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Summary

The shared Blacksmith runner pool is exhausted, so this repo's hosted PR validation moves to CircleCI's public OSS allowance. .github/workflows/pr-check.yml stays as a manual-dispatch-only fallback for Blacksmith diagnostics.

What changed

  • CircleCI Windows pr-check job (.circleci/config.yml, workflow pr-check): circleci/windows@5.0 executor (win/default, size: medium). Step order: checkout → budget/trigger/docs gates → restore cargo cache → restore pnpm cache → restore target cache → provision toolchain + run checks → save cargo cache → save pnpm cache → save target cache. Release tags (vX.Y.Z) are ignored so it never double-runs with the release workflow.
  • Extracted scripts — no inline provisioning or gate blob in the config:
    • scripts/circleci-pr-gates.ps1: three gates reproduce the old GitHub workflow's trigger contract, log the skip reason, then call circleci-agent step halt before any cache restore or toolchain spend: CI_BUDGET_MODE=off emergency stop (unset/empty = normal); PR detection via the compile-time GitHub App pipeline value pipeline.event.context.github.pr_url (non-PR branch pushes skip; PRs and main/master pushes run); docs-only PR diffs (docs/**, **/*.md, CONTEXT.md, .github/CI.md) skip — docs-only evaluation applies only to PR pipelines; every main/master push runs the full checks. Base SHA comes primarily from pipeline.event.github.pull_request.base.sha, with a public GitHub pulls API fallback (CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME); any resolution failure fails open.
    • scripts/run-circleci-pr-check.ps1: toolchain provisioning with official checksum verification before executionrustup-init.exe from static.rust-lang.org verified against the official adjacent .sha256; Node 24.18.0 official x64 MSI verified against the official SHASUMS256.txt entry before msiexec runs (dedicated per-version INSTALLDIR because a same-product MSI upgrade silently no-ops); pnpm activated by corepack from the exact packageManager pin in apps/desktop-tauri/package.json.
    • scripts/circleci-pr-common.ps1: pure checksum/gate logic, exercised offline by scripts/circleci-pr.tests.ps1.
  • Rust-keyed target cache: the pinned Rust version lives in scripts/circleci-pinned-rust.txt; both target-cache key segments embed {{ checksum "scripts/circleci-pinned-rust.txt" }} so a Rust pin bump invalidates the target cache without touching the config (no pipeline parameter).
  • scripts/local-check.ps1 -Slice ci is the canonical check, run by both CircleCI and the retained GitHub workflow fallback, step for step: workspace cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings, workspace cargo test, frontend pnpm install --frozen-lockfile, pnpm test, pnpm run build (tsc + vite), plus interaction-guard Node script tests. The default (no-parameter) slice is unchanged for local developers.
  • Old GH pr-check.yml is now manual-only: on: workflow_dispatch (push/pull_request triggers removed), one canonical check step, job body kept intact for Blacksmith diagnostics.
  • Fork-PR coverage: CircleCI's GitHub App integration does not build fork-PR pipelines, and there is no Advanced setting that can enable them. External fork changes need the manual same-repo branch fallback (documented in docs/release/ci-cd.md and ADR 0005).
  • Auto-cancel of superseded pushes is a CircleCI project setting ("Auto-cancel redundant workflows"), not GitHub concurrency YAML. Required status check for main is ci/circleci: pr-check.
  • Docs updated: .github/CI.md, CONTEXT.md, docs/release/ci-cd.md, new docs/adr/0005-pr-check-moves-to-circleci-windows.md (describes extracted scripts, official checksum verification, Rust-keyed target cache, and the dependency on compile-time GitHub App PR pipeline values).

Verification

  • scripts/circleci-pr.tests.ps1: PASS (checksum parsing, docs-only diff, trigger gate decisions).
  • PowerShell language parser: all extracted scripts parse clean.
  • YAML parses; circleci config validate: "Config file at .circleci/config.yml is valid."
  • scripts/local-check.ps1 -Slice ci locally: exit 0 ("Local checks passed.") — fmt, clippy, workspace tests, frontend install/test/build, interaction-guard script tests (9/9).
  • Config material size: 219 lines (below the 331-line threshold); no inline gate/download provisioning blob; release jobs byte-identical to main.
  • Runtime proof on CircleCI Windows (earlier head dd96275): pipeline and pr-check job succeeded — 1,746 Rust tests, 47 frontend test files / 289 tests, clippy/fmt/tsc+vite green; GitHub check ci/circleci: pr-check → pass.

Notes

  • CI_BUDGET_MODE must be set in both CircleCI project environment variables and GitHub Actions repository variables.
  • Blacksmith 60/30/10 intent share is historical for this repo; budget the thin slice's Windows credits on the CircleCI plan.

