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ci: use ubuntu-latest instead of ubuntu-24.04
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Authored by fanquake
ci: use ubuntu-latest instead of ubuntu-24.04
To match the usage of -latest for the warp runners.
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What changed, and why it matters
This commit simply changes the Bitcoin Core GitHub Actions CI configuration to use 'ubuntu-latest' instead of the specific 'ubuntu-24.04' label for fallback runners. It is a routine infrastructure consistency change with no direct security relevance to the Bitcoin software itself.
Recommended action
No security action required. Review as normal CI maintenance.
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Evidence from the diff
The patch updates .github/workflows/ci.yml to replace all occurrences of the pinned GitHub-hosted runner label ‘ubuntu-24.04’ with ‘ubuntu-latest’. This affects fallback runners when the custom ‘warp’ runners are not used. The change aligns the fallback runner naming with the ‘latest’ convention already used for warp runners. It does not modify source code, build scripts, dependencies, secrets handling, or CI permissions.
Changed components
.github/workflows/ci.ymlInspect captured patch +16 / −16
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a8193304..5c44d678 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
test-each-commit:
name: 'test ancestor commits'
needs: runners
- runs-on: ${{ needs.runners.outputs.provider == 'warp' && 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
+ runs-on: ${{ needs.runners.outputs.provider == 'warp' && 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
env:
TEST_RUNNER_PORT_MIN: "14000" # Use a larger port range to avoid colliding with other CI services.
if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.commits != 1
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ jobs:
windows-cross:
name: 'Windows-cross to x86_64, ${{ matrix.crt }}'
needs: [runners, record-frozen-commit]
- runs-on: ${{ needs.runners.outputs.provider == 'warp' && 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-4x' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
+ runs-on: ${{ needs.runners.outputs.provider == 'warp' && 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-4x' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
if: ${{ vars.SKIP_BRANCH_PUSH != 'true' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
strategy:
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ jobs:
include:
- name: 'iwyu'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_iwyu.sh'
@@ -467,73 +467,73 @@ jobs:
- name: 'macOS-cross to arm64'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-4x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_cross.sh'
- name: 'macOS-cross to x86_64'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-4x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_mac_cross_intel.sh'
- name: 'FreeBSD Cross'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_freebsd_cross.sh'
- name: 'No wallet'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-4x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_nowallet.sh'
- name: 'i686, no IPC'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_i686_no_ipc.sh'
- name: 'fuzzer,address,undefined,integer'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-16x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 240
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh'
- name: 'previous releases'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_previous_releases.sh'
- name: 'Alpine (musl)'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_alpine_musl.sh'
- name: 'tidy'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tidy.sh'
- name: 'TSan'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh'
- name: 'MSan, fuzz'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-8x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 150
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz_with_msan.sh'
- name: 'MSan'
warp-runner: 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-16x'
- fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-24.04'
+ fallback-runner: 'ubuntu-latest'
timeout-minutes: 120
file-env: './ci/test/00_setup_env_native_msan.sh'
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ jobs:
lint:
name: 'lint'
needs: runners
- runs-on: ${{ needs.runners.outputs.provider == 'warp' && 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-2x' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
+ runs-on: ${{ needs.runners.outputs.provider == 'warp' && 'warp-ubuntu-latest-x64-2x' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
if: ${{ vars.SKIP_BRANCH_PUSH != 'true' || github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
timeout-minutes: 20
env:
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