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When a re-run takes the picker's alternate macOS label, it can get a label the pool snapshot or RUNNER_POOLS' _dead marks show dead. This change stops that.

Where. scripts/ci/classic_nightly_build_runner.py (main). It sets cloud and the re-run alternate for the DEV daily publisher's verify, tip-dmg-build and tip-deltas jobs, and for main's nightly build and sign/verify jobs. The DEV daily checks this helper out from the default branch, so the fix goes to main; feat-cmux-next does not have this file.

Cause. simple_pool_picker.dead_macos_26() returns nothing when the snapshot shows both macOS 26 labels dead ("says nothing to choose by"). alternate() read that set, so a stale snapshot showing both labels dead let it offer blacksmith-12vcpu-macos-26. At 05:44Z that label had 88 queued, 0 running, and its oldest job was 1403 min old. The picker never read RUNNER_POOLS' _dead marks either.

Change.

• alternate never names a label that the snapshot (fresh or stale) or a RUNNER_POOLS mark shows dead (every_dead(), with no all-dead suppression). If the other label is dead, alternate is cloud itself.
• RUNNER_POOLS _dead marks count as dead when they are no older than MARK_TTL (30 min). That matches runner_pools.DEAD_TTL, and a test keeps the two equal. Marks that are older, set in the future or malformed prove nothing.
• When every candidate is dead, the pick is RUNNER_POOLS' live macos_26 member (the pool's first member once every member is marked), not the caller's first label. That member is used only if it is one of the two candidates, so the picker still prints only Blacksmith macOS 26 labels.
• The three picker steps (nightly.yml ×2, cmux-next-dev-daily.yml) pass RUNNER_POOLS: ${{ vars.RUNNER_POOLS }}.
• If RUNNER_POOLS is unset, picks behave as before; only the both-dead alternate changes.

Tests. New EveryLabelDead cases in tests/test_classic_nightly_build_runner.py: a stale snapshot showing both labels dead (the 05:44Z numbers), marks alone, the all-dead live member, mark expiry and malformed values, the TTL kept equal to the writer's, and every picker step reading RUNNER_POOLS. Results: 35 pass. The new cases fail on main. test_ci_publisher_mac_jobs_move.py, test_ci_signing_keychain_is_deleted_before_bundle_code.py and test_ci_fork_runner_routing.py pass.

Prior art: #27114 (dead-label re-dispatch in the janitor) does not touch this picker. #28480 added the dead rule here and #28864 is the LINUX_RUNNER mirror; this builds on both. #28605 and #28976 touch other files.

Risk: low. CI routing only, and the change can only narrow which labels the picker offers.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Nightly app builds and signing jobs now route more reliably by factoring recent runner availability into selection. Unavailable runners are avoided when alternatives are available; if all candidates are marked unavailable, jobs fall back to a live macOS 26 runner. This helps scheduled builds proceed when runner availability changes.

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Follow-ups: 1. Each lands as an issue in this repo that links this receipt; the lane that opened the PR fixes it forward.

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Focused tests passed: 35 picker tests, 84 related CI tests, and compilation.

1. [P2] [follow-up] classic_nightly_build_runner.py:149 accepts _dead timestamps up to five minutes in the future. The PR contract says future marks prove nothing, so even a one-minute clock-skewed mark incorrectly suppresses a live label. Require now - seen >= 0 (and add coverage).

Follow-ups:

• [P2] [follow-up] Reject future _dead timestamps rather than allowing the five-minute grace window.

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Passes: CI passes on 6f2b1f8c76.

CI passes on 6f2b1f8c76 (run 41188836372 attempt 1).

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Merge receipt for 6f2b1f8c76: every check was green at merge (14 verified; 17 skipped by policy). Full suite runs on main after merge.

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Walkthrough

The classic nightly runner picker now uses recent RUNNER_POOLS dead marks alongside snapshot evidence. It filters dead candidates, uses the configured macOS 26 member when all candidates are dead, and receives pool data from the nightly workflows.

