isolate hangs

ci-conda.Dockerfile

@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ COPY --from=miniforge-upstream --chown=root:conda --chmod=770 /opt/conda /opt/co
 # Ensure new files are created with group write access & setgid. See https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/12845
 RUN chmod g+ws /opt/conda
 
+# Copy in custom condarc that removes `mirrored_channels` added upstream in 25.9.1-0
+COPY <<EOF /opt/conda/.condarc
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+EOF
+
 RUN <<EOF
 # Ensure new files/dirs have group write permissions
 umask 002
@@ -75,10 +81,6 @@ umask 002
 # xref: https://github.com/conda-forge/libxml2-feedstock/issues/145
 echo 'libxml2<2.14.0' >> /opt/conda/conda-meta/pinned
 
-# Temporary workaround for deadlocks in unpacking libcurl
-# we hardcode this to match the versions in the upstream `miniforge3` image
-echo 'libcurl==8.14.1' >> /opt/conda/conda-meta/pinned
-
 # update everything before other environment changes, to ensure mixing
 # an older conda with newer packages still works well
 rapids-mamba-retry update --all -y -n base

matrix.yaml

@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ CI_IMAGE_CONFIG:
   - IMAGE_REPO: "ci-conda"
     dockerfile: ci-conda.Dockerfile
     docker_target: ""
-  - IMAGE_REPO: "ci-wheel"
-    dockerfile: ci-wheel.Dockerfile
-    docker_target: ""
-  - IMAGE_REPO: "citestwheel"
-    dockerfile: citestwheel.Dockerfile
-    docker_target: ""
+  # - IMAGE_REPO: "ci-wheel"
+  #   dockerfile: ci-wheel.Dockerfile
+  #   docker_target: ""
+  # - IMAGE_REPO: "citestwheel"
+  #   dockerfile: citestwheel.Dockerfile
+  #   docker_target: ""
 exclude:
   # Exclusions from CUDA's OS support matrix
   - LINUX_VER: "ubuntu24.04"

versions.yaml

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ YQ_VER: 4.48.1
 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=aws/aws-cli
 AWS_CLI_VER: 2.28.1
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=condaforge/miniforge3 versioning=docker
-MINIFORGE_VER: 25.3.1-0
+MINIFORGE_VER: 25.9.1-0