perf(e2e): share the Windows dev snapshot across the fork legs by onemen · Pull Request #48 · onemen/firefox-scripts

onemen · 2026-08-25T16:14:56Z

Follow-up to #46.

A full cross-OS shared snapshot turned out to be impossible: LOCAL-mode
bakes the build machine's dist dir into updater-config.sys.mjs, which is
part of the hashed utils file set — repointing it for another OS flips the
package hash (verified against the real artifact: utils.hash
abd734df… → 6d108313…), so the updater sees a false "update available"
and the up-to-date scenario fails.

This PR shares within the same OS only, which stays hash-consistent:

New snapshot-win job builds the dev snapshot once on windows-latest.
The two browser-matrix legs (librewolf, floorp — same runner image,
identical workspace path, so the baked LOCAL_DIST_PATH matches) download
it instead of each running upload:local --mode=dev.
The three OS updater legs and the installer legs keep their per-OS
builds (the installer binary is OS-specific).
Adds workflow_dispatch to e2e.yml for manual runs.

The cross-OS attempt (shared ubuntu snapshot + test-side config repoint)
was reverted: the repoint mutated a hashed file, breaking the runtime
hash comparison.

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added the ability to manually run end-to-end test workflows.
- Added Windows snapshot builds for shared development testing.
- Browser test jobs now use a shared snapshot to streamline execution.
Documentation
- Updated updater documentation to describe shared snapshot usage.

…ifact The package zips + hashes.json are OS-independent, so every PR previously built them ~8× (each updater/browser-matrix/installer job ran its own `upload:local --mode=dev`, ~16-20s each). New `snapshot` job builds the snapshot once on ubuntu and uploads dist/ as an artifact; the updater and browser-matrix jobs download it instead of building. Installer E2E still builds its own native binary per OS — the installer is OS-specific and cannot be shared. Also adds workflow_dispatch to e2e.yml for manual E2E runs. Generated with Codebuff 🤖 Co-Authored-By: Codebuff <noreply@codebuff.com>

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The E2E workflow supports manual dispatch, builds a shared Windows development snapshot, uploads it as an artifact, and lets browser-matrix jobs download it instead of rebuilding locally.

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E2E snapshot workflow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build and publish the Windows snapshot `.github/workflows/e2e.yml`	The workflow adds manual dispatch support and a `snapshot-win` job. The job builds and uploads `dist/` as `dev-snapshot-win`. The updater E2E description documents shared snapshot usage.
Consume the shared snapshot `.github/workflows/e2e.yml`	The `browser-matrix` job waits for `snapshot-win` and downloads `dev-snapshot-win` into `dist/` on the Windows runner path.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 008f2

The workflow now reuses a Windows snapshot across jobs, but its configuration can retain the build job’s absolute path, causing browser legs to miss updates and stale scenarios to pass. The new jobs also lack explicitly restricted repository permissions. These bounded correctness and security risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant GitHubActions
  participant snapshot-win
  participant ArtifactStorage
  participant browser-matrix
  GitHubActions->>snapshot-win: build Windows development snapshot
  snapshot-win->>ArtifactStorage: upload dev-snapshot-win
  browser-matrix->>snapshot-win: wait for snapshot completion
  browser-matrix->>ArtifactStorage: download dev-snapshot-win into dist/

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`.github/workflows/e2e.yml`

The workflow adds a Windows snapshot job and integrates it into the matrix, but it specifies tool versions that are not yet released, which will cause the job to fail.

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The shared snapshot is built once per run on ubuntu, so the LOCAL-mode updater config inside utils.zip bakes the BUILDER's dist dir (file:// URLs) — on Windows/macOS legs the scheduler could not read hashes.json and never detected staleness ("scheduler never reached addTrustedTab"). seedProfile now repoints the baked LOCAL_DIST_PATH / ZIP_BASE_URL / HASHES_URL at the runner's own copy of the snapshot after extraction. No-op when the config already points at the local dir (ubuntu leg). New helper repointLocalConfig (helpers.mjs) + 4 unit tests. Generated with Codebuff 🤖 Co-Authored-By: Codebuff <noreply@codebuff.com>

The cross-OS shared snapshot was reverted: LOCAL-mode bakes the build machine's dist dir into updater-config.sys.mjs, which is part of the hashed utils file set — repointing it for another OS flips the package hash (verified: utils.hash abd734df… → 6d108313…) and the updater sees a false "update available", breaking the up-to-date scenario. Same-OS sharing is hash-consistent: the browser-matrix legs (librewolf, floorp) run on windows-latest with an identical workspace path, so the Windows snapshot built once by the new `snapshot-win` job has the same baked LOCAL_DIST_PATH everywhere. The two fork legs download it instead of each running upload:local; the three OS updater legs and the installer legs keep their own per-OS builds (the installer binary is OS-specific). Also keeps workflow_dispatch on e2e.yml for manual runs. Generated with Codebuff 🤖 Co-Authored-By: Codebuff <noreply@codebuff.com>

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Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/e2e.yml:
- Line 216: Remove the incorrect dependency-timing claim associated with the
browser-matrix job’s needs: snapshot-win configuration. Keep the job-level needs
dependency unchanged, ensuring browser-matrix steps still wait for snapshot-win
completion.
- Around line 38-50: Add job-scoped permissions with contents read-only to both
snapshot-win and browser-matrix, preserving their existing steps and artifact
behavior.
- Around line 242-250: Update the dev snapshot workflow around “Download dev
snapshot” so the shared artifact does not retain snapshot-win’s absolute
workspace path in updater-config.sys.mjs; configure upload:local --mode=dev to
emit a runner-independent URL, or regenerate the updater config and manifest
after download using the current browser-matrix workspace. Preserve the existing
artifact download and hash consistency behavior.

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- Add `permissions: contents: read` (least privilege; artifacts use the runner's internal token, so no extra scope is needed). - Correct the download-step comment: `needs: snapshot-win` already waits for the artifact, so the install step does not overlap its build. Generated with Codebuff 🤖 Co-Authored-By: Codebuff <noreply@codebuff.com>

onemen and others added 2 commits August 25, 2026 19:28

onemen changed the title ~~perf(e2e): build the dev snapshot once per run and share it as an artifact~~ perf(e2e): share the Windows dev snapshot across the fork legs Aug 25, 2026

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Merge branch 'main' into buffy/p0-5-shared-snapshot

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