stacklok / stacklok/dockyard

Transient qemu error also causes build-containers job to hang

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Description

I noticed a build-containers CI job on a PR was hung up for 2+ hours and not progressing. The last message in the "Build and Push Docker Image" step was:

#18 [linux/arm64 builder 5/5] RUN npm install --save @notionhq/notion-mcp-server@1.9.0
#18 24.34 qemu: uncaught target signal 4 (Illegal instruction) - core dumped

A re-run succeeded, so this was a transient error. But I would have expected it to fail out the job immediately, not cause it to hang.

Job: https://github.com/stacklok/dockyard/actions/runs/19502404593/job/55819914543?pr=149

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Research direction

Start with the build-containers workflow and its "Build and Push Docker Image" step, then review the linked Actions job logs around the qemu illegal-instruction message. Determine why this transient failure leaves the job running; done means the job exits promptly as failed instead of hanging.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, github-actions, node.js
Domain
build-system, ci-cd, devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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