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* [PATCH v3 5/7] Row pattern recognition patch (docs).
@ 2023-07-26 10:49 Tatsuo Ishii <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Tatsuo Ishii @ 2023-07-26 10:49 UTC (permalink / raw)

---
 doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml   | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/src/sgml/func.sgml       | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml | 29 +++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml
index 755c9f1485..eda3612822 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml
@@ -537,6 +537,58 @@ WHERE pos &lt; 3;
     <literal>rank</literal> less than 3.
    </para>
 
+   <para>
+    Row pattern common syntax can be used with row pattern common syntax to
+    perform row pattern recognition in a query. Row pattern common syntax
+    includes two sub clauses. <literal>DEFINE</literal> defines definition
+    variables along with an expression. The expression must be a logical
+    expression, which means it must
+    return <literal>TRUE</literal>, <literal>FALSE</literal>
+    or <literal>NULL</literal>. Moreover if the expression comprises a column
+    reference, it must be the argument of <function>rpr</function>. An example
+    of <literal>DEFINE</literal> is as follows.
+
+<programlisting>
+DEFINE
+ LOWPRICE AS price &lt;= 100,
+ UP AS price &gt; PREV(price),
+ DOWN AS price &lt; PREV(price)
+</programlisting>
+
+    Note that <function>PREV</function> returns price column in the previous
+    row if it's called in a context of row pattern recognition. So in the
+    second line means the definition variable "UP" is <literal>TRUE</literal>
+    when price column in the current row is greater than the price column in
+    the previous row. Likewise, "DOWN" is <literal>TRUE</literal> when when
+    price column in the current row is lower than the price column in the
+    previous row.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    Once <literal>DEFINE</literal> exists, <literal>PATTERN</literal> can be
+    used. <literal>PATTERN</literal> defines a sequence of rows that satisfies
+    certain conditions.  For example following <literal>PATTERN</literal>
+    defines that a row starts with the condition "LOWPRICE", then one or more
+    rows satisfy "UP" and finally one or more rows satisfy "DOWN". If a
+    sequence of rows found, rpr returns the column at the starting row.
+    Example of a <literal>SELECT</literal> using the <literal>DEFINE</literal>
+    and <literal>PATTERN</literal> clause is as follows.
+
+<programlisting>    
+SELECT company, tdate, price, max(price) OVER w FROM stock
+ WINDOW w AS (
+ PARTITION BY company
+ ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING
+ AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW
+ INITIAL
+ PATTERN (LOWPRICE UP+ DOWN+)
+ DEFINE
+  LOWPRICE AS price &lt;= 100,
+  UP AS price &gt; PREV(price),
+  DOWN AS price &lt; PREV(price)
+);
+</programlisting>
+   </para>
+
    <para>
     When a query involves multiple window functions, it is possible to write
     out each one with a separate <literal>OVER</literal> clause, but this is
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index dcc9d6f59d..b333d62410 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -21714,6 +21714,7 @@ SELECT count(*) FROM sometable;
         returns <literal>NULL</literal> if there is no such row.
        </para></entry>
       </row>
+
      </tbody>
     </tgroup>
    </table>
@@ -21753,6 +21754,59 @@ SELECT count(*) FROM sometable;
    Other frame specifications can be used to obtain other effects.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   Row pattern recognition navigation functions are listed in
+   <xref linkend="functions-rpr-navigation-table"/>.  These functions
+   can be used to describe DEFINE clause of Row pattern recognition.
+  </para>
+
+   <table id="functions-rpr-navigation-table">
+    <title>Row Pattern Navigation Functions</title>
+    <tgroup cols="1">
+     <thead>
+      <row>
+       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+        Function
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        Description
+       </para></entry>
+      </row>
+     </thead>
+
+     <tbody>
+      <row>
+       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+        <indexterm>
+         <primary>prev</primary>
+        </indexterm>
+        <function>prev</function> ( <parameter>value</parameter> <type>anyelement</type> )
+        <returnvalue>anyelement</returnvalue>
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        Returns the column value at the previous row;
+        returns NULL if there is no previous row in the window frame.
+       </para></entry>
+      </row>
+
+      <row>
+       <entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
+        <indexterm>
+         <primary>next</primary>
+        </indexterm>
+        <function>next</function> ( <parameter>value</parameter> <type>anyelement</type> )
+        <returnvalue>anyelement</returnvalue>
+       </para>
+       <para>
+        Returns the column value at the next row;
+        returns NULL if there is no next row in the window frame.
+       </para></entry>
+      </row>
+
+     </tbody>
+    </tgroup>
+   </table>
+
   <note>
    <para>
     The SQL standard defines a <literal>RESPECT NULLS</literal> or
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
index 0ee0cc7e64..16478a3950 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
@@ -966,8 +966,8 @@ WINDOW <replaceable class="parameter">window_name</replaceable> AS ( <replaceabl
     The <replaceable class="parameter">frame_clause</replaceable> can be one of
 
