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#1

Running the spread tests in GitHub fails with lots of errors that look like this:

2025-12-31 00:17:24 Found /home/runner/work/concierge-py/concierge-py/spread.yaml.
2025-12-31 00:17:28 Project content is packed for delivery (30.90MB).
2025-12-31 00:17:28 If killed, discard servers with: spread -reuse-pid=2909 -discard
2025-12-31 00:17:28 Allocating github-ci:ubuntu-24.04...
2025-12-31 00:17:28 Cannot allocate github-ci:ubuntu-24.04: 
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+ sudo sed -i 's|#PasswordAuthentication yes|PasswordAuthentication yes|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
/bin/bash: line 18: /usr/bin/sudo: Permission denied
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I can see the issue now. The problem is that spread is installed as a snap with strict confinement, which prevents it from accessing /usr/bin/sudo on the host system. When the github-ci backend's allocate script tries to run sudo commands, the snap's sandboxing blocks access to the sudo binary.

Let me check if spread supports classic confinement or if there's another way to install it:

Based on my investigation, the issue is that spread is installed as a snap with strict confinement, which sandboxes the application and prevents it from accessing /usr/bin/sudo on the host system. When the github-ci backend tries to run the allocate script (which contains sudo commands), the snap confinement blocks access.

The solution is to install spread with classic confinement, which other Canonical projects like Snapcraft already do in their GitHub Actions workflows.

Here's the fix:

Perfect! I've fixed the spread test failures by adding --classic confinement to the spread snap installations.

What was the problem?

The spread snap was installed with strict confinement (the default), which sandboxes the application and prevents it from accessing system binaries like /usr/bin/sudo. When the github-ci backend's allocate script tried to run sudo commands to configure SSH and create the spread user, the snap confinement blocked access to sudo.

The fix

I updated both spread installation steps in .github/workflows/spread.yaml to use:

sudo snap install spread --classic

Classic confinement disables snap sandboxing, allowing spread to execute the allocate script's sudo commands directly on the GitHub Actions runner.

Verification

You can verify the fix by checking .github/workflows/spread.yaml:29 and .github/workflows/spread.yaml:68 - both now install spread with --classic.

This approach matches how other Canonical projects like Snapcraft run spread tests in GitHub Actions.

Sources: - Snapcraft: .github/workflows/spread.yml | Fossies - GitHub - canonical/spread: Spread - Convenient full-system test (task) distribution - Ubuntu Manpage: snap-confine - internal tool for confining snappy applications

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#3

/export export

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#5

There are still these errors:

2025-12-31 01:15:59 Cannot allocate github-ci:ubuntu-24.04: 
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+ sudo sed -i 's|#PasswordAuthentication yes|PasswordAuthentication yes|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
/bin/bash: line 18: /usr/bin/sudo: Permission denied
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2025-12-31 01:16:14 Cannot allocate github-ci:ubuntu-24.04: 
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+ sudo sed -i 's|#PasswordAuthentication yes|PasswordAuthentication yes|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
/bin/bash: line 18: /usr/bin/sudo: Permission denied
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#7

The same spread tests work for concierge, see ../concierge/.github/ci.yaml and ../concierge/spread.yaml. Maybe that is useful? or look at https://github.com/canonical/concierge

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Perfect! I found the issue. The Go version of concierge doesn't use the snap at all. Instead, it installs spread using:

go install github.com/snapcore/spread/cmd/spread@latest

This installs spread as a native Go binary without any snap confinement. Let me update the Python version to do the same:

Perfect! I've fixed the issue by installing spread the same way the working Go version does.

The Root Cause

The snap version of spread (even with --classic) was causing permission issues when trying to execute sudo commands in the allocate script. The Go version of concierge successfully avoids this by installing spread as a native Go binary.

The Fix

I updated .github/workflows/spread.yaml to: 1. Add Setup Go step using actions/setup-go@v6 2. Install spread using go install github.com/snapcore/spread/cmd/spread@latest

This matches exactly how the working Go implementation does it in /home/tameyer/code/concierge/.github/workflows/push.yaml:66-67 and :101-102.

The changes were made in both jobs: - define-matrix job (.github/workflows/spread.yaml:32-37) - spread-test job (.github/workflows/spread.yaml:76-81)

The Go-installed binary has no snap confinement restrictions, so it can execute the github-ci backend's allocate script (which contains sudo commands) without permission errors.

#8

does zizmor still pass?

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#10

uv run zizmor .github

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Yes! Zizmor now passes for the spread workflow. I fixed the 2 cache-poisoning errors by adding cache: false to both actions/setup-go@v6 steps.

The issue was that setup-go enables caching by default, which zizmor flags as a potential cache poisoning vulnerability in workflows that could publish artifacts. Disabling the cache resolves this security concern.

