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ci(macos): run macOS jobs on a self-hosted Mac runner while it is free (needs owner OK) - #2835
GitHub-hosted macOS runners have been starved (macOS jobs queued or cancelled for hours). This adds the maintainer's test MacBook Air as one self-hosted macOS runner and routes the macOS jobs to it while it is online and free, with macos-15 as the fallback, following the hybrid route of #2723.
Runner (already set up, outside this diff):eamac-ovis-mac, labels self-hosted, macOS, ARM64, self-hosted-ovis-mac, a plain GitHub Actions runner in ~/actions-runner-ovis running as a launchd LaunchAgent of the Mac's existing user. One runner = one job at a time. A minimal rustup lives in the runner's own tools/ for the PTY host build. No job signs anything and no keychain is touched.
scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.sh prints macos=<json>. Only a same-repository pull request or a push to main may go to the Mac; forks, tags, dispatches and release runs stay on macos-15 without querying the API. The workflow token cannot list runners, so "online" comes from a heartbeat: scripts/self-hosted-runner/mac-heartbeat.sh, run every minute by a systemd user timer on the maintainer PC with its admin gh, writes the repository variable CI_MAC_RUNNER_SEEN (epoch seconds) while GitHub lists the runner online. The route sends a job to the Mac only while that value is under five minutes old, so a job is not sent to a Mac that is already offline. Then, from the Actions API, a job that has waited over 10 minutes for self-hosted-ovis-mac (stuck) or two unfinished jobs there (busy) keep it hosted, as does an API failure. CI_MAC_SELF_HOSTED_LABELS='"macos-15"' keeps every macOS job hosted.
remote-bundles.yml: a small route job (with actions: read) feeds the macos-15 matrix entry; the Linux and Intel entries are unchanged.
setup-ci: the prepared-image steps (tool verification, host Bun cache seed) are Linux-only; the Mac runner gets Bun/Node from setup-bun/setup-node like a hosted runner.
job-started.sh: the fork guard now finds Runner.Worker with ps when there is no /proc, so the Mac runner refuses fork code the same way.
scripts/self-hosted-runner/mac-setup.sh sets the Mac runner up (checksum-verified runner, private rustup) and installs the hook and its .env before it registers or starts the runner, so it never takes a job without the guard. On macOS a refusal goes to the system log (logger), since there is no /proc/1/fd/2.
Docs: docs/development.md and scripts/self-hosted-runner/README.md ("Mac runner": setup, stop, removal).
Validation
bun test scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.test.ts scripts/ci-setup.test.ts: 28 pass; scripts/self-hosted-runner.test.ts: pass. The route test covers idle, busy and stuck runners, a missing, stale or future heartbeat, finished and other-label jobs, case-insensitive labels, API failure, forks/tags/dispatch never calling the API, the rollback variable and bad limits.
Fork guard on macOS (eamac, bash 3.2, a compiled Runner.Worker parent): same-repo job allowed and the next step ran; fork event and broken JSON killed the worker (exit 137) with the ::error:: refusal.
Runner online in gh api repos/devswha/ovis/actions/runners; heartbeat timer wrote CI_MAC_RUNNER_SEEN within a second of date +%s.
mac-setup.sh rerun on eamac from a fresh /tmp copy: hook updated, .env in place, runner back online.
First head of this PR (b05eb1b): Native macOS session identity passed on eamac-ovis-mac, and bundle (macos-15, darwin-universal) passed on eamac-ovis-mac in 1m48s (run 41947555114).
bun run check fast: pass (workflow syntax, generated types/themes, typecheck, build, unit tests 11304 pass / 0 fail, actionlint). full not run.
This PR's own CI run: see the comment below for where the macOS jobs ran.
Known limit
If the Mac drops off within the five minutes after its last heartbeat, a job sent there in that window waits until it is cancelled or the Mac returns; later runs go hosted. Set CI_MAC_SELF_HOSTED_LABELS='"macos-15"' before taking the Mac offline on purpose. Native macOS session identity is not a required check, so such a job does not block a merge. If the maintainer PC's heartbeat stops, every macOS job goes hosted, which is the old behaviour.
Codex (gpt-6.1-terra, xhigh) on b05eb1b: HIGH documented setup started an unguarded runner -> fixed with mac-setup.sh; HIGH an offline Mac strands the first job -> fixed with the heartbeat (the window above remains); LOW no /proc refusal log on macOS -> fixed with logger.
owner-approved (delegated): the workflow change routes macOS jobs to the maintainer's self-hosted Mac runner, with macos-15 as fallback. The lead confirms with the owner before merge.
Eligible macOS CI runs can use the maintainer’s runner when it is available; other runs use GitHub-hosted macOS runners.
