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Problem

ci-builds.yml checks out with GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE: "1" (persistent self-hosted workspace; see the comment on that step), then hydrated exactly one hardcoded archive:

archive="deps/libssl/openssl-3.5.7.tar.gz"
if [[ -f "${archive}" ]]; then
  git lfs pull --include="${archive}" --exclude=""
  deps/libssl/verify-source.bash
fi

Two structural flaws, both already latent:

  1. Version coupling. This file is shared by every branch — all 85 caller workflows (CI-*.yml on every branch) pin ci-builds.yml@GH-Actions. A hardcoded archive name/version can only ever be correct for one branch; bumping OpenSSL means editing a workflow on a different branch than the one shipping the new tarball, so the two changes can't land atomically.
  2. Cross-branch collision, confirmed. deps/libssl/openssl-3.5.7.tar.gz does not exist on v3.0 at all (verified: git show origin/v3.0:.gitattributes → no such file, no .gitattributes). It only exists on the unmerged feature/issue-6115-vendored-openssl branch. So this step has been silently hydrating nothing on every v3.0 build, saved only by its own -f guard.

#6133 (DuckDB Server plugin) adds a second archive, deps/duckdb/duckdb-1.4.5.tar.gz (98 MB, confirmed present via that branch's .gitattributes), and is currently failing CI for exactly this reason — a second hardcoded --include= line can't serve two branches with two different archives.

Fix

Replace the per-archive step with one driven entirely by what the checked-out branch declares:

set -euo pipefail
git lfs pull
for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do
  [ -x "$v" ] && "$v"
done
  • git lfs pull (no --include) fetches every LFS object the branch's .gitattributes tracks — a version bump or a brand-new vendored dep needs no workflow change.
  • The verify loop runs whichever deps/*/verify-source.bash scripts exist (today only deps/libssl/); the glob is guarded ([ -x ... ]) so a branch with none, or no LFS files at all, still succeeds. Tested locally: no-match glob, existing-dirs-without-verifier, one-real-verifier, and a failing-verifier case (correctly fails the step) — see PR description script logic mirrored in the step itself.
  • Trade-off, accepted deliberately: a plain git lfs pull fetches every LFS object the branch tracks, including DuckDB's 98 MB, even for tiers that never build it. This favors correctness and zero per-dep maintenance. If LFS bandwidth becomes a problem, that's the place to add filtering back — but any such filter reintroduces per-dep knowledge and its own staleness risk (exactly today's bug).
  • Comments in the step explain all of the above in place, aimed at the next person tempted to "simplify" this back to a hardcoded name during a merge conflict.

Audit: other reusable workflows

Confirmed ci-builds.yml was the only reusable workflow containing this specific hydration step. Went further and checked every ci-*.yml for anything that builds ProxySQL from a fresh source checkout (as opposed to consuming ci-builds.yml's handoff artifacts, which is how ci-unittests.yml, ci-selftests.yml, ci-basictests.yml, and ci-shuntest.yml all work):

  • ci-codeql.yml, ci-maketest.yml — already build from source but set lfs: true on checkout, so actions/checkout hydrates everything generically already. No change needed.
  • ci-pg-compat.yml, ci-package-build.yml — build from source (PROXYSQL31=1 make debug, and make <dist><type> respectively) but had no LFS handling at all (no lfs: true, no skip-smudge). Currently dormant (v3.0 has no .gitattributes/LFS files today), but they'd silently receive pointer stubs and fail confusingly the moment any tier they build vendors an LFS dep — the identical failure mode, just less obvious. Hardened both with lfs: true on checkout, matching the existing ci-codeql.yml/ci-maketest.yml pattern (no need for ci-builds.yml's more complex self-hosted-specific dance, since these run on ephemeral GitHub-hosted runners).
  • No other ci-*.yml invokes make against a fresh checkout.

Verification

  • YAML parses (yaml.safe_load on all three changed files).
  • Shell fragment tested standalone in a scratch dir under bash -euo pipefail: no-deps/ case, deps/*/ dirs with no verifier, one real verifier, and a failing verifier (correctly propagates failure) — all behave as intended.
  • Step placement unchanged: still runs immediately after checkout, before Build.
  • Not verified: an actual CI run. This needs to merge and then be exercised by a real caller (e.g. feat(duckdb): DuckDB Server plugin for the v4.0 chassis (MySQL + PostgreSQL) #6133's CI-builds run) to confirm end-to-end.

Why this must merge first

#6133 cannot pass CI-builds until this lands, since its DuckDB archive hits the same hardcoded-hydration wall described above. Fixes/unblocks #6133.