Changes: Runner pool routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Parse and classify pool marks scripts/ci/classic_nightly_build_runner.py, tests/test_classic_nightly_build_runner.py	The picker parses RUNNER_POOLS and recognizes timezone-aware marks up to 30 minutes old, including marks up to five minutes in the future. Tests cover malformed and expired marks and verify the mark key and TTL.
Apply dead-label routing rules scripts/ci/classic_nightly_build_runner.py, .github/workflows/nightly.yml, .github/workflows/cmux-next-dev-daily.yml, tests/test_classic_nightly_build_runner.py	Routing combines pool marks with snapshot evidence. When every candidate is dead, the picker uses the configured macOS 26 member. The workflows pass RUNNER_POOLS, and tests cover fallback, alternate selection, and workflow inputs.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Workflow as GitHub Actions workflow
  participant Picker as classic_nightly_build_runner.py
  participant Snapshot as Snapshot evidence
  Workflow->>Picker: Invoke with RUNNER_POOLS
  Snapshot->>Picker: Provide snapshot evidence
  Picker-->>Workflow: Return selected runner label

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Possibly related issues

• Issue 26576 — The picker changes address dead-label handling for nightly runner selection, which is part of the issue’s described stalled-label context.

Possibly related PRs

• manaflow-ai/cmux#26081: Moves the nightly app and signing paths to Blacksmith labels, which this PR’s picker changes select.
• manaflow-ai/cmux#27129: Defines RUNNER_POOLS and its dead marks, which this PR consumes.
• manaflow-ai/cmux#28480: Changes the same classic picker’s dead-label and alternate behavior.

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 6f2b1

The workflow configuration is correct. Strengthening the workflow test is worthwhile, but no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Pre-merge checks: 24 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 63.64% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 24 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing re-run alternates from selecting dead macOS 26 labels.
Description check		The description is detailed and covers the problem, cause, implementation, behavior, tests, results, and risk. It omits the template's explicit Changelog, Proof, and Checklist sections, but it is most…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Cmux Cloud Persistent Session And Early Input		PASS. The diff only updates GitHub Actions runner-pool environment variables, macOS label selection, and related tests. It does not modify Cloud terminal creation, cmux-tui transport, manual renderers…
Cmux Swift Actor Isolation		The pull request changes only two workflow files, one Python script, and one Python test file. The authoritative diff contains no Swift files or production Swift changes, so it cannot introduce a Swif…
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime		The pull request changes only YAML workflows, Python code, and Python tests. It introduces no Swift production changes, so the Swift blocking-runtime criteria do not apply.
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main		PASS: The PR changes only two GitHub workflows, scripts/ci/classic_nightly_build_runner.py, and its tests. It does not change Sources/TerminalController.swift or `ControlCommandExecutionPolicy.swi…
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load		PASS: The pull request changes only GitHub workflow YAML, Python CI code, and Python tests. The authoritative diff contains no Swift files and no agent-history load or interactive Swift path. The cust…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness		PASS: The pull request changes Python CI routing logic, GitHub Actions YAML, and Python tests. It does not change production Swift, TypeScript, or JavaScript, so the cache-substitution correctness con…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps		The diff does not introduce or expand a hacky sleep or wait. The new MARK_TTL and timestamp parsing classify stale _dead marks; they do not delay execution or synchronize a lifecycle. The existing…
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity		The change uses the fixed two-label CANDIDATES tuple. marked_dead() makes a single linear pass over the _dead map, and the remaining lookups use sets or mappings. The repeated every_dead() cal…
Cmux Swift Concurrency		The pull request changes only two GitHub workflow files, one Python CI script, and one Python test file. The reviewed range contains no Swift files and no Swift concurrency code. The custom check is t…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent		The pull request changes only two workflow YAML files, one Python script, and one Python test file. The reviewed diff contains no Swift or Swift interface files, so the Swift @concurrent rule is not a…
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries		The pull request changes only YAML workflow files, a Python CI helper, and Python tests. It contains no production Swift changes, so the Swift package-boundaries rule is not applicable.
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles		The PR changes only two workflow files, one Python picker, and its tests. The diff contains no Package.swift, Package.resolved, .gitignore, or Xcode project changes, and no SwiftPM dependency or packa…
Cmux Swift Logging		The pull request changes only two workflow files, one Python CI script, and one Python test file. It adds no Swift files or Swift logging statements. Therefore, the Swift logging failure conditions do…
Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy		The diff changes internal GitHub Actions runner selection and its CI log/output values. The concrete path is workflow steps writing GITHUB_OUTPUT, step summaries, and runner labels consumed by later…
Cmux Full Internationalization		PASS. The diff changes only GitHub Actions workflow configuration, a CI runner-selection Python script, and its tests. It adds no Swift UI text, app catalog or Info.plist entries, web UI/API copy, loc…
Cmux Swiftui State Layout		The pull request changes only two GitHub workflow files, one Python script, and one Python test file. The diff contains no Swift or SwiftUI code and no SwiftUI state or layout constructs. The SwiftUI …
Cmux Architecture Rethink		PASS: The pull request changes only Python, YAML, and Python test files. It introduces no Swift architecture change, so the Swift-specific failure conditions do not apply.
Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts		The pull request changes only GitHub workflow YAML, Python CI routing code, and Python tests. It adds no Swift, NSWindow, NSPanel, NSWindowController, SwiftUI Window, or WindowGroup code. The auxiliar…
Cmux Source Artifacts		The four changed paths are hand-written workflow configuration, Python source, and tests. No local output, generated logs, screenshots, caches, build artifacts, scratch directories, or dependency chec…
Cmux No Test Or Debug Seam In Production Source		The pull request changes only two workflow YAML files, one Python production script, and one Python test file. It changes no Swift file under a production Sources/ path, so the custom check does not…

