On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 2:56 PM Dumitru Ceara via dev < [email protected]> wrote:
> With the current GitHub Actions Ubuntu 24.04 runner, exec-ing into a > running container often hangs. This started happening after the runner > image was upgraded to 20260810.271 which bumped podman 4.9.3 to 5.8.4. > > This was reported as a actions/runner-images issue here: > https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/14604 > > Instead of waiting for the image fix, avoid installing the broken > podman, the good version is already installed in the image. Suggested > as a workaround here: > > https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/14604#issuecomment-5407848794 > > Signed-off-by: Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]> > --- > Changes in V2: > - added missed arm jobs > --- > .github/workflows/containers.yml | 11 +++++-- > .../workflows/ovn-fake-multinode-tests.yml | 33 ++++++++++++++----- > .github/workflows/test-arm.yml | 15 ++++++++- > .github/workflows/test.yml | 11 +++++-- > 4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/.github/workflows/containers.yml > b/.github/workflows/containers.yml > index b178091e5b..05875bcaf0 100644 > --- a/.github/workflows/containers.yml > +++ b/.github/workflows/containers.yml > @@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ env: > IMAGE_NAMESPACE: ovn-org > IMAGE_NAME: ovn-tests > CONTAINERS_PATH: ./utilities/containers > - DEPENDENCIES: podman > + DEPENDENCIES: > + PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES: podman > > jobs: > container: > @@ -26,8 +27,14 @@ jobs: > - name: Update APT cache > run: sudo apt update > > + - name: Ensure pre-installed dependencies > + run: which ${{ env.PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES }} > + > - name: Install dependencies > - run: sudo apt install -y ${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }} > + run: | > + if [ -n "${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }}" ]; then > + sudo apt install -y ${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }} > + fi > > - name: Fix /etc/hosts file > run: | > diff --git a/.github/workflows/ovn-fake-multinode-tests.yml > b/.github/workflows/ovn-fake-multinode-tests.yml > index edb9646940..73d1b22cf6 100644 > --- a/.github/workflows/ovn-fake-multinode-tests.yml > +++ b/.github/workflows/ovn-fake-multinode-tests.yml > @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs: > - { repo: "${{ github.repository }}", branch: "${{ > github.ref_name }}" } > - { repo: ovn-org/ovn, branch: "branch-26.03" } > env: > + DEPENDENCIES: > + PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES: podman > RUNC_CMD: podman > OS_IMAGE: "fedora:42" > # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/6282 > @@ -51,10 +53,17 @@ jobs: > repository: ${{ matrix.cfg.repo }} > ref: ${{ matrix.cfg.branch }} > > + - name: Update APT cache > + run: sudo apt update > + > + - name: Ensure pre-installed dependencies > + run: which ${{ env.PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES }} > + > - name: Install dependencies > run: | > - sudo apt update || true > - sudo apt-get install -y podman > + if [ -n "${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }}" ]; then > + sudo apt install -y ${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }} > + fi > > - name: Fix /etc/hosts file > run: | > @@ -110,22 +119,30 @@ jobs: > ENABLE_SSL: no > CC: gcc > OPTS: "--disable-ssl" > - dependencies: | > + DEPENDENCIES: | > automake libtool gcc bc libjemalloc2 libjemalloc-dev \ > libssl-dev llvm-dev libelf-dev libnuma-dev libpcap-dev \ > selinux-policy-dev ncat python3-scapy isc-dhcp-server \ > - podman openvswitch-switch libunbound-dev libunwind-dev > + openvswitch-switch libunbound-dev libunwind-dev > # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/6282 > + PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES: podman > XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: '' > > steps: > - name: Check out ovn > uses: actions/checkout@v6 > > - - name: install required dependencies > - run: | > - sudo apt update || true > - sudo apt install -y ${{ env.dependencies }} > + - name: Update APT cache > + run: sudo apt update > + > + - name: Ensure pre-installed dependencies > + run: which ${{ env.PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES }} > + > + - name: Install dependencies > + run: | > + if [ -n "${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }}" ]; then > + sudo apt install -y ${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }} > + fi > sudo apt install -y linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r) > > - name: Fix /etc/hosts file > diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-arm.yml > b/.github/workflows/test-arm.yml > index 82aa36c04f..64bec214f0 100644 > --- a/.github/workflows/test-arm.yml > +++ b/.github/workflows/test-arm.yml > @@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ jobs: > TEST_RANGE: ${{ matrix.cfg.test_range }} > SANITIZERS: ${{ matrix.cfg.sanitizers }} > UNSTABLE: ${{ matrix.cfg.unstable }} > + DEPENDENCIES: > + PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES: podman > > name: linux ${{ join(matrix.cfg.*, ' ') }} > if: (github.repository_owner == 'ovn-org' && github.event_name == > 'schedule' && github.ref_name == 'main') || github.event_name == > 'workflow_dispatch' > @@ -57,10 +59,21 @@ jobs: > - { compiler: clang, testsuite: system-test, sanitizers: > sanitizers, test_range: "201-", unstable: unstable } > > steps: > + - name: Update APT cache > + run: sudo apt update > + > + - name: Ensure pre-installed dependencies > + run: which ${{ env.PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES }} > + > + - name: Install dependencies > + run: | > + if [ -n "${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }}" ]; then > + sudo apt install -y ${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }} > + fi > + > - name: system-level-dependencies > if: ${{ startsWith(matrix.cfg.testsuite, 'system-test') }} > run: | > - sudo apt update > sudo apt -y install linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r) > > - name: checkout > diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml > index d08f7fdac4..f1a2cd1f7c 100644 > --- a/.github/workflows/test.yml > +++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml > @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ jobs: > # | !main | Builds - Ubuntu | xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | > # +-------+-------------------+-------------------+ > env: > - DEPENDENCIES: podman > + DEPENDENCIES: > + PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES: podman > name: Prepare container > if: github.repository_owner == 'ovn-org' || github.event_name != > 'schedule' > runs-on: ubuntu-24.04 > @@ -34,8 +35,14 @@ jobs: > - name: Update APT cache > run: sudo apt update > > + - name: Ensure pre-installed dependencies > + run: which ${{ env.PREINSTALLED_DEPENDENCIES }} > + > - name: Install dependencies > - run: sudo apt install -y ${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }} > + run: | > + if [ -n "${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }}" ]; then > + sudo apt install -y ${{ env.DEPENDENCIES }} > + fi > > - name: Fix /etc/hosts file > run: | > -- > 2.55.0 > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev > > Thank you Dumitru, applied to main and backported down to 26.03. 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