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Outcome

Make the WSL platform runner establish Docker isolation before the non-live suite and restore a healthy Docker daemon before live testing. If the systemd bus is unavailable after package installation, the helper permits one restart of the job-owned Ubuntu distro and then checks readiness again.

Reason

All four WSL shards in run 36877062541 failed before any tests ran: Docker still answered after service docker stop. The same failure occurs in the preceding main run.

The old command discarded shutdown errors and did not stop socket activation. Retained logs also show systemd bus failures after package installation. They do not establish whether shutdown failed or socket activation restarted Docker; this change handles both conditions while preserving the existing unavailable-Docker assertion.

Related issues

Refs #12285 and #12515. This runner repair enables the requested WSL validation; it does not close the original device issue.

Changes

  • Move stop/start ownership into the trusted WSL helper. Persistently mask both docker.service and docker.socket within the job-owned distro so isolation survives a distro restart. Check Docker again in the same script immediately before Vitest, then unmask and start Docker before the live step. Preserve shutdown errors and require a bounded Docker health check.
  • Restrict the single distro restart to service-manager bus failures or a timed-out read-only probe. Termination failure, unrelated errors, or exhausted readiness probes stop setup. Recovery runs before package or inference credentials enter WSL.
  • Capture expected service-manager errors inside Linux so Windows PowerShell 5.1 can inspect the probe's exit code instead of terminating on native stderr.
  • Execute generated shell scripts against a Docker socket-activation fixture and test the PowerShell recovery path. Existing workflow tests continue to enforce phase ordering and credential boundaries.
  • Document the runner's stop, recovery, and restore behavior in the owning E2E guide.
  • Remove a stale exact-timeout expectation from the rebuild recovery test exposed by PR CI. The test still checks the selected sandbox and gateway and preservation of recovery state; the separate controlled-clock test retains deadline coverage.

Verification

  • npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/actions/sandbox/rebuild-destroy-phase.test.ts — all 43 tests passed after removing the exact-timeout expectation.

  • npx vitest run --project integration test/automation/e2e/wsl-ci-helper.test.ts test/automation/e2e/platform-vitest-main-workflow.test.ts test/automation/pull-requests/growth-guardrails.test.ts — 42 tests passed. PowerShell 7.6.6 executed the helper tests locally; they were not skipped.

  • Normal commit hooks — passed, including YAML validation, repository checks, source-shape checks, growth guardrails, formatting, and secret scanning.

  • Normal pre-push publication validation and CLI type checking — passed. GitHub marks all commits as Verified; the latest is 2b615c95e24d43001a23141a74180b5c77b64327.

  • Restart regression: the previous revision failed both persistence and restoration cases. The repaired revision passed all 42 focused tests, including simulated loss of runtime masks.

  • git diff --check — passed.

  • Diff inspection found no secrets, API keys, or credentials.

  • Post-merge WSL validation: run 36920397162 tests merge commit 7d0603906deaef3939c95ff3191ca7854a5e5511. Its four WSL shards and live onboarding step must execute and pass before claiming success on that runner.

Review notes

The workflow is a sensitive path. Self-review covered 2b615c95e24d43001a23141a74180b5c77b64327 against beff1579ffd88f9b09a9f5f649277abb66bc1cb7, including credential timing, native argument construction, one-distro ownership, failure propagation, and Docker restoration. CI passed on this commit in run 36916438251. All nine exact-head Advisor reports are clear in run 36918364255. CodeRabbit rates the current commit low risk, with no unresolved review threads. Docker and Podman runtime activation checks passed. The trusted merge checker confirmed all 66 current checks green before the admin squash merge.

CodeRabbit advisory disposition: restoring the exact 15_000 timeout expectation would reintroduce the demonstrated failure because probes receive the remaining deadline; the maintainer explicitly requested its removal. The unchanged README sentence about GitHub credentials omits dependency-install token use and is an inherited documentation follow-up. An additional shutdown-before-dependency-install ordering assertion is advisory; inspection confirms the workflow already performs recovery before package credentials enter WSL.

The live boundary remains the existing WSL platform lane. Its Docker-unavailable guard is retained in the helper, and its live onboarding assertions are unchanged. The new lower-level tests own recovery sequencing and Docker command behavior; the Windows runner must prove the actual service-manager and socket behavior.


Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson aerickson@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Chores
    • WSL-based automated test setup now recovers from recognized system startup issues and uses bounded readiness checks.
    • The container runtime remains unavailable during non-live checks and is restored and health-checked before live tests.
    • Setup and readiness failures are reported, preventing affected test steps from proceeding.
  • Documentation
    • Updated test setup guidance to describe WSL recovery and container runtime availability across test stages.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>
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The WSL CI helper recovers systemd readiness and manages Docker runtime shutdown and startup. The platform workflow calls these helpers, and tests and documentation cover the updated behavior. A sandbox test also relaxes a specific timeout assertion.

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WSL container runtime control

Layer / File(s) Summary
Systemd readiness recovery
tools/wsl/ci-helper.ps1, test/automation/e2e/wsl-ci-helper.test.ts
The helper probes systemd and, for a timeout or recognized unavailable-bus error, terminates the requested distro once and retries readiness checks. Tests cover recovery, exhausted retries, unrelated errors, and termination failure.
Docker runtime stop and start
tools/wsl/ci-helper.ps1, test/automation/e2e/wsl-ci-helper.test.ts, test/support/wsl-container-runtime-fixture.ts
The stop script masks the Docker service and socket, then checks Docker availability. The start script removes the masks, starts Docker, and waits up to 30 seconds for health. Tests exercise script behavior and failure cases using a shell fixture.
Workflow integration and documentation
.github/workflows/platform-vitest-main.yaml, test/automation/e2e/platform-vitest-main-workflow.test.ts, test/e2e/README.md
The workflow calls the stop helper before non-live tests and the start helper before the live step. The workflow test and README describe this flow.

