From 1a2d81c0a067cbcf7feb385710a158a7903caf90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rick Peters <rickpeters@upriser.nl>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:50:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: stream the VM tests' progress into the job log

---
 .github/workflows/vmtest.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/vmtest.yml b/.github/workflows/vmtest.yml
index be751d2..5f74a82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vmtest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vmtest.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ jobs:
           VM_INSTALL_MEM: 6G
         run: |
           cd steamify-cachyos-dev
+          touch ~/vms/test.log; tail -n +1 -F ~/vms/test.log & tailpid=$!   # the test's progress, as it happens
+          trap 'kill $tailpid 2>/dev/null' EXIT
           VM_ISO=/mnt/work/iso/steamify.iso scripts/vmbootloadertest.sh "${{ matrix.loader }}" --install
       - name: Logs
         if: always()
@@ -139,6 +141,8 @@ jobs:
           MAX_PARALLEL: "2"
         run: |
           cd steamify-cachyos-dev
+          touch ~/vms/test.log; tail -n +1 -F ~/vms/test.log & tailpid=$!   # the suites' progress, as it happens
+          trap 'kill $tailpid 2>/dev/null' EXIT
           scripts/vmtest.sh ${{ matrix.suite }}
       - name: Logs
         if: always()