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Problem

scripts/run-e2e.sh sends every focused run to test-e2e.yml, which compiles the whole app before it tests anything. On 2026-09-24 there were 172 test-e2e runs; in a 100-run sample, 82 selected only cmuxTests. Their build job took 12 to 27 minutes, and the tests took about 2. Neither cache helped: the exact-product lookup missed (no_matching_contract_artifact) and warm DerivedData is off whenever app sources changed (#14098).

I ran app_host_test_rerun.py plan against the 25 distinct app-host-only refs from that day:

  • 3 had CI products ready when the E2E run was dispatched.
  • 12 were dispatched while PR CI was compiling the same commit.

So 15 of 25 paid for a second compile of the same code.

Change

  • Dispatcher. For unpinned cmuxTests selectors, dispatch-focused-test.py now plans with app_host_test_rerun.py first. If CI products fit, it dispatches app-host-test-rerun.yml, which recompiles only cmuxTests.
    • If a ci.yml run of the commit is still compiling products that fit, the dispatcher polls for them, up to 50 min. It does not start a second build.
    • For a pull_request run, it checks before waiting that the merge differs from the commit only under cmuxTests/.
    • Otherwise, or with the new --full-build, it falls through to test-e2e.yml exactly as before. UI tests and a pinned --runner also take that path.
    • The reuse path runs after the existing guards, so an identical in-flight run is still attached to and a known failure is still refused.
  • app-host-test-rerun.yml takes a dispatch_id and echoes it in its run name, so the dispatcher can find its own run.
  • app_host_test_rerun.py. A dispatched test-e2e.yml run lists under main's head_sha but compiles its ref input. For example, main commit ae81635152 lists run 35998329278, which built e47630b43c.
    • The lookup could therefore have taken a branch build as main's products and failed the receipt check. built_revision now reads the built SHA from the run title.
    • product_runner now reads the build job, so products that test-e2e.yml compiled on macOS 26 rerun on macOS 26.

Validation

  • Rerun tests. tests/test_app_host_test_rerun.py: 30 pass. Four are new, and the dispatched-run ones fail on main.
  • Dispatcher tests. tests/test_run_e2e.py: 95 pass. Eight are new and cover these paths:
    • existing products
    • awaiting a compiling CI run
    • a merge that moved app code
    • CI that finishes without products
    • CI that skips its macOS compile
    • a refused rerun dispatch
    • a selector the rerun cannot express
    • which invocations look for products
  • Python 3.9. The dispatcher imports and runs --help under macOS's stock /usr/bin/python3 (3.9.6).
  • Live check. building_producer and planned_products ran read-only against PR head 8a7e28b2. The lookup chose finished run 36003927414 and skipped the in-progress one, whose merge had picked up app changes from main. GitHub lists an in-progress run's products artifact (seen on 36007195209), which is what the wait loop relies on.
  • Real dispatch. scripts/run-e2e.sh cmuxTests/CmuxPopoverGroupTests --ref 8a7e28b2… --workflow-ref ci/focused-test-reuses-ci-products took the rerun path.
  • Review. A subagent review found four defects in the first commit, and the second commit fixes all of them:
    • main's dispatched ci.yml runs were rejected as a source of products
    • contextlib.chdir broke Python 3.9
    • a CI run that skips macOS was awaited
    • a refused rerun dispatch errored instead of falling back

Rollout

Until this merges, the rerun workflow on main has no dispatch_id input. A dispatch against the default --workflow-ref main is refused and falls back to the full build. Nothing changes for UI tests or pinned runners.

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Summary by cubic

Unpinned cmuxTests runs now reuse app products CI already compiled instead of paying for a full app build.

  • For unpinned cmuxTests selectors, the dispatcher plans with app_host_test_rerun.py first and dispatches app-host-test-rerun.yml when a CI run's products fit, or waits (up to 50 min) for a still-compiling run. Otherwise, or with --full-build, it falls back to test-e2e.yml exactly as before.
  • app-host-test-rerun.yml accepts a dispatch_id, echoed into its run name so the dispatcher can find its own run.
  • app_host_test_rerun.py now reads the built SHA from a dispatched test-e2e.yml run's title (those runs list under main's head_sha), reads the runner pool from the build job, and skips CI runs still compiling.
  • CI runs whose macOS compile admission was skipped are not awaited, and a refused rerun dispatch falls back to a full build.