Post-review fixes (on this PR)

  • Empty pipeline values dropped gate args: an empty-string argument does not survive the Windows argv handoff to a child powershell.exe -File invocation (MissingArgument). circleci-pr-gates.ps1 now reads compile-time pipeline values from job environment (CBX_PR_URL, CBX_PR_BASE_SHA) plus CI_BUDGET_MODE/CIRCLE_BRANCH/CIRCLE_SHA1 with [AllowEmptyString] defaults; the config passes zero command-line arguments to the gate step.
  • $NodeVersion clobbered by case-insensitive local: PowerShell variables are case-insensitive, so the image-probe local $nodeVersion overwrote the -NodeVersion parameter (image Node 26.x → built node-vv26.1.0-x64.msi → 404). Locals renamed $imageNodeVersion/$installedNodeVersion.
  • Final required check on head 0b617fedd: ci/circleci: pr-checkpass (workflow f45e4af7).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • CI Improvements

    • Added Windows pull-request validation through CircleCI.
    • Checks now cover formatting, linting, tests, frontend installation/builds, and interaction safeguards.
    • Documentation-only pull requests and out-of-scope branches can skip resource-intensive checks.
    • Main and master branch updates continue to run full validation.
    • Added caching and pinned Rust and Node.js tool versions.
  • Workflow Updates

    • GitHub Actions pull-request checks are now manual-only.
  • Documentation

    • Updated CI, release, and contributor guidance for CircleCI behavior, costs, fork workflows, and required status checks.

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  • .circleci/config.yml
  • .github/CI.md
  • .github/workflows/pr-check.yml
  • CONTEXT.md
  • docs/adr/0005-pr-check-moves-to-circleci-windows.md
  • docs/release/ci-cd.md
  • scripts/circleci-pinned-rust.txt
  • scripts/circleci-pr-common.ps1
  • scripts/circleci-pr-gates.ps1
  • scripts/circleci-pr.tests.ps1
  • scripts/run-circleci-pr-check.ps1

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Walkthrough

This change moves hosted PR validation from automatic Blacksmith-backed GitHub Actions to a gated CircleCI Windows job. It adds a CI-specific PowerShell validation slice, pinned toolchain provisioning, trigger and documentation filters, caching, manual fallback behavior, and updated CI documentation.

Changes

CircleCI Windows PR validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
CI validation slice and provisioning
scripts/local-check.ps1, scripts/run-circleci-pr-check.ps1, scripts/circleci-pr-common.ps1, scripts/circleci-pinned-rust.txt, .circleci/config.yml
The PowerShell scripts add the CI check slice, checksum validation, and pinned Rust, Node.js, and pnpm provisioning. CircleCI restores caches and runs the slice.
CircleCI gates and workflow wiring
scripts/circleci-pr-gates.ps1, .circleci/config.yml
The job applies budget, branch, PR, and docs-only gates. It resolves missing PR bases and runs for non-release-tag branches.
Gate validation
scripts/circleci-pr.tests.ps1
Tests cover checksum parsing, file verification, documentation-only detection, and trigger decisions.
CI platform migration and documentation
.github/workflows/pr-check.yml, .github/CI.md, CONTEXT.md, docs/adr/0005-pr-check-moves-to-circleci-windows.md, docs/release/ci-cd.md, .gitignore
GitHub Actions becomes manual-only. CI operation, release protection, costs, fork handling, fallback behavior, and ADR tracking now describe CircleCI.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to dd962

The PR moves hosted validation to CircleCI, but the CI guide still points operators to the retired Blacksmith path and the accepted ADR has a future date. These are bounded documentation risks requiring owner follow-up, but they do not block the implementation from merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant CircleCI_pr_check
  participant circleci_pr_gates
  participant GitHub_API
  participant run_circleci_pr_check
  participant local_check_ci
  CircleCI_pr_check->>circleci_pr_gates: Evaluate budget, branch, PR, and docs-only gates
  circleci_pr_gates->>GitHub_API: Resolve missing pull request base
  GitHub_API-->>circleci_pr_gates: Return base commit
  circleci_pr_gates->>run_circleci_pr_check: Continue eligible validation
  run_circleci_pr_check->>local_check_ci: Run local-check.ps1 -Slice ci
  local_check_ci-->>CircleCI_pr_check: Return validation result
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CircleCI trigger fix live (commit 398e1f9): PR detection now uses compile-time pipeline.event values (GitHub App pipeline values) instead of legacy OAuth-era env vars. Four GitHub App triggers attached to the release-pipeline definition: only-build-prs (pushes to PR branches = synchronize), only-open-prs (PR opened), default-branch-pushes (main), only-tags (release). Draft PR — first PR-event pipeline will exercise the full check body.

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