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22 changes: 18 additions & 4 deletions .github/workflows/ci-macos.yml
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Expand Up @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
CMUX_NODE_PRODUCT_CACHE_WAIT_SECONDS: ${{ vars.CMUX_NODE_PRODUCT_CACHE_WAIT_SECONDS }}
CMUX_ARTIFACT_PEER_URLS: ${{ vars.CMUX_ARTIFACT_PEER_URLS }}
CMUX_ARTIFACT_PEER_TOKEN_FILE: ${{ vars.CMUX_ARTIFACT_PEER_TOKEN_FILE }}
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15) || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR: "26"
CMUX_SKIP_ZIG_BUILD: "1"
# Part of the compiled product contract, so it has to name the pool this
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CMUX_CI_APP_HOST_ISOLATION_REQUIRED: "1"
CMUX_APP_HOST_SHARD: ${{ matrix.shard }}
CMUX_APP_HOST_CAPTURE_XCRESULTS: "1"
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15) || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR: "26"
CMUX_SKIP_ZIG_BUILD: "1"
# Global search owns a seventh consumer because its serialized container
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2150,6 +2150,20 @@ jobs:
esac

swift-package-tests:
# Stays on the macos-15 pool on every event, including pull requests. The
# "Select helper Xcode" step below pins CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR=15
# and the build then asserts HELPER_SDK_VERSION == 15.*, so the job needs an
# image carrying an SDK 15 Xcode; select-ci-xcode.sh exits non-zero rather
# than falling back when it cannot find one. The macos-26 image has no SDK 15.
# It is the one pull-request macOS job MACOS_RUNNER_PR must not move.
#
# That SDK 15 pin is self-imposed, not a toolchain limit. It dates from Zig
# 0.15.2, whose MachO linker could not resolve libSystem against an
# Xcode 26.4+ SDK (ziglang/zig#31658, fixed by #31673 in Zig 0.16.0). The
# Ghostty submodule has required 0.16.0 since at least 2026-09-17 and
# install-zig-ci.sh derives the version from that manifest, so the original
# reason is likely gone -- but no helper build has run on a macos-26 image to
# prove it, and the SDK assertion would fail there first regardless.
# !cancelled() disables the implicit success() gate, which GitHub evaluates
# over the transitive needs chain: linux-preflight runs behind routed linux
# jobs that legitimately skip (web/go/agent-session paths), and that
Expand All @@ -2169,7 +2183,7 @@ jobs:
ghostty_helper_toolchain_sha256: ${{ steps.ghostty-helper-identity.outputs.toolchain_sha256 }}
ghostty_helper_sdk: ${{ steps.ghostty-helper-identity.outputs.sdk }}
# Build the release helper with SDK 15, then run package tests with SDK 26.
runs-on: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15') || vars.MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15' }}
runs-on: ${{ vars.MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15' }}
timeout-minutes: 40
env:
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2635,7 +2649,7 @@ jobs:
CMUX_NODE_PRODUCT_CACHE_WAIT_SECONDS: ${{ vars.CMUX_NODE_PRODUCT_CACHE_WAIT_SECONDS }}
CMUX_ARTIFACT_PEER_URLS: ${{ vars.CMUX_ARTIFACT_PEER_URLS }}
CMUX_ARTIFACT_PEER_TOKEN_FILE: ${{ vars.CMUX_ARTIFACT_PEER_TOKEN_FILE }}
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15) || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR: "26"
steps:
- name: Validate display runner identity
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/ci.yml
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Expand Up @@ -581,7 +581,11 @@ jobs:
continue-on-error: true
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && steps.detect.outputs.macos == 'true' }}
env:
XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
# Both steps are pull-request-only, and the xcode= extra exists so the
# fingerprint moves when the pinned toolchain does. Read the same lane
# the pull-request macOS jobs compile under, or a lane move would reuse
# a build admitted under the previous Xcode and skip the compile.
XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
run: |
set -euo pipefail
fingerprint="$(python3 scripts/ci/build_input_fingerprint.py --extra "xcode=$XCODE_APP")"
Expand All @@ -593,7 +597,11 @@ jobs:
continue-on-error: true
if: ${{ steps.inputs.outputs.fingerprint != '' && steps.suite.outputs.full_suite == 'false' }}
env:
XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
# Both steps are pull-request-only, and the xcode= extra exists so the
# fingerprint moves when the pinned toolchain does. Read the same lane
# the pull-request macOS jobs compile under, or a lane move would reuse
# a build admitted under the previous Xcode and skip the compile.
XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
HEAD_FINGERPRINT: ${{ steps.inputs.outputs.fingerprint }}
run: |
set -euo pipefail
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Expand Up @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
runs-on: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15') || vars.MACOS_RUNNER_15 || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15' }}
timeout-minutes: 30
env:
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15) || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
# Caller workflow env does not reach a reusable workflow; the R2 cache
# restore needs this set here.
CI_CACHE_R2_PUBLIC_URL: ${{ vars.CI_CACHE_R2_PUBLIC_URL || 'https://ci-cache.cmux.com' }}
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Expand Up @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ jobs:
runs-on: ${{ vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15' }}
timeout-minutes: 75
env:
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR: "26"
CMUX_SKIP_ZIG_BUILD: "1"
steps:
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timeout-minutes: 35
permissions: {}
env:
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}
CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR: "26"
CMUX_SKIP_ZIG_BUILD: "1"
GLAEDA_REF: ffb2af668e1be3637df2e8df4ec42085ccd3b89c
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60 changes: 58 additions & 2 deletions docs/ci-runners.md
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Expand Up @@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ gh variable list --repo manaflow-ai/cmux
| `LINUX_RUNNER` | every Linux job (`ci.yml` web/typecheck/db, presence, cloud-vm, nightly/ios decide jobs, claude, homebrew, tmux fuzz) | `blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404` | `blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404` |
| `LINUX_ARM64_RUNNER` | native ARM64 package entrypoint verification | `ubuntu-24.04-arm` | `ubuntu-24.04-arm` |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_15` | the macOS 15 default: `macos-compile-admission`, `app-host-unit-tests`, nightly helper and test-cache jobs | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_PR` | **pull-request** macOS jobs only, in `ci-macos.yml`, `cli-pipe-regressions.yml` and `terminal-hang-diagnostics.yml` | unset (see "Lanes" below) | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_PR` | **pull-request** macOS jobs only, in `ci-macos.yml`, `cli-pipe-regressions.yml`, `terminal-hang-diagnostics.yml`, `ci.yml` (`claude-wrapper`) and `nightly.yml` (`refresh-test-compilation-cache`) | unset (see "Lanes" below) | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_TESTS` | the manual test-debugging lanes: `test-e2e.yml` and `test-depot.yml` | unset (see "Lanes" below) | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-26` for `test-e2e.yml`, `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` for `test-depot.yml` |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE` | `swift-package-tests` (SDK 15 release helper, then SDK 26 package tests) on non-pull-request events; pull requests take `MACOS_RUNNER_PR` | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE` | `swift-package-tests` (SDK 15 release helper, then SDK 26 package tests) on **every** event, pull requests included | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_26` | macOS 26 compatibility jobs and nightly sign/notarize | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-26` | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-26` |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_26_NIGHTLY_BUILD` | changed-revision universal Nightly app builds | `blacksmith-12vcpu-macos-26` | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-26` |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_26_RELEASE` | disk-heavy `release-build` universal app | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-26` | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-26` |
Expand All @@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ gh variable list --repo manaflow-ai/cmux
| `MACOS_RUNNER_STREAMED_VALIDATION` | `ios-streamed-validate.yml`, `iroh-release-gate.yml` streamed validation | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` | `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-26` and `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` respectively |
| `MACOS_RUNNER_BACKGROUND` | non-urgent macOS work only: `build-ghosttykit`, the macOS legs of `cmux-tui-artifacts` (post-merge) and `cmux-tui-nightly` (on demand). See "Background lane" below | unset | `macos-15` (GitHub-hosted, free) |

The pull-request lane also has a toolchain variable, set together with
`MACOS_RUNNER_PR`:

| Variable | Used by | Intended steady state | Falls back to |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR` | the Xcode pin of the pull-request jobs that *select a pinned Xcode*: `macos-compile-admission`, `app-host-unit-tests`, `tests-build-and-lag`, `cli-pipe-regressions`, the `nightly.yml` cache seed, the owned-Mac producer, and `ci.yml`'s pull-request build-input fingerprint | unset (see "Lanes" below) | `CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15` |

Not every job on the pool reads it. `ci.yml`'s `claude-wrapper` never selects an
Xcode, and the two `terminal-hang-diagnostics.yml` jobs run
`scripts/select-ci-xcode.sh` with no pin at all, so they auto-select the newest
stable Xcode on whichever image they land on.