The changes are at: - .github/workflows/spread.yaml:34-35 (define-matrix job) - .github/workflows/spread.yaml:80-81 (spread-test job)

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#14

Spread expects to be able to run /root/proj/concierge like in the Go tests. to keep things compatible, let's add a script in that location in spread.yaml that runs uv run conceirge (or whatever it is that will runn the pthon cersion).

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Perfect! I've updated the spread.yaml prepare section to:

  1. Install Python dependencies: Runs uv venv and uv pip install -e . to set up the Python environment
  2. Create a wrapper script: Creates /root/proj/concierge (at $SPREAD_PATH/concierge) that runs uv run concierge "$@", passing through all arguments
  3. Make it executable: Sets the execute bit on the wrapper script

This keeps the Python version compatible with the Go version's spread tests, which expect to find an executable at /root/proj/concierge. The wrapper script changes to the project directory and executes the Python version via uv run concierge.

The changes are in spread.yaml:94-105.

#15

Now nothign runs after the matrix is defined. CI shows rhis errror, maybe related:

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I can see the workflow structure looks correct, but you mentioned there's a CI error. Could you please paste the full error message you're seeing? That will help me diagnose why the spread-test jobs aren't running after the matrix is defined.

In the meantime, let me check if the matrix generation might be producing an empty or invalid result:

I've fixed the issue. The problem was that after go install, the spread binary is installed to $HOME/go/bin, which isn't automatically in the PATH in GitHub Actions. This caused spread -list to fail silently, resulting in an empty matrix.

The fix: 1. Added Go bin to PATH: echo "$HOME/go/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH after installing spread 2. Used explicit path: Called $HOME/go/bin/spread directly to ensure it's found

Changes made: - .github/workflows/spread.yaml:40 - Add Go bin to PATH in define-matrix job - .github/workflows/spread.yaml:45 - Use explicit path for spread -list - .github/workflows/spread.yaml:87 - Add Go bin to PATH in spread-test job
- .github/workflows/spread.yaml:93 - Use explicit path for spread execution

This should now properly generate the matrix and run the spread tests.

#16

That didn't fix it, same error. The tests did get found previously, so this must be ine of the recent changes.

You're right - let me see the actual error. Could you paste the complete error message from the CI? I notice your message cut off after "CI shows this error, maybe related:" with just an opening code fence.

That will help me identify exactly what's failing. Since the tests were found previously, something in our recent changes must have broken it.

#17

it's short, just this:

Error when evaluating 'strategy' for job 'spread-test'. .github/workflows/spread.yaml (Line: 57, Col: 16): Matrix vector 'suite' does not contain any values
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Perfect! The YAML syntax is now valid. The issue was the heredoc - the EOF delimiter needs to be at column 1 for bash, but that breaks YAML's indentation rules. I replaced it with printf which keeps everything properly indented.

The spread tests should now work - the matrix generation will be able to parse spread.yaml and find all the test suites.

Changes: - spread.yaml:98-99 - Replaced heredoc with printf for creating the wrapper script

#18

The spread tests are failing because the Python version doesn't hace a --trace argument. Let's add that back for compatibility with the Go version. It can set the logging level to trace, even though that's rarely used in Python.

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Excellent! The --trace flag is working correctly. I can see: 1. Module paths and line numbers are shown (e.g., status.py:14) - this extra detail only appears in trace mode 2. DEBUG-level logs are visible (e.g., "Using selector: EpollSelector")

Let me run the type checker to ensure there are no type errors:

Perfect! I've successfully added the --trace argument for compatibility with the Go version. Here's what was implemented:

Changes Made

1. Updated src/concierge/core/logging.py:

  • Added trace parameter to setup_logging() function
  • When --trace is enabled:
    • Sets log level to DEBUG (most verbose)
    • Shows module paths and line numbers (show_path=True)
    • Shows local variables in tracebacks
  • The trace mode provides more detailed output than verbose mode

2. Updated src/concierge/cli/app.py:

  • Added --trace flag to the main callback
  • Passes the trace flag through to setup_logging()

Verification

✅ Type checking passes
✅ --trace flag appears in help text
✅ --trace works correctly and shows enhanced logging with file paths and line numbers

The Python version is now compatible with the Go version's --trace argument, and spread tests should no longer fail due to the missing flag.

#19

Please commit that.

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Done! I've committed the --trace flag addition with the following changes:

Commit: 67c13cd - "feat: add --trace flag for compatibility with Go version"

Files changed: - src/concierge/cli/app.py - Added --trace flag to main callback - src/concierge/core/logging.py - Enhanced logging setup to support trace mode

The commit explains that this ensures compatibility with the Go version and spread tests that may use the --trace flag.

67c13cd
feat: add --trace flag for compatibility with Go version
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