 <synopsis>
-{ RANGE | ROWS | GROUPS } <replaceable>frame_start</replaceable> [ <replaceable>frame_exclusion</replaceable> ]
-{ RANGE | ROWS | GROUPS } BETWEEN <replaceable>frame_start</replaceable> AND <replaceable>frame_end</replaceable> [ <replaceable>frame_exclusion</replaceable> ]
+{ RANGE | ROWS | GROUPS } <replaceable>frame_start</replaceable> [ <replaceable>frame_exclusion</replaceable> ] [row_pattern_common_syntax]
+{ RANGE | ROWS | GROUPS } BETWEEN <replaceable>frame_start</replaceable> AND <replaceable>frame_end</replaceable> [ <replaceable>frame_exclusion</replaceable> ] [row_pattern_common_syntax]
 </synopsis>
 
     where <replaceable>frame_start</replaceable>
@@ -1074,6 +1074,31 @@ EXCLUDE NO OTHERS
     a given peer group will be in the frame or excluded from it.
    </para>
 
+   <para>
+    The
+    optional <replaceable class="parameter">row_pattern_common_syntax</replaceable>
+    defines the <firstterm>row pattern recognition condition</firstterm> for
+    this
+    window. <replaceable class="parameter">row_pattern_common_syntax</replaceable>
+    includes following subclauses. <literal>AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST
+    ROW</literal> or <literal>AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW</literal> controls
+    how to proceed to next row position after a match
+    found. With <literal>AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW</literal> (the
+    default) next row position is next to the last row of previous match. On
+    the other hand, with <literal>AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW</literal> next
+    row position is always next to the last row of previous
+    match. <literal>DEFINE</literal> defines definition variables along with a
+    boolean expression. <literal>PATTERN</literal> defines a sequence of rows
+    that satisfies certain conditions using variables defined
+    in <literal>DEFINE</literal> clause.
+
+<synopsis>
+[ AFTER MATCH SKIP PAST LAST ROW | AFTER MATCH SKIP TO NEXT ROW ]
+PATTERN <replaceable class="parameter">pattern_variable_name</replaceable>[+] [, ...]
+DEFINE <replaceable class="parameter">definition_varible_name</replaceable> AS <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> [, ...]
+</synopsis>    
+   </para>
+
    <para>
     The purpose of a <literal>WINDOW</literal> clause is to specify the
     behavior of <firstterm>window functions</firstterm> appearing in the query's
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 127+ messages in thread

From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
-- 
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* [PATCH v13a 8/9] ci: Make runs-on overridable
@ 2026-06-10 17:09 Andres Freund <[email protected]>
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From: Andres Freund @ 2026-06-10 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

Previously what runners CI ran on was hardcoded. Unfortunately that makes it
harder to use faster or self hosted runners (e.g. in a private repository
where the runners are very slow, or self hosted runners for cfbot).

Fix that by allowing to override the runner types via repository/organization
variables. How to do that is documented in src/tools/ci/README.

Testing faster github hosted runners showed that we have some dependencies on
specific locations, fix most of those. The remainder will be in a separate
commit, changing how we deal with the msys2 installation.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a2ejn7lfqolutzz7kozalbhy3bixdrujb4buc3pgbtlk4am2ba@wbv6v7riia33
---
 .github/workflows/pg-ci.yml | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/tools/ci/README         | 21 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
index 9384ec0d902..c737173abe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pg-ci.yml
@@ -106,12 +106,6 @@ env:
     --with-uuid=ossp
     --with-zstd
 