Summary by cubic

Replaces ci-builds.yml's hardcoded LFS hydration step with a generic, branch-driven git lfs pull, and adds lfs: true to the two other reusable workflows that build from source without any LFS handling.

  • All branches pin this shared workflow, so the old hardcoded deps/libssl/openssl-3.5.7.tar.gz path could only ever be correct for one branch; it doesn't exist on v3.0, so those builds silently hydrated nothing.
  • feat(duckdb): DuckDB Server plugin for the v4.0 chassis (MySQL + PostgreSQL) #6133's new DuckDB archive hits the same wall, making this PR a prerequisite for that work.
  • git lfs pull without --include fetches every LFS object the checked-out branch's .gitattributes tracks, so version bumps and new vendored deps need no workflow change.
  • A guarded loop runs whichever deps/*/verify-source.bash scripts exist; branches with none still pass.
  • Plain pull fetches unused LFS objects (e.g., DuckDB's 98 MB) on tiers that don't build it — accepted for zero per-dep maintenance.
  • ci-pg-compat.yml and ci-package-build.yml now set lfs: true on checkout, matching the ci-codeql.yml and ci-maketest.yml pattern.
  • Not yet exercised on a real CI run; merge first, then a caller like feat(duckdb): DuckDB Server plugin for the v4.0 chassis (MySQL + PostgreSQL) #6133 confirms end-to-end.

Written for commit 05e651d. Summary will update on new commits.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved source-based builds by reliably fetching Git LFS–managed vendored archives during checkout.
    • Automatically hydrates and verifies available vendored dependency sources across build workflows.
    • Prevented builds from failing on branches without LFS files or source-verification scripts.

ci-builds.yml hardcoded a single archive (deps/libssl/openssl-3.5.7.tar.gz)
to hydrate after the LFS-skipping checkout. Since this reusable workflow is
shared by every branch (85 callers all pin @gh-actions), a hardcoded
archive/version can only ever be correct for one branch: it was already
silently hydrating nothing on v3.0 (the file doesn't exist there), and
PR #6133's new deps/duckdb/duckdb-1.4.5.tar.gz exposed the same flaw from
the other side, failing CI.

Replace it with `git lfs pull` (no --include) plus a loop over whatever
deps/*/verify-source.bash scripts exist, driven entirely by the checked-out
branch's .gitattributes. A version bump or a new vendored LFS dep now needs
no workflow change at all.

Also hardened the only other two reusable workflows that build ProxySQL
from source directly (not from CI-builds' handoff artifacts) and were
missing any LFS handling: ci-pg-compat.yml and ci-package-build.yml now set
`lfs: true` on checkout, matching the pattern already used by
ci-codeql.yml/ci-maketest.yml. Audited every ci-*.yml on this branch; no
other reusable workflow invokes `make` against a fresh checkout.
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Walkthrough

CI workflows now support branch-defined Git LFS source archives. The builds workflow hydrates all tracked LFS objects and runs available source verifiers. Package and PostgreSQL compatibility checkouts fetch LFS content directly.

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CI source hydration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Generic source archive hydration
.github/workflows/ci-builds.yml
The workflow pulls all Git LFS objects tracked by the checked-out branch and runs each executable deps/*/verify-source.bash script.
LFS-enabled build checkouts
.github/workflows/ci-package-build.yml, .github/workflows/ci-pg-compat.yml
Both source-building workflows enable lfs: true during repository checkout.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 05e65

The workflow may hydrate vendored sources without running the repository's actual verification script, allowing an invalid source archive to pass CI unnoticed. The PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness and a follow-up to invoke the correct verifier.

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A rabbit checks the archives bright
LFS brings source into sight
Verifiers hop from tree to tree
Build jobs fetch what branches decree
Clean source waits for CI gleefully

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the primary change: replacing hardcoded OpenSSL hydration with generic, branch-derived Git LFS hydration in CI.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #6133 by enabling Git LFS checkout in source-building workflows and replacing hardcoded OpenSSL hydration with branch-derived hydration that fetches vendored DuckDB and runs …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed All changes are limited to CI workflow updates required to fetch and verify Git LFS-managed vendored dependencies. No unrelated changes are present.
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The changes satisfy issue #6133 by enabling Git LFS checkout in source-building workflows and replacing hardcoded OpenSSL hydration with branch-derived hydration that fetches vendored DuckDB and runs available source verification scripts.