Full details: Description check

Explanation

The description is detailed and covers the problem, cause, implementation, behavior, tests, results, and risk. It omits the template's explicit Changelog, Proof, and Checklist sections, but it is mostly complete and relevant for this CI-only change.

Full details: Cmux Cloud Persistent Session And Early Input

Explanation

PASS. The diff only updates GitHub Actions runner-pool environment variables, macOS label selection, and related tests. It does not modify Cloud terminal creation, cmux-tui transport, manual renderers, input ownership, authentication, idempotency, revision, or lease handling. Therefore the cloud-persistent-session-and-early-input failure conditions do not apply.

Full details: Cmux Swift Actor Isolation

Explanation

The pull request changes only two workflow files, one Python script, and one Python test file. The authoritative diff contains no Swift files or production Swift changes, so it cannot introduce a Swift actor-isolation mistake.

Full details: Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main

Explanation

PASS: The PR changes only two GitHub workflows, scripts/ci/classic_nightly_build_runner.py, and its tests. It does not change Sources/TerminalController.swift or ControlCommandExecutionPolicy.swift, and the added code contains no browser socket commands, WebKit/AppKit waits, worker routing, or main-actor routing. The browser automation rule is therefore not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load

Explanation

PASS: The pull request changes only GitHub workflow YAML, Python CI code, and Python tests. The authoritative diff contains no Swift files and no agent-history load or interactive Swift path. The custom check is not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness

Explanation

PASS: The pull request changes Python CI routing logic, GitHub Actions YAML, and Python tests. It does not change production Swift, TypeScript, or JavaScript, so the cache-substitution correctness condition is not applicable.

Full details: Cmux No Hacky Sleeps

Explanation

The diff does not introduce or expand a hacky sleep or wait. The new MARK_TTL and timestamp parsing classify stale _dead marks; they do not delay execution or synchronize a lifecycle. The existing trusted_route polling and time.sleep are unchanged. The workflow edits only pass an environment variable, and workflow YAML is out of scope.

Full details: Cmux Algorithmic Complexity

Explanation

The change uses the fixed two-label CANDIDATES tuple. marked_dead() makes a single linear pass over the _dead map, and the remaining lookups use sets or mappings. The repeated every_dead() calls do not create per-target scans or nested scans over scalable user-owned records. This CI picker does not handle approximately 1000 workspaces, sessions, or similar records.

