Re: Upload only the failed tests logs to the Postgres CI (Cirrus CI)

Hi,

On Thu, 9 Apr 2026 at 11:01, Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Apr 2026 at 19:27, Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> Here is v2, which addresses the issues I mentioned earlier.
>
> I have updated the design since this will only be used for Meson
> builds. I decided to invoke the script using 'meson compile
> clear_testrun_folder', as this avoids the need to manually call
> python3. This approach prevents issues on NetBSD, where the python3
> environment may not be found.
>
> I don’t expect the 'ci_meson_clear_testrun_folder' script to be used
> outside of CI, so I placed it in the 'src/tools/ci/' directory.
> However, if you think it could be useful beyond CI, we could consider
> renaming it and moving it to 'src/tools/'.

Here is the v3, it is modified for Github Actions.

I implemented it as another step which will run if the job fails.
Alternatively, we can put 'the clearing command' into the
meson_test_world step, this makes the change simpler but then this
command will run although tests don't fail.

With this change, the compressed size of the log decreases from ~8MB
to ~1MB. Also, it is much easier to find which tests failed.

You can see example GHA run, which intentionally failed:
https://github.com/nbyavuz/postgres/actions/runs/27013199064

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Regards,
Nazir Bilal Yavuz
Microsoft