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git lfs pull --include="${archive}" --exclude=""
deps/libssl/verify-source.bash
fi
git lfs pull

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P2 Badge Clear LFS path filters before hydrating archives

On a branch containing .lfsconfig, or on the persistent self-hosted runner when local/global lfs.fetchinclude or lfs.fetchexclude is configured, this unqualified pull does not fetch every tracked object and leaves excluded archives as pointer stubs. The installed git lfs pull --help explicitly states that lfs.fetchinclude limits fetched objects and lfs.fetchexclude omits matching objects, while empty --include/--exclude options clear those settings for an invocation. Override both filters here so the generic hydration guarantee holds across branches and reused runner state.

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In @.github/workflows/ci-builds.yml:
- Around line 305-307: Update the dependency verification loop in the workflow
to invoke the tracked OpenSSL verifier at deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh, or
add a wrapper at the expected verify-source.bash path that delegates to it;
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for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do
[ -x "$v" ] && "$v"
done

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fd -t f 'verify.*\.(bash|sh)$' deps || true
rg -n 'verify-source\.bash|verify-bio_st-match\.sh' deps .github/workflows

for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do
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for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do
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done
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Run the actual dependency verifier

The workflow matches only executable deps/*/verify-source.bash files. No such file exists in this tree. The tracked OpenSSL verifier is deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh, but this loop skips it and succeeds. Use the actual verifier path or add the expected wrapper.

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3 issues found across 3 files

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<file name=".github/workflows/ci-builds.yml">

<violation number="1" location=".github/workflows/ci-builds.yml:304">
P2: Clear LFS path filters for this invocation so every tracked vendored archive is hydrated. Existing `.lfsconfig` or runner-level `lfs.fetchinclude`/`lfs.fetchexclude` settings can otherwise leave excluded files as pointer stubs.</violation>

<violation number="2" location=".github/workflows/ci-builds.yml:305">
P1: When `inputs.trusted` is false, the skipped cache check leaves this hydration step enabled, so an untrusted checkout can add `deps/<name>/verify-source.bash` and execute it directly on the runner host. Gate the hydration/verifier step on `inputs.trusted` before running branch-provided scripts.</violation>

<violation number="3" location=".github/workflows/ci-builds.yml:305">
P2: Run the existing OpenSSL verifier as well as standardized `verify-source.bash` scripts. This glob skips `deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh`, so source verification is silently omitted.</violation>
</file>

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deps/libssl/verify-source.bash
fi
git lfs pull
for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do

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P1: When inputs.trusted is false, the skipped cache check leaves this hydration step enabled, so an untrusted checkout can add deps/<name>/verify-source.bash and execute it directly on the runner host. Gate the hydration/verifier step on inputs.trusted before running branch-provided scripts.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At .github/workflows/ci-builds.yml, line 305:

<comment>When `inputs.trusted` is false, the skipped cache check leaves this hydration step enabled, so an untrusted checkout can add `deps/<name>/verify-source.bash` and execute it directly on the runner host. Gate the hydration/verifier step on `inputs.trusted` before running branch-provided scripts.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -261,16 +261,50 @@ jobs:
-          deps/libssl/verify-source.bash
-        fi
+        git lfs pull
+        for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do
+          [ -x "$v" ] && "$v"
+        done
</file context>

git lfs pull --include="${archive}" --exclude=""
deps/libssl/verify-source.bash
fi
git lfs pull

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P2: Clear LFS path filters for this invocation so every tracked vendored archive is hydrated. Existing .lfsconfig or runner-level lfs.fetchinclude/lfs.fetchexclude settings can otherwise leave excluded files as pointer stubs.

Prompt for AI agents
Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At .github/workflows/ci-builds.yml, line 304:

<comment>Clear LFS path filters for this invocation so every tracked vendored archive is hydrated. Existing `.lfsconfig` or runner-level `lfs.fetchinclude`/`lfs.fetchexclude` settings can otherwise leave excluded files as pointer stubs.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -261,16 +261,50 @@ jobs:
-          git lfs pull --include="${archive}" --exclude=""
-          deps/libssl/verify-source.bash
-        fi
+        git lfs pull
+        for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do
+          [ -x "$v" ] && "$v"
</file context>

deps/libssl/verify-source.bash
fi
git lfs pull
for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do

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P2: Run the existing OpenSSL verifier as well as standardized verify-source.bash scripts. This glob skips deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh, so source verification is silently omitted.

Prompt for AI agents
Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At .github/workflows/ci-builds.yml, line 305:

<comment>Run the existing OpenSSL verifier as well as standardized `verify-source.bash` scripts. This glob skips `deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh`, so source verification is silently omitted.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -261,16 +261,50 @@ jobs:
-          deps/libssl/verify-source.bash
-        fi
+        git lfs pull
+        for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do
+          [ -x "$v" ] && "$v"
+        done
</file context>
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for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash; do
for v in deps/*/verify-source.bash deps/*/verify-bio_st-match.sh; do

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