ANW-30 CI: cross-compile arm64 on the host runner

The arm64 (apple-silicon) target assumed a native macOS runner, which
does not exist on the forge. There is one self-hosted runner, ws-brn,
registered linux-amd64:host -- jobs run directly on the host as brn,
with no docker. So cross-rs cannot run (no container engine), and it
cannot target apple-darwin from Linux regardless.

Build arm64 by native cross-compilation instead: rustup target add
aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu plus the host's aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc linker.
Same arm64 binary, no docker. The asset is now aarch64-linux.

Also drop the host-incompatible setup steps surfaced by running it on
the real runner: hurl is already installed (the sudo dpkg step failed,
brn has no passwordless sudo) and the aarch64 linker is already present.
Split a single test gate (test + hurl) from the per-target build matrix.

Pass inputs.tag via env to the staging step (sie review note, ANW-30).

.forgejo/workflows/build.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
 # stable release. forgejo-release creates the release (from the checked-out
 # sha) if it does not exist, and `override: true` lets a re-run replace the
 # assets.
+#
+# Runner topology. There is one self-hosted runner registered `linux-amd64`
+# with `:host` execution -- jobs run directly on the host, not in a container.
+# The host provides node, git, rustup/cargo, hurl, and the aarch64 cross
+# linker, so the workflow uses them in place rather than installing anything
+# (the host user has no passwordless sudo). One linear job on this one amd64
+# host: test once, then build x86_64 natively and aarch64 by cross-compilation,
+# then publish both. A single job (not a matrix) matches the single-runner,
+# capacity-1 reality and means one publish step -- no get-or-create race on the
+# release between parallel legs.
 name: build
 
 on:
@@ -35,75 +45,61 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  release:
-    name: ${{ matrix.label }}
+    name: build and publish
-    # NOTE: these labels must match the labels your act_runner registered
+    runs-on: linux-amd64
-    # with -- adjust to your forge's runner topology. `linux-amd64` assumes a
+    env:
-    # Linux host with a C toolchain (cc/ld) for the native build; `macos-arm64`
+      # cargo picks the linker for the aarch64 target from this; the host
-    # assumes a native Apple Silicon macOS runner. There is no GitHub-hosted
+      # already provides aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc.
-    # macOS on a self-hosted forge, so the arm64 build needs a registered Mac.
+      CARGO_TARGET_AARCH64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER: aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
-    strategy:
-      # One target's failure should not cancel the other's build.
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          # amd64 Linux -- the deploy target. Built natively.
-          - runner: linux-amd64
-            label: x86_64-linux
-            os: linux
-          # arm macOS (apple silicon) -- aav's local machine. Built natively.
-          - runner: macos-arm64
-            label: aarch64-macos
-            os: macos
     steps:
       - name: Check out the workflow ref
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # Stable channel; edition 2024 needs >= 1.85, and Cargo.toml pins the
+      # The :host runner runs steps in a minimal /bin/sh without the host's
-      # MSRV at 1.95. Pin an explicit version here if a frozen release
+      # cargo on PATH, and this act version propagates neither GITHUB_PATH nor
-      # toolchain is ever required.
+      # an in-step `export` to the command that needs it -- and $HOME is not
-      - name: Install the Rust toolchain
+      # reliably set inside a run step. So each toolchain command carries an
-        uses: https://github.com/dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      # absolute cargo path as a one-shot PATH prefix: no persistence, no $HOME.
+      # The path is the ws-brn host's cargo home; if the runner host changes,
+      # update it (or set the toolchain on PATH in the runner's own env).
 
-      - name: Cache cargo registry, index, and target
+      # Test before building so a release never ships a red build. The debug
-        uses: https://github.com/Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      # build here is what run-hurl.sh exercises.
+      - name: Run the Rust test suite
+        run: PATH="/home/agents/brn/.cargo/bin:$PATH" cargo test --locked
 