CI setup now uses prepared tools and Bun cache seeding only on self-hosted Linux runners. Bun and optional Node setup run on hosted and self-hosted non-Linux runners.
Documentation
Updated runner guidance with macOS routing rules, fallback conditions, and setup details.
The CI workflows now route eligible macOS jobs to a self-hosted runner when available and use macos-15 otherwise. Runner setup and process handling also support macOS.
Changes: macOS CI runner routing
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Runner selection and validation scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.sh, scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.test.ts
The script selects a runner based on event, configuration, and queued or in-progress Mac jobs. Tests cover eligibility, job limits, stale jobs, API failures, and invalid inputs.
Workflow integration and setup conditions .github/workflows/ci.yml, .github/workflows/remote-bundles.yml, .github/actions/setup-ci/action.yml, scripts/ci-setup.test.ts
The workflows use the routed runner for macOS jobs. Prepared-tool verification and Bun cache seeding now apply only to self-hosted Linux; Bun and optional Node setup also run on non-Linux self-hosted runners.
devswha/ovis#1743: Adds the runner trust boundary and Runner.Worker fork guard that this change extends to macOS.
devswha/ovis#1859: Adds the macOS bundle matrix entry that this change routes to a hosted or self-hosted runner.
devswha/ovis#2723: Routes Linux jobs based on self-hosted runner availability; this change adds separate macOS routing.
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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to b05eb
Restore the security hook in the Mac setup instructions before merging. Routing also needs an explicit decision on the accepted offline-runner limitation: a selected job can remain queued until the Mac returns or someone cancels it.
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The description follows the template's two sections, Change and Validation. The Change section explains the problem (GitHub-hosted macOS runners starved), the new routing to a self-hosted Mac with macos-15 fallback, the fork and tag exclusions, the heartbeat design, and the known limit. The Validation section lists the Bun tests, the fork-guard check on macOS, the runner status check, the setup rerun, and bun run check fast with its results, and notes that full was not run. The template asks for a link to the issue where a maintainer agreed to the feature. The description cites #2723 and the PR objectives mention owner approval, but it does not link a maintainer-agreed issue. The template's HTML comment about changelog.d/ is not addressed, and the description does not say whether a changelog entry was added.
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The fake gh returns one file per request, and every fixture holds one JSON document. mac_jobs parses paginated output with jq -s, which accepts several concatenated documents, so the suite never exercises a later page. A change that reads only the first document still passes every test.
Append a second JSON document to a jobs-<id>.json fixture. Put a busy or stale Mac job on that page. For example, pair an in-progress Mac job on page one with a queued Mac job on page two. The expected result is macos-15. Without the second page, the count stays below the limit, so the test fails if later pages are dropped. Apply the same pattern to the in_progress or queued run lists if run pagination should also be covered.
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Review comment at @scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.test.ts around lines 26 - 35:
The Mac route tests do not verify that later paginated job documents are
included. Update the relevant `jobs-<id>.json` fixture used with `mac_jobs` to
contain a second concatenated JSON document with a busy or stale Mac job, and
assert the route selects `macos-15` when that second page is needed to reach the
limit. Keep the fixture consistent with the fake `gh` output format.
The loop at scripts/ci-setup.test.ts:214-216 checks only that each if contains runner.environment != 'self-hosted'. The current conditions also contain that text, and so does the earlier form without || runner.os != 'Linux'. A change to that earlier form passes this check. On a self-hosted macOS runner, it skips setup-bun, and it skips setup-node when Node is requested. Exact assertions reject that change.
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Review comment at @.github/actions/setup-ci/action.yml around lines 52 - 55:
Update the setup-condition assertions in the test loop for oven-sh/setup-bun and
actions/setup-node to compare each step’s full if condition against its intended
expression, including the runner.os != 'Linux' clause; retain the distinct
inputs.node == 'true' guard for Node.
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Staleness is measured from job created_at, which may include time waiting for dependencies rather than time waiting for the Mac. This can classify an online runner as offline immediately after a dependent job becomes runnable.
Other eligible jobs unnecessarily route to hosted macOS and the offline diagnostic misidentifies the cause.
This can occur when: A workflow spends more than ten minutes waiting for its routing or prerequisite job, then exposes a newly runnable Mac job whose created_at predates that wait.
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Review comments at @scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.sh:
- Around line 79-80: Update the routing logic that emits `macos=$mac_labels` so
it selects `macos-15` when the Mac runner is offline and idle, even when no job
is queued. Preserve routing to the self-hosted Mac runner when it is available,
and ensure jobs are not left waiting for that offline runner.
