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Remove dev-shell uploads and the Nix-only x86 warming job. Keep hosted Rust warming and use mbx's local backend for self-hosted jobs. Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 <noreply@openai.com>
WalkthroughThe Rust cache action uses local storage on self-hosted runners and remote R2 storage on hosted runners. The check and test jobs select a configured merge-group runner and use an Ubuntu ARM fallback otherwise. A persistent GitHub Actions runner VM is added with NixOS configuration, isolated networking, persistent storage, integration checks, documentation, and build workflows. The Cachix cache workflow is removed. Priority: ⚪ Pending latest changes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to
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| # Self-hosted runners keep their mbx store locally between jobs. | ||
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When a pull_request job such as .github/workflows/check.yml runs on a self-hosted runner, this selects local before executing contributor-controlled build recipes. The pinned action documents that the local backend leaves its writable store on the filesystem, unlike its GitHub backend where PRs are restore-only, and mbx explicitly warns not to share a writable local cache between mutually untrusted users. A malicious PR can therefore alter or populate the persistent store and have a later merge-queue or trusted job restore attacker-controlled compiler outputs; restrict the local backend to trusted triggers or isolate/reset the store for PR jobs.
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PR jobs stay on hosted runners, with regression tests covering both configured and unset queue labels. I also added an early refusal for non-merge-group jobs on self-hosted runners and restricted the local backend expression to merge groups. Hosted PRs retain the GitHub backend. Tests cover pull_request, pull_request_target, push, workflow_dispatch, and merge_group.
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Use the MOQ_QUEUE_RUNNER label for merge-group jobs when configured, retain hosted PR jobs, and use the VM's existing Nix installation. Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 <noreply@openai.com>
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After a flake.lock or dev-shell change, pull-request Check and Test jobs still run on fresh ubuntu-24.04-arm hosts and enter nix develop, but this workflow no longer pushes the realized shell to Cachix; the remaining cachix.yml only runs for release tags. Dependencies absent from the public Nix cache will therefore be rebuilt in every PR job, including uniffi-bindgen-go, whose nearby comment records a 678-second cost per job. Retain the ARM64 dev-shell publication even if the unused x86 leg is removed.
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Removing Nix cache warming is intentional per the maintainer’s request. The persistent VM keeps its own Nix store. Hosted fallback remains available and may rebuild uncached shell dependencies; hosted ARM64 Rust warming remains in place.
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Keep pull requests on hosted runners and fail before cache setup if a non-merge-group job selects a persistent self-hosted runner. Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 <noreply@openai.com>
Expose a NixOS module with configurable repository, labels, uplink, resources, and guest configuration. Keep Nix and mbx caches on the guest disk and isolate the VM from host and private networks. Build the image and test startup, isolation, and cache persistence in CI. Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 <noreply@openai.com>
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When a merge-group Test job selects moq-uring, sh/rs/nextest.sh detects the self-hosted environment and can only raise the soft memlock limit to this service's inherited hard limit, whereas hosted CI explicitly raises it to 64 MiB. This service overrides several resource limits but not LimitMEMLOCK, even though the concurrent ring tests share that budget; under the default systemd cap, ring construction can therefore fail or be reported as unsupported, making queue jobs fail or silently skip their io_uring coverage. Set an adequate LimitMEMLOCK in these service overrides.
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Set LimitMEMLOCK=64M on the guest runner service. The VM regression now reads ulimit -l inside the actual runner process and asserts 65536 KiB; that runtime check passed. The previous inherited limit was 8 MiB.
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Match the locked-memory budget used by hosted CI and verify the actual limit inherited by the guest runner process in the integration suite. Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 <noreply@openai.com>
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When an operator follows the documented nixos-rebuild ... --target-host root@10.231.0.2 update path, the connection is blocked because the NixOS firewall is enabled by default and enabling services.openssh does not open its port. The sample guestConfig does not compensate for this, so a persistent guest cannot receive the documented updates after its initial image is created; enable services.openssh.openFirewall or explicitly allow the configured SSH port.
