Phase B is closed (checklist Passi 1–9 [x], benchmark matrix §6–§14
recorded). Move the two finished working docs into the dated archive:
plans/PhaseB-user-checklist.md → plans/archived/2026-06-07/
plans/benchmark-windows-host.md → plans/archived/2026-06-07/
plans/ now holds only the forward-looking plans (idea-3 Phase C pwsh
removal, idea-4 Phase D ESXi, ideas-overview). Fixed the live links that
pointed at the moved/relocated files: idea-3 §4, idea-2 §8 (relative path),
and ideas-overview (idea-1/idea-2 now under archived/, Phase A+B marked ✅).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
RUNBOOK §15: dual-boot operation — Linux⇄Windows switch procedure, per-OS
CI-stack table (roots/runner/vmrun), current GRUB behaviour (DEFAULT=0,
TIMEOUT=0 hidden → boots straight to Linux), post-boot verification commands
for both OSes, and an optional GRUB tweak (left unapplied — boot-to-Linux is
intentional so the box returns as the Linux CI host after any unattended
reboot).
Checklist: Passo 9 done; fixed the stale global tracking table (Passi 6–9
were still [ ] despite being complete). Phase B is now fully closed (1–9 [x]).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
idea-3- prefix was shared with idea-3-powershell-removal.md; rename the ESXi
idea to idea-4-esxi-support.md and update the ideas-overview link. Pure rename,
content unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
§11 Win-guest static (boot 29.75s, +24% vs Linux-host §8; static-IP floor
~22s confirmed host-independent), §12 Lin-guest DHCP (13.51s, +53%), §13
burn-in 4×10 (Win 36/40 — transient WinRM faults under 4× concurrency,
self-recovered; Lin 40/40). §14 adds the full host×guest×IP-mode matrix.
Plan checkboxes filled with results and the template-parity pre-req note.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
All sections done: SSH keys, BuildVMGuest password, Gitea PAT,
OpenSSH Server, template powered-off verification, CI backup.
Fixed errata: .vmsn always present (not error indicator), backup
switched from Git tar to 7z LZMA2, removed scheduled-task section
(no CI-* tasks exist on this host).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
§10: single-job Measure-CIBenchmark on LinuxBuild2404 (DHCP, 10 iter) on the
Linux host — boot total 8.82s avg, near-deterministic even on DHCP (IP-acquire
7.45s, σ≈0.01). Guest-vs-guest table: Linux guest ~63% faster boot total than
the Windows static-IP guest (§8) on the same host.
plans/benchmark-windows-host.md: dual-boot plan to collect the symmetric
Windows-host numbers (§11 Win static, §12 Linux DHCP, §13 concurrent burn-in)
so the host×guest×IP-mode matrix is complete and Linux-vs-Windows is a
column-for-column comparison. Includes Windows paths, Credential Manager
prereqs, and the BaseClean-Linux snapshot caveat.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Concurrent capacity burn-in run on the Linux host as ci-runner with the
static-IP pool: WinBuild2025 40/40 PASS (~78.6s/round) and LinuxBuild2404
40/40 PASS (~70.2s/round) — 80/80 jobs, 20/20 rounds, near-deterministic
(static IP eliminates the DHCP IP-acquire variance of the §6/§7 baselines).
- RUNBOOK §9: concurrent burn-in result + ip-pool reset/recovery note.
- PhaseB-user-checklist Passo 7/8 marked done; fixed two checklist bugs:
run as ci-runner (the simone path needs g+w on the /var/lib/ci root for
ip-pool.tmp, not just the sub-dirs), and the Linux command was missing
-SnapshotName BaseClean-Linux (default BaseClean is Windows-only).
- idea-2-linux-host §8 DoD: Phase B complete (B1–B7 + >2 weeks stability).
- TODO §2.8 [P2]: ip-pool is not reconciled against live clones; a killed
job leaks its lease permanently and exhausts the 4-IP pool. Proposed fix.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
nsis-plugin-ns7zip is a real C++ project — wrong for lifecycle testing.
burnin-dummy simulates ~30s work and writes to dist/ with no external
deps. Documents one-time prerequisites (group, keyring, Gitea push).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Without an explicit build command, job.py runs dotnet build (which fails
on nsis-plugin-ns7zip in a fresh VM) and expects bin\CIOutput as artifact
source. With a trivial BuildCommand, artifact_source defaults to "dist"
and the lightweight command always succeeds.
Also documents one-time simone group/keyring prerequisites for running
the burn-in as simone with ci-runner group access.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
/var/lib/ci/ is owned by ci-runner; running as simone causes
PermissionError on artifact dir creation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Burn-in (4 jobs × 10 rounds), 7-day stability run, and RUNBOOK.md
Linux section are still open. Checklist stays active until all
acceptance criteria are met.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Moves all A/B closeouts, checklists, idea docs, and implementation plans
to plans/archived/2026-05-23/. Both phases are production-stable.
