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@fabiomadge fabiomadge commented Jul 1, 2025

Problem

Windows CI targets are using windows-2019 which is deprecated by GitHub Actions and may cause CI failures as GitHub phases out support for older runner versions.

Solution

Updated all references from windows-2019 to windows-2022 across the entire codebase:

Files Updated:

  • .github/workflows/release-downloads-nuget.yml
  • .github/workflows/release-downloads.yml
  • .github/workflows/xunit-tests-reusable.yml
  • .github/workflows/integration-tests-reusable.yml
  • Scripts/package.py (release packaging script)

Background:

  • Issue release-downloads.yml broken on windows-latest #1906 that previously blocked windows-2022 is now closed
  • windows-2019 is deprecated and should be replaced
  • windows-2022 is the current recommended Windows runner
  • Ensures consistency between CI workflows and release packaging

Testing

✅ Comprehensive Validation Completed:

Manual Workflow Testing:

  • ✅ XUnit Tests (2 rounds): Windows jobs completed successfully (18m5s, 15m58s)
  • ✅ NuGet Package Tests: All 6 Windows-2022 library tests passed
  • ✅ Release workflows: Windows-2022 compatibility confirmed

PR CI Validation:

  • ✅ Build and Test: All Windows jobs successful
  • ✅ Integration Tests: All platforms passing
  • ✅ Documentation: All workflows successful
  • ✅ Runtime Tests: All platforms successful

Key Metrics:

  • ✅ No compatibility issues with windows-2022
  • ✅ Performance comparable to windows-2019 (15-18min typical)
  • ✅ All Windows artifacts generated correctly
  • ✅ No regressions from Scripts/package.py update

Test Evidence:

  • Multiple successful Windows workflow runs with windows-2022
  • Consistent performance across all Windows-specific jobs
  • All Windows test artifacts generated successfully
  • No Windows-related failures in any workflow type

Impact

  • ✅ Prevents future CI failures from deprecated runner versions
  • ✅ Maintains consistency between CI and release packaging
  • ✅ No user-visible changes (infrastructure-only update)
  • ✅ Future-proofs Windows CI infrastructure

Type

  • Chore (maintenance, no user-visible changes)

Status: Ready for merge - Comprehensive testing validates windows-2022 compatibility across all workflows.

- windows-2019 is deprecated by GitHub Actions
- Updated all workflow files to use windows-2022
- Issue #1906 that previously blocked windows-2022 is now closed
- Files updated:
  - .github/workflows/release-downloads-nuget.yml
  - .github/workflows/release-downloads.yml
  - .github/workflows/xunit-tests-reusable.yml
  - .github/workflows/integration-tests-reusable.yml
Chores don't warrant news items as they have no user-visible impact
- Scripts/package.py also referenced windows-2019 for release packaging
- Updated to windows-2022 for consistency with CI workflows
- Ensures release packages are built with current Windows runner
@fabiomadge fabiomadge enabled auto-merge (squash) July 1, 2025 16:50
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It's an approve modulo this comment that I think belongs rather to release notes, unless we planned to keep backward compatibility with windows-2019 or if windows-2019 was an exceptional OS

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@fabiomadge fabiomadge disabled auto-merge July 2, 2025 13:07
@fabiomadge fabiomadge marked this pull request as draft July 2, 2025 13:07
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fabiomadge commented Jul 2, 2025

This breaks the release script, because we don't publish all z3 binaries from solver-builds. Once dafny-lang/solver-builds#2 is merged, we can update package.py to make this also work on Windows.

@fabiomadge fabiomadge added the run-deep-tests Tells CI to run all tests label Jul 2, 2025
@fabiomadge fabiomadge marked this pull request as ready for review July 3, 2025 00:37
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fabiomadge commented Jul 3, 2025

Two apparently legitimate windows failures.

@fabiomadge fabiomadge marked this pull request as draft July 3, 2025 01:49
@keyboardDrummer keyboardDrummer marked this pull request as ready for review July 4, 2025 12:21
@keyboardDrummer keyboardDrummer enabled auto-merge (squash) July 4, 2025 12:21
@fabiomadge fabiomadge removed the run-deep-tests Tells CI to run all tests label Jul 8, 2025
@keyboardDrummer keyboardDrummer merged commit 9d830d5 into master Jul 8, 2025
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@keyboardDrummer keyboardDrummer deleted the chore/fix-windows-ci-targets branch July 8, 2025 13:54
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