Validation: all 122 existing and new tests pass.

Written for commit 7ff05e7. Summary will update on new commits.

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  • New Features
    • Focused test runs can now reuse available CI build products for the requested commit, reducing duplicate builds. If products are still being built, the run can wait for them; if they cannot be reused, it falls back to a full build.
    • Reruns can include an optional dispatch identifier in their run name, making them easier to distinguish.

scripts/run-e2e.sh sent every focused run to test-e2e.yml, which compiles
the whole app (12 to 27 minutes) to run about two minutes of tests. Of 25
app-host-only dispatches on 2026-09-24, 15 duplicated a build: 3 had CI
products ready and 12 were dispatched while PR CI was compiling the same
commit.

For unpinned cmuxTests selectors, the dispatcher now plans with
app_host_test_rerun.py first and dispatches app-host-test-rerun.yml when a
CI run's products fit. When a CI run of the commit is still compiling
products that fit, it waits for them. Otherwise, or with --full-build, it
dispatches test-e2e.yml as before, after the same guards.

app_host_test_rerun.py now reads what a dispatched test-e2e.yml run
compiled from its title. Those runs list under main's head_sha, so the
lookup could pick a branch build as main's products and fail the receipt
check. product_runner also reads test-e2e.yml's build job, so those
products rerun on the macOS whose Xcode built them.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Walkthrough

The focused-test launcher can use CI products for unpinned cmuxTests runs. It locates or waits for eligible CI products, then dispatches app-host reruns; otherwise, it falls back to a full build. The rerun workflow records dispatch IDs, and its planner resolves revisions and runner labels.

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App-host product reuse

Layer / File(s) Summary
Dispatched rerun identity
.github/workflows/app-host-test-rerun.yml, scripts/ci/app_host_test_rerun.py, tests/test_app_host_test_rerun.py
The rerun workflow accepts and displays an optional dispatch ID. The planner resolves revisions from dispatched E2E run titles, recognizes build jobs for runner selection, and reports revision-resolution errors. Tests cover dispatched run revision handling and source-run selection.
CI product discovery and waiting
scripts/ci/dispatch-focused-test.py
The launcher can query a selected workflow, plan against available products, and identify eligible unfinished CI runs. It can wait up to 50 minutes for products, polling every 60 seconds.
Reusable-product dispatch and fallback
scripts/ci/dispatch-focused-test.py, tests/test_run_e2e.py
Unpinned cmuxTests runs can dispatch a rerun using reusable CI products. The --full-build option bypasses reuse. If products or rerun dispatch are unavailable, the launcher falls back to a full build. Tests cover lookup, waiting, dispatch, and fallback conditions.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant dispatch-focused-test
  participant GitHub Actions
  participant app_host_test_rerun.py
  dispatch-focused-test->>GitHub Actions: List CI runs for the requested commit
  dispatch-focused-test->>app_host_test_rerun.py: Plan products for the commit and selector
  dispatch-focused-test->>GitHub Actions: Poll an eligible producer for products
  dispatch-focused-test->>GitHub Actions: Dispatch rerun with source_run_id and dispatch_id
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 7ff05

Focused reruns can ignore requested timeout limits or use a runner that does not match the build. These should be fixed or explicitly accepted before relying on product reuse.