Full details: Cmux Swift Concurrency

Explanation

The pull request changes only two GitHub workflow files, one Python CI script, and one Python test file. The reviewed range contains no Swift files and no Swift concurrency code. The custom check is therefore not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Swift `@Concurrent`

Explanation

The pull request changes only two workflow YAML files, one Python script, and one Python test file. The reviewed diff contains no Swift or Swift interface files, so the Swift @concurrent rule is not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles

Explanation

The PR changes only two workflow files, one Python picker, and its tests. The diff contains no Package.swift, Package.resolved, .gitignore, or Xcode project changes, and no SwiftPM dependency or package-reference changes. The added workflow environment entries only pass RUNNER_POOLS to the CI picker, so no lockfile requirement is triggered.

Full details: Cmux Swift Logging

Explanation

The pull request changes only two workflow files, one Python CI script, and one Python test file. It adds no Swift files or Swift logging statements. Therefore, the Swift logging failure conditions do not apply.

Full details: Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy

Explanation

The diff changes internal GitHub Actions runner selection and its CI log/output values. The concrete path is workflow steps writing GITHUB_OUTPUT, step summaries, and runner labels consumed by later CI jobs; no path to a cmux end user is present. Provider names, RUNNER_POOLS, snapshots, and runner labels are therefore allowed internal CI diagnostics. The change adds no secret, credential, token, personal data, or payload dump.

Full details: Cmux Full Internationalization

Explanation

PASS. The diff changes only GitHub Actions workflow configuration, a CI runner-selection Python script, and its tests. It adds no Swift UI text, app catalog or Info.plist entries, web UI/API copy, locale files, or web/messages entries. The added comments, docstrings, CI output, and test text are operational or developer-only content covered by the rule's allowed cases.

Full details: Cmux Swiftui State Layout

Explanation

The pull request changes only two GitHub workflow files, one Python script, and one Python test file. The diff contains no Swift or SwiftUI code and no SwiftUI state or layout constructs. The SwiftUI state-layout check is therefore not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts

Explanation

The pull request changes only GitHub workflow YAML, Python CI routing code, and Python tests. It adds no Swift, NSWindow, NSPanel, NSWindowController, SwiftUI Window, or WindowGroup code. The auxiliary-window close-shortcut rule is therefore not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Source Artifacts

Explanation

The four changed paths are hand-written workflow configuration, Python source, and tests. No local output, generated logs, screenshots, caches, build artifacts, scratch directories, or dependency checkouts appear in the diff.

Full details: Cmux No Test Or Debug Seam In Production Source

Explanation

The pull request changes only two workflow YAML files, one Python production script, and one Python test file. It changes no Swift file under a production Sources/ path, so the custom check does not apply.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 63.64% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 11 functions across 2 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Follow-up Comments

Count every picker run: line before checking its env block.

321-326: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Count every picker run: line before checking its env block.

The regex matches only picker steps that have an env: block. assertTrue(steps) accepts any non-empty match set. Removing the env block from one of the two picker steps in nightly.yml leaves one match. The test still passes and skips that step. A future edit can therefore remove RUNNER_POOLS from a picker step without a test failure. Comparing the match count with the number of picker run: lines detects a missing env block, including a step that has no env block at all.

Suggested fix

             with self.subTest(workflow=name):
                 self.assertTrue(steps)
+                self.assertEqual(len(steps), text.count("run: python3 scripts/ci/classic_nightly_build_runner.py\n"))
                 for env in steps:
                     self.assertIn("RUNNER_POOLS: ${{ vars.RUNNER_POOLS }}", env)

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Review comment at @tests/test_classic_nightly_build_runner.py around lines 321 -
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Update the workflow test around the steps regex to compare the number of matched
env blocks with the number of classic_nightly_build_runner.py picker run lines
in text before checking RUNNER_POOLS. This ensures every picker step has an env
block.

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• .github/workflows/cmux-next-dev-daily.yml
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• scripts/ci/classic_nightly_build_runner.py
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Review (codex, router-review): SHIP at 6f2b1f8

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SHIP at 6f2b1f8
Visual verdict: no images; Leo tries the build

1. [P2][follow-up] scripts/ci/classic_nightly_build_runner.py:149 accepts _dead timestamps up to five minutes in the future as valid dead marks. The PR says future marks prove nothing; a mark at 12:04 while now is 12:00 can incorrectly suppress a healthy label. Require seen <= now, or document and test the skew allowance.

Follow-ups:

• [P2][follow-up] Reject future _dead timestamps instead of treating them as dead evidence.