ci: migrate primary CI jobs to ARM runners

Move the primary linux64 path to ARM runners, making aarch64 the
default native architecture for the main linux64, fuzz, sqlite, and
nowallet lanes. The shared linux64 depends cache now feeds the main,
fuzz, and sqlite ARM jobs, while nowallet builds its own no-wallet ARM
depends cache and runs build+test natively on arm64.

Keep a few lanes on x86 for now:
- multiprocess (build + test): the normal lane was unstable on arm64
  during validation, so keep the non-TSAN multiprocess path on amd64
  for now while TSAN remains on ARM
- ubsan (build + test)
- linux64_x86canary (build + test): x86 smoke coverage
- mac, win64: cross-compile targets
- lint: architecture-independent

Drop the aarch64-linux cross-compile job (depends + src) and its setup
env script since we don't ship arm-linux-gnueabihf binaries and now
have native aarch64 coverage through the migrated jobs.

Move HOST detection into 00_setup_env.sh so native targets derive the
same exact depends triplets from runner architecture, and keep
PASS_ARGS before TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA in test_integrationtests.sh so
target-specific test-runner flags can intentionally override the
workflow defaults when they overlap.

Update previous-release handling for the vendorless aarch64/x86_64
triplets used by the new native linux64 jobs.

Author: thepastaclaw

.github/workflows/build-depends.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ on:
         description: "Runner label to use (e.g., ubuntu-24.04 or ubuntu-24.04-arm)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      effective-runs-on:
+        description: "Optional runner label override used to execute the workflow jobs"
+        required: false
+        type: string
     outputs:
       key:
         description: "Key needed for restoring depends cache"
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check-cache:
     name: Check cache
-    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runs-on }}
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.effective-runs-on || inputs.runs-on }}
     outputs:
       cache-hit: ${{ steps.cache-check.outputs.cache-hit }}
       cache-key: ${{ steps.setup.outputs.cache-key }}
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "DEP_HASH=${DEP_HASH}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
           DOCKERFILE_HASH="${{ hashFiles('contrib/containers/ci/ci.Dockerfile', 'contrib/containers/ci/ci-slim.Dockerfile') }}"
           PACKAGES_HASH="${{ hashFiles('depends/packages/*', 'depends/Makefile') }}"
-          CACHE_KEY_PREFIX="depends-${DOCKERFILE_HASH}-${{ inputs.base-image-digest }}-${{ inputs.runs-on }}-${{ inputs.build-target }}"
+          CACHE_KEY_PREFIX="depends-${DOCKERFILE_HASH}-${{ inputs.base-image-digest }}-${{ inputs.effective-runs-on || inputs.runs-on }}-${{ inputs.build-target }}"
           CACHE_KEY="${CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}-${DEP_HASH}-${PACKAGES_HASH}"
           echo "cache-key-prefix=${CACHE_KEY_PREFIX}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
           echo "cache-key=${CACHE_KEY}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build depends
     needs: [check-cache]
     if: needs.check-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runs-on }}
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.effective-runs-on || inputs.runs-on }}
     container:
       image: ${{ inputs.container-path }}
       options: --user root
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build depends
         run: |
           export HOST="${{ needs.check-cache.outputs.host }}"
-          env ${{ needs.check-cache.outputs.dep-opts }} make -j$(nproc) -C depends
+          env ${{ needs.check-cache.outputs.dep-opts }} make -j"$(nproc)" -C depends
 