## Lanes

Not every macOS job follows the same variable, because not every macOS job has
Expand All @@ -53,6 +65,50 @@ the same cost profile or the same urgency.
to macOS 26 because the macOS 15 pool's queue-to-start p90 was 83 min against
1.0 min on 26, measured over 60 dispatches on 2026-09-22/23.

`MACOS_RUNNER_PR` does not move a lane on its own. The two images carry
different Xcodes -- the `macos-15` image ships `/Applications/Xcode_26.3.app`
and the `macos-26` image ships `/Applications/Xcode_26.5.app` -- and
`scripts/select-ci-xcode.sh` exits non-zero on a pinned path that is not
installed. A pull-request job whose pool moved to `macos-26` while its pin
still named the `macos-15` Xcode would fail at Xcode selection rather than
queue. So the pin follows the same lane through `CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR`, and the two
are set together:

```bash
gh variable set MACOS_RUNNER_PR --repo manaflow-ai/cmux -b blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-26
gh variable set CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR --repo manaflow-ai/cmux -b /Applications/Xcode_26.5.app
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Unsetting both returns the lane to `blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15` and Xcode 26.3.

`swift-package-tests` deliberately does **not** resolve through
`MACOS_RUNNER_PR`. It builds the Release Ghostty CLI helper against an
SDK 15 Xcode -- it pins `CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR=15` for that step
and then asserts `HELPER_SDK_VERSION == 15.*` -- and only the `macos-15`
image carries an SDK 15 Xcode. That pin dates from Zig 0.15.2, whose MachO
linker could not resolve `libSystem` against an Xcode 26.4+ SDK
(ziglang/zig#31658, fixed by #31673 in Zig 0.16.0); the Ghostty submodule has
required 0.16.0 since 2026-09-17 and `install-zig-ci.sh` reads the version from
that manifest, so the original reason is probably gone. The SDK 15 assertion is
what still holds the job, and it has not been retested on a macos-26 image. So
it stays on `MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE` on every event, and the dual-Xcode guard in
`tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh` fails if it ever reads
`MACOS_RUNNER_PR`.
`test_macos_jobs_use_lane_specific_xcode_pin_vars` in
`tests/test_ci_change_areas.py` keeps the pin on the same escape hatch as the
pool.

The dispatch-only owned-Mac producer in `persistent-macos-compile.yml` reads
`CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR` directly, because only pull-request jobs consume its
products and hosted revalidation rejects a toolchain mismatch. Before enabling
`CI_PERSISTENT_MAC_COMPILE`, the owned Mac has to carry whatever Xcode the
pull-request lane currently pins;
`check_persistent_compile_owned_mac_occupancy` in
`tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh` reduces the hosted job's conditional to its
pull-request branch before comparing, and separately requires the producer to
name the lane directly: that file is `workflow_dispatch`-only, so a conditional
on `github.event_name` there would never take the branch being compared.

