.

Every fallback now names the Blacksmith label the rest of CI already falls back to (blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15, blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404). Warp stays an explicit workflow_dispatch choice in perf-activation.yml and test-e2e.yml. docs/ci-runners.md already said "Every macOS fallback therefore routes to Blacksmith cloud"; its table now matches.

Touched: ci.yml (compile admission, app-host shards, tests-build-and-lag and its REQUESTED_RUNNER), cli-pipe-regressions.yml, perf-activation.yml, iroh-release-gate.yml, ios-streamed-validate.yml, cmux-tui-release-delivery.yml.

Two things to know before merging:

  • Fork pull requests will join the Blacksmith macOS queue, which was 171 jobs deep on 2026-09-19. That is the cost of not paying Warp. swift-package-tests and release-build on fork pull requests already queue there.
  • perf-activation.yml builds its SwiftPM cache key from the resolved runner label, so its first auto run without the variable starts with a cold package cache.

docs/ci-runners.md lists tart-macos-15, tart-gui and tart-ios as the active values and Blacksmith as break-glass, but the variables have pointed at Blacksmith since 2026-09-17. I left that section alone; it needs someone who knows the state of the Tart pool.

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  • tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh: new check_no_paid_overflow_fallbacks fails on main (commit 1) and passes with the fix (commit 2).
  • tests/test_ci_change_areas.py, tests/test_ci_reusable_workflow_permissions.py, tests/test_nightly_universal_build.sh, tests/test_perf_activation_scrollback_sizing.py: pass.
  • Not run locally: tests/test_tui_publish_workflow_security.py needs Python 3.11 (tomllib), and tests/test_cli_broken_pipe_writes.py needs a built CLI (CMUX_CLI_BIN). Both fail the same way without this change. actionlint was not run locally.
  • Blacksmith already runs these jobs for in-repo pull requests: in a sample from 2026-09-17, 45 app-host shard jobs and 8 tests-build-and-lag jobs passed on blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15.

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Changes all runner fallbacks from Warp to Blacksmith so fork pull requests, which never see repository variables, no longer run paid Warp builds. Fork PRs used 13.2 runner-hours on Warp on 2026-09-19 while main ran on Blacksmith.

  • Every fallback now names the Blacksmith label the rest of CI already uses; the ios-streamed-validate.yml fallback uses blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-26 to match test-ios.yml.
  • A new guard test fails if any workflow falls back to a Warp label; Warp stays available as an explicit manual choice in perf-activation.yml and test-e2e.yml.
  • docs/ci-runners.md matches the new fallbacks. Fork PRs will join the Blacksmith macOS queue (171 jobs deep on 2026-09-19), and perf-activation.yml starts from a cold SwiftPM cache on its first variable-less auto run.

Written for commit 430fc1c. Summary will update on new commits.

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  • CI Improvements

    • Updated default macOS and Linux CI runners to use Blacksmith fallbacks while preserving configured runner overrides.
    • Ensured fork pull requests use non-paid runner fallbacks.
    • Added validation to prevent paid runner labels from being used as default fallbacks across workflows.
    • Updated benchmark, release, validation, and regression jobs to use the new defaults.
  • Documentation

    • Updated CI runner guidance to reflect Blacksmith defaults and manual run behavior.

teamleaderleo and others added 2 commits September 19, 2026 14:38
Repository variables are not exposed to pull requests from forks, so a
`vars.X || 'label'` fallback is where every fork pull request runs. Twelve
workflow lines still fall back to Warp, the paid provider CI moved off on
2026-09-17. Fork pull requests put 13 runner-hours on Warp on 2026-09-19.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
CI moved to Blacksmith on 2026-09-17 by setting the MACOS_RUNNER_*
variables, because Warp builds were piling up cost. Pull requests from
forks never see repository variables, so they kept running wherever the
workflow fallback pointed, and fourteen fallbacks still pointed at Warp:
compile admission, the six app-host shards, tests-build-and-lag,
cli-pipe-regressions and four dispatch workflows.

