vmm-xen v4.17.5-11 (r4.2)

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Update of vmm-xen to v4.17.5-11 for Qubes OS r4.2, see comments below for details and build status.

From commit: QubesOS/qubes-vmm-xen@2d2ecf1

Changes since previous version:
QubesOS/qubes-vmm-xen@2d2ecf1 version 4.17.5-11
QubesOS/qubes-vmm-xen@acc46ee Backport fix for Thinkpad P14s Gen4 AMD

Referenced issues:

If you're release manager, you can issue GPG-inline signed command:

• Upload-component r4.2 vmm-xen 2d2ecf12a709e54ad44a2a2776f7c6266468424f current all (available 5 days from now)
• Upload-component r4.2 vmm-xen 2d2ecf12a709e54ad44a2a2776f7c6266468424f security-testing all

You can choose subset of distributions like:

• Upload-component r4.2 vmm-xen 2d2ecf12a709e54ad44a2a2776f7c6266468424f current vm-bookworm,vm-fc37 (available 5 days from now)

Above commands will work only if packages in current-testing repository were built from given commit (i.e. no new version superseded it).

For more information on how to test this update, please take a look at https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/testing/#updates.

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Package for host was built (build log).

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Package for host was uploaded to current-testing repository.

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Package for vm-archlinux was built (build log).

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Package for vm-archlinux was uploaded to current-testing repository.

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OpenQA test summary

Complete test suite and dependencies: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.2&build=2025080323-4.2&flavor=update

Test run included the following:

• vmm-xen v4.17.5-11 (r4.2) #5839
• linux-kernel v6.12.39-1 (r4.2) #5851
• desktop-linux-manager v4.2.27 (r4.2) #5857
• core-agent-linux v4.2.43 (r4.2) #5860

New failures, excluding unstable

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.2&build=2025031604-4.2&flavor=update

• system_tests_extra

  • TC_00_QVCTest_whonix-workstation-17: test_010_screenshare (failure)
    AssertionError: 1 != 0 : Timeout waiting for /dev/video0 in test-in...

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_ext4

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_252_audio_playback_audiovm_switch_hvm (failure)
    AssertionError: pacat for test-inst-vm1 (xid 89) running(False) in ...

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_xfs

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_225_audio_rec_unmuted_hvm (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 6.89972789115646...

• system_tests_network_updates

  • TC_11_QvmTemplateMgmtVM_fedora-41-xfce: test_010_template_install (failure)
    AssertionError: libvirt event impl drain timeout

  • TC_11_QvmTemplateMgmtVM_whonix-gateway-17: test_000_template_list (failure)
    qvm-template: error: No matching templates to list

Failed tests

5 failures

• system_tests_extra

  • TC_00_QVCTest_whonix-workstation-17: test_010_screenshare (failure)
    AssertionError: 1 != 0 : Timeout waiting for /dev/video0 in test-in...

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_ext4

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_252_audio_playback_audiovm_switch_hvm (failure)
    AssertionError: pacat for test-inst-vm1 (xid 89) running(False) in ...

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_xfs

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_225_audio_rec_unmuted_hvm (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 6.89972789115646...

• system_tests_network_updates

  • TC_11_QvmTemplateMgmtVM_fedora-41-xfce: test_010_template_install (failure)
    AssertionError: libvirt event impl drain timeout

  • TC_11_QvmTemplateMgmtVM_whonix-gateway-17: test_000_template_list (failure)
    qvm-template: error: No matching templates to list

Fixed failures

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/132603#dependencies

13 fixed

• system_tests_whonix@hw1

  • whonixcheck: fail (unknown)
    Whonixcheck for sys-whonix failed...

  • whonixcheck: unnamed test (unknown)

• system_tests_whonix

  • whonixcheck: fail (unknown)
    Whonixcheck for sys-whonix failed...

  • whonixcheck: unnamed test (unknown)

• system_tests_gui_interactive

  • gui_keyboard_layout: unnamed test (unknown)
  • gui_keyboard_layout: Failed (test died)
    # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'work-xterm, work-xter...

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_ext4

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_220_audio_play_pulseaudio (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.32283446712018...

  • TC_20_AudioVM_PipeWire_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_251_audio_playback_audiovm_pipewire_late_start (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.23768707482993...

• system_tests_network_updates

  • TC_10_QvmTemplate_debian-12-xfce: test_010_template_install (failure)
    AssertionError: libvirt event impl drain timeout

  • VmUpdates_debian-12-xfce: test_020_updates_available_notification (failure)
    self.assertFalse(self.testvm1.feat... AssertionError: '1' is not false

• system_tests_suspend

  • suspend: unnamed test (unknown)
  • suspend: Failed (test died)
    # Test died: no candidate needle with tag(s) 'SUSPEND-FAILED' match...

• system_tests_suspend@hw1

  • suspend: Failed (test died)
    # Test died: command 'qvm-run --no-gui -p sys-net "curl -f http://h...

Unstable tests

Performance Tests

Performance degradation:

No issues

Remaining performance tests:

No remaining performance tests