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Motivation

We want to track the resource usage (elapsed/user/kernel time, memory) of flake-regressions runs over time, but the per-flake numbers are spread over 42 matrix jobs.

Implementation

Each flake_regressions job collects the eval.timings files into a JSON artifact. A new flake_regressions_stats job aggregates them per Nix configuration using maintainers/flake-regression-stats.py, writes a table to the job summary, and uploads the aggregate as an artifact.

The flake_regressions jobs now set eval-cores = 1, since the Determinate Nix installer enables parallel evaluation by default. Previously the lazy-trees configurations were silently evaluating in parallel, which made them incomparable with the eval-cores = 24 configuration.

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  • Chores
    • Regression test results now include aggregated job and flake counts, retry totals, execution time, and memory usage.
    • A Markdown summary is available in workflow results, with per-job and aggregated statistics downloadable as JSON artifacts.
    • Results are grouped by Nix configuration, with a note when jobs required retries.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Artifact collection skips directories that contain no matching archive files.

Each flake_regressions matrix job now collects the eval.timings files
written by flake-regressions' eval-flake.sh (elapsed, user and kernel
time, and maximum RSS of each flake evaluation) into a JSON file and
uploads it as an artifact. A new flake_regressions_stats job downloads
these, sums them per Nix configuration (lazy-trees = true/false,
eval-cores = 24), and writes a table to the job summary. The aggregate
is also uploaded as an artifact for comparing runs.

Flakes that failed to evaluate are skipped. Jobs that needed a retry
are marked, since the retry re-evaluates everything against an empty
store, which makes their timings incomparable.

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The flake regression workflow collects timing and retry statistics for each matrix job. A new script parses and aggregates these statistics by Nix configuration. The workflow uploads per-job and aggregate JSON artifacts and adds a Markdown summary to GitHub. The CI artifact collection loop skips directories without matching .xz files.

Changes: Regression statistics

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parse and report regression statistics
maintainers/flake-regression-stats.py
The script parses timing files, skips failed or unparseable flakes, collects per-job JSON, and aggregates job, retry, timing, and memory statistics by Nix configuration. It creates a Markdown summary and provides collect and aggregate commands.
Connect regression jobs to statistics collection
.github/workflows/build.yml
Matrix jobs set the evaluation core count, record whether evaluation was retried, collect statistics, and upload per-job artifacts. A subsequent job downloads those artifacts, creates aggregated JSON and a GitHub summary, and uploads the aggregate.

CI artifact collection

Layer / File(s) Summary
Skip directories without matching artifacts
.github/workflows/ci.yml
The artifact collection loop skips directories without .xz files. It moves matching files into ./artifacts under the directory basename.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant FlakeRegressionMatrixJob
  participant FlakeRegressionStatsScript
  participant PerJobArtifact
  participant FlakeRegressionStatsJob
  participant GitHubSummary
  FlakeRegressionMatrixJob->>FlakeRegressionStatsScript: collect timing statistics
  FlakeRegressionStatsScript-->>FlakeRegressionMatrixJob: write per-job JSON
  FlakeRegressionMatrixJob->>PerJobArtifact: upload per-job JSON
  FlakeRegressionStatsJob->>PerJobArtifact: download job statistics
  FlakeRegressionStatsJob->>FlakeRegressionStatsScript: aggregate job records
  FlakeRegressionStatsScript-->>FlakeRegressionStatsJob: write aggregate JSON and Markdown summary
  FlakeRegressionStatsJob->>GitHubSummary: append Markdown summary
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Statistics can omit successfully retried evaluations, and a failed retry can suppress the aggregate report. Resolve these gaps before relying on the new reporting workflow.

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Review comments at @.github/workflows/build.yml:
- Line 285: Update the flake_regressions workflow so a failed retry still allows
statistics collection and aggregation: disable matrix fail-fast, run the
collector after the test step succeeds or fails unless canceled, and upload its
artifact when collection succeeds. Adjust the flake_regressions_stats condition
to run after matrix failures while excluding skipped or canceled runs.

Review comments at @maintainers/flake-regression-stats.py:
- Around line 37-38: Update the collection logic using flake_dir so a stale
“failed” marker does not exclude an evaluation that ultimately succeeded on
retry; determine success from the final evaluation result or clear the marker
after a successful retry before checking it.

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Comment thread .github/workflows/build.yml
Comment thread maintainers/flake-regression-stats.py
The success job downloads all artifacts of the run and moves each
one's *.xz into ./artifacts. The flake regression statistics artifacts
contain no tarballs, so with nullglob mv got only a destination
argument and failed. Skip such artifacts.

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The aggregate JSON file now contains, for each configuration, the totals
and the full statistics of every job, so that slow flakes can be found
from a single artifact. The summary additionally lists the 10 slowest
flakes (by elapsed time) per configuration.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The Determinate Nix installer now sets eval-cores = 0, so the lazy-trees
configurations were also evaluating in parallel. Set eval-cores = 1 in
nix.conf; the eval-cores = 24 configuration overrides it via NIX_CONFIG.

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The cache directory is on a Namespace cache volume that persists across
runs, so its size may affect evaluation performance.

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