precice / precice/vm

Cannot build the VM on GitHub runners anymore

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Description

Recently, it was very random on whether the build workflow would be able to start and provision the VM, resulting early on in the following error:

The guest machine entered an invalid state while waiting for it
to boot. Valid states are 'starting, running'. The machine is in the
'gurumeditation' state. Please verify everything is configured
properly and try again.

Locally, it builds perfectly fine.

I have already tried:

  • Restarting the failing jobs multiple times.
  • Deleting the cache (did not help, it just gets the boxes again)
  • Changing the github runner from macos-12 to macos-13 or to ubuntu-latest. Both don't seem to have Vagrant installed.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with .github/workflows/build.yml and run the build workflow on the affected GitHub runners, focusing on when provisioning reaches the reported “gurumeditation” state. Compare the runner behavior with the successful local build; done means the workflow reliably starts and provisions the VM.

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Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, macos, shell, ubuntu
Domain
ci-cd, devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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