Sandbox timeout assertion

Layer / File(s) Summary
Relax timeout assertion
src/lib/actions/sandbox/rebuild-destroy-phase.test.ts
The test accepts an options object without requiring a specific 15-second timeout.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: chandler-barlow, aknvda

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PlatformWorkflow
  participant WslCiHelper
  participant WslDistro
  participant Docker
  PlatformWorkflow->>WslCiHelper: Call Stop-WslContainerRuntime
  WslCiHelper->>WslDistro: Repair systemd and run Docker stop script
  WslDistro->>Docker: Mask service and socket, then check availability
  PlatformWorkflow->>WslCiHelper: Call Start-WslContainerRuntime
  WslCiHelper->>WslDistro: Run Docker start script
  WslDistro->>Docker: Unmask, start, and check health
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The overall line coverage in commit 2b615c9 in the fix/wsl-ci-docker-is... branch is 85%. The line coverage in commit 63002cd in the main branch is 84%.

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Review comments at @tools/wsl/ci-helper.ps1:
- Around line 332-341: Update Get-WslContainerRuntimeStopScript and its
corresponding unmask logic to use persistent Docker masks instead of
runtime-only masks. Also check that Docker is unavailable immediately before the
Vitest command, retaining the existing conditional failure behavior rather than
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🟡 Minor · Document the pre-live WSL package credential. · README.md:388-390

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the pre-live WSL package credential.

The README says the workflow sets GITHUB_TOKEN only for live steps. The WSL install step forwards the same github.token value as NODE_AUTH_TOKEN before the live step, and the installer uses it for npm registry authentication. Operators may therefore infer an incorrect credential boundary.

Suggested fix
-The workflow sets these credentials only for the live steps, but candidate code can copy either value while a step runs.
+The workflow exposes these live-test credentials to candidate test code only in the live steps. The WSL dependency-install step separately forwards the same GitHub token value as `NODE_AUTH_TOKEN` for package-registry authentication, then unsets it before building and testing. Candidate code can copy either live credential while a live step runs.
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Review comment at @test/e2e/README.md around lines 388 - 390:
Update the credential-boundary documentation near the live-step descriptions to
distinguish the live-test credentials from the WSL install credential: state
that the WSL dependency-install step forwards the GitHub token as
NODE_AUTH_TOKEN for registry authentication and unsets it before building and
testing, while live credentials are exposed to candidate test code only in live
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test/automation/e2e/platform-vitest-main-workflow.test.ts (1)

173-196: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert shutdown before the credential-bearing WSL build.

The test only asserts that shutdown precedes Vitest. The separate Install dependencies and build in WSL step forwards NODE_AUTH_TOKEN and runs before Vitest. Moving shutdown below that step would leave the test green while violating the recovery-before-credentials contract.

Add an index for the build step and assert that shutdown precedes it.

Suggested fix
+    const buildIndex = steps.findIndex(
+      (entry) => entry.name === "Install dependencies and build in WSL",
+    );
...
+    expect(buildIndex).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
...
+    expect(stoppedIndex).toBeLessThan(buildIndex);
     expect(stoppedIndex).toBeLessThan(suiteIndex);
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Update the workflow-order assertions to verify shutdown precedes the
credential-bearing build step. In the test’s step-index checks, locate “Install
dependencies and build in WSL,” assert the step exists, and assert stoppedIndex
is less than its index; retain the existing shutdown-before-suite assertion.
src/lib/actions/sandbox/rebuild-destroy-phase.test.ts (1)

896-899: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the exact timeout assertion for the bounded probe.

The changed matcher accepts an options object without a timeout. The sibling test checks only that the timeout is a Number; it does not enforce the finite 15-second deadline. Restore the exact assertion:

Suggested fix
     expect(mocks.captureOpenshell).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       ["sandbox", "get", "-g", "nemoclaw", "alpha"],
-      expect.any(Object),
+      expect.objectContaining({ timeout: 15_000 }),
     );
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Update the assertion for mocks.captureOpenshell to require an options object
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- Around line 388-390: Update the credential-boundary documentation near the
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install credential: state that the WSL dependency-install step forwards the
GitHub token as NODE_AUTH_TOKEN for registry authentication and unsets it before
building and testing, while live credentials are exposed to candidate test code
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Review comments at @src/lib/actions/sandbox/rebuild-destroy-phase.test.ts:
- Around line 896-899: Update the assertion for mocks.captureOpenshell to
require an options object containing the exact 15-second timeout, rather than
accepting any object; preserve the existing command argument assertion.

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- Around line 173-196: Update the workflow-order assertions to verify shutdown
precedes the credential-bearing build step. In the test’s step-index checks,
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Repair the WSL platform fixtures for Docker discovery, WSL binding, stable file identity, Windows process startup, nested Vitest startup, and compiled-worker readiness. Give force-fresh tests a private command path and preserve all explicit refusal, recovery, and credential-boundary assertions.

Use the separately installed GNU timeout command when available and keep the direct Ollama proof wrapper alive on TERM so its controller can escalate against descendants. Consolidate process regression coverage around the wrapped command and reject outer-harness timeouts.

Validation: focused local tests and fault-injection reproductions passed; all 73 current CI checks passed on c5237ab. All nine Advisor reports are clear; CodeRabbit reports minimal risk with no actionable findings. Actual WSL qualification follows in the main-only platform workflow.

Refs #12285, #12281, and #12554.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>
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