chore(ci)!: Bump MSRV to 1.72.1 and enforce that ACVM can be publishe…

…d using updated lockfile (#4385)

# Description

## Problem\*

Resolves #4384 

## Summary\*

This PR resolves #4384 by updating the lockfile so that it's using the
latest versions of the dependencies used by all of the ACVM packages and
then runs the test suite against it to ensure that we still work
correctly.

## Additional Context



## Documentation\*

Check one:
- [x] No documentation needed.
- [ ] Documentation included in this PR.
- [ ] **[Exceptional Case]** Documentation to be submitted in a separate
PR.

# PR Checklist\*

- [x] I have tested the changes locally.
- [x] I have formatted the changes with [Prettier](https://prettier.io/)
and/or `cargo fmt` on default settings.

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Co-authored-by: kevaundray <kevtheappdev@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/test-rust-workspace-msrv.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+name: Test (MSRV check)
+
+# TL;DR https://github.com/noir-lang/noir/issues/4384
+#
+# This workflow acts to ensure that we can publish to crates.io, we need this extra check as libraries don't respect the Cargo.lock file committed in this repository.
+# We must then always be able to build the workspace using the latest versions of all of our dependencies, so we explicitly update them and build in this workflow. 
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  merge_group:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+# This will cancel previous runs when a branch or PR is updated
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-test-artifacts:
+    name: Build test artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.71.1
+        with:
+          targets: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+      # We force the ACVM crate and all of its dependencies to update their dependencies
+      # This ensures that we'll be able to build the crates when they're being published. 
+      - name: Update Cargo.lock
+        run: |
+          cargo update --package acvm --aggressive
+          cargo update --package bn254_blackbox_solver --aggressive
+
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          key: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-msrv-check
+          cache-on-failure: true
+          save-if: ${{ github.event_name != 'merge_group' }}
+
+      - name: Install nextest
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
+        with:
+          tool: nextest@0.9.67
+
+      - name: Build and archive tests
+        run: cargo nextest archive --workspace --release --archive-file nextest-archive.tar.zst
+
+      - name: Upload archive to workflow
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nextest-archive
+          path: nextest-archive.tar.zst
+
+  run-tests:
+    name: "Run tests (partition ${{matrix.partition}})"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-test-artifacts]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        partition: [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.71.1
+        with:
+          targets: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+      - name: Install nextest
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
+        with:
+          tool: nextest@0.9.67
+
+      - name: Download archive
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nextest-archive
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          cargo nextest run --archive-file nextest-archive.tar.zst \
+            --partition count:${{ matrix.partition }}/4
+
+  # This is a job which depends on all test jobs and reports the overall status.
+  # This allows us to add/remove test jobs without having to update the required workflows.
+  tests-end:
+    name: Rust End
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # We want this job to always run (even if the dependant jobs fail) as we want this job to fail rather than skipping.
+    if: ${{ always() }}
+    needs: 
+      - run-tests
+
+    steps:
+        - name: Report overall success
+          run: |
+            if [[ $FAIL == true ]]; then
+                exit 1
+            else
+                exit 0
+            fi
+          env:
+            # We treat any cancelled, skipped or failing jobs as a failure for the workflow as a whole.
+            FAIL: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') || contains(needs.*.result, 'cancelled') || contains(needs.*.result, 'skipped') }}

flake.nix

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
       rustToolchain = fenix.packages.${system}.fromToolchainFile {
         file = ./rust-toolchain.toml;
-        sha256 = "sha256-R0F0Risbr74xg9mEYydyebx/z0Wu6HI0/KWwrV30vZo=";
+        sha256 = "sha256-dxE7lmCFWlq0nl/wKcmYvpP9zqQbBitAQgZ1zx9Ooik=";
       };
 
       craneLib = (crane.mkLib pkgs).overrideToolchain rustToolchain;

rust-toolchain.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "1.71.1"
+channel = "1.72.1"
 components = [ "rust-src" ]
 targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown", "wasm32-wasi", "aarch64-apple-darwin" ]
 profile = "default"