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The evaluated guest already has services.openssh.openFirewall = true and networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [22]. NixOS defaults openFirewall to true when SSH is enabled, so this module's enable setting opens the deployment port. Verified both values against the consuming configuration; no extra override is needed.
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Configure named instances with separate users, disks, runtime credentials, and /30 links. Reject duplicate network IDs. Verify both guests reach public endpoints while host, private networks, and sibling guest access remain blocked; preserve seeded local caches across runner and VM restarts. Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 <noreply@openai.com>
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When the consuming host already configures networking.nat.externalInterface or externalIP, these host-global options also constrain the masquerade rule generated for every runner TAP. A runner whose network.uplink differs is permitted through the custom forward chain only on its configured uplink, but its 10.231.*.2 source is not masqueraded there, so public egress fails. Generate a per-TAP masquerade rule using cfg.network.uplink, or reject configurations that conflict with the host NAT settings.
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Fixed by rejecting unsupported host NAT settings during evaluation: externalInterface must be unset or match each guest uplink, and externalIP must be unset. This keeps the existing NixOS NAT implementation and supports multiple uplinks when externalInterface is unset. The documented constraints fail early instead of silently losing guest egress.
Configuration checks cover default and matching NAT settings plus conflicting interfaces and fixed external addresses. The conflicting-interface regression failed before the fix; the full VM suite and integrated just ci now pass.
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Preserve queue-only required jobs and opt-in self-hosted routing. Run the reusable VM suite nightly and on release PRs, matching the merged CI policy. Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 <noreply@openai.com>
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| if: github.event.action != 'closed' && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.base_ref == 'release') | ||
| runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm | ||
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| runs-on: ${{ github.event_name == 'merge_group' && vars.MOQ_QUEUE_RUNNER || 'ubuntu-24.04-arm' }} |
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When this persistent runner is registered to the public MoQ repository, a pull request can modify or add a workflow that targets the runner's default self-hosted label, bypassing this event expression entirely. The fresh evidence beyond the earlier cache finding is that the new refusal exists only inside .github/actions/rust-cache, so the attacker-controlled job can omit that action and directly poison the persistent mbx state later consumed by merge-group jobs. Restrict assignment outside PR-controlled YAML, such as with a runner group limited to a trusted workflow/ref, or do not attach this persistent runner to the public repository.
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Agreed: PR-controlled event guards do not constrain runner assignment. Public registration and queue routing remain disabled. The consuming host now refuses registration unless GitHub requires approval for all external contributor workflows, and the shared setup guide documents that policy and the need to review code before approving execution. The maintainer has not yet approved changing the repository policy, so this PR is draft pending that decision.
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The maintainer approved the external workflow approval policy, and the repository setting now reads all_external_contributors. Registration also checks that policy outside PR-controlled YAML and refuses to proceed if it differs. PR checks remain GitHub-hosted; the persistent runner is selected only for merge groups. Maintainers must inspect any workflow and code before approving external execution. The runner remains unregistered and MOQ_QUEUE_RUNNER unset until the host passes deployment verification.
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When QEMU crashes, is killed by the configured memory limit, or the guest unexpectedly powers off, this service has no Restart policy, so systemd's default leaves it inactive until an operator intervenes. Because configured merge-group jobs select only this runner label, they will remain queued after such a failure; add an appropriate restart policy to keep the persistent runner available.
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Added Restart=always to the VM service so unexpected QEMU exits and guest shutdowns recover. An evaluation regression covers both named instances, and the full VM suite passes.
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When this reusable module is enabled on a host that already routes traffic for another interface, such as a VPN exit node or libvirt bridge, this host-wide option changes NixOS from its default unfiltered-forwarding policy to filtering every forwarded packet, while the generated rules cover only the runner TAPs. Unrelated transit traffic can therefore be rejected even though it never touches a runner VM. Keep the policy scoped to the generated TAP chains, or explicitly refuse hosts that rely on other forwarding. NixOS documents filterForward as a global forwarding filter.