       - name: Save depends cache
         uses: actions/cache/save@v5

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -112,26 +112,27 @@ jobs:
       runs-on-amd64: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
       runs-on-arm64: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
-  depends-aarch64-linux:
-    name: aarch64-linux-gnu
+  depends-linux64:
+    name: linux64 (native)
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-depends.yml
     needs: [check-skip, container, cache-sources]
-    if: ${{ vars.SKIP_ARM_LINUX == '' }}
+    if: |
+      vars.SKIP_LINUX64 == '' ||
+      vars.SKIP_LINUX64_FUZZ == '' ||
+      vars.SKIP_LINUX64_SQLITE == ''
     with:
-      build-target: aarch64-linux
+      build-target: linux64
       container-path: ${{ needs.container.outputs.path }}
       base-image-digest: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs.base-image-digest }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
-  depends-linux64:
-    name: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
+  depends-linux64-x86:
+    name: linux64 (x86 canary)
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-depends.yml
     needs: [check-skip, container, cache-sources]
     if: |
-      vars.SKIP_LINUX64 == '' ||
-      vars.SKIP_LINUX64_FUZZ == '' ||
-      vars.SKIP_LINUX64_SQLITE == '' ||
-      vars.SKIP_LINUX64_UBSAN == ''
+      vars.SKIP_LINUX64_UBSAN == '' ||
+      vars.SKIP_LINUX64_X86CANARY == ''
     with:
       build-target: linux64
       container-path: ${{ needs.container.outputs.path }}
@@ -142,25 +143,34 @@ jobs:
     name: linux64_multiprocess
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-depends.yml
     needs: [check-skip, container, cache-sources]
-    if: |
-      vars.SKIP_LINUX64_MULTIPROCESS == '' ||
-      vars.SKIP_LINUX64_TSAN == ''
+    if: ${{ vars.SKIP_LINUX64_TSAN == '' }}
     with:
       build-target: linux64_multiprocess
       container-path: ${{ needs.container.outputs.path }}
       base-image-digest: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs.base-image-digest }}
       runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
+  depends-linux64_multiprocess-x86:
+    name: linux64_multiprocess (x86)
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-depends.yml
+    needs: [check-skip, container, cache-sources]
+    if: ${{ vars.SKIP_LINUX64_MULTIPROCESS == '' }}
+    with:
+      build-target: linux64_multiprocess
+      container-path: ${{ needs.container.outputs.path }}
+      base-image-digest: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs.base-image-digest }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+
   depends-linux64_nowallet:
-    name: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_nowallet
+    name: linux64_nowallet (native)
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-depends.yml
     needs: [check-skip, container, cache-sources]
     if: ${{ vars.SKIP_LINUX64_NOWALLET == '' }}
     with:
       build-target: linux64_nowallet
       container-path: ${{ needs.container.outputs.path }}
       base-image-digest: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs.base-image-digest }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
   depends-mac:
     name: x86_64-apple-darwin
@@ -192,18 +202,6 @@ jobs:
       container-path: ${{ needs.container-slim.outputs.path }}
       runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
 
-  src-aarch64-linux:
-    name: aarch64-linux-build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-src.yml
-    needs: [check-skip, container, depends-aarch64-linux]
-    with:
-      build-target: aarch64-linux
-      container-path: ${{ needs.container.outputs.path }}
-      depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-aarch64-linux.outputs.key }}
-      depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-aarch64-linux.outputs.host }}
-      depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-aarch64-linux.outputs.dep-opts }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
-
   src-linux64:
     name: linux64-build
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-src.yml
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
       depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.key }}
       depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.host }}
       depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.dep-opts }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
   src-linux64_fuzz:
     name: linux64_fuzz-build
@@ -228,20 +226,20 @@ jobs:
       depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.key }}
       depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.host }}
       depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.dep-opts }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
   src-linux64_multiprocess:
     name: linux64_multiprocess-build
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-src.yml
-    needs: [check-skip, container, depends-linux64_multiprocess, lint]
+    needs: [check-skip, container, depends-linux64_multiprocess-x86, lint]
     if: ${{ vars.SKIP_LINUX64_MULTIPROCESS == '' }}
     with:
       build-target: linux64_multiprocess
       container-path: ${{ needs.container.outputs.path }}
-      depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-linux64_multiprocess.outputs.key }}
-      depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-linux64_multiprocess.outputs.host }}
-      depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-linux64_multiprocess.outputs.dep-opts }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
+      depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-linux64_multiprocess-x86.outputs.key }}
+      depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-linux64_multiprocess-x86.outputs.host }}
+      depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-linux64_multiprocess-x86.outputs.dep-opts }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
 
