Skip to content

linux ci: add swap + -j2 to fix week-long OOM (exit 143) #88

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
mdheller merged 1 commit into from
Jul 23, 2026
+15 −1
Merged

linux ci: add swap + -j2 to fix week-long OOM (exit 143) #88

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
1 commit
Select commit
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/nightly-linux.yml
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ jobs:
sudo docker image prune --all --force || true
df -h /

- name: Add swap (16GB runners OOM the Firefox compile → exit 143)
if: matrix.container == ''
run: |
sudo swapoff -a || true
sudo rm -f /mnt/swapfile /swapfile || true
sudo fallocate -l 24G /mnt/swapfile
sudo chmod 600 /mnt/swapfile
sudo mkswap /mnt/swapfile
sudo swapon /mnt/swapfile
free -h

- name: Install system dependencies
run: |
${{ matrix.pkg_update }}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -120,7 +131,10 @@ jobs:

- name: Build BearBrowser
working-directory: build/workspaces/${{ env.PROFILE }}-${{ env.VERSION }}-${{ env.RELEASE }}/source/bearbrowser-${{ env.VERSION }}-${{ env.RELEASE }}
run: MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${{ github.workspace }}/.mozbuild ./mach build
# -j2: mach's memory heuristic over-parallelizes on the 16GB runner and
# OOM-kills the compile (exit 143). Cap concurrent heavy TUs; the 24G
# swap above absorbs the rest. Same fix as nightly-windows.
run: MOZBUILD_STATE_PATH=${{ github.workspace }}/.mozbuild ./mach build -j2

- name: Measure fingerprint on the REAL compiled binary (authoritative)
if: matrix.distro == 'ubuntu'
Expand Down
Loading