ci: failure to download 0.14.3-win64.zip in Win test cross-built #33913

1. 
   fanquake commented at 11:03 am on November 20, 2025: member

   This is happening semi-frequently:

   https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/actions/runs/19520873587/job/55885060054:

   0Run ./test/get_previous_releases.py --target-dir $PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR
   1
   2Download failed: Remote end closed connection without response
   3Releases directory: D:\a\_temp/previous_releases
   4Fetching: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.14.3/bitcoin-0.14.3-win64.zip
   5Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
   

   https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/actions/runs/19239483669/job/55006759227:

   0 Releases directory: D:\a\_temp/previous_releases
   1Fetching: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.14.3/bitcoin-0.14.3-win64.zip
   2
   3Download failed: [WinError 10054] An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
   4Downloading: [----------------------------------------] 0.0%
   5Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
   

   https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/actions/runs/19481968460/job/55756476621:

   0
   1Run ./test/get_previous_releases.py --target-dir $PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR
   2
   3Download failed: [WinError 10060] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond
   4Releases directory: D:\a\_temp/previous_releases
   5Fetching: https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.14.3/bitcoin-0.14.3-win64.zip
   6Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
   

2. maflcko added the label CI failed on Nov 20, 2025
3. 
   maflcko commented at 11:47 am on November 20, 2025: member

   yeah, network requests should be retried.

   An alternative could be to cache the bins, but I am not sure how large they are and if the diff is worth it. It could look something like this, if the simply retry does not improve things:

    0diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
    1index 7ba353a..3e2e1a1 100644
    2--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
    3+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
    4@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ jobs:
    5     env:
    6       PYTHONUTF8: 1
    7       TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR: 40
    8+      CONTAINER_NAME: windows-native-test
    9 
   10     steps:
   11       - *ANNOTATION_PR_NUMBER
   12@@ -452,6 +453,27 @@ jobs:
   13         run: |
   14           echo "PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR=${{ runner.temp }}/previous_releases" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
   15 
   16+      - name: Set previous releases hash
   17+        run: |
   18+          PREVIOUS_RELEASES_HASH=$(py -3 - <<'PY'
   19+          import hashlib, subprocess
   20+          data = subprocess.check_output(["git", "ls-tree", "HEAD", "test/get_previous_releases.py"])
   21+          print(hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest())
   22+          PY)
   23+          echo "PREVIOUS_RELEASES_HASH=$PREVIOUS_RELEASES_HASH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
   24+
   25+      - name: Restore previous releases cache
   26+        id: previous-releases
   27+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
   28+        with:
   29+          path: ${{ env.PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR }}
   30+          key: previous-releases-${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}-${{ env.PREVIOUS_RELEASES_HASH }}
   31+          restore-keys: |
   32+            previous-releases-${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}-
   33+
   34+      - name: Record previous releases cache hit
   35+        run: echo "PREVIOUS_RELEASES_CACHE_HIT=${{ steps.previous-releases.outputs.cache-hit }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
   36+
   37       - name: Get previous releases
   38         run: ./.github/get_previous_releases_with_retry.py --target-dir $PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR
   39 
   40@@ -463,6 +485,13 @@ jobs:
   41           TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && '--extended' || '' }}
   42         run: py -3 test/functional/test_runner.py --jobs $NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS --ci --quiet --tmpdirprefix="$RUNNER_TEMP" --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor=$TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR $EXCLUDE $TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA
   43 
   44+      - name: Save previous releases cache
   45+        if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'push') && (github.ref_name == github.event.repository.default_branch) && (env.PREVIOUS_RELEASES_CACHE_HIT != 'true') }}
   46+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
   47+        with:
   48+          path: ${{ env.PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR }}
   49+          key: previous-releases-${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}-${{ env.PREVIOUS_RELEASES_HASH }}
   50+
   51   ci-matrix:
   52     name: ${{ matrix.name }}
   53     needs: runners
   

4. achow101 closed this on Nov 21, 2025

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5. achow101 referenced this in commit 313cdd2bfb on Nov 21, 2025

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