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Releases are currently blocked: a workflow_dispatch of publish.yml on main (with publish_pypi=false) failed in run 43242452421.

Fixes

• macOS: the macos-14 image is retired (The configuration 'macos-14-arm64-us-default' is not supported), so the job never got a runner. It now uses macos-15.
• Windows: every test_basics test on cp39-win32 failed with DLL load failed while importing _singlestoredb_accel: %1 is not a valid Win32 application. The cibuildwheel step set PYTHONPATH=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so the test interpreter imported singlestoredb from the checkout, not from the installed wheel. It also picked up the 64-bit _singlestoredb_accel.pyd that pip install -e had built in the repo root for the host Python. Removing PYTHONPATH makes the tests run against the wheel under test. On the other platforms the same leak meant the tests were probably checking the checkout's extension, not the wheel's, without failing. pytest-xdist is dropped from the test requirements: its only purpose was the workspace pyproject's addopts, and pytest wasn't reading that file in the test directory (no configfile: in the header).
• Shipped test suite: with the tests now importing the wheel's own copy of singlestoredb/tests/conftest.py, pytest refused to start: unknown hook 'pytest_testnodedown'. That hook only exists when xdist is installed. It's now marked @pytest.hookimpl(optionalhook=True), so the suite runs with plain pytest.
• Stray build/ tree in the Linux wheels (already in v1.18.2): the Linux job builds the pure-Python wheel first, which leaves build/lib/ in the checkout, and cibuildwheel then builds from that checkout. Package discovery from pyproject includes namespace packages, so build/lib/singlestoredb and build/lib/sqlx were packaged a second time (231 files) and installed as site-packages/build/lib/. build* is now in [tool.setuptools.packages.find] exclude. Every wheel from this PR's run is now exactly the pure wheel plus its extension, and the sdist file list is unchanged.

Packaging deprecations (from #161)

Folded in from #161, since both PRs fix the release build. Without this, wheel builds print setuptools deprecation warnings, and the license table stops building on 2027-02-18.

• license = "Apache-2.0" (an SPDX string) and license-files = ["LICENSE"] replace the TOML license table.
• setup.py imports bdist_wheel from setuptools.command.bdist_wheel, not from the deprecated wheel.bdist_wheel alias. The cp38-abi3 and universal2 tag logic is unchanged.
• wheel is removed from build-system.requires. The setuptools floor goes from 61 to 77, the first release that accepts the string form; this applies to build-system and to the build extra.
• The only people affected are those building from the sdist with --no-build-isolation against setuptools 61–76.

Local artifact testing

Installed this PR's artifacts into fresh venvs, run from an empty directory, against a local SingleStore 9.1.1. Ran test_basics, test_results and test_accel_import, with the C extension forced on except for the pure wheel.

Artifact	Python	Result
manylinux x86_64 wheel	3.9	34 passed
manylinux x86_64 wheel	3.15	34 passed
manylinux x86_64 wheel on CentOS 7 (glibc 2.17)	3.9	31 passed
pure-Python wheel	3.9	33 passed
sdist, isolated build with the latest setuptools	3.15	34 passed

macOS, Windows and aarch64 can't run on the test host, so they were checked statically:

• the file list matches the pure wheel plus the extension;
• the extension is built for the right CPU;
• the Linux builds need at most glibc 2.17.

Prevention

• New pull_request trigger, limited to packaging files (publish.yml, accel.c, setup.py, setup.cfg, pyproject.toml, MANIFEST.in). accel.c is there so that a C change gets built and tested on every platform and arch before merge.. It runs build and test only.
• New weekly schedule (Mondays 06:00 UTC) to catch runner and toolchain retirements, which happen with no change to the repo.
• The publish job is skipped for both triggers. PRs from forks get no secrets, so they skip the cluster. They still build every wheel, and each wheel's test step becomes an import check of its extension.

This PR triggers the workflow itself, so its checks are the test.

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Changes affect the production release pipeline, wheel contents, and setuptools metadata; mistakes could block releases or ship incorrect packages, though CI expansion reduces regression risk.

Overview
Unblocks and hardens the release/publish workflow so wheel builds and tests run on packaging PRs and weekly, without publishing on those events. Runner images are pinned (ubuntu-24.04, macos-15); fork PRs skip the test cluster but still build wheels and run a lightweight import check instead of full test_basics.

cibuildwheel testing now targets the installed wheel (drops PYTHONPATH, trims test deps) and picks pytest vs import based on whether setup-database ran. Publish is gated off for pull_request and schedule; shutdown-database skips when the cluster job was skipped.