Point every fallback at the Blacksmith label main already uses. Warp
stays an explicit workflow_dispatch choice in perf-activation and
test-e2e. docs/ci-runners.md already said every macOS fallback routes to
Blacksmith; the table now matches.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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CI workflow fallbacks change from Warp runners to Blacksmith runners. Configured runner overrides remain supported. Documentation, cache keys, and self-hosted validation checks now use the updated defaults.

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CI runner fallback migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Workflow runner fallback updates
.github/workflows/*, docs/ci-runners.md
macOS and Linux fallback labels change to Blacksmith labels. Existing runner variable overrides remain supported. The performance workflow cache keys and documentation use the updated labels.
Paid fallback guard
tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh
A guard scans workflow files for Warp fallback patterns and runs with the existing runtime checks.

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🟡 Minor · Update the remaining WarpBuild descriptions. · ios-streamed-validate.yml:3-25

.github/workflows/ios-streamed-validate.yml:3-25
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Update the remaining WarpBuild descriptions.

The workflow uses MACOS_RUNNER_STREAMED_VALIDATION when set and otherwise falls back to blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15. Its workflow and job comments still describe WarpBuild. Update both descriptions.

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-# Validates the REAL Mac-streamed screenshot pipeline headless on a WarpBuild
-# macOS runner: stand up the dev web backend (local Postgres + Next.js), build +
+# Validates the REAL Mac-streamed screenshot pipeline headless on the configured
+# macOS runner or the blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15 fallback: stand up the dev web
+# backend (local Postgres + Next.js), build +
@@
-    # dispatch. Default to the isolated WarpBuild ARM lane; the selector below
-    # chooses its installed Xcode 26 toolchain and simulator runtime. Keep an
-    # override for a future isolated runner migration.
+    # dispatch. Use MACOS_RUNNER_STREAMED_VALIDATION when set; otherwise use the
+    # blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15 fallback. Keep an override for a future isolated
+    # runner migration.
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RetriggerConfidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge; the latest update resolves the remaining stale runner description and uses an established iOS-capable Blacksmith image.

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  1. P2 Stale WarpBuild Description ▶

Summary

This PR replaces Warp runner fallbacks with established Blacksmith labels so workflows without access to repository variables—particularly fork pull requests—do not use the paid overflow provider.

  • Updates macOS and Linux fallbacks across CI, regression, validation, benchmark, and release-delivery workflows.
  • Keeps explicit manual runner choices available where supported.
  • Aligns runner documentation with the new fallback policy.
  • Adds a guard test that rejects future Warp fallback expressions.
  • Updates the streamed iOS validation fallback and its comments to use the established macOS 26 Blacksmith image.

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flowchart LR
  A[Workflow job] --> B{Repository runner variable available?}
  B -->|Yes| C[Use configured runner]
  B -->|No| D[Use Blacksmith fallback]
  E[Explicit manual runner choice] --> F[Use selected runner]
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# chooses its installed Xcode 26 toolchain and simulator runtime. Keep an
# override for a future isolated runner migration.
runs-on: ${{ vars.MACOS_RUNNER_STREAMED_VALIDATION || 'warp-macos-15-arm64-6x' }}
runs-on: ${{ vars.MACOS_RUNNER_STREAMED_VALIDATION || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15' }}

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P2 Stale WarpBuild Description

The fallback now routes this job to Blacksmith, but the adjacent comments still say it defaults to an isolated WarpBuild ARM lane with an installed Xcode 26 toolchain and simulator runtime. This can mislead operators diagnosing runner capabilities or failures. Update the comments to describe the Blacksmith fallback and retain only capability guarantees verified for that image.

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teamleaderleo and others added 2 commits September 19, 2026 14:59
The dates and counts belong to the commit and pull request that made the
change. The comments now state only why the code is this way.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…image

The comment still described the WarpBuild lane. The fallback now matches
test-ios.yml, which runs the same simulator toolchain.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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1ad7029 ci: fall back to Blacksmith, not Warp, when runner variables are missing (manaflow-ai#13063)

# Conflicts:
#	.github/workflows/ci.yml
#	.github/workflows/cli-pipe-regressions.yml
#	.github/workflows/cmux-tui-release-delivery.yml
#	.github/workflows/ios-streamed-validate.yml
#	.github/workflows/iroh-release-gate.yml
#	.github/workflows/perf-activation.yml
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