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Cmux Cloud Persistent Session And Early Input ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes only CI workflows, CI product-reuse scripts, and their tests. The diff does not modify Cloud terminal creation, persistent cmux-tui transport, manual renderers, Ghostty runtime ad…
Cmux Swift Actor Isolation ✅ Passed PASS: The authoritative PR diff changes only one YAML workflow, two Python CI scripts, and two Python test files. It contains no production Swift changes, so it cannot introduce or worsen the specifie…
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime ✅ Passed The pull request changes only YAML and Python files. The authoritative diff contains no Swift, Objective-C, or Swift interface files, so it introduces no production Swift blocking or timing-based sync…
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main ✅ Passed The PR changes only one workflow, Python CI scripts, and Python tests. The rule-scoped Swift files, Sources/TerminalController.swift and `Packages/macOS/CmuxControlSocket/Sources/CmuxControlSocket/W…
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative PR diff changes only one workflow YAML file, two Python CI scripts, and two Python test files. It contains no production Swift changes, so it cannot add or move an expensive sy…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only GitHub Actions YAML, Python CI scripts, and Python tests. It introduces no production Swift, TypeScript, or JavaScript changes, so the cache-substitution correctnes…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed The new 60-second CI product polling is bounded by a 50-minute monotonic deadline and uses the existing cancellation-aware wait_for_retry/cancellation_scope path. Tests cover waiting for products,…
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ✅ Passed PASS: The changed production code does not introduce a prohibited algorithmic pattern. New collection scans use bounded CI API pages: 50 workflow runs, 100 jobs, and 100 run-discovery entries. Product…
Cmux Swift Concurrency ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only workflow YAML, Python CI scripts, and Python tests. The changed-file inventory contains no Swift files, so it cannot introduce or expand the specified Swift concurr…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent ✅ Passed The pull-request diff changes only YAML, Python, and test files. It contains no Swift paths and no Swift concurrency annotations or related code, so the cmux Swift @concurrent`` check is not applicabl…
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries ✅ Passed The authoritative PR diff changes only YAML and Python files, plus Python tests. It contains no Swift or SwiftPM production changes, so the Swift package-boundary check is not applicable.
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles ✅ Passed The PR changes only workflow dispatch metadata, CI scripts, and tests. The authoritative diff contains no Package.swift, package-local Package.resolved, root Xcode Package.resolved, .gitignore…
Cmux Swift Logging ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only workflow YAML, Python CI scripts, and Python tests. The authoritative diff contains no Swift or other app/runtime source files, so it introduces or materially chang…
Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy ✅ Passed PASS. The changed messages are emitted by scripts/ci/dispatch-focused-test.py, scripts/ci/app_host_test_rerun.py, and GitHub Actions workflow steps. Their concrete consumers are `scripts/run-e2e.s…
Cmux Full Internationalization ✅ Passed The PR changes only CI workflow configuration, CI scripts, and tests. It adds no Swift UI text, string catalogs, Info.plist entries, web UI, API copy, locale files, or message entries. The added run n…
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Cmux Architecture Rethink ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative diff changes only one workflow YAML file, three Python files, and two Python test files. It adds CI product polling and dispatch correlation, but it does not change Swift archi…
Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts ✅ Passed PASS: The PR changes only one workflow file, three Python files, and two Python test files. The authoritative diff contains no Swift or window declarations, including NSWindow, NSPanel, NSWindowContro…
Cmux Source Artifacts ✅ Passed All five changed paths are hand-written workflow configuration, CI scripts, or tests. The diff adds no local logs, screenshots, recordings, temporary or broad artifact directories, caches, build outpu…
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Review fixes for the focused-rerun path:
- built_revision reads the title only for test-e2e.yml dispatches. Main's
  ci.yml runs are dispatched by ci-main-full-suite.yml and titled "CI";
  they build their head, and rejecting them hid main's products. A bad
  source_run_id now exits with a message, not a traceback.
- The dispatcher no longer needs Python 3.11: run-e2e.sh may run macOS's
  python3, which is 3.9, and contextlib.chdir failed at import.
- A CI run whose macOS compile admission was skipped is not awaited, and
  main's dispatched ci.yml runs are.
- A refused rerun dispatch falls back to a full build.

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In `@scripts/ci/app_host_test_rerun.py`:
- Around line 170-179: Update the source-run runner selection used by
`product_runner` so a `build` job with an unrecognized runner label is rejected
instead of falling back to the macOS 15 pool. Preserve the existing mappings for
known labels and the macOS 15 default when no relevant build runner is present.

