Latest Windows runner broke our builds

[Galkon]

Description

The latest windows runner update here broke our builds. We cannot build one of our native windows dependencies, without any code changing in it for 7+ months.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Image version and build link

Private repo so can't share build link.

Failing with this visual studio version: VS2022 (17.13.35818.85)

Current runner version: '2.322.0'
Operating System
  Microsoft Windows Server [2](https://github.com/highlight-ing/highlight/actions/runs/13577382668/job/37956595916#step:1:2)022
  10.0.20348
  Datacenter
Runner Image
  Image: windows-2022
  Version: 2025022[4](https://github.com/highlight-ing/highlight/actions/runs/13577382668/job/37956595916#step:1:4).5.0`

Is it regression?

Yes, last successful action:

Current runner version: '2.322.0' Operating System   Microsoft Windows Server 2022   10.0.20348   Datacenter Runner Image   Image: windows-2022   Version: 20250209.1.0   Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20250209.1/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md   Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/win22%2F20250209.1

Expected behavior

It should build and not randomly break perfectly functional c++ code that previously built without issues.

Actual behavior

Completely broken builds and unusable github actions.

D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,50): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,50): error C2065: 'system_clock': undeclared identifier [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,26): error C2923: 'std::chrono::time_point': 'system_clock' is not a valid template type argument for parameter '_Clock' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,50):
      see declaration of 'system_clock'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,26): error C2976: 'std::chrono::time_point': too few template arguments [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(200,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono::time_point'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,26): error C3203: 'time_point': unspecialized class template can't be used as a template argument for template parameter '_Ty', expected a real type [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(16,55): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(16,55): error C3083: 'system_clock': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(16,69): error C2039: 'now': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(16,69): error C3861: 'now': identifier not found [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(21,55): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(21,55): error C3083: 'system_clock': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(21,69): error C2039: 'now': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(21,69): error C3861: 'now': identifier not found [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(52,37): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(52,37): error C3083: 'system_clock': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(52,51): error C2039: 'now': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(52,51): error C3861: 'now': identifier not found [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,79): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,79): error C2065: 'system_clock': undeclared identifier [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,55): error C2923: 'std::chrono::time_point': 'system_clock' is not a valid template type argument for parameter '_Clock' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,79):
      see declaration of 'system_clock'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,55): error C2976: 'std::chrono::time_point': too few template arguments [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(200,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono::time_point'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,92): error C2641: cannot deduce template arguments for 'std::chrono::time_point' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,92): error C2783: 'std::chrono::time_point<_Clock,_Duration> std::chrono::time_point(void)': could not deduce template argument for '_Clock' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(210,9):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono::time_point'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,92): error C2780: 'std::chrono::time_point<_Clock,_Duration> std::chrono::time_point(std::chrono::time_point<_Clock,_Duration>)': expects 1 arguments - 0 provided [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(200,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono::time_point'
  
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\runneradmin\setup-pnpm\node_modules\.pnpm\pnpm@8.15.9\node_modules\pnpm\dist\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:203:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:293:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.20348
gyp ERR! command "C:\\hostedtoolcache\\windows\\node\\20.18.3\\x64\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\runneradmin\\setup-pnpm\\node_modules\\.pnpm\\pnpm@8.15.9\\node_modules\\pnpm\\dist\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "clean" "configure" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor
gyp ERR! node -v v20.18.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.4.1
gyp ERR! not ok 

Repro steps

I don't know how to reproduce in another repo.

[vidyasagarnimmagaddi]

Hi @Galkon ,Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into this issue and will update you after investigating.


[thxCode]

also broken the CUDA installation: Jimver/cuda-toolkit#382.

[subir0071]

Hi @Galkon - Could you please share a sample workflow preferably with a repo where the issue can be reproduced?
As we keep most of our tools and packages close to the latest, so , we request our users to upgrade their application to the latest versions.

Hi @thxCode - From the failure message it is evident that the maximum allowable execution time has surpassed. Kindly optimize your workflow to keep it within the limit.

[N-Storm]

Hello subir0071 - regarding broken CUDA install it fails due to maximum allowable execution time has surpassed indeed. But this is not a cause, but a consequence. Recently, CUDA installers of recent versions started to stuck forever on install. This didn't happened with previous runner image version.
For example this build job succeeded previously, now hangs up on CUDA install with Windows runner.
Success build on 24 Feb: https://github.com/N-Storm/mfaktc/actions/runs/13504609753/attempts/1
Stuck build 03 Mar: https://github.com/N-Storm/mfaktc/actions/runs/13504609753/attempts/2 (it's still "running" while I'm typing this, but I've tested that with other jobs - it won't finish, just hanging like this untill killed by the timeout)

Steps to reproduce:

   runs-on: 'windows-2022'

    steps:
      - name: Installing CUDA Toolkit
        uses: Jimver/cuda-toolkit@v0.2.21
        with:
          cuda: '12.8.0'

Probably alternatively could be tested by downloading https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.8.0/local_installers/cuda_12.8.0_571.96_windows.exe and running it with -s switch (silent install).

[N-Storm]

Seems like CUDA VS integration fails to work with new VS version updated in #11591. Getting a lot of these if launched with strace:

--- Process 4536, exception 000006f5 at 0000000076e29392

[N-Storm]

Issue that addresses bug with CUDA Toolkit: microsoft/STL#5282

Quote from it:

(Update: This is a VS bug, DevCom-10841757, expected to be fixed in VS 2022 17.14 Preview 2.)

All recent versions of CUDA Toolkit (I think starting from 12.4.0 and up to latest 12.8.0).

From my point of view reverting unstable/bugged VS version sounds reasonable until this issue will be resolved. But that's just my opinion.

[subir0071]

Thanks @N-Storm. Will keep this issue open for now.