-  # Centrally define the version of linux runners, to make it easier to
-  # update. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not implausible
-  # there will be breakage when that switches to the next ubuntu version.
-  _LINUX_RUNS_ON: &linux_runs_on |
-    ubuntu-24.04
-
   # Debian Trixie containers used by all Linux jobs. Built by
   # 'https://github.com/anarazel/pg-vm-images/';.
   CONTAINER_REPO: ghcr.io/anarazel/pg-vm-images/main
@@ -154,7 +148,8 @@ jobs:
   warn-if-not-opted-in:
     name: Report if not opted into CI
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED != '1'}}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    # See the setup task for an explanation
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
     steps:
       - name: Warn
         env:
@@ -184,21 +179,43 @@ jobs:
     # Only run CI if repo owner opted in. If this task is skipped due to the
     # if, none of it's depending tasks (i.e. the actual CI tasks) run either.
     if: ${{vars.PG_CI_ENABLED == '1'}}
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
     timeout-minutes: 1
     outputs:
+      # Are certain tasks enabled?
       linux: ${{ steps.os.outputs.linux }}
       macos: ${{ steps.os.outputs.macos }}
       windows: ${{ steps.os.outputs.windows }}
       mingw: ${{ steps.os.outputs.mingw }}
       compilerwarnings: ${{ steps.os.outputs.compilerwarnings }}
       sanitycheck: ${{ steps.os.outputs.sanitycheck }}
+
+      # What runners to run on:
+      #
+      # To allow over-riding what runners jobs use, we allow setting
+      # repository / org level variables influencing that choice on a
+      # per-host-operating-system basis.
+      #
+      # This also makes it easier to change the version of linux / windows
+      # used centrally. We don't just want to use ubuntu-latest, as it's not
+      # implausible there will be breakage when that switches to the next
+      # ubuntu version.
+      runs_on_linux: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX, 'ubuntu-24.04') }}
+      runs_on_windows: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS, 'windows-2022') }}
+      runs_on_macos: ${{ case(vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS != '', vars.PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS, 'macos-15') }}
+      # runs_on_setup: an output can't be used as the input of the setup job
+      # itself, so it's done inline below.
+
+      # Exports:
+      #
       # Re-export workflow-level env vars that other jobs need to reference
       # from contexts (e.g. `jobs.<id>.container.image`) where the `env`
       # context is not available.
       container_linux_ci: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI }}
       container_linux_ci_docs: ${{ env.CONTAINER_REPO }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_LINUX_CI_DOCS }}
 
+    # Can't use the output from above, so repeated verbatim here
+    runs-on: ${{ case(vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup != '', vars.pg_ci_runs_on_setup, 'ubuntu-slim') }}
+
     steps:
       # Anchor reused by other jobs further down. GitHub Actions supports YAML
       # anchors/aliases but not merge keys, so the alias copies the whole step
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
     if: |
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.sanitycheck == 'true'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 15
     container: &linux_ci_container
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci }}
@@ -446,7 +463,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.linux == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
@@ -540,7 +557,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (32-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -632,7 +649,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Linux - Meson (64-bit)
     needs: [setup, sanity-check]
     if: *linux_job_if
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     container: *linux_ci_container
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env: *linux_env
@@ -688,7 +705,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.macos == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: macos-15
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_macos }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       MACPORTS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/macports-cache
@@ -845,7 +862,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.windows == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
 
     # As described at the top of the task, split the tests across two runners
@@ -861,7 +878,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MESON_FEATURES: >-
@@ -967,7 +984,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          # meson is not preinstalled on windows-2022. Install via pip
+          # meson is not preinstalled, at least on windows-2022. Install via
+          # pip
           echo ::group::pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade meson
           if (!$?) { throw 'cmdfail' }
@@ -999,7 +1017,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - &windows_setup_debugger_step
         name: Setup Windows debugger
@@ -1046,12 +1064,12 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.mingw == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: windows-2022
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_windows }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     env:
       # Avoid port conflicts between concurrent tap tests
       PG_TEST_USE_UNIX_SOCKETS: 1
-      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: 'd:\pgsock'
+      PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}/pgsock
       TAR: "c:/windows/system32/tar.exe"
 
       MSYS: winjitdebug
@@ -1127,7 +1145,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup socket directory
         shell: cmd
-        run: mkdir ${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}
+        run: mkdir "${{env.PG_REGRESS_SOCK_DIR}}"
 
       - *windows_setup_debugger_step
 
@@ -1173,7 +1191,7 @@ jobs:
       !cancelled() &&
       needs.setup.outputs.compilerwarnings == 'true' &&
       needs.sanity-check.result != 'failure'
-    runs-on: *linux_runs_on
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.runs_on_linux }}
     timeout-minutes: 60
     container:
       image: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.container_linux_ci_docs }}
diff --git a/src/tools/ci/README b/src/tools/ci/README
index 642e518c296..9276d4a654c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ci/README
+++ b/src/tools/ci/README
@@ -75,3 +75,24 @@ messages. Currently the following controls are available:
 
   Only runs CI on operating systems specified. This can be useful when
   addressing portability issues affecting only a subset of platforms.
+
+
+Controlling which runners CI uses
+=================================
+
+By default each job runs on a GitHub-hosted runner appropriate for its
+operating system. This can be overridden on a per-operating-system basis by
+creating repository or organization variables, at
+https://github.com/<username>/<reponame>/settings/variables/actions
+
+This is useful to run on faster GitHub-hosted runners, or on self-hosted
+runners.
+
+The following variables are recognized. If a variable is unset or empty, a
+default runner suitable for that operating system is used:
+
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_LINUX:   Linux jobs, including SanityCheck and CompilerWarnings
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_WINDOWS: the Windows (VS) and MinGW jobs
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_MACOS:   the macOS job
+- PG_CI_RUNS_ON_SETUP:   the lightweight bookkeeping jobs (opt-in warning and
+                         job setup)
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