Active plans remaining in plans/:
- idea-3-powershell-removal.md (Phase C — in progress)
- idea-3-esxi-support.md (Phase D — future)
- ideas-overview.md (roadmap reference)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
ns7zip matrix Win+Linux passes after the WinRM quotas + desktop-heap
fixes landed in the template scripts. Monitoring window completed
without regressions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add plans/idea-3-powershell-removal.md: Phase C goal is to eliminate
the pwsh dependency from the Linux host by porting the remaining PS
scripts (bench run, validate host, smoke run) to Python sub-commands.
- Update idea-3-esxi-support.md header: Fase C → Fase D.
- Update ideas-overview.md: new four-phase table (A/B/C/D) with
prerequisiti and criteri for Phase C.
- Rename all "Hook futuri Fase C" (ESXi) → "Hook futuri Fase D" in
implementation-plan-A-B.md; add Phase C/D entries to summary and
references section.
- Update PhaseB-user-checklist.md end note and CLAUDE.md to point
Phase C → pwsh removal, Phase D → ESXi.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add `retention run` command (ports Invoke-RetentionPolicy.ps1): purges
old artifact/log dirs with aggressive mode when disk space is low.
- Add `template backup` command (ports Backup-CITemplate.ps1): 7z -mx=1
compressed archives in /var/lib/ci/backups/, prunes to keep-count=3,
stops/restarts act-runner.service around the copy.
- Update ci-retention-policy.service and ci-backup-template.service to use
Python; pwsh is no longer required on the Linux host.
- Fix ci-watch-runner-health.service: pass --service-name act-runner
(Linux service name, not Windows act_runner default).
- Fix _list_orphans in vm.py: wrap is_dir() inside the OSError try block
so a stat() failure on an entry is silently skipped rather than raised.
- Mark B5 complete in PhaseB-user-checklist.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
User requirement (non-negotiable): the project must stay
first-class compatible with a Windows host permanently — Phase B
adds Linux *alongside* Windows, never replacing/degrading it.
- implementation-plan-A-B §2: categorical-constraint banner; B8
decommissioning cancelled (kept only as historical record);
master checklist B8 row updated.
- PhaseB-user-checklist: Passo 9 (B8) cancelled -> dual-host kept;
Passo 8 no longer a decommission gate; tracking table + closing
note updated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Medium update: exec-summary status (A COMPLETATA, B ready), master
checklist A items [x], Phase A gating satisfied, §1 COMPLETATA banner
with real validation deviations (LocalSystem venv/keyring, github-free
artifacts, transport, shim common-params, deferred §8.1/§8.2), §7
A-side definition-of-done [x]. Fase B (§2/§3/§4) + risk matrix +
cronoprogramma left intact as the Phase B design reference alongside
PhaseB-user-checklist.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
feature merged to main (2aa12bb), tag v2.0.0-phaseA pushed
(triggers build-ns7zip as final end-to-end validation of main).
All Passi 1-9 [x]. Residual non-blocking cleanup: delete the test
Gitea releases via UI (tags kept).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
feature merged to main (2aa12bb, tree == feature). Passi 6/7/8 [x],
Passo 9 in progress (release tag pending).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Start-BurnInTest.ps1 (lab wrapper: burnin-dummy + build.ps1) — 4
concurrent x 3 rounds all PASS, clean VM/lock teardown each round.
Note the gotcha: raw Test-CapacityBurnIn.ps1 without -BuildCommand
defaults to dotnet and fails on the non-.NET dummy repo.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
All workflows passed; the "if one fails" item never triggered. Replace
the dangling [ ] with a historical note so Passo 6 has no false-open
task.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
lint, self-test, build-ns7zip (Win+Linux) and the release job
(Gitea release + asset upload via REST API, auto token) all green.
Phase A Gitea end-to-end validated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Workflow now targets Simone/nsis-plugin-ns7zip. Renamed the file and
the workflow `name:`, and updated all references in active docs
(plans/archived and docs/archived left as frozen history).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Passo 6: self-test.yml validated — in-guest clone (default) and
host-side clone+zip, Windows + Linux, all SUCCESS. Artifact handling
github-free.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The Windows manual smoke used --guest-artifact-source
'C:\ci\workspace\artifact.txt' (a stale absolute path that does not
exist in the build flow; workdir is C:\CI\build). The build command
writes artifact.txt into the workdir, so the source must be relative
'artifact.txt' — matching the Linux example.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
act_runner runs as LocalSystem; `pip install -e .` writes a .pth to a
path LocalSystem can't resolve (N: user drive or a transient
F:\CI\RunnerWork job dir), causing "No module named ci_orchestrator".
Prescribe `pip install .` and warn about the cd target.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update active docs (PhaseA/B checklists, README) after rename of feature/python-rewrite-phase-a -> feature/python-rewrite-and-linux-migration. Historical A1-A5 closeouts left untouched as they document state at the time of writing.
A1 items were completed but only A1-closeout.md was updated. Mark all A1 checkboxes done in implementation-plan-A-B.md (master checklist + step-A1 attivita + definizione di fatto), leaving only the real-VM PoC pending (hardware validation deferred).
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