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Adam Perry @ OpenAI bd5c860abe ci: route build IO through Dev Drives (#31357)
## Why

Windows Cargo and Bazel jobs spend significant time in filesystem-heavy
build and cache directories. Route those directories through one CI
build root so Windows can use its Dev Drive and Unix can use a stable
cache root.

## What

- Have `setup-ci` define `CI_BUILD_ROOT`, `CARGO_TARGET_DIR`, Bazel
cache/output paths, and temp paths.
- Require Windows to find or provision a verified Dev Drive instead of
falling back to `C:`.
- Pass the shared Bazel output base to `setup-bazel` so its explicit
`output_base` does not defeat Dev Drive routing.
- Point nextest, release, and V8 source-build paths at the shared
environment contract.

## Benchmark results

One-off cold-cache WPR/ETW traces show the explicit Bazel output-base
routing removes the dominant `C:` traffic:

| sample | `C:\_bazel` | summed `C:` traffic | traced test step |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| shard 1 before | 62.2 GiB | 85.2 GiB | 16m22s |
| shard 1 updated | 0 | 16.5 GiB | 12m05s |
| shard 3 before | 67.2 GiB | 84.6 GiB | 16m48s |
| shard 3 updated | 0 | 13.5 GiB | 11m08s |

For a cold x64 V8 source build, the retained build-tail sample showed
`D:\cargo-target` at ~1.29 GiB while measured `C:` roots totaled ~0.45
GiB (`C:\Users` ~0.33 GiB, `C:\Program Files` ~0.06 GiB, `C:\Windows`
~0.03 GiB). The full cold build took 2h20m36s.

The Bazel timing improvement is directional because both refreshed
shards failed tests. The V8 trace is a bounded build-tail sample, not
the full build. All final samples had zero lost ETW events; VHDX traffic
was excluded from the optimization ranking.

Runs: [baseline
Bazel](https://github.com/openai/codex/actions/runs/28911908527),
[updated
Bazel](https://github.com/openai/codex/actions/runs/28917133701), [V8
build tail](https://github.com/openai/codex/actions/runs/28933626678).

## Manual validation

- Ran `just fmt`.
- Ran `just test-github-scripts` (35 tests).
- Parsed GitHub Actions YAML with `yq`.
- Ran `git diff --check`.

## Stack

- [#31332](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/31332) — parameterize
Cargo target paths
- [#31356](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/31356) — Windows 2025
runner bump
- [#31357](https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/31357) — Dev Drive I/O
routing
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Workflow Strategy

The workflows in this directory are split so that pull requests get fast, review-friendly signal while main still gets the full cross-platform verification pass.

Pull Requests

  • bazel.yml is the main pre-merge verification path for Rust code. It runs Bazel test and Bazel clippy on the supported Bazel targets, including the generated Rust test binaries needed to lint inline #[cfg(test)] code.
  • rust-ci.yml keeps the Cargo-native PR checks intentionally small:
    • cargo fmt --check
    • cargo shear
    • argument-comment-lint on Linux, macOS, and Windows
    • tools/argument-comment-lint package tests when the lint or its workflow wiring changes

Post-Merge On main

  • bazel.yml also runs on pushes to main. This re-verifies the merged Bazel path and helps keep the BuildBuddy caches warm.
  • rust-ci-full.yml is the full Cargo-native verification workflow. It keeps the heavier checks off the PR path while still validating them after merge:
    • the full Cargo clippy matrix
    • the full Cargo nextest matrix via per-platform archive-backed shards
    • Windows ARM64 nextest archives cross-compiled on Windows x64, then replayed on native Windows ARM64 shards
    • release-profile Cargo builds
    • cross-platform argument-comment-lint
    • Linux remote-env tests

Rule Of Thumb

  • If a build/test/clippy check can be expressed in Bazel, prefer putting the PR-time version in bazel.yml.
  • Keep rust-ci.yml fast enough that it usually does not dominate PR latency.
  • Reserve rust-ci-full.yml for heavyweight Cargo-native coverage that Bazel does not replace yet.