[BUG] job sometimes hangs / freezes? CI / 🐍 3.9 • windows-latest • x64
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Description
This job hung in @rwgk's PR here:
https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/2890
Specific run (dunno when it expires): https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/2890/checks?check_run_id=2043013054
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked pull request #2890 and its check run 2043013054, focusing on the Windows x64 Python 3.9 CI job shown in the screenshots. Reproduce or inspect the hang and identify the cause; done means the job no longer freezes and the relevant CI run completes.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, github-actions, python
- Domain
- ci-cd
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100
