Example:
```
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT Updating Avalon repository catalogue...
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT repository Avalon has no meta file, using default settings
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT pkg: An error occurred while fetching package: No error
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT Unable to update repository Avalon
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT Error updating repositories!
Wed, 20 May 2026 09:51:48 GMT Error: Process completed with exit code 3.
```
As tested over at libssh2, retrying the install command also does not
help, only repeats the same failure.
Also: fix whitespace in matrix.
Follow-up to b158d1c9f7#21681Closes#21694
- bump cross-platform-actions to v1.1.0.
Ref: https://github.com/cross-platform-actions/action/releases/tag/v1.1.0
- merge BSD jobs into a single matrix.
- split BSD jobs into build steps as used for other platforms.
A new feature of cross-platform-actions v1.1.0.
- sync BSD build steps with other platforms.
- add DragonFlyBSD and MidnightBSD to the BSD matrix.
New features of cross-platform-actions v1.1.0.
MidnightBSD uses GnuTLS to add variation, also the preinstalled
OpenSSL is too old (v1.1.1w) for curl.
Stick with autotools for DragonFlyBSD; I could not figure out how
to install cmake.
Refs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFly_BSDhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MidnightBSD
- bump Intel FreeBSD jobs from v14.3 to v15.0.
- fix to show `gcc` in the NetBSD job name.
All these saved 50 lines of YAML. The two new jobs take 2m15s each. The
bump to FreeBSD 15 needs and extra minute in total.
Note, the DragonFlyBSD job seems to have reliability issues. If it
remains an issue, I'll comment it out or delete it in a future commit.
Closes#21681
In both autotools and cmake builds, because Android does not offer
a `zlib.pc`.
Also:
- GHA/non-native: dump config files, to verify.
Reported-by: sfan5 on github
Fixes#21647Closes#21648
- update action `actions/cache` from 5.0.4 to 5.0.5
- update action `actions/upload-artifact` from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1
- update action `github/codeql-action` from 4.32.4 to 4.35.2
- update action `msys2/setup-msys2` from 2.31.0 to 2.31.1
- update pip `filelock` from 3.25.2 to 3.29.0
- update pip `impacket` to 0.13.0
- update pip `ruff` from 0.15.10 to 0.15.12
Closes#21483Closes#21482
Due to year-long unreliability.
The default Ubuntu mirror works as fast as the Azure one when it's
working at its normal speed. And has HTTPS.
Also:
- replac the retry hack that turn out to not solve the problem.
- add timeouts to each download step to catch slowness early.
Follow-up to a5838847c4#21181
Follow-up to 5172ba5475#21107Closes#21414
- update `actions/cache` from 5.0.3 to 5.0.4
- update `actions/download-artifact` from 7.0.0 to 8.0.1
- update `actions/upload-artifact` from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0
- update `msys2/setup-msys2` from 2.30.0 to 2.31.0
- update pip `ruff` from 0.15.7 to 0.15.8
Closes#21195Closes#21197
- fail if all retries failed.
- run `dpkg --configure -a` after an aborted slow attempt.
```
Selecting previously unselected package libsys-hostname-long-perl.
Error: slow server, retry
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
[...]
```
Bug: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/21107#issuecomment-4163506100
Follow-up to 5172ba5475#21107Closes#21181
It's been going on for almost a year, chances seem slim to have this
fixed upstream.
The observed issue is that on GitHub-supplied CI runner images,
sometimes, `apt-get install` using the stock distro server
`http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu` sees extreme slowness while
downloading data, then reaching the job timeout and aborting, making CI
red and necessitating a manual restart of the failed job(s).
In majority of cases the install step takes no longer than 8-40 seconds
(download + install), while in the failing case it takes 10-20+ minutes
just to download.
Earlier I slimmed down installs to avoid unnecessary packages, which
mitigated, but did not completely fix the issue.
Example:
https://github.com/curl/curl/actions/runs/23599596928/job/68725576899?pr=21105
Follow-up to 0455d8772a#18509Closes#21107
- update action `actions/cache` from 5.0.1 to 5.0.3
- update action `github/codeql-action` from 4.31.9 to 4.32.4
- update pip `filelock` from 3.20.3 to 3.24.3
- update pip `ruff` from 0.14.14 to 0.15.2
Closes#20782Closes#20783
This package is automatically bumped, but needs manual intervention
anyway, to update gcc version number in the filename.
Follow-up to 4ad0a022e1#20517Closes#20523
- update `actions/checkout` from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2
- update `ruff` from 0.14.11 to 0.14.14
- update `cryptography` from 46.0.3 to 46.0.4
- update `psutil` from 7.2.1 to 7.2.2
- update `websockets` from 15.0.1 to 16.0
Closes#20490Closes#20491
Unstripped size hides effective binary sizes due to the added debug
information. E.g. `--gc-sections` may inflate unstripped binaries, while
their unstripped size decreases. To see if binary size optimization
options work, it's more useful to observe unstripped size.
Ref: #20357
Follow-up to 4cf43508e8#20355Closes#20359
To simplify the directory layout.
- OS400 and vms support move from `packages` to `projects`.
- Windows README and `generate.bat` files move from `projects`
to `projects/Windows`.
Closes#20271
To avoid building libcurl in both static and shared flavor by default.
It results in 1.5-2.x speed-up for the curl build step in most jobs.
Saving a total of 6-7 minutes. In the Cygwin job alone it saves 1-1.5m.
Also:
- enable static + shared in a Windows job to keep testing this combo.
Follow-up to ff958fc4b2#20159Closes#20167
To make the longest running FreeBSD job finish 1.5 minutes faster
(9.5m -> 8m).
Examples are still built with both autotools and cmake, one on Intel and
one on ARM.
Closes#20146
- update `github/codeql-action` from 4.31.8 to 4.31.9
- update `cross-platform-actions/action` from 0.30.0 to 0.32.0
- support for OmniOS and FreeBSD 15.0
- releases are now immutable
Closes#20140
To detect mistakes made in the runtests framework that reduce
the number of test runs. Before this patch it could go undetected with
a green CI.
The minimum thresholds will need light maintenance going forward (either
bumping them periodically, or adjust if some may fell below minimums for
justified reasons). We may also make minimums tighter or looser, or more
job-specific.
Latest number of test runs for each job can be seen at Test Clutch:
https://testclutch.curl.se/static/reports/feature-matrix.html
Also:
- GHA: set minimums.
Assisted-by: Dan Fandrich
Follow-up to f2a75a14dd
Follow-up to bb1391f943#19510Closes#19942
The kerberos5 library Heimdal is one of three GSS libraries curl support.
It has a memory leak triggered by the new test in #18917 and the project
seems mostly abandoned.
Drop support and steer users to the MIT krb5 or GNU GSS libraries.
Co-authored-by: Daniel Stenberg
Ref: #18928Closes#18928Closes#18932
To avoid typos and non-existing options passed to `./configure` in CI
builds.
Also delete obsolete option `--enable-test-bundles` from Circle CI jobs.
Closes#18759
