ci: drop focal tests
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Current evaluation
Merged PR #1070 as commit 0a735cf3, removing Ubuntu Focal CI tests after GitHub retired the hosted Focal runner; all reported checks passed.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #1070 was merged as commit 0a735cf3, dropping Focal from the CI matrix. All reported CI checks passed with no failures.
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Drops focal from CI now that is no longer available as a github runner (https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/11101).
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #1070 as commit 0a735cf3, removing Ubuntu Focal CI tests after GitHub retired the hosted Focal runner; all reported checks passed. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #1070 as commit 0a735cf3, removing Ubuntu Focal from CI after GitHub retired its hosted runner; all reported checks passed. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #1070 removes Ubuntu 20.04 Focal from CI after its GitHub runner image became unavailable; all checks passed. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged removal of Ubuntu Focal from CI workflows following GitHub Actions runner deprecation. Approved by three reviewers with all checks passing. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged. Removed Ubuntu Focal from CI after GitHub Actions deprecated it as a runner image. The workflow configuration was updated to align with current runner availability. |
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Related work
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Related To:
runner-images#11101
(confidence 100%)
The PR cites this issue as the reason the Ubuntu Focal GitHub runner was no longer available.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1743 ci: fix lowest runner to keep focal (drop amd64) | craft-parts | closed | PR #1743 was closed unmerged as stale; its amd64 removal and key CI checks were incomplete. PR #1748 later fixed the Focal CI failure another way. | |
| #14 fix ci tests and drop 18.04 | craft-actions | merged | Merged in PR #14 as commit 3a2ea9e, removing deprecated test fields to fix CI and dropping end-of-life Ubuntu 18.04 from the test matrix. | |
| #179 test: drop tests for lxd 6 on focal | starflow | closed | PR #179 closed without a recorded merge: it removed one LXD 6/Focal test line and passed all CI checks. |