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Removed the host-wide filterForward override. The existing per-TAP chains still enforce guest isolation. A regression checks the default host forwarding policy, and a live namespace-to-uplink flow confirms unrelated transit still works.
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When NetworkManager owns the configured uplink but the host also has another required systemd-networkd-managed link, this disables networkd wait-online globally, allowing network-online.target and dependent services to start before that link is configured. The runner TAP is already marked RequiredForOnline = "no" below, so exclude only that TAP rather than disabling readiness tracking for every networkd interface.
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Wait-online now defaults off only when every networkd network is excluded from online readiness. Any required host link keeps it enabled, including mixed NetworkManager/networkd hosts; explicit host settings also take precedence. Configuration and live mixed-network regressions pass.
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Keep forwarding restrictions scoped to runner TAPs and retain wait-online for required networkd links. Cover mixed network managers and unrelated transit traffic, and observe spoof drops directly in the integration test. Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 <noreply@openai.com>
Use the shared Nix setup action on hosted jobs and retain removal of the separate warming workflow. Update the deployment cache example for nix.moq.dev. Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 <noreply@openai.com>
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If the configured runner is offline, merge-group jobs remain queued. Document that removing or unsetting
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Prefix the user and service names to stop collisions with host units.
The module uses the instance name as is for users.users.${user}, users.groups.${user}, and systemd.services.${name}. The assertion on Line 47 checks only the format of the name. It does not reject names that the host already uses. These names pass the check:
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The NixOS module system merges definitions instead of reporting the conflict. Two examples:
nftables: The QEMUscript,preStart, andserviceConfigmerge into the host'snftables.service. The VM service alsobindsTothat unit.root: QEMU runs asroot, so the unprivileged-QEMU guarantee no longer holds.
Use a fixed prefix so the names cannot collide with host units. The TAP name has a 15-character limit, but user and unit names do not. Keep tap-${name} as it is. If the README or tests use systemd.services.<name>, update them to the new names.
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Merge-queue builds need persistent local Nix and mbx caches while keeping jobs away from host files, services, and other repositories' credentials.
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nixosModules.github-runner-vmwith named, isolatedservices.github-runner-vmsinstances. Each gets a persistent disk, runtime registration token, unprivileged QEMU service, and private TAP link. Permit public IPv4 egress and block the host, sibling guests, LAN, and tailnet. Reject conflicting network IDs and NAT settings. Restart VMs after unexpected exits.Route Check and Test through
MOQ_QUEUE_RUNNERonly for merge groups, leaving hosted ARM64 as the default. Self-hosted queue jobs use local mbx storage and skip Nix installation and R2 credential setup. Hosted jobs retain the current R2 backend. Remove the separate Nix warming workflow, as previously requested.Impact
10.231.ID.0/30link.Alternatives
A direct host runner exposes host state. A shared guest combines repository credentials and caches. Separate persistent guests preserve the cache benefit with independent host and network boundaries.
Follow-ups
The maintainer approved requiring workflow approval for all external contributors, and that GitHub policy is now enabled and verified. A PR can change its own runner labels, so review workflow and code changes before approving execution. The consuming host refuses registration unless this policy remains enabled.
PR checks stay on GitHub-hosted runners. Only merge-group Check/Test jobs select
MOQ_QUEUE_RUNNER; main PRs retain their existing skipped Check/Test behavior. No public runner is registered and the variable remains unset pending host activation and a representative guest CI run. Activation requires local sudo authentication.The latest review fixes preserve unrelated host forwarding and required networkd link readiness. A TAP-only networkd configuration does not wait for carrier; mixed NetworkManager/networkd hosts retain readiness tracking for their required links.
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