In `@scripts/ci/dispatch-focused-test.py`:
- Around line 862-868: Update the reuse condition around reuse_ci_products so
custom args.timeout or args.job_timeout values bypass product reuse and continue
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Comment on lines +170 to +179
follows MACOS_RUNNER_PR, so read the pool it actually ran on; a test-e2e.yml
run compiles in its `build` job. A run without either keeps the macOS 15
default.
"""
for page in range(1, pages + 1):
listing = api(f"repos/{repository}/actions/runs/{run_id}/jobs?filter=latest&per_page=100&page={page}")
jobs = listing.get("jobs", [])
for job in jobs:
if job.get("name", "").endswith(ADMISSION_JOB):
# test-e2e.yml compiles in its `build` job.
if job.get("name", "").endswith(ADMISSION_JOB) or job.get("name") == "build":

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
fd -a test-e2e.yml .github/workflows --exec rg -n -C3 'app-host-products|upload-artifact|^  build:|runs-on' {}
rg -n -C2 'tart-' .github/workflows scripts/ci

Repository: manaflow-ai/cmux

Length of output: 17957


🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- product runner and related mappings ---'
rg -n -C8 'def product_runner|PRODUCT_RUNNERS|ADMISSION_JOB|macos-[0-9]|runner_label|RUNNERS' scripts/ci/app_host_test_rerun.py scripts/ci/dispatch-focused-test.py scripts/ci .github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- workflow runner/build sections ---'
sed -n '235,275p' .github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
sed -n '480,545p' .github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
sed -n '680,715p' .github/workflows/test-e2e.yml
printf '%s\n' '--- rerun implementation section ---'
sed -n '130,205p' scripts/ci/app_host_test_rerun.py

Repository: manaflow-ai/cmux

Length of output: 41691


Reject unknown build runner labels instead of defaulting to macOS 15.

test-e2e.yml uploads products from its build job, including builds that run on tart-* labels. product_runner recognizes only macos-15 and macos-26; a Tart label matches neither and returns the macOS 15 pool. The rerun can therefore rebuild cmuxTests with Xcode 26.3 while using products built by a different image. Reject a source run when its build label maps to no known product pool instead of selecting macOS 15.

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In `@scripts/ci/app_host_test_rerun.py` around lines 170 - 179, Update the
source-run runner selection used by `product_runner` so a `build` job with an
unrecognized runner label is rejected instead of falling back to the macOS 15
pool. Preserve the existing mappings for known labels and the macOS 15 default
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Comment on lines +862 to +868
# A pinned runner asks about that pool; reused products run on the pool
# that compiled them.
if test_target == "cmuxTests" and not pinned and not args.full_build:
status = reuse_ci_products(commit, args.test_filter, args.workflow_ref, args.wait)
if status is not None:
return status

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Skip reuse when the caller sets --timeout or --job-timeout.

The reuse path dispatches app-host-test-rerun.yml with only ref, only_testing, source_run_id, and dispatch_id. args.timeout and args.job_timeout do not reach that workflow. Assume a user passes --timeout 600 for a slow test. The rerun then applies its own limits, and the user gets no notice. The reported result can be a timeout failure that the requested setting would have prevented.

Fall back to the full build when either option differs from its default. Alternatively, forward the values if the rerun workflow supports them.

Proposed fix
-    if test_target == "cmuxTests" and not pinned and not args.full_build:
+    custom_limits = args.timeout != 120 or args.job_timeout != 45
+    if test_target == "cmuxTests" and not pinned and not args.full_build and not custom_limits:
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In `@scripts/ci/dispatch-focused-test.py` around lines 862 - 868, Update the reuse
condition around reuse_ci_products so custom args.timeout or args.job_timeout
values bypass product reuse and continue through the full-build path; preserve
reuse when both options are at their defaults.

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teamleaderleo merged commit df44058 into main Sep 24, 2026
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rustybret pushed a commit to rustybret/bmux that referenced this pull request Sep 24, 2026
cd7a4cf Prepare iOS 1.0.6 beta compatibility release (manaflow-ai#14112)
2d9b4e8 test: skip dead persistent-SSH restore tests and fix relay-less legacy fixtures after manaflow-ai#14216 (manaflow-ai#14222)
df44058 ci: run focused cmuxTests against products CI already compiled (manaflow-ai#14229)
06ec6cb Stop unrelated defaults writes and pane geometry changes from re-evaluating chrome-heavy views (manaflow-ai#14058)
185d99e chore(cli): remove dead persistent SSH PTY startup path (manaflow-ai#14231)
dddffea ci: take the build-fleet host lock for nightly mini builds (manaflow-ai#14233)
f2106e5 test(cli): expect the client-side workspace ref resolution manaflow-ai#13964 added (manaflow-ai#14230)
59fa5b9 docs(ci): fix persistent-compile pilot runbook drift (manaflow-ai#14206)

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