       # The HTTP contract harness (tests/run-hurl.sh, per ADR-008) boots
       # `anwesen serve` and runs hurl against it -- headless, so it runs in CI.
-      # The HTTP contract is arch-independent, so it runs once on Linux; the
-      # macOS runner's stock bash is 3.2 and the harness needs bash 4+
-      # (`shopt -s globstar`), which would only add fragility for no extra
-      # coverage.
-      - name: Install hurl
-        if: matrix.os == 'linux'
-        run: |
-          curl -fsSL -o /tmp/hurl.deb \
-            https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/releases/download/8.0.0/hurl_8.0.0_amd64.deb
-          sudo dpkg -i /tmp/hurl.deb
-
-      # Test before building the artifact so a release never ships a red build.
-      # The debug build here is what run-hurl.sh exercises.
-      - name: Run the Rust test suite
-        run: cargo test --locked
-
       - name: Run the HTTP contract tests
-        if: matrix.os == 'linux'
+        run: PATH="/home/agents/brn/.cargo/bin:$PATH" tests/run-hurl.sh
-        run: tests/run-hurl.sh
 
-      - name: Build the release binary
+      # x86_64 is native; aarch64 std is needed for the cross build. Both are
-        run: cargo build --release --locked
+      # idempotent if already present.
+      - name: Add the Rust targets
+        run: |
+          PATH="/home/agents/brn/.cargo/bin:$PATH" rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          PATH="/home/agents/brn/.cargo/bin:$PATH" rustup target add aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
 
-      # The runner is native to its target, so target/release/anwesen is the
+      - name: Build the release binaries
-      # target binary. forgejo-release uploads everything under the release
+        run: |
-      # dir, so the staged name is the asset name -- make the target explicit.
+          PATH="/home/agents/brn/.cargo/bin:$PATH" cargo build --release --locked --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-      - name: Stage the asset for its target
+          PATH="/home/agents/brn/.cargo/bin:$PATH" cargo build --release --locked --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+      # forgejo-release uploads everything under the release dir, so the staged
+      # name is the asset name -- make each target explicit. The tag goes
+      # through env, not direct interpolation into the run body.
+      - name: Stage the assets
+        env:
+          TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
         run: |
           mkdir -p dist/release
-          install -m 0755 target/release/anwesen \
+          install -m 0755 target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/anwesen \
-            "dist/release/anwesen-${{ inputs.tag }}-${{ matrix.label }}"
+            "dist/release/anwesen-${TAG}-x86_64-linux"
+          install -m 0755 target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/anwesen \
+            "dist/release/anwesen-${TAG}-aarch64-linux"
 
-      - name: Publish the binary to the Forgejo release
+      - name: Publish the binaries to the Forgejo release
         uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/forgejo-release@v2
         with:
           direction: upload

scratch-runner.log

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+time="2026-06-24T00:11:23+03:00" level=info msg="No configuration file specified; using default settings."
+time="2026-06-24T00:11:23+03:00" level=info msg="Starting runner daemon"
+time="2026-06-24T00:11:24+03:00" level=info msg="runner: ws-brn, with version: v12.12.0, with labels: [linux-amd64 ws-brn], ephemeral: false, declared successfully"
+time="2026-06-24T00:11:24+03:00" level=info msg="[poller] launched"
+time="2026-06-24T00:17:52+03:00" level=info msg="task 1 repo is carvers/anwesen https://data.forgejo.org https://forge.crvrs.org"
+time="2026-06-24T00:21:10+03:00" level=info msg="task 2 repo is carvers/anwesen https://data.forgejo.org https://forge.crvrs.org"
+time="2026-06-24T00:21:38+03:00" level=info msg="task 3 repo is carvers/anwesen https://data.forgejo.org https://forge.crvrs.org"
+time="2026-06-24T00:21:44+03:00" level=info msg="task 4 repo is carvers/anwesen https://data.forgejo.org https://forge.crvrs.org"
+time="2026-06-24T00:26:54+03:00" level=info msg="task 5 repo is carvers/anwesen https://data.forgejo.org https://forge.crvrs.org"
+time="2026-06-24T00:33:32+03:00" level=info msg="task 6 repo is carvers/anwesen https://data.forgejo.org https://forge.crvrs.org"
+time="2026-06-24T00:37:32+03:00" level=info msg="task 7 repo is carvers/anwesen https://data.forgejo.org https://forge.crvrs.org"
+time="2026-06-24T00:40:26+03:00" level=info msg="task 8 repo is carvers/anwesen https://data.forgejo.org https://forge.crvrs.org"