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Fix VM startup timeout by pinning BoxLite runtime to Cargo.lock revision #8

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🐛 fix: pin BoxLite runtime build to Cargo.lock revision
vaayne Mar 5, 2026
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🐛 fix: add rpath to boxrun binary in install-local.sh
vaayne Mar 5, 2026
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7 changes: 5 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/release.yml
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Expand Up @@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ jobs:
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4

- name: Check out BoxLite
run: git clone --recurse-submodules --depth 1 https://github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite.git ../boxlite
- name: Check out BoxLite (pinned to Cargo.lock revision)
run: |
BOXLITE_REV=$(grep -A2 'name = "boxlite"' Cargo.lock | sed -n 's/.*#\([0-9a-f]*\)".*/\1/p')
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite.git ../boxlite
cd ../boxlite && git checkout "$BOXLITE_REV"

- uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
with:
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15 changes: 13 additions & 2 deletions scripts/install-local.sh
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Expand Up @@ -13,13 +13,19 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
BOXLITE_ROOT="$PROJECT_ROOT/../boxlite"

# 0) Auto-clone BoxLite if not present
# 0) Auto-clone BoxLite if not present, pinned to Cargo.lock revision
BOXLITE_REV=$(grep -A2 'name = "boxlite"' "$PROJECT_ROOT/Cargo.lock" | sed -n 's/.*#\([0-9a-f]*\)".*/\1/p')
if [ ! -d "$BOXLITE_ROOT" ]; then
echo "==> BoxLite not found at $BOXLITE_ROOT, cloning..."
git clone --recurse-submodules --depth 1 \
git clone --recurse-submodules \
https://github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite.git "$BOXLITE_ROOT"
fi
BOXLITE_ROOT="$(cd "$BOXLITE_ROOT" && pwd)"
if [ -n "$BOXLITE_REV" ]; then
echo "==> Pinning BoxLite to Cargo.lock revision: $BOXLITE_REV"
cd "$BOXLITE_ROOT" && git checkout "$BOXLITE_REV"
cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
fi

# 1) Build boxrun binary
echo "==> Building boxrun (release)..."
Expand All @@ -40,6 +46,11 @@ mkdir -p "${BOXRUN_HOME}/runtime"
cp "$PROJECT_ROOT/target/release/boxrun" "${BOXRUN_HOME}/boxrun"
chmod +x "${BOXRUN_HOME}/boxrun"

# Add rpath so the binary can find runtime dylibs (libkrun, libgvproxy, etc.)
if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then
install_name_tool -add_rpath @executable_path/runtime "${BOXRUN_HOME}/boxrun" 2>/dev/null || true
fi

cp -f "$RUNTIME_DIR"/* "${BOXRUN_HOME}/runtime/" 2>/dev/null || true
chmod +x "${BOXRUN_HOME}/runtime/boxlite-guest" "${BOXRUN_HOME}/runtime/boxlite-shim" 2>/dev/null || true

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