   src-linux64_nowallet:
     name: linux64_nowallet-build
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ jobs:
       depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-linux64_nowallet.outputs.key }}
       depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-linux64_nowallet.outputs.host }}
       depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-linux64_nowallet.outputs.dep-opts }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
   src-linux64_sqlite:
     name: linux64_sqlite-build
@@ -266,7 +264,7 @@ jobs:
       depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.key }}
       depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.host }}
       depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.dep-opts }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
   src-linux64_tsan:
     name: linux64_tsan-build
@@ -284,14 +282,27 @@ jobs:
   src-linux64_ubsan:
     name: linux64_ubsan-build
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-src.yml
-    needs: [check-skip, container, depends-linux64]
+    needs: [check-skip, container, depends-linux64-x86]
     if: ${{ vars.SKIP_LINUX64_UBSAN == '' }}
     with:
       build-target: linux64_ubsan
       container-path: ${{ needs.container.outputs.path }}
-      depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.key }}
-      depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.host }}
-      depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-linux64.outputs.dep-opts }}
+      depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-linux64-x86.outputs.key }}
+      depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-linux64-x86.outputs.host }}
+      depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-linux64-x86.outputs.dep-opts }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+
+  src-linux64_x86canary:
+    name: linux64_x86canary-build
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-src.yml
+    needs: [check-skip, container, depends-linux64-x86]
+    if: ${{ vars.SKIP_LINUX64_X86CANARY == '' }}
+    with:
+      build-target: linux64_x86canary
+      container-path: ${{ needs.container.outputs.path }}
+      depends-key: ${{ needs.depends-linux64-x86.outputs.key }}
+      depends-host: ${{ needs.depends-linux64-x86.outputs.host }}
+      depends-dep-opts: ${{ needs.depends-linux64-x86.outputs.dep-opts }}
       runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
 
   src-mac:
@@ -326,7 +337,7 @@ jobs:
       bundle-key: ${{ needs.src-linux64.outputs.key }}
       build-target: linux64
       container-path: ${{ needs.container-slim.outputs.path }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
   test-linux64_multiprocess:
     name: linux64_multiprocess-test
@@ -336,7 +347,7 @@ jobs:
       bundle-key: ${{ needs.src-linux64_multiprocess.outputs.key }}
       build-target: linux64_multiprocess
       container-path: ${{ needs.container-slim.outputs.path }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
 
   test-linux64_nowallet:
     name: linux64_nowallet-test
@@ -346,7 +357,7 @@ jobs:
       bundle-key: ${{ needs.src-linux64_nowallet.outputs.key }}
       build-target: linux64_nowallet
       container-path: ${{ needs.container-slim.outputs.path }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
   test-linux64_sqlite:
     name: linux64_sqlite-test
@@ -356,7 +367,7 @@ jobs:
       bundle-key: ${{ needs.src-linux64_sqlite.outputs.key }}
       build-target: linux64_sqlite
       container-path: ${{ needs.container-slim.outputs.path }}
-      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-arm64'] }}
 
   test-linux64_tsan:
     name: linux64_tsan-test
@@ -377,3 +388,14 @@ jobs:
       build-target: linux64_ubsan
       container-path: ${{ needs.container-slim.outputs.path }}
       runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+
+  test-linux64_x86canary:
+    name: linux64_x86canary-test
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/test-src.yml
+    needs: [check-skip, container-slim, src-linux64_x86canary, lint]
+    with:
+      bundle-key: ${{ needs.src-linux64_x86canary.outputs.key }}
+      build-target: linux64_x86canary
+      container-path: ${{ needs.container-slim.outputs.path }}
+      runs-on: ${{ needs.check-skip.outputs['runner-amd64'] }}
+      integration-tests-args: "--exclude feature_pruning,feature_dbcrash"

.github/workflows/test-src.yml

@@ -19,9 +19,14 @@ on:
         description: "Runner label to use (e.g., ubuntu-24.04 or ubuntu-24.04-arm)"
         required: true
         type: string
+      integration-tests-args:
+        description: "Override for INTEGRATION_TESTS_ARGS passed to test_integrationtests.sh"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: "--extended --exclude feature_pruning,feature_dbcrash"
 
 env:
-  INTEGRATION_TESTS_ARGS: "--extended --exclude feature_pruning,feature_dbcrash"
+  INTEGRATION_TESTS_ARGS: ${{ inputs.integration-tests-args }}
   CI_FAILFAST_TEST_LEAVE_DANGLING: 1  # GHA does not care about dangling processes and setting this variable avoids killing the CI script itself on error
 
 jobs:
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: |
             releases
-          key: releases-${{ hashFiles('ci/test/00_setup_env_native_qt5.sh', 'test/get_previous_releases.py') }}
+          key: releases-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('ci/test/00_setup_env_native_qt5.sh', 'test/get_previous_releases.py') }}
 
