flake: macOS test-go-pg infrastructure issue - missing bash/getopt/make

[flake-investigator]

CI Run Link: https://github.com/coder/coder/actions/runs/19443944163
Failed Job: required (due to macOS test-go-pg cancellation)
Commit: a83328c1f08c2c909bfdc33f15a9aa6242ce2056 (Yevhenii Shcherbina)
Date: 2025-11-17

Summary

• The aggregator job required failed because test-go-pg (macos-latest) was cancelled.
• macOS job cancelled after failing dependency checks before tests ran.
• Other matrix jobs (Ubuntu, Windows) succeeded; run_attempt=1 across jobs.

Key evidence from macOS job logs (test-go-pg (macos-latest))

ERROR: You need at least bash 4.0 to run the scripts in the Coder repo.
On darwin:
- brew install bash
- Add "$(brew --prefix bash)/bin" to your PATH
- Restart your terminal

ERROR: You need GNU getopt to run the scripts in the Coder repo.
On darwin:
- brew install gnu-getopt
- Add "$(brew --prefix gnu-getopt)/bin" to your PATH
- Restart your terminal

ERROR: You need at least make 4.0 to run the scripts in the Coder repo.
On darwin:
- brew install make
- Add "$(brew --prefix make)/libexec/gnubin" to your PATH
- Restart your terminal

ERROR: Invalid dependencies, see above for more details.
##[error]The operation was canceled.

Required-checks job output

- test-go-pg: cancelled
One of the required checks has failed or has been cancelled

Root cause classification: Infrastructure

• macOS runner is missing required developer tools (bash >= 4, GNU getopt, GNU make), causing pre-test dependency checks to fail and the job to be cancelled.
• This is not a matrix cancellation artifact from another failing job; all other test jobs passed.

Precise assignment analysis (infrastructure ownership)

• The failure is CI workflow/environment related for macOS test-go-pg.
• Recent maintainers of .github/workflows/ci.yaml and CI infra include Cian Johnston and Ethan Dickson; assigning to CI infra owner for triage.

Related issues search (duplicates)

• Searched coder/internal for duplicates with queries:
  • "ERROR: Invalid dependencies"
  • "You need GNU getopt"
  • "You need at least bash 4.0"
  • "macos test-go-pg cancelled"
• No existing open/closed issues found describing this failure mode in the past 30 days.

Proposed next steps

• In the macOS path for test-go-pg in ci.yaml (or a shared setup action), ensure the required dependencies are installed and PATH-adjusted before running make/scripts:
  • brew install bash gnu-getopt make
  • export PATH additions for $(brew --prefix bash)/bin, $(brew --prefix gnu-getopt)/bin, and $(brew --prefix make)/libexec/gnubin
• Alternatively, adjust the scripts to not require GNU-specific tools on macOS, or vendor minimal equivalents.
• Consider adding a fast-fail setup step that installs these if missing to avoid partial runs and cancellations.

Reproduction

• Re-run the failing workflow on macOS (macos-latest). The dependency check step in the test-go-pg job should emit the errors above and cancel the job.