Update check and release workflow to release only tested charms

terraform-plans/configs/charm-advanced-routing_main.tfvars

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-apt-mirror_main.tfvars

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-cloudsupport_main.tfvars

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-duplicity_main.tfvars

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "2.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-juju-backup-all_main.tfvars

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ templates = {
       test_commands      = "['tox -e func']",
       juju_channels      = "[\"3.4/stable\"]",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
-      python_versions    = "['3.8', '3.10']",
+      python_versions    = "['3.8', '3.10', '3.12']",
     }
   }
   promote = {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-juju-local_main.tfvars

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "2.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-local-users_main.tfvars

@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      # github hosted runners are amd64
-      # Ubuntu_ARM64_4C_16G_01 is the github-hosted arm64 runner we have access to.
-      # We prefer the github runners because they are smaller machines and save resources.
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-24.04], [Ubuntu_ARM64_4C_16G_01]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-logrotated_main.tfvars

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-nginx_main.tfvars

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-nrpe_main.tfvars

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-openstack-service-checks_main.tfvars

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "2.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-prometheus-blackbox-exporter_main.tfvars

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "2.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-prometheus-juju-exporter_main.tfvars

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-prometheus-libvirt-exporter_main.tfvars

@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      # github hosted runners are amd64
-      # Ubuntu_ARM64_4C_16G_01 is the github-hosted arm64 runner we have access to.
-      # We prefer the github runners because they are smaller machines and save resources.
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04], [Ubuntu_ARM64_4C_16G_01]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
     jira_sync_config = {

terraform-plans/configs/charm-storage-connector_main.tfvars

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-sysconfig_main.tfvars

@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_check.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/check.yaml"
     vars = {
-      # Skip ARM64 check because the functional test runs on lxd VM which is not working
-      # on arm64 right now.
-      runs_on            = "[[self-hosted, jammy, X64, large]]",
-      test_commands      = "['tox -e func']",
+      runs_on            = "[[self-hosted, jammy, X64, large], [Ubuntu_ARM64_4C_16G_01]]",
+      test_commands      = "['if [ \"$(uname -m)\" = \"aarch64\" ]; then echo \"skipping func tests on arm64\"; else tox -e func; fi']",
       juju_channels      = "[\"3.4/stable\"]",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
       python_versions    = "['3.8', '3.10']",
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04], [Ubuntu_ARM64_4C_16G_01]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/charm-userdir-ldap_main.tfvars

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/hardware-observer-operator_main.tfvars

@@ -12,16 +12,17 @@ templates = {
     destination = ".github/CODEOWNERS"
     vars        = {}
   }
-  # Temporarily disable it since the charm uses a different template
-  # check = {
-  #   source      = "./templates/github/charm_check.yaml.tftpl"
-  #   destination = ".github/workflows/check.yaml"
-  #   vars = {
-  #     runs_on       = "[[ubuntu-22.04], [Ubuntu_ARM64_4C_16G_01]]",
-  #     test_commands = "['tox -e func -- -v --series focal --keep-models', 'tox -e func -- -v --series jammy --keep-models']",
-  #     juju_channels = "[\"3.4/stable\"]",
-  #   }
-  # }
+  check = {
+    source      = "./templates/github/charm_check.yaml.tftpl"
+    destination = ".github/workflows/check.yaml"
+    vars = {
+      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04], [Ubuntu_ARM64_4C_16G_01]]",
+      test_commands      = "['tox -e func -- -v --base ubuntu@20.04 --keep-models', 'tox -e func -- -v --base ubuntu@22.04 --keep-models', 'if [ \"$(uname -m)\" = \"aarch64\" ]; then echo \"skipping func tests on ubuntu@24.04/arm64\"; else tox -e func -- -v --base ubuntu@24.04 --keep-models; fi' ]",
+      juju_channels      = "[\"3.4/stable\"]",
+      charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
+      python_versions    = "['3.8', '3.10', '3.12']",
+    }
+  }
   promote = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_promote.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/promote.yaml"
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04], [Ubuntu_ARM64_4C_16G_01]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/configs/openstack-exporter-operator_main.tfvars

