ORT Release 1.27.1 cherry pick 1 (#29628)

This cherry-picks the following commits for the release:

| Commit ID | PR Number | Commit Title |
|-----------|-----------|-------------|
| 56f6fee | #29038 | [CUDA] QMoE GEMV fast path for batch-1 decode |
| a2c7c3b | #29081 | Fix QMoE CPU livelock by eliminating nested
intra-op parallelism |
| bd0cb9a | #28571 | [MLAS] KleidiAI fix igemm regression |
| 5eb4aee | #29574 | Fix CustomOp forward compatibility: cap version
instead of rejecting |
| 5f49a37 | #29274 | fix(ci): incorrect identity for azcopy |
| bb9ba7e | #29468 | Upgrade to Xcode 26 |
| 36c6b7e | #29450 | Fix brew install applesimutils failure by
trusting wix/brew tap |
| a491809 | #29575 | Don't echo command when setting VSO variable in
mac-cpu-packing-jobs.yml. |
| a06675e | #29609 | Fix web e2e (npm/vite) and Python DML CI
pipelines |

Also fixed version missed by version update script.

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Signed-off-by: Qxiang Xu <Qixiang.Xu@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Clohessy <Jonathan.Clohessy@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Klacer <martin.klacer@arm.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: tlwu <tlwu@example.com>
Co-authored-by: Martin Klacer <martin.klacer@arm.com>
Co-authored-by: Jonathan Clohessy <Jonathan.Clohessy@arm.com>
Co-authored-by: Damien Dooley <damien.dooley@arm.com>
Co-authored-by: Chi Lo <54722500+chilo-ms@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Sanaa Hamel <sanaahamel@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Edward Chen <18449977+edgchen1@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 11 people

.github/workflows/ios.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   iOS_CI_on_Mac:
-    runs-on: macos-14
+    runs-on: macos-15
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode_${{ env.XCODE_VERSION }}.app/Contents/Developer"
           sudo xcode-select --switch "${XCODE_DEVELOPER_DIR}"
 
-      - name: (CPU, CoreML, XNNPACK EPs) Build onnxruntime for iOS x86_64 and run tests using simulator
+      - name: (CPU, CoreML, XNNPACK EPs) Build onnxruntime for iOS and run tests using simulator
         shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 ${{ github.workspace }}/tools/ci_build/build.py \
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
             --use_xnnpack \
             --ios \
             --apple_sysroot iphonesimulator \
-            --osx_arch x86_64 \
+            --osx_arch arm64 \
             --apple_deploy_target=15.1 \
             --use_xcode \
             --config RelWithDebInfo \
@@ -61,5 +61,5 @@ jobs:
 
     timeout-minutes: 150
     env:
-      XCODE_VERSION: 15.3.0
-      IOS_SIMULATOR_RUNTIME_VERSION: 17.4
+      XCODE_VERSION: 26.3
+      IOS_SIMULATOR_RUNTIME_VERSION: 26.2

.github/workflows/mac.yml

@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/macos-ci-build-and-test-workflow.yml
     with:
       # Only build arm64 for CPU
+      # Also run a Release build on Xcode 16 for legacy-toolchain coverage.
       matrix_include: >-
         [
           {"machine": "arm64", "target": "arm64", "build_config": "Debug"},
-          {"machine": "arm64", "target": "arm64", "build_config": "Release"}
+          {"machine": "arm64", "target": "arm64", "build_config": "Release"},
+          {"machine": "arm64", "target": "arm64", "build_config": "Release", "xcode_version": "16"}
         ]
       python_version: "3.14"
 
@@ -69,8 +71,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-15
 
     env:
-      xcode_version: 16.4
-      simulator_runtime_version: 18.5
+      xcode_version: 26.3
+      simulator_runtime_version: 26.2
 
     strategy:
       matrix:

.github/workflows/macos-ci-build-and-test-workflow.yml

@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ jobs:
         #
         include: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.matrix_include) }}
 
-    # "macos-13" is a x86_64 image, and "macos-15" is an arm64 image.
+    # "macos-15" is an arm64 image.
     # see also: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/README.md
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.machine == 'x86_64' && 'macos-13' || 'macos-15' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.machine == 'x86_64' && 'macos-15-intel' || 'macos-15' }}
     env:
       build_flags: >
         --build_dir ./build
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ jobs:
         --config ${{ matrix.build_config }}
         --osx_arch ${{ matrix.target }}
 