       - name: Run functional tests
         id: test

ci/dash/matrix.sh

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ export LSAN_OPTIONS="suppressions=${BASE_ROOT_DIR}/test/sanitizer_suppressions/l
 export TSAN_OPTIONS="suppressions=${BASE_ROOT_DIR}/test/sanitizer_suppressions/tsan:halt_on_error=1"
 export UBSAN_OPTIONS="suppressions=${BASE_ROOT_DIR}/test/sanitizer_suppressions/ubsan:print_stacktrace=1:halt_on_error=1:report_error_type=1"
 
-if [ "$BUILD_TARGET" = "aarch64-linux" ]; then
-  source ./ci/test/00_setup_env_aarch64.sh
-elif [ "$BUILD_TARGET" = "linux64" ]; then
+if [ "$BUILD_TARGET" = "linux64" ]; then
   source ./ci/test/00_setup_env_native_qt5.sh
 elif [ "$BUILD_TARGET" = "linux64_asan" ]; then
   source ./ci/test/00_setup_env_native_asan.sh
@@ -34,6 +32,8 @@ elif [ "$BUILD_TARGET" = "linux64_tsan" ]; then
   source ./ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh
 elif [ "$BUILD_TARGET" = "linux64_ubsan" ]; then
   source ./ci/test/00_setup_env_native_ubsan.sh
+elif [ "$BUILD_TARGET" = "linux64_x86canary" ]; then
+  source ./ci/test/00_setup_env_native_x86canary.sh
 elif [ "$BUILD_TARGET" = "linux64_valgrind" ]; then
   source ./ci/test/00_setup_env_native_valgrind.sh
 elif [ "$BUILD_TARGET" = "mac" ]; then

ci/dash/test_integrationtests.sh

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DEPENDS_DIR/$HOST/lib
 if [ "$DOWNLOAD_PREVIOUS_RELEASES" = "true" ]; then
   echo "Downloading previous releases..."
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-  ./test/get_previous_releases.py -b -t "$PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR"
+  ./test/get_previous_releases.py -b -t "$PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR" ${PREVIOUS_RELEASES_TAGS:-}
 fi
 
 cd "build-ci/dashcore-$BUILD_TARGET"
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ echo "Using socketevents mode: $SOCKETEVENTS"
 EXTRA_ARGS="--dashd-arg=-socketevents=$SOCKETEVENTS"
 
 set +e
+# Keep PASS_ARGS before TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA so per-target flags can override workflow defaults.
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DEPENDS_DIR/$HOST/lib" ./test/functional/test_runner.py --ci --attempts=3 --ansi --combinedlogslen=4000 --timeout-factor="${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR}" ${TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA} --failfast --nocleanup --tmpdir="$(pwd)/testdatadirs" $PASS_ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DEPENDS_DIR/$HOST/lib" ./test/functional/test_runner.py --ci --attempts=3 --ansi --combinedlogslen=4000 --timeout-factor="${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR}" $PASS_ARGS ${TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA} --failfast --nocleanup --tmpdir="$(pwd)/testdatadirs" $EXTRA_ARGS
 RESULT=$?
 set -e
 

ci/test/00_setup_env.sh

@@ -31,8 +31,31 @@ export MAKEJOBS=${MAKEJOBS:--j$(nproc)}
 export BASE_SCRATCH_DIR=${BASE_SCRATCH_DIR:-$BASE_ROOT_DIR/ci/scratch}
 # What host to compile for. See also ./depends/README.md
 # Tests that need cross-compilation export the appropriate HOST.
-# Tests that run natively guess the host
-export HOST=${HOST:-$("$BASE_ROOT_DIR/depends/config.guess")}
+# Tests that run natively detect the host based on architecture.
+# We use explicit triplets rather than config.guess to ensure they match
+# the triplets used by depends (e.g. aarch64-linux-gnu, not aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu).
+if [ -z "$HOST" ]; then
+  case "$(uname -m)" in
+    aarch64)
+      export HOST=aarch64-linux-gnu
+      ;;
+    x86_64)
+      export HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
+      ;;
+    *)
+      if command -v dpkg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
+        if [ "${arch}" = "arm64" ]; then
+          export HOST=aarch64-linux-gnu
+        elif [ "${arch}" = "amd64" ]; then
+          export HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
+        fi
+      fi
+      # Final fallback to config.guess
+      export HOST=${HOST:-$("$BASE_ROOT_DIR/depends/config.guess")}
+      ;;
+  esac
+fi
 # Whether to prefer BusyBox over GNU utilities
 export USE_BUSY_BOX=${USE_BUSY_BOX:-false}