`MACOS_RUNNER_PR` and `MACOS_RUNNER_TESTS` are escape hatches: leaving them
unset is the intended state, and setting one overrides just that lane without
touching required CI. That makes a rollback a variable edit rather than a
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assert "CI_ARTIFACT_R2_URL: ${{ vars.CI_ARTIFACT_R2_URL }}" in r2_step


PR_LANE_XCODE_PIN = (
"${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' "
"&& (vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15) "
"|| vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}"
)


def test_macos_jobs_use_lane_specific_xcode_pin_vars() -> None:
# A pull-request job picks its pool through MACOS_RUNNER_PR, and the two
# macOS images carry different Xcodes: macos-15 ships CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15
# and macos-26 ships CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_26. scripts/select-ci-xcode.sh
# exits non-zero on a pinned path that is not installed, so a pin that does
# not follow the same lane turns a routing change into a failed job rather
# than a queued one. Require the pin to resolve through the pull-request
# escape hatch exactly as runs-on does, with the macos-15 pin as the default
# on both branches so an unset variable keeps today's behavior.
for job_name in [
"app-host-unit-tests",
"macos-compile-admission",
"swift-package-tests",
"tests-build-and-lag",
]:
block = workflow_job_block(job_name, MACOS_WORKFLOW)
assert "CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}" in block
assert f"CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: {PR_LANE_XCODE_PIN}" in block, job_name
assert "vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_26" not in block, job_name
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Assert the lane-specific helper Xcode expression.

The topology test only checks that CMUX_CI_HELPER_XCODE_APP exists. It does not check its PR selection or macOS 15 fallback. A change that replaces this expression with an incorrect helper pin can pass while the app pin remains correct, although the workflow consumes the helper pin before building the release helper.

Suggested fix 
 PR_LANE_XCODE_PIN = (
     "${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' "
     "&& (vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15) "
     "|| vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}"
 )
+PR_LANE_HELPER_XCODE_PIN = (
+    "${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' "
+    "&& (vars.CMUX_CI_HELPER_XCODE_APP_PR || vars.CMUX_CI_HELPER_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15) "
+    "|| vars.CMUX_CI_HELPER_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}"
+)
 
 ...
 
+    package_block = workflow_job_block("swift-package-tests", MACOS_WORKFLOW)
+    assert f"CMUX_CI_HELPER_XCODE_APP: {PR_LANE_HELPER_XCODE_PIN}" in package_block
+
     release_block = workflow_job_block("release-build", MACOS_WORKFLOW)
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In `@tests/test_ci_change_areas.py` around lines 3923 - 3947, Extend
test_macos_jobs_use_lane_specific_xcode_pin_vars with an assertion for the
CMUX_CI_HELPER_XCODE_APP expression in the swift-package-tests job. Verify it
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assert 'CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR: "26"' in block

# swift-package-tests links the Release Ghostty CLI helper with Zig, which
# Zig 0.15.2 cannot do on macOS 26, so it stays on the macos-15 pool on
# every event and keeps the unconditional macos-15 pins. Moving it onto the
# pull-request lane would hand MACOS_RUNNER_PR a job it must not move.
package_block = workflow_job_block("swift-package-tests", MACOS_WORKFLOW)
assert "vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR" not in package_block

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sed -n '2148,2200p' .github/workflows/ci-macos.yml
sed -n '3910,3970p' tests/test_ci_change_areas.py
sed -n '270,335p' tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh
rg -n 'workflow_job_block|check_release_helper_artifact_from_package_lane|saw_pr_lane' tests/test_ci_change_areas.py tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh

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printf '%s\n' '--- workflow_job_block ---'
sed -n '1578,1605p' tests/test_ci_change_areas.py | nl -ba -v1578
printf '%s\n' '--- Python guard ---'
sed -n '3948,3961p' tests/test_ci_change_areas.py | nl -ba -v3948
printf '%s\n' '--- shell guard ---'
sed -n '284,321p' tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh | nl -ba -v284
printf '%s\n' '--- workflow job ---'
awk 'BEGIN { found=0; n=0 } /^  swift-package-tests:/ { found=1 } found { printf "%5d %s\n", NR, $0; n++; if (n==40) exit }' .github/workflows/ci-macos.yml

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Restrict PR-runner checks to the runs-on directive.

