Bring CI back to all-working condition (#5822)

* Fix "🐍 3 • windows-latest • mingw64" job (apparently msys2/setup-msys2@v2 cannot be run twice anymore):

https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/actions/runs/17394902023/job/49417376616?pr=5796

```
Run msys2/setup-msys2@v2
  with:
    msystem: mingw64
    install: mingw-w64-x86_64-python-numpy mingw-w64-x86_64-python-scipy mingw-w64-x86_64-eigen3
    path-type: minimal
    update: false
    pacboy: false
    release: true
    location: RUNNER_TEMP
    platform-check-severity: fatal
    cache: true
  env:
    PYTHONDEVMODE: 1
    PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES: 1
    PIP_ONLY_BINARY: numpy
    FORCE_COLOR: 3
    PYTEST_TIMEOUT: 300
    VERBOSE: 1
    CMAKE_COLOR_DIAGNOSTICS: 1
    MSYSTEM: MINGW64
Error: Trying to install MSYS2 to D:\a\_temp\msys64 but that already exists, cannot continue.
```

* Add `pytest.xfail("[TEST-GIL-SCOPED] macOS free-threading...)`

* Change env.SYS_IS_GIL_ENABLED constant to env.sys_is_gil_enabled function

* Change install_mingw64_only → extra_install

* Also xfail if macOS and PY_GIL_DISABLED, show SOABI

* build-ios: brew upgrade|install cmake

* Revert "build-ios: brew upgrade|install cmake"

This reverts commit bd3900e.

See also:

#5822 (comment)

* Disable build-ios job in tests-cibw.yml

* Remove macos_brew_install_llvm job because it started failing, to reduce our maintenance overhead:

Failures tracked here: #5822 (comment)

* Fix iOS build step for cmake installation

Replaced brew upgrade with brew install for cmake.

* Update cmake installation steps in CI workflow

Uninstall cmake before installing the latest version due to GitHub's local tap changes.

* Update .github/workflows/tests-cibw.yml

---------

Co-authored-by: Henry Schreiner <HenrySchreinerIII@gmail.com>

Author: rwgk

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1019,8 +1019,15 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - { sys: mingw64, env: x86_64 }
-          - { sys: mingw32, env: i686 }
+          - sys: mingw32
+            env: i686
+            extra_install: ""
+          - sys: mingw64
+            env: x86_64
+            extra_install: |
+              mingw-w64-x86_64-python-numpy
+              mingw-w64-x86_64-python-scipy
+              mingw-w64-x86_64-eigen3
     steps:
     - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
       with:
@@ -1034,15 +1041,7 @@ jobs:
           mingw-w64-${{matrix.env}}-python-pytest
           mingw-w64-${{matrix.env}}-boost
           mingw-w64-${{matrix.env}}-catch
-
-    - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
-      if: matrix.sys == 'mingw64'
-      with:
-        msystem: ${{matrix.sys}}
-        install: >-
-          mingw-w64-${{matrix.env}}-python-numpy
-          mingw-w64-${{matrix.env}}-python-scipy
-          mingw-w64-${{matrix.env}}-eigen3
+          ${{ matrix.extra_install }}
 
