Retry certain CI jobs on failure

Windows startup checks and potentially APT can be problematic.

Author: cocosolos

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -94,34 +94,42 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies (APT)
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && (!inputs.optional_build || steps.check-changes.outputs.source_changes == 'true') }}
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends --quiet \
-            binutils-dev \
-            g++-14 \
-            libluajit-5.1-dev \
-            libmariadb-dev-compat \
-            libssl-dev \
-            libzmq3-dev \
-            luajit \
-            mariadb-client \
-            tzdata \
-            zlib1g-dev
-          echo "CC=/usr/bin/gcc-14" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "CXX=/usr/bin/g++-14" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+        with:
+          timeout_minutes: 5
+          max_attempts: 3
+          command: |
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends --quiet \
+              binutils-dev \
+              g++-14 \
+              libluajit-5.1-dev \
+              libmariadb-dev-compat \
+              libssl-dev \
+              libzmq3-dev \
+              luajit \
+              mariadb-client \
+              tzdata \
+              zlib1g-dev
+            echo "CC=/usr/bin/gcc-14" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "CXX=/usr/bin/g++-14" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Install Clang
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && startsWith(inputs.compiler, 'clang') && (!inputs.optional_build || steps.check-changes.outputs.source_changes == 'true') }}
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends --quiet \
-            clang-18 \
-            clang-tidy \
-            libclang-rt-dev \
-            lld \
-            llvm-dev
-          echo "CC=/usr/bin/clang-18" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "CXX=/usr/bin/clang++-18" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "CXXFLAGS=-stdlib=libstdc++" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "LDFLAGS=-fuse-ld=lld" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+        with:
+          timeout_minutes: 5
+          max_attempts: 3
+          command: |
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends --quiet \
+              clang-18 \
+              clang-tidy \
+              libclang-rt-dev \
+              lld \
+              llvm-dev
+            echo "CC=/usr/bin/clang-18" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "CXX=/usr/bin/clang++-18" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "CXXFLAGS=-stdlib=libstdc++" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "LDFLAGS=-fuse-ld=lld" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Setup MSVC
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' && (!inputs.optional_build || steps.check-changes.outputs.source_changes == 'true') }}

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -43,19 +43,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies (APT)
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends --quiet \
-            binutils \
-            git \
-            libmariadb-dev-compat \
-            libzmq5 \
-            lua5.1 \
-            luajit \
-            mariadb-client \
-            mariadb-server \
-            openssl \
-            tzdata \
-            zlib1g
+        uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+        with:
+          timeout_minutes: 5
+          max_attempts: 3
+          command: |
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends --quiet \
+              binutils \
+              git \
+              libmariadb-dev-compat \
+              libzmq5 \
+              lua5.1 \
+              luajit \
+              mariadb-client \
+              mariadb-server \
+              openssl \
+              tzdata \
+              zlib1g
 
       - name: Setup MariaDB (Windows)
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
@@ -132,8 +136,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Startup checks
         id: tests
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: python -m tools.ci.startup_checks ${{ inputs.multi_process && 'multi' || '' }}
+        uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
+        with:
+          timeout_minutes: 10
+          max_attempts: 3
+          command: python -m tools.ci.startup_checks ${{ inputs.multi_process && 'multi' || '' }}
 
       - name: Summarize checks
         id: summarize_checks