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ templates = {
     source      = "./templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl"
     destination = ".github/workflows/release.yaml"
     vars = {
-      runs_on            = "[[ubuntu-22.04]]",
+      runs_on            = "ubuntu-24.04",
       charmcraft_channel = "3.x/stable",
     }
   }

terraform-plans/templates/github/charm_check.yaml.tftpl

@@ -72,21 +72,57 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run unit tests
       run: tox -e unit
 
-  func:
+  build:
     needs:
       - lint
       - unit
+    name: build charms
+    runs-on: $${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        runs-on: ${ runs_on }
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+
+      - uses: canonical/craft-actions/charmcraft/setup@main
+        with:
+          channel: "${ charmcraft_channel }"
+
+      - name: Pack the charms
+        id: build
+        run: |
+          charmcraft -v pack
+          echo "charms=$(ls -1 *.charm | tr '\n' ' ')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: List the names of the built charms
+        run: echo "::notice::Successfully built $${{ steps.build.outputs.charms}}"
+
+      - name: Determine system architecture
+        run: echo "SYSTEM_ARCH=$(uname -m)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Upload the tested charms
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: built_charms_$${{ env.SYSTEM_ARCH }}
+          path: ./*.charm
+
+  func:
+    needs:
+      - build
     name: functional tests
     runs-on: $${{ matrix.runs-on }}
     timeout-minutes: 120
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        runs-on: ${runs_on}
+        runs-on: ${ runs_on }
         test-command: ${ test_commands }
         juju-channel: ${ juju_channels }
     steps:
-
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
@@ -109,15 +145,24 @@ jobs:
           juju-channel: $${{ matrix.juju-channel }}
           charmcraft-channel: "${ charmcraft_channel }"
 
+      - name: Determine system architecture
+        run: echo "SYSTEM_ARCH=$(uname -m)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
         # This is used by zaza in the functional tests for non-amd64 architectures (if applicable)
       - name: Set zaza juju model constraints for architecture
         run: |
-          if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then
+          if [ "$${{ env.SYSTEM_ARCH }}" = "aarch64" ]; then
             echo "TEST_MODEL_CONSTRAINTS=arch=arm64" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           fi
 
-      - name: Build the charm
-        run: charmcraft -v pack
+      - name: Download the built charms
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: built_charms_$${{ env.SYSTEM_ARCH }}
+
+      - name: List the names of the downloaded charms
+        run: |
+          ls *.charm
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |

terraform-plans/templates/github/charm_release.yaml.tftpl

@@ -19,25 +19,25 @@ jobs:
   release:
     needs: check
     runs-on: $${{ matrix.runs-on }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        runs-on: ${runs_on}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
 
-      - name: Initialize lxd  # This should dropped once it's implemented on charming-actions itself. https://github.com/canonical/charming-actions/issues/140
-        # revision is latest main at time of writing; using because it contains a fix to https://github.com/canonical/setup-lxd/issues/19
-        uses: canonical/setup-lxd@2aa6f7caf7d1484298a64192f7f63a6684e648a4
+      - name: Download the tested charms
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: built_charms_*
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: List the names of the tested charms
+        run: |
+          echo "CHARM_NAMES=$(ls *.charm | paste -sd ,)" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Pack and upload to charmhub
-        uses: canonical/charming-actions/upload-charm@2.6.2
+        uses: canonical/charming-actions/upload-charm@2.7.0
         with:
-          charmcraft-channel: "${charmcraft_channel}"
           credentials: "$${{ secrets.CHARMHUB_TOKEN }}"
           github-token: "$${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-          # Ensure the charm is built in an isolated environment and on the correct base in an lxd container.
-          destructive-mode: false
+          built-charm-path: "$${{ env.CHARM_NAMES }}"