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fix(ci): bind Portable Podman to systemd cgroups - #9918

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fix(ci): bind Portable Podman to systemd cgroups#9918
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Summary

Portable launch now gives the real current-user Podman service a temporary containers.conf that selects systemd cgroups before the socket starts. Cleanup now compares every owned fixture file with its terminal newline, so unchanged drop-ins are removed.

Changes

  • Configure the Portable Podman CLI and user-systemd service with the same temporary containers.conf.
  • Fail before nested BuildKit with an observed-value diagnostic unless Podman reports CgroupManager=systemd.
  • Preserve terminal newlines in cleanup comparisons for the CPU drop-ins and the new Podman fixture files.
  • Extend the Portable workflow contract test for configuration order, diagnostics, and cleanup ownership.

E2E root cause: Portable profile workflow / #9910 runner fixture preparation and cleanup / Podman did not use systemd cgroups and cleanup omitted expected terminal newlines

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Signature: CPU-delegation preflight passed, Podman reported a cgroup manager other than systemd, and cleanup rejected unchanged newline-terminated drop-ins.

Scope: one #9910 Portable runner-fixture containment cause. Product ABI fail-closed behavior is unchanged.

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  • Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are marked not applicable above — npx vitest run --project e2e-support test/e2e/support/portable-profile-systemctl-shim.test.ts test/e2e/support/portable-profile-cgroup-cleanup-workflow.test.ts passed 38/38; four Portable Bash blocks passed bash -n.
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Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran senthilr@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved portable launch reliability by ensuring Podman uses the systemd cgroup manager.
    • Added clearer validation errors when the required cgroup configuration is unavailable.
    • Enhanced cleanup to reliably remove temporary configuration and service artifacts, including handling unexpected changes safely.
  • Tests
    • Expanded end-to-end coverage for cgroup configuration, service startup ordering, temporary fixture permissions, and cleanup verification.

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The portable launch workflow configures Podman with systemd cgroups through a temporary configuration and user-service drop-in. It exports CONTAINERS_CONF, validates the active manager, and removes the artifacts during cleanup. End-to-end tests cover provisioning, validation, ordering, and cleanup.

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Portable Podman systemd configuration

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Provision and validate Podman systemd configuration
.github/workflows/portable-profile-e2e.yaml, test/e2e/support/portable-profile-systemctl-shim.test.ts
The workflow creates the temporary Podman configuration, installs the systemd drop-in, exports CONTAINERS_CONF, and reports cgroup-manager mismatches. Tests verify configuration permissions, setup ordering, systemd acceptance, and cgroupfs rejection.
Validate and remove configuration artifacts
.github/workflows/portable-profile-e2e.yaml, test/e2e/support/portable-profile-cgroup-cleanup-workflow.test.ts, test/e2e/support/portable-profile-systemctl-shim.test.ts
Cleanup records and validates the new artifacts, removes the drop-in and configuration, and permits removal of the created systemd directory. Tests verify fixture removal and retain CPU-delegation cleanup checks.

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The Portable Podman configuration and cleanup changes are localized, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains at the current head.

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In `@test/e2e/support/portable-profile-systemctl-shim.test.ts`:
- Around line 1400-1420: Replace the new source-text-only assertions in the
portable systemctl shim tests with focused shell-shim execution coverage for
configuration creation, failure when the cgroup manager is non-systemd, and
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Could you please provide a passing portable-launch run for the latest PR commit, 54e9dc7? The current E2E / Portable Profile workflow skipped portable-launch, and this PR changes that exact execution path. A passing run would provide direct validation of the Podman systemd-cgroup configuration and cleanup behavior.

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Thank you. The portable-launch job runs only on refs/heads/main. A pre-merge PR dispatch would skip this job or test a different commit, so it cannot provide the requested exact-revision evidence without changing the workflow.

We will use the automatic main run after this PR merges as the direct Ubuntu rootless Podman, systemd cgroup, nested BuildKit, and cleanup evidence. I will add the workflow and portable-launch job URLs here after that run completes.

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