-      # xCode version needs to match the "runs-on" configuration.
-      xcode_version: ${{ matrix.machine == 'x86_64' && '14.3.1' || '16' }}
+      # A matrix entry may override the Xcode version via "xcode_version"; otherwise fall back to the default.
+      # The Xcode version needs to be present on the image specified in the "runs-on" configuration.
+      xcode_version: ${{ matrix.xcode_version || '26.3' }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code

.github/workflows/react_native.yml

@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ jobs:
           set -e -x
           npm install -g detox-cli
           brew tap wix/brew
+          brew trust wix/brew
           brew install applesimutils
           npm ci
         working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/js

.github/workflows/windows_cuda.yml

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
       DocUpdateNeeded: false
       ONNXRUNTIME_TEST_GPU_DEVICE_ID: '0'
       AZCOPY_AUTO_LOGIN_TYPE: MSI
-      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: 63b63039-6328-442f-954b-5a64d124e5b4
+      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: d712a4c7-a0cf-4e87-af75-31510eba0a8e
 
   test:
     name: Windows GPU CUDA CI Pipeline Test Job
@@ -260,4 +260,4 @@ jobs:
       DocUpdateNeeded: false
       ONNXRUNTIME_TEST_GPU_DEVICE_ID: '0'
       AZCOPY_AUTO_LOGIN_TYPE: MSI
-      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: 63b63039-6328-442f-954b-5a64d124e5b4
+      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: d712a4c7-a0cf-4e87-af75-31510eba0a8e

.github/workflows/windows_cuda_plugin.yml

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
       ALLOW_RELEASED_ONNX_OPSET_ONLY: '0'
       ONNXRUNTIME_TEST_GPU_DEVICE_ID: '0'
       AZCOPY_AUTO_LOGIN_TYPE: MSI
-      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: 63b63039-6328-442f-954b-5a64d124e5b4
+      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: d712a4c7-a0cf-4e87-af75-31510eba0a8e
 
   test:
     name: Windows CUDA Plugin EP Test
@@ -214,4 +214,4 @@ jobs:
       ALLOW_RELEASED_ONNX_OPSET_ONLY: '0'
       ONNXRUNTIME_TEST_GPU_DEVICE_ID: '0'
       AZCOPY_AUTO_LOGIN_TYPE: MSI
-      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: 63b63039-6328-442f-954b-5a64d124e5b4
+      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: d712a4c7-a0cf-4e87-af75-31510eba0a8e

.github/workflows/windows_gpu_doc_gen.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       setVcvars: true
       ALLOW_RELEASED_ONNX_OPSET_ONLY: '0'
       AZCOPY_AUTO_LOGIN_TYPE: MSI
-      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: 63b63039-6328-442f-954b-5a64d124e5b4
+      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: d712a4c7-a0cf-4e87-af75-31510eba0a8e
     runs-on: [
         "self-hosted",
         "1ES.Pool=onnxruntime-github-Win2022-GPU-A10",

.github/workflows/windows_openvino.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 240
     env:
       AZCOPY_AUTO_LOGIN_TYPE: MSI
-      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: 63b63039-6328-442f-954b-5a64d124e5b4
+      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: d712a4c7-a0cf-4e87-af75-31510eba0a8e
       OnnxRuntimeBuildDirectory: ${{ github.workspace }}
       DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE: true
       ALLOW_RELEASED_ONNX_OPSET_ONLY: '1'

.github/workflows/windows_qnn_x64.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         QnnLibKind: [shared_lib, static_lib]
     env:
       AZCOPY_AUTO_LOGIN_TYPE: MSI
-      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: 63b63039-6328-442f-954b-5a64d124e5b4
+      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: d712a4c7-a0cf-4e87-af75-31510eba0a8e
       DOTNET_SKIP_FIRST_TIME_EXPERIENCE: true
       ALLOW_RELEASED_ONNX_OPSET_ONLY: '1'
 

.github/workflows/windows_tensorrt.yml

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
       DocUpdateNeeded: false
       ONNXRUNTIME_TEST_GPU_DEVICE_ID: '0'
       AZCOPY_AUTO_LOGIN_TYPE: MSI
-      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: 63b63039-6328-442f-954b-5a64d124e5b4
+      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: d712a4c7-a0cf-4e87-af75-31510eba0a8e
 
   test:
     name: Windows GPU TensorRT CI Pipeline Test Job
@@ -265,4 +265,4 @@ jobs:
       DocUpdateNeeded: false
       ONNXRUNTIME_TEST_GPU_DEVICE_ID: '0'
       AZCOPY_AUTO_LOGIN_TYPE: MSI
-      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: 63b63039-6328-442f-954b-5a64d124e5b4
+      AZCOPY_MSI_CLIENT_ID: d712a4c7-a0cf-4e87-af75-31510eba0a8e