Packaging adopts setuptools 77+ SPDX license / license-files, imports bdist_wheel from setuptools, and excludes build* from package discovery so stray build/lib/ is not shipped in Linux wheels. pytest_testnodedown is registered as an optional pytest hook so the suite starts when xdist is not installed (e.g. release wheel tests).

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• Chores
  • Packaging checks now run for relevant pull requests and weekly. Fork pull requests build wheels and verify package imports without setting up a database.
  • macOS packaging checks use a newer runner. Publishing is skipped for pull requests and scheduled runs.
  • Packaging metadata and build requirements have been updated.
• Tests
  • The test suite can run when the optional parallel-testing plugin is not installed.

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Walkthrough

The packaging workflow adds pull-request and weekly scheduled runs. It changes database setup, publishing, and shutdown conditions, updates the macOS runner, and adjusts wheel testing and build requirements.

Changes: Packaging updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Workflow triggers and job gates .github/workflows/publish.yml	The workflow adds pull-request triggers for listed packaging files and a weekly Monday schedule. Database setup is skipped for fork pull requests. Publishing is skipped for pull requests and scheduled runs. Database shutdown runs only when setup was not skipped.
Packaging test configuration .github/workflows/publish.yml, singlestoredb/tests/conftest.py	The macOS runner changes from macos-14 to macos-15. Wheel tests run database-backed tests when database setup succeeds; otherwise, they check imports of _singlestoredb_accel and singlestoredb. The workflow removes pytest-xdist and the PYTHONPATH override. The pytest_testnodedown hook is marked optional.
Build requirements and wheel import pyproject.toml, setup.py	Build requirements raise the setuptools minimum to 77.0 and remove wheel from the build-system requirements. Project metadata uses the SPDX license string and adds license-files. Package discovery excludes build*. setup.py imports bdist_wheel from setuptools.

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Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

• singlestore-labs/singlestoredb-python#161: It makes overlapping pyproject.toml and setup.py packaging changes, including the setuptools version, license metadata, and bdist_wheel import.

Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review 8cae8

This change fixes the release wheel build and adds packaging CI checks without enabling publishing on pull-request or scheduled runs. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 8cae8

Publication remains excluded from pull-request and scheduled runs. The main security-relevant change is broader automatic execution of credential-bearing builds for same-repository pull requests. Comparable credential access already exists, but credential scope, repository protections, and recovery after interrupted provisioning remain unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The relevant authority includes cluster creation and deletion through the management token, plus admin access to clusters using the shared database password. The configured provisioning target is Standard Project, but that argument does not establish a credential-level restriction to that project; effective API-key scope remains unknown.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• inferred — The reviewed workflow excludes fork PRs from provisioning and excludes all PR and scheduled events from the publish job's OIDC and write permissions. Fork builds still execute submitted code, and their lack of cluster credentials relies on standard pull_request secret withholding because the build environment references the password unconditionally. Effective repository settings were not verified.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Provisioning attempts a new allocation on each invocation, creates a UUID-based database name, and reports the cluster ID before readiness waits and password changes. Teardown targets that ID rather than the display name. Allocation is not transactional: the SDK performs a fetch after creation before returning the ID, and interruption before output can still leave an untracked cluster. Expiry is requested, not independently verified. These mechanisms and recovery limitations are unchanged.

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The workflow skips wheel-build validation for fork PRs, and removing pytest-xdist causes the packaged test suite to abort collection on an unrecognized hook.

2 open issues

• Removing pytest-xdist breaks packaged test collection · New
• Fork PRs skip the wheel build matrix · New

What changed in this PR

This PR updates the release wheel workflow to address runner availability and test isolation, and adds recurring packaging checks to catch failures before releases.

Changes:

• Moves macOS builds to macos-15 and removes checkout-based PYTHONPATH and pytest-xdist from wheel test configuration.
• Adds path-filtered pull request checks and a weekly scheduled run, with publishing disabled for both.
• Skips database setup for fork pull requests and adjusts shutdown gating.

File	Description
.github/​workflows/​publish.yml	Updates build runners, wheel test configuration, workflow triggers, and job conditions.

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🔵 Needs a closer look

Skipping database setup for fork PRs also skips the dependent build-and-test matrix, leaving packaging and C changes without wheel-build validation.

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• Removing pytest-xdist breaks packaged test collection
• Fork PRs skip the wheel build matrix

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2 resolved since last review

• Removing pytest-xdist breaks packaged test collection
• Fork PRs skip the wheel build matrix

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