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avoid CI resource conflicts

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Design CI workflows to prevent resource conflicts when multiple builds run concurrently on shared infrastructure. This includes using unique identifiers for temporary resources, minimizing container privileges, and separating CI-specific operations from local development workflows.

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Design CI workflows to prevent resource conflicts when multiple builds run concurrently on shared infrastructure. This includes using unique identifiers for temporary resources, minimizing container privileges, and separating CI-specific operations from local development workflows.

Key practices:

  • Use unique container names with timestamps or build IDs to prevent naming conflicts
  • Avoid hardcoded paths or names that could clash between parallel builds
  • Minimize container privileges (avoid –privileged unless absolutely necessary)
  • Keep CI-specific setup steps in CI configuration files rather than in Makefiles used for local development

Example of problematic code:

TMP_CONTAINER="tmpcontainer"  # Fixed name causes conflicts
docker run --privileged ...   # Unnecessary privileges

Better approach:

TMP_CONTAINER="tmpcontainer-$(date +%s)-$$"  # Unique per run
docker run ...  # Only add --privileged if actually needed

This prevents build failures when multiple PRs or builds execute simultaneously on shared CI infrastructure, and ensures local development workflows remain usable without requiring system-level permissions.

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