[Mikola Lysenko (mikolalysenko)]

Problem

The required e2e (ubuntu-latest, e2e_vendor_composer_build e2e_redirect_composer_build, 2) leg runs in every PR and every merge-queue entry. Its Setup PHP step asks for PHP 8.2, which the ubuntu-24.04 runner image doesn't ship, so setup-php downloads and installs it on every run.

• On success that step takes about 56s (merge_group run 39660573357: Setup PHP 19:23:18 → 19:24:14).
• On 2026-10-21 the download failed outright: job 119437787922 in run 39661644609 (PR Fix requirements pin spellings not contesting VEX (#1602) #1632) logged ✗ PHP Could not setup PHP 8.2 after 45s and turned ci-ok red. In the merge queue, a failure like this evicts the entry and forces a full rebuild.

Root cause

The leg depends on the network for a toolchain the runner image already has in a newer minor version. setup-php can't pin a patch release, and nothing in the composer capstones depends on PHP 8.2 specifically. They pin the composer line so the composer.lock grammar stays stable.

Fix

• The Setup PHP step uses php-version: ${{ matrix.php || '8.3' }}. 8.3 is the image's own PHP, so setup-php only switches to it and downloads nothing.
• The nightly/full-tier composer 1 row in e2e-extended gets php: '8.2', so it keeps the PHP it has always run on here. composer 2.2 LTS on 8.3 is already covered by composer-compatibility.yml (2.2.30 / php 8.3).

Every test still runs where it ran before. No job, matrix row or required-check name changes.

Proof

• I parsed the YAML with aliases expanded. The e2e-extended composer rows resolve to {composer: 2.2} and {composer: 1, php: 8.2}.
• python3 -B -m unittest discover -s scripts/tests: 347 tests OK. This is the suite the lint-ecosystems job runs.
• actionlint and zizmor aren't installed in this session.
• On this PR's CI (head a185dcd), the composer leg's Setup PHP step took 1s (19:47:05 → 19:47:06), down from about 56s. The image's PHP 8.3 is used with no download. Both composer capstones passed, and ci-ok is green.

Overlap

#1647 also edits ci.yml, but in different hunks, and it lists php-version as out of scope.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01MjB7WMceeF5ZzGrmz93omi

[Mikola Lysenko (mikolalysenko)]

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Ready for review (burn-down agent).

• Head: a185dcd8d7aeb47abca02b51adc8a1680432d70c, no conflicts with main (1 commit behind).
• CI: all checks on this head green (the rest are SKIPPED by tier); ci-ok success.
• Bugbot: reviewed this head, no findings.
• Reviewer focus: the php-version: ${{ matrix.php || '8.3' }} fallback in the composer e2e leg and the composer 1 row in e2e-extended pinning php: '8.2'.

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[Mikola Lysenko (mikolalysenko)]

Final review brief (for the approver)

What it does. The composer e2e legs used to make setup-php download PHP 8.2 on every run, which took about 56s and sometimes failed. They now use PHP 8.3, which the ubuntu-24.04 runner image already ships, so setup-php only switches to it. A matrix row can still ask for another PHP with php:. The nightly composer 1 row keeps 8.2.

Risk: low. This is a CI-only change to one setup step (.github/workflows/ci.yml, 9+/3−). No job, matrix row or required-check name changes. The required composer 2 leg passed on this head, with Setup PHP taking 1s.

Look here

• ci.yml#L1525-L1535: the shared &e2e-steps Setup PHP step, now php-version: ${{ matrix.php || '8.3' }}
• ci.yml#L1159: required e2e composer 2 row (no php:, so 8.3)
• ci.yml#L1855-L1858: e2e-extended rows. composer 2.2 now runs on 8.3 (composer-compatibility.yml already covers 2.2.30 on 8.3). composer 1 is pinned to 8.2.

Verified

• Read the full diff. &e2e-steps is reused by e2e-windows, e2e-macos and e2e-full, but every composer: row is on ubuntu-latest, so the step (if: matrix.composer != '') only runs on Linux.
• CHANGELOG.md is untouched.
• ci-ok and clippy are green on a185dcd. Bugbot reviewed this head with no findings. There are no unresolved threads, and the PR is mergeable.

Open questions: none. One note: when the runner image moves to a newer PHP, the default 8.3 will start downloading again. That isn't a merge blocker.

Auto-merge is armed, so approving sends it straight to the merge queue.

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