feat(ci): VM tests on the Gitea mirror: boot loaders and all suites on this commit, from the newest Steamify ISO release

vmtest.yml (Gitea only) runs steamify-cachyos-dev's vmbootloadertest.sh per loader (limine, systemd-boot, grub), then the vmtest.sh suites on a plain VM from the same ISO, on pushes to main and release/**, pull requests and by hand.

.github/workflows/bundle.yml

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
             assets/steam-gaming-settings.svg
 
       # A new Steamify release starts the Steamify ISO's release with it (a test build from the ISO repo's
-      # feat/steamify, until that is its master): its iso-1-github-tag.yml names it after this version, tags it,
+      # feat/steamify, until that is its master): its iso-release.yml names it after this version, tags it,
       # and the Gitea mirror builds and attaches the ISO. Needs a fine-grained token for that repo
       # (Actions: read and write) as the secret ISO_DISPATCH_TOKEN; without it, this is skipped.
       - name: Start the Steamify ISO's release
@@ -207,5 +207,5 @@ jobs:
           if [ -z "$GH_TOKEN" ]; then
             echo "::notice::No ISO_DISPATCH_TOKEN: the Steamify ISO isn't released with this version."; exit 0
           fi
-          gh workflow run iso-1-github-tag.yml -R theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso --ref feat/steamify
-          echo "Started the Steamify ISO's release (theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso, feat/steamify)"
+          gh workflow run iso-release.yml -R theupriser/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso --ref feat/steamify
+          echo "Started the Steamify ISO's release (theupriser/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso, feat/steamify)"

.github/workflows/git-upriser-sync.yml

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-name: Sync git.upriser.nl mirror
-
-# Trigger the Gitea pull-mirror immediately instead of waiting for its interval,
-# so Gitea builds/tests right after any branch or tag lands on GitHub (the mirror has no sync interval of its own).
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: ['**']
-    tags: ['*']
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  sync:
-    # Gitea also reads .github/workflows on the mirror; only run on GitHub
-    if: github.server_url == 'https://github.com'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Trigger mirror-sync
-        env:
-          GITEA_URL: ${{ secrets.GIT_UPRISER_URL }}
-          GIT_UPRISER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_UPRISER_TOKEN }}
-          # Gitea "owner/repo"; defaults to the same path as on GitHub
-          GITEA_REPO: ${{ vars.GITEA_REPO || github.repository }}
-        run: |
-          curl --fail-with-body -sS --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-all-errors -X POST \
-            -H "Authorization: token ${GIT_UPRISER_TOKEN}" \
-            "${GITEA_URL%/}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_REPO}/mirror-sync"