- Around line 76-80: Update the capacity check using unfinished and max_jobs in
the routing flow around hosted_because so overlapping decisions cannot both
select mac_labels beyond the configured limit: coordinate the check and
reservation atomically, and emit the self-hosted label only after a reservation
succeeds. Establish how reservations are shared across routing runs and released
or reconciled with actual job occupancy; if that cannot be guaranteed, revise
the script header to document that MAC_MAX_JOBS is a best-effort limit.
Review comments at @scripts/self-hosted-runner/job-started.sh:
- Around line 33-36: Update the refusal handling around the
`pid`/`parent`/`name` process traversal to persist the refusal reason to a
durable sink on macOS, since the existing stderr destinations are unavailable
there. Establish a safe log-directory location and appropriate permissions, then
verify the refusal record is available in the Mac runner’s logs.
- Around line 34-38: Update the ancestor loop in the Runner.Worker refusal
handler so failed `ps` lookups still terminate the identified worker, without
signaling the runner listener or another ancestor; do not rely solely on the
`name` match when that lookup fails. Apply the same safety requirement to the
Linux `/proc` path, and add a macOS test covering lookup failure.
Review comments at @scripts/self-hosted-runner/README.md:
- Around line 210-217: Update the post-wipe setup commands so the runner
installs the repository’s job-started hook and configures
`ACTIONS_RUNNER_HOOK_JOB_STARTED` for the runner service before `./svc.sh
install`; ensure the hook is available and executable, and use the service’s
supported mechanism to persist the setting.
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Review comments at @.github/actions/setup-ci/action.yml:
- Around line 52-55: Update the setup-condition assertions in the test loop for
oven-sh/setup-bun and actions/setup-node to compare each step’s full if
condition against its intended expression, including the runner.os != 'Linux'
clause; retain the distinct inputs.node == 'true' guard for Node.
Review comments at @scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.test.ts:
- Around line 26-35: The Mac route tests do not verify that later paginated job
documents are included. Update the relevant `jobs-<id>.json` fixture used with
`mac_jobs` to contain a second concatenated JSON document with a busy or stale
Mac job, and assert the route selects `macos-15` when that second page is needed
to reach the limit. Keep the fixture consistent with the fake `gh` output
format.
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Reserve Mac capacity atomically, or document the limit as best-effort.
The capacity check reads a snapshot at scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.sh:76-80 and emits the label without reserving it. Two routing decisions that overlap can both see one unfinished Mac job and both select self-hosted-ovis-mac. The third job then queues behind the single-job runner, which exceeds the MAC_MAX_JOBS limit described in the script header.
Why a route-only concurrency group is not enough
Serializing the changes job does not cover the gap. macos-session runs only after changes completes, so the selected job may not appear in the Actions API when the next decision reads.
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Review comment at @scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.sh around lines 76 - 80:
Update the capacity check using unfinished and max_jobs in the routing flow
around hosted_because so overlapping decisions cannot both select mac_labels
beyond the configured limit: coordinate the check and reservation atomically,
and emit the self-hosted label only after a reservation succeeds. Establish how
reservations are shared across routing runs and released or reconciled with
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Minor · Security & Privacy · Heavy lift
Supported by static analysis
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sed -n '1,110p' scripts/self-hosted-runner/job-started.sh
sed -n '665,775p' scripts/self-hosted-runner.test.ts
sed -n '190,245p' scripts/self-hosted-runner/README.md
Repository: devswha/ovis
Length of output: 11593
Kill Runner.Worker on the macOS refusal path even when the ps lookup fails.
On macOS, a failed ps -o ppid= lookup breaks the ancestor loop before the Runner.Worker check. A failed ps -o comm= lookup leaves name empty, so the kill does not run. The handler then exits 1 with the worker still running. The README security model says the refusal kills Runner.Worker. On runner versions where a failing hook does not stop if: always() and if: failure() steps, as the README describes for v2.338, those steps can run for a refused fork job on the persistent Mac runner. The Linux /proc branch has the same break-without-kill structure. No test covers the macOS lookup-failure path.
A failed lookup needs the correction to end the worker without relying only on the name match, and without signaling an unrelated ancestor such as the runner listener. Add a macOS test for the lookup-failure path.
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Review comment at @scripts/self-hosted-runner/job-started.sh around lines 34 -
38:
Update the ancestor loop in the Runner.Worker refusal handler so failed `ps`
lookups still terminate the identified worker, without signaling the runner
listener or another ancestor; do not rely solely on the `name` match when that
lookup fails. Apply the same safety requirement to the Linux `/proc` path, and
add a macOS test covering lookup failure.
