ci: drop macOS from test matrix (fix TestScale_1000Notes flake)#49
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ci: drop macOS from test matrix (fix TestScale_1000Notes flake)#49
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PR CI already validates the merged-state tree (GitHub tests pull/N/merge). Re-running ci.yml and fuzz.yml on main after a squash-merge adds no signal and costs ~2 min per merge. CodeQL keeps its push:main trigger — the Security tab default-branch data requires a push-scoped SARIF upload. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The macOS runner was flaking on TestScale_1000Notes due to a t.TempDir() cleanup race where autoCommit background git processes still hold handles when RemoveAll runs. Darwin build coverage is preserved in the release workflow (goreleaser builds darwin-arm64). Branch protection updated via API to remove 'test (macos-latest)' from required status checks. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Drops macOS from the CI test matrix. Linux-only coverage is sufficient — Darwin build coverage is preserved in the release workflow (goreleaser builds `darwin-arm64`).
Why
`TestScale_1000Notes` on macOS runners hit a `t.TempDir()` cleanup race: autoCommit background git subprocesses still held handles on `.git/objects` when `RemoveAll` ran, causing:
```
testing.go:1369: TempDir RemoveAll cleanup: unlinkat .git/objects: directory not empty
```
Root cause is in `internal/notes`, not OS-specific beyond macOS filesystem timing. The underlying flake can be fixed in a separate PR (likely needs a sync.WaitGroup drain in the test cleanup). For now the CI value of double-coverage doesn't justify the flake cost.
Changes
Branch protection
Already updated via `gh api` to drop `test (macos-latest)` from required status checks. Remaining required: `ui (build + test + budget)`, `test (ubuntu-latest)`, `integration tests (-race)`.
Test plan
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