.github/workflows/vmtest.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+# Steamify's own test run on the Gitea mirror (git.upriser.nl, its own runner; skipped on GitHub): the same as
+# `scripts/vmtest.sh` in steamify-cachyos-dev, on this commit's steamify.sh. The base is the newest Steamify ISO
+# release of the mirror (steamify-cachyos-live-iso): the boot loader tests (limine, systemd-boot, grub) install
+# it with this commit's Steamify, then the suites (cli, menu, hw, installer, toggles) run on a plain VM from
+# the same ISO (its Steamify step skipped: the suites start from a system without Steamify).
+# The runner needs /dev/kvm and privileged containers, about 12 GB of RAM for two VMs at a time (6 GB to
+# install, 4 GB to test, 2 vCPUs each).
+name: Steamify VM tests (Gitea)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, 'release/**']
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A new run on the same branch or pull request stops the old one.
+concurrency:
+  group: vmtest-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  iso:
+    name: Newest Steamify ISO
+    if: github.server_url != 'https://github.com'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      tag: ${{ steps.find.outputs.tag }}
+      url: ${{ steps.find.outputs.url }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Find the newest ISO release on the mirror
+        id: find
+        run: |
+          api="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso/releases?limit=20"
+          read -r tag url < <(curl -fsS "$api" | python3 -c '
+          import json, sys
+          for r in json.load(sys.stdin):
+              for a in r["assets"]:
+                  if a["name"].endswith(".iso"):
+                      print(r["tag_name"], a["browser_download_url"]); raise SystemExit
+          ')
+          [ -n "$tag" ] || { echo "::error::no ISO release on the mirror"; exit 1; }
+          echo "Using $tag"
+          { echo "tag=$tag"; echo "url=$url"; } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  boot:
+    name: Boot loader ${{ matrix.loader }}
+    needs: iso
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/cachyos/cachyos:latest
+      options: --privileged
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 2
+      matrix:
+        loader: [limine, systemd-boot, grub]
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+      - name: Node and git
+        id: node
+        run: |
+          pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate
+          pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed nodejs git
+          echo "week=$(date -u +%G-%V)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Cache - pacman packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: /var/cache/pacman/pkg
+          key: pacman-test-${{ steps.node.outputs.week }}
+          restore-keys: pacman-test-
+      - name: Cache - the VMs' packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: /root/vms/pkg-cache
+          key: vmpkg-steamify-${{ steps.node.outputs.week }}
+          restore-keys: vmpkg-
+      - name: Tools and KVM
+        run: |
+          pacman -S --noconfirm --needed qemu-desktop edk2-ovmf openssh libarchive procps-ng util-linux python curl sudo
+          [ -c /dev/kvm ] || { echo "::error::no /dev/kvm in this container: the runner needs KVM (and privileged containers)"; exit 1; }
+      - name: Cache - the ISO
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: iso
+          key: steamify-iso-${{ needs.iso.outputs.tag }}
+
+      # steamify-cachyos-dev (the scripts) and this commit of steamify-cachyos side by side (9p `repo` in the VMs).
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: steamify-cachyos
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: theupriser/steamify-cachyos-dev
+          path: steamify-cachyos-dev
+      - name: ISO
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p iso
+          [ -n "$(ls iso/*.iso 2>/dev/null)" ] || curl -fL --retry 5 --retry-all-errors -o "iso/${{ needs.iso.outputs.tag }}.iso" "${{ needs.iso.outputs.url }}"
+      - name: Boot loader test (${{ matrix.loader }})
+        env:
+          CI: "1"
+          VM_TIMEZONE: UTC
+          VM_CPUS: "2"
+          VM_INSTALL_MEM: 6G
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh ~/vms/pkg-cache
+          ssh-keygen -q -t ed25519 -N "" -C steamify-vm -f ~/.ssh/steamify-vm_ed25519
+          cd steamify-cachyos-dev
+          VM_ISO="$(ls "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/iso/*.iso | head -n 1)" scripts/vmbootloadertest.sh "${{ matrix.loader }}" --install
+      - name: Logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: christopherhx/gitea-upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: boot-${{ matrix.loader }}
+          path: |
+            /root/vms/bl-${{ matrix.loader }}.test.log
+            /root/vms/bl-${{ matrix.loader }}/vm.log
+          retention-days: 7
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+
+  suites:
+    name: Suites (vmtest.sh)
+    needs: [iso, boot]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 150
+    container:
+      image: docker.io/cachyos/cachyos:latest
+      options: --privileged
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+      - name: Node and git
+        id: node
+        run: |
+          pacman-key --init && pacman-key --populate
+          pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed nodejs git
+          echo "week=$(date -u +%G-%V)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Cache - pacman packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: /var/cache/pacman/pkg
+          key: pacman-test-${{ steps.node.outputs.week }}
+          restore-keys: pacman-test-
+      - name: Cache - the VMs' packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: /root/vms/pkg-cache
+          key: vmpkg-steamify-${{ steps.node.outputs.week }}
+          restore-keys: vmpkg-
+      - name: Tools and KVM
+        run: |
+          pacman -S --noconfirm --needed qemu-desktop edk2-ovmf openssh libarchive procps-ng util-linux python curl sudo
+          [ -c /dev/kvm ] || { echo "::error::no /dev/kvm in this container: the runner needs KVM (and privileged containers)"; exit 1; }
+      - name: Cache - the ISO
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: iso
+          key: steamify-iso-${{ needs.iso.outputs.tag }}
+
+      # vmtest.sh wants the live-iso repository too (which boot loaders the ISO advertises).
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: steamify-cachyos
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: theupriser/steamify-cachyos-dev
+          path: steamify-cachyos-dev
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso
+          path: steamify-cachyos-live-iso
+      - name: ISO
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p iso
+          [ -n "$(ls iso/*.iso 2>/dev/null)" ] || curl -fL --retry 5 --retry-all-errors -o "iso/${{ needs.iso.outputs.tag }}.iso" "${{ needs.iso.outputs.url }}"
+      - name: Base VM from the ISO
+        env:
+          CI: "1"
+          VM_TIMEZONE: UTC
+          VM_CPUS: "2"
+          VM_INSTALL_MEM: 6G
+          VM_STEAMIFY: skip
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh ~/vms/pkg-cache
+          ssh-keygen -q -t ed25519 -N "" -C steamify-vm -f ~/.ssh/steamify-vm_ed25519
+          cd steamify-cachyos-dev
+          VM_DIR="$HOME/vms/steamify-vm" scripts/vminstall.sh --iso "$(ls "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"/iso/*.iso | head -n 1)"
+      - name: vmtest.sh (every suite)
+        env:
+          CI: "1"
+          VM_CPUS: "2"
+          MAX_PARALLEL: "2"
+        run: |
+          cd steamify-cachyos-dev
+          scripts/vmtest.sh cli menu hw installer toggles
+      - name: Logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: christopherhx/gitea-upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: suites
+          path: |
+            /root/vms/last-test.txt
+            /root/vms/run-*.log
+          retention-days: 7
+          if-no-files-found: ignore