The package block includes a comment naming vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR, so both checks can fail even though the job uses the dual-Xcode runner. Check the actual runs-on directive instead.

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--- a/tests/test_ci_change_areas.py
+++ b/tests/test_ci_change_areas.py
@@
     package_block = workflow_job_block("swift-package-tests", MACOS_WORKFLOW)
-    assert "vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR" not in package_block
+    assert (
+        "runs-on: ${{ vars.MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15' }}"
+        in package_block
+    )
--- a/tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh
+++ b/tests/test_ci_self_hosted_guard.sh
@@
-    in_job && /vars\.MACOS_RUNNER_PR/ { saw_pr_lane=1 }
+    in_job && /^[[:space:]]*runs-on:/ && /vars\.MACOS_RUNNER_PR/ { saw_pr_lane=1 }
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assert "vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR" not in package_block
assert (
"runs-on: ${{ vars.MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE || 'blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15' }}"
in package_block
)
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In `@tests/test_ci_change_areas.py` at line 3954, Update the runner assertions in
the `swift-package-tests` check to inspect the `runs-on` directive rather than
searching the entire `package_block`, and verify that it uses the dual-Xcode
runner configuration. Apply the same directive-scoped matching in the
self-hosted guard’s `saw_pr_lane` check.

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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

assert "CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}" in package_block
assert (
"CMUX_CI_HELPER_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_HELPER_XCODE_APP_MACOS_15 }}"
in package_block
)
assert 'CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR: "26"' in package_block

release_block = workflow_job_block("release-build", MACOS_WORKFLOW)
assert "CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP: ${{ vars.CMUX_CI_XCODE_APP_MACOS_26 }}" in release_block
assert 'CMUX_CI_REQUIRED_MACOS_SDK_MAJOR: "26"' in release_block
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fi

swift_package_section="$(job_section "$CI_FILE" "swift-package-tests")"
if [[ "$swift_package_section" != *'runs-on: ${{ github.event_name == '\''pull_request'\'' && (vars.MACOS_RUNNER_PR || '\''blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15'\'') || vars.MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE || '\''blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15'\'' }}'* ]]; then
echo "FAIL: CI swift-package-tests must use the dual-Xcode runner lane" >&2
# Every event, pull requests included: this job builds the Release Ghostty CLI
# helper against an SDK 15 Xcode, which only the macos-15 image carries, so it
# must not follow MACOS_RUNNER_PR onto whatever pool that lane points at.
if [[ "$swift_package_section" != *'runs-on: ${{ vars.MACOS_RUNNER_DUAL_XCODE || '\''blacksmith-6vcpu-macos-15'\'' }}'* ]]; then
echo "FAIL: CI swift-package-tests must use the dual-Xcode runner lane on every event" >&2
exit 1
fi

# Comments are stripped first: the job carries a comment naming MACOS_RUNNER_PR
# to explain why it does not use it, and that prose is not a routing decision.
swift_package_directives="$(printf '%s\n' "$swift_package_section" | sed 's/[[:space:]]*#.*$//')"
if [[ "$swift_package_directives" == *MACOS_RUNNER_PR* ]]; then
echo "FAIL: CI swift-package-tests must not resolve through MACOS_RUNNER_PR" >&2
echo " The pull-request lane may point at a macos-26 pool, which has no SDK 15 Xcode." >&2
exit 1
fi

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