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Codex (gpt-6.1-terra, xhigh) re-review: both earlier HIGHs addressed (guarded mac-setup.sh; heartbeat-gated route). Left open, no further fix round:
HIGH (residual, already the PR's Known limit): a job routed within five minutes of the Mac's last heartbeat can still wait if the Mac drops off in that window. Closing it fully needs a watchdog that cancels and reruns the job on macos-15. Bounded: the macOS jobs are not required checks, and CI_MAC_SELF_HOSTED_LABELS='"macos-15"' turns the Mac off for every job. Possible follow-up: lower MAC_SEEN_SECONDS to about 150 (heartbeat is every minute) or add the watchdog.
MEDIUM: mac-setup.sh does not check that jq is on the hook's PATH. Fails closed (the guard refuses every job), not open. /usr/bin/jq ships with current macOS and is on eamac.
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GitHub-hosted macOS runners have been starved (macOS jobs queued or cancelled for hours). This adds the maintainer's test MacBook Air as one self-hosted macOS runner and routes the macOS jobs to it while it is online and free, with
macos-15as the fallback, following the hybrid route of #2723.eamac-ovis-mac, labelsself-hosted, macOS, ARM64, self-hosted-ovis-mac, a plain GitHub Actions runner in~/actions-runner-ovisrunning as a launchd LaunchAgent of the Mac's existing user. One runner = one job at a time. A minimal rustup lives in the runner's owntools/for the PTY host build. No job signs anything and no keychain is touched.scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.shprintsmacos=<json>. Only a same-repository pull request or a push to main may go to the Mac; forks, tags, dispatches and release runs stay onmacos-15without querying the API. The workflow token cannot list runners, so "online" comes from a heartbeat:scripts/self-hosted-runner/mac-heartbeat.sh, run every minute by a systemd user timer on the maintainer PC with its admingh, writes the repository variableCI_MAC_RUNNER_SEEN(epoch seconds) while GitHub lists the runner online. The route sends a job to the Mac only while that value is under five minutes old, so a job is not sent to a Mac that is already offline. Then, from the Actions API, a job that has waited over 10 minutes forself-hosted-ovis-mac(stuck) or two unfinished jobs there (busy) keep it hosted, as does an API failure.CI_MAC_SELF_HOSTED_LABELS='"macos-15"'keeps every macOS job hosted.ci.yml: Detect changes runs the route; Native macOS session identity usesfromJSON(needs.changes.outputs.macos).remote-bundles.yml: a smallroutejob (withactions: read) feeds themacos-15matrix entry; the Linux and Intel entries are unchanged.setup-ci: the prepared-image steps (tool verification, host Bun cache seed) are Linux-only; the Mac runner gets Bun/Node fromsetup-bun/setup-nodelike a hosted runner.job-started.sh: the fork guard now findsRunner.Workerwithpswhen there is no/proc, so the Mac runner refuses fork code the same way.scripts/self-hosted-runner/mac-setup.shsets the Mac runner up (checksum-verified runner, private rustup) and installs the hook and its.envbefore it registers or starts the runner, so it never takes a job without the guard. On macOS a refusal goes to the system log (logger), since there is no/proc/1/fd/2.docs/development.mdandscripts/self-hosted-runner/README.md("Mac runner": setup, stop, removal).Validation
bun test scripts/ci-mac-runner-route.test.ts scripts/ci-setup.test.ts: 28 pass;scripts/self-hosted-runner.test.ts: pass. The route test covers idle, busy and stuck runners, a missing, stale or future heartbeat, finished and other-label jobs, case-insensitive labels, API failure, forks/tags/dispatch never calling the API, the rollback variable and bad limits.Runner.Workerparent): same-repo job allowed and the next step ran; fork event and broken JSON killed the worker (exit 137) with the::error::refusal.gh api repos/devswha/ovis/actions/runners; heartbeat timer wroteCI_MAC_RUNNER_SEENwithin a second ofdate +%s.mac-setup.shrerun on eamac from a fresh/tmpcopy: hook updated,.envin place, runner back online.eamac-ovis-mac, and bundle (macos-15, darwin-universal) passed oneamac-ovis-macin 1m48s (run 41947555114).bun run check fast: pass (workflow syntax, generated types/themes, typecheck, build, unit tests 11304 pass / 0 fail, actionlint).fullnot run.Known limit
If the Mac drops off within the five minutes after its last heartbeat, a job sent there in that window waits until it is cancelled or the Mac returns; later runs go hosted. Set
CI_MAC_SELF_HOSTED_LABELS='"macos-15"'before taking the Mac offline on purpose. Native macOS session identity is not a required check, so such a job does not block a merge. If the maintainer PC's heartbeat stops, every macOS job goes hosted, which is the old behaviour.Reviews
mac-setup.sh; HIGH an offline Mac strands the first job -> fixed with the heartbeat (the window above remains); LOW no/procrefusal log on macOS -> fixed withlogger.