AGENTS.md

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ gamescope and the Plasma desktop. Primary target: the Valve Steam Machine
   `upload-artifact@v4` on GitHub and `christopherhx/gitea-upload-artifact@v4` elsewhere: never mention
   `upload-artifact@v3`, GitHub fails a workflow for a deprecated version even in a skipped step); the
   release is `gh` on GitHub and `akkuman/gitea-release-action` on Gitea. A new release on GitHub also starts the
-  Steamify ISO's release (`gh workflow run iso-1-github-tag.yml` in steamify-cachyos-live-iso, secret
+  Steamify ISO's release (`gh workflow run iso-release.yml` in steammachine-cachyos-live-iso, secret
   `ISO_DISPATCH_TOKEN`; skipped without it): the ISO repo's GitHub tag names it, the Gitea mirror builds it.
   CI (`.github/workflows/bundle.yml`) publishes the bundle as release
   `v$VERSION` on pushes to `main`; an existing version is never overwritten,
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ gamescope and the Plasma desktop. Primary target: the Valve Steam Machine
   (`state_get vram installed_pkgs`).
 - Install-time mode (`steamify.sh --defaults`, 2.6.0): applies what the menu
   would preselect, no menu or prompts (needs passwordless sudo). The Steam
-  Machine ISO ([steamify-cachyos-live-iso](https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso))
+  Machine ISO ([steammachine-cachyos-live-iso](https://github.com/theupriser/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso))
   runs it in the installer for a user who has never logged in: no session
   bus, user systemd or plasmashell. So every `systemctl --user` goes through
   `user_systemctl` (`lib/common.sh`; without a session only unit files change,

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@ All notable changes, per version and per commit. Versions follow
 `steamify.sh`. Versions before 0.7.0 were numbered afterwards,
 one per merged pull request.
 
-## 2.9.5 - 2026-09-30
-
-- `70ecb56` **ci: trigger a mirror sync**
-- `a7276cf` **ci: sync the git.upriser.nl mirror on every branch and tag**
-- `b3549d4` **ci: sync the mirror on release branch pushes too**
-- `a232a55` **feat(ci): sync the git.upriser.nl mirror on every push to main and every tag (git-upriser-sync.yml calls the mirror-sync API: the Gitea mirror builds at once instead of at its interval; secrets GIT_UPRISER_URL and GIT_UPRISER_TOKEN, retried, skipped on Gitea itself)**
-- `3676c64` **docs: link the renamed steamify-cachyos-live-iso repo (the release dispatches the ISO workflow iso-1-github-tag.yml there)**
-- **chore: Version 2.9.5**
-
 ## 2.9.4 - 2026-09-29
 
 - `619ef1f` **docs: AGENTS.md and TECHNICAL.md: the CEC driver cache, the one workflow for GitHub and a Gitea mirror, and that a new release starts the Steamify ISO's release**

README.md

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ curl -fsSL https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-cachyos/releases/latest/downlo
 ```
 
 Installing CachyOS on a Steam Machine? The
-[Steamify CachyOS ISO](https://github.com/theupriser/steamify-cachyos-live-iso)
+[Steamify CachyOS ISO](https://github.com/theupriser/steammachine-cachyos-live-iso)
 has Steamify built into the installer: pick the options there, and the
 first boot is already set up.
 

steamify.sh

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 set -uo pipefail
 
 # Release version, see CHANGELOG.md.
-VERSION=2.9.5
+VERSION=2.9.4
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"