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CHANGELOG: Move GitHub actions runners to ARM for efficiency reasons
Context: Fixes an issue?

Fixes: #3953

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Ready for testing. Might take some time.

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Testing of all workflows

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Walkthrough

Five GitHub Actions jobs now run on ubuntu-24.04-arm instead of ubuntu-latest. Other workflow logic remains unchanged.

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ARM runner migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Workflow runner updates
.github/workflows/bump-dependencies.yml, .github/workflows/check-json-rpcs-docs.yml, .github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml, .github/workflows/translation-check.yml, .github/workflows/update-copyright-notices.yml
The affected jobs now use the Ubuntu 24.04 ARM runner. The dependency workflow’s delete-old-pr-branches job remains unchanged.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 85685

The coding-style workflow will fail whenever it runs on the new ARM runner, preventing formatting validation for affected changes. Use an ARM-compatible formatter or retain an x64 runner before merging.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #3953 requires moving the translation checker from ubuntu-latest to an ARM runner. The summary shows that .github/workflows/translation-check.yml now uses ubuntu-24.04-arm. The issue has n…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The pull request changes runner declarations in five workflow jobs. The four changes beyond the translation checker address the issue's stated possibility of moving other runners to ARM and the pull r…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: moving GitHub Actions workflows to ARM runners where possible.
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  • Translation checker worked.

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.github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml-37-37 (1)

37-37: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use an ARM64-compatible formatter or run this job on an x64 runner.

The pinned Docker action copies the x86-64 clang-format14.0.0 binary and invokes it as /clang-format/clang-format14. It provides no ARM64 binary or emulation. On ubuntu-24.04-arm, the --version check fails before formatting. The action returns a nonzero status, so the coding-style job fails whenever it runs.

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In @.github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml at line 37, Update the coding-style
job’s runs-on setting to use an x64 Ubuntu runner compatible with the pinned
clang-format Docker action, or replace that action with an ARM64-compatible
formatter. Preserve the existing formatting and version-check steps.
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In @.github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml:
- Line 37: Update the coding-style job’s runs-on setting to use an x64 Ubuntu
runner compatible with the pinned clang-format Docker action, or replace that
action with an ARM64-compatible formatter. Preserve the existing formatting and
version-check steps.

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@coderabbitai the Style check needs updating to a newer clang format version anyway. Open an issue for that please. Research if there's an ARM compatible version and say it in the issue. Tag it as refactoring.

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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- coding-style workflow outline ---'
ast-grep outline .github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml --items all || true
printf '%s\n' '--- coding-style workflow ---'
cat -n .github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml

printf '%s\n' '--- matching labels ---'
gh label list --repo jamulussoftware/jamulus --limit 200 | rg -ni 'refactor'

printf '%s\n' '--- PR metadata ---'
gh pr view 3954 --repo jamulussoftware/jamulus --json url,comments --jq '{url, comments: [.comments[] | {url, author: .author.login, body}]}'

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Ubuntu 24.04 arm64 clang-format package available version LLVM clang-format official Ubuntu package search

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repo="DoozyX/clang-format-lint-action"
ref="bcb4eb2cb0d707ee4f3e5cc3b456eb075f12cf73"

printf '%s\n' '--- action metadata ---'
gh api "repos/${repo}/contents/action.yml?ref=${ref}" --jq '.content' | base64 --decode || true
printf '%s\n' '--- action entrypoint candidates ---'
gh api "repos/${repo}/git/trees/${ref}?recursive=1" --jq '.tree[] | select(.path | test("(?i)(entrypoint|Dockerfile|package\\.json|index\\.(js|ts)|clang-format)")) | [.path, .type] | `@tsv`' || true
printf '%s\n' '--- README architecture/version references ---'
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fetch_file() {
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}

printf '%s\n' '--- Dockerfile ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- clang-format20 ELF header ---'
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gh api "repos/${repo}/contents/clang-format/clang-format20?ref=${ref}" --jq '.content' |
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printf '%s\n' '--- ELF identification and e_machine bytes ---'
od -An -tx1 -N20 /tmp/clang-format20
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gh api "repos/${repo}/contents/clang-format/clang-format20?ref=${ref}" --jq '.content' |
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header = Path("/tmp/clang-format20").read_bytes()[:20]
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## Summary

Update the C-like coding-style check to use a newer `clang-format` version on the Ubuntu 24.04 ARM runner.

The current workflow configures `DoozyX/clang-format-lint-action` with `clangFormatVersion: 14`. Version 14 was selected for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. The job now uses `ubuntu-24.04-arm`.

## Rationale

The Docker action copies bundled `clang-format` executables into its image. The ARM runner cannot rely on a bundled executable unless that executable supports ARM64.

Ubuntu 24.04 provides an ARM64-native `clang-format-18` package. This is a newer supported version and is an ARM-compatible path for the workflow.

## Affected area

- `.github/workflows/coding-style-check.yml`
- `check-c-like-style` job

## Required changes

Replace or adapt the formatter invocation so that the ARM job installs and uses the Ubuntu 24.04 ARM64 `clang-format-18` package. Do not depend on an architecture-specific formatter binary from the current action unless ARM64 support is verified.

Review and apply any formatting changes that version 18 requires.

## Acceptance criteria

- The C-like style job runs successfully on `ubuntu-24.04-arm`.
- The job uses `clang-format` version 18 or another explicitly verified newer ARM64-compatible version.
- The job checks `.cpp`, `.h`, and `.mm` files with the existing repository style configuration.
- Required formatting updates are included or tracked before the version change is enabled.

## Research

Ubuntu's package index lists `clang-format-18` for Ubuntu 24.04 (`noble`) on `arm64`.

- https://packages.ubuntu.com/clang-format
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/noble/arm64/clang-format/1:18.0-59~exp2

## Backlinks

- Requested by `@ann0see` in https://github.com/jamulussoftware/jamulus/pull/3954#issuecomment-5679589906
- Related PR: https://github.com/jamulussoftware/jamulus/pull/3954
EOF
)

issue_url=$(gh issue create \
  --repo "$repo" \
  --title "Update the C-like style check to an ARM-compatible clang-format version" \
  --body "$body" \
  --label "refactoring" \
  --assignee "ann0see")

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@ann0see Created #3955.

The issue is assigned to you and has the refactoring label. It identifies Ubuntu 24.04 ARM64 clang-format-18 as a newer ARM-compatible option. It also links this PR and your request.

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