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -1189,91 +1188,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Clean directory
         run: git clean -fdx
-
-  macos_brew_install_llvm:
-    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
-    name: "macos-13 • brew install llvm"
-    runs-on: macos-13
-
-    env:
-      # https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/227026/how-to-install-recent-clang-with-homebrew
-      LDFLAGS: '-L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib'
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Update PATH
-        run: echo "/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-      - name: Show env
-        run: env
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Show Clang++ version before brew install llvm
-        run: clang++ --version
-
-      - name: brew install llvm
-        run: brew install llvm
-
-      - name: Show Clang++ version after brew install llvm
-        run: clang++ --version
-
-      - name: Update CMake
-        uses: jwlawson/actions-setup-cmake@v2.0
-
-      - name: Run pip installs
-        run: |
-          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python3 -m pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
-          python3 -m pip install numpy
-          python3 -m pip install scipy
-
-      - name: Show CMake version
-        run: cmake --version
-
-      - name: CMake Configure
-        run: >
-          cmake -S . -B .
-          -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
-          -DPYBIND11_SIMPLE_GIL_MANAGEMENT=OFF
-          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
-          -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
-          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
-
-      - name: Build
-        run: cmake --build . -j 2
-
-      - name: Python tests
-        run: cmake --build . --target pytest -j 2
-
-      - name: C++ tests
-        run: cmake --build . --target cpptest -j 2
-
-      - name: Interface test
-        run: cmake --build . --target test_cmake_build -j 2
-
-      - name: Visibility test
-        run: cmake --build . --target test_cross_module_rtti -j 2
-
-      - name: CMake Configure - Exercise cmake -DPYBIND11_TEST_OVERRIDE
-        run: >
-          cmake -S . -B build_partial
-          -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
-          -DPYBIND11_SIMPLE_GIL_MANAGEMENT=OFF
-          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
-          -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
-          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
-          "-DPYBIND11_TEST_OVERRIDE=test_call_policies.cpp;test_gil_scoped.cpp;test_thread.cpp"
-
-      - name: Build - Exercise cmake -DPYBIND11_TEST_OVERRIDE
-        run: cmake --build build_partial -j 2
-
-      - name: Python tests - Exercise cmake -DPYBIND11_TEST_OVERRIDE
-        run: cmake --build build_partial --target pytest -j 2
-
-      - name: Clean directory
-        run: git clean -fdx

.github/workflows/tests-cibw.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ jobs:
         submodules: true
         fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - run: brew upgrade cmake
+    # We have to uninstall first because GH is now using a local tap to build cmake<4, iOS needs cmake>=4
+    - run: brew uninstall cmake && brew install cmake
 
     - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v3.1
       env:

tests/env.py

@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
     sys.modules["__graalpython__"].get_graalvm_version() if GRAALPY else "0.0.0"
 )
 GRAALPY_VERSION = tuple(int(t) for t in _graalpy_version.split("-")[0].split(".")[:3])
+
+# Compile-time config (what the binary was built for)
 PY_GIL_DISABLED = bool(sysconfig.get_config_var("Py_GIL_DISABLED"))
+# Runtime state (what's actually happening now)
+sys_is_gil_enabled = getattr(sys, "_is_gil_enabled", lambda: True)
 
 
 def deprecated_call():

tests/test_cpp_conduit.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 
 def import_warns_freethreaded(name):
-    if name not in sys.modules and not getattr(sys, "_is_gil_enabled", lambda: True)():
+    if name not in sys.modules and not env.sys_is_gil_enabled():
         with pytest.warns(
             RuntimeWarning, match=f"has been enabled to load module '{name}'"
         ):

tests/test_gil_scoped.py

@@ -199,8 +199,14 @@ def _run_in_process(target, *args, **kwargs):
         if process.exitcode is None:
             assert t_delta > 0.9 * timeout
             msg = "DEADLOCK, most likely, exactly what this test is meant to detect."
-            if env.PYPY and env.WIN:
-                pytest.skip(msg)
+            soabi = sysconfig.get_config_var("SOABI")
+            if env.WIN and env.PYPY:
+                pytest.xfail(f"[TEST-GIL-SCOPED] {soabi} PyPy: " + msg)
+            if env.MACOS:
+                if not env.sys_is_gil_enabled():
+                    pytest.xfail(f"[TEST-GIL-SCOPED] {soabi} with GIL disabled: " + msg)
+                if env.PY_GIL_DISABLED:
+                    pytest.xfail(f"[TEST-GIL-SCOPED] {soabi}: " + msg)
             raise RuntimeError(msg)
         return process.exitcode
     finally: