Build the Windows zip at normal compression so the release job finishes

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -175,6 +175,29 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.windows-release-mode.outputs.signed == 'true'
         run: node scripts/configure-win-signing.js electron-builder.json
 
+      - name: Keep the Windows zip off maximum compression
+        # At the top-level `compression: maximum`, electron-builder builds the zip
+        # with 15-pass Deflate, which outlasts this job's timeout on the x64 CUDA
+        # libraries. electron-builder.json now sets win.compression to normal;
+        # this applies the same setting to tags cut before it did (v5.1.0) and is
+        # a no-op afterwards. The NSIS app archive uses the same 7z settings
+        # either way, and only the x64 leg builds the zip.
+        if: matrix.arch == 'x64'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          node -e '
+            const fs = require("fs");
+            const file = "electron-builder.json";
+            const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8"));
+            if (config.win.compression === undefined) {
+              config.win.compression = "normal";
+              fs.writeFileSync(file, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2) + "\n");
+              console.log("Set win.compression to normal for this build.");
+            } else {
+              console.log("win.compression is already " + config.win.compression + ".");
+            }
+          '
+
       - name: Clean release output directory
         shell: pwsh
         run: |

electron-builder.json

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
   "win": {
     "icon": "assets/icons/win/icon.ico",
     "target": ["nsis", "zip"],
+    "compression": "normal",
     "files": [
       "!**/node_modules/better-sqlite3/prebuilds/!(win32-${arch}).node",
       "!**/node_modules/@node-llama-cpp/win-!(${arch}|${arch}-*)/**"

test/electron-builder-config.test.js

@@ -47,6 +47,27 @@ describe('electron-builder.json Windows targets', () => {
   });
 });
 
+// The top-level `compression: maximum` turns a zip into 15-pass Deflate
+// (-mfb=258 -mpass=15), which ran the x64 release job past its 45-minute limit
+// on the CUDA libraries. win.compression overrides it for both Windows targets.
+describe('electron-builder.json Windows compression', () => {
+  const { compute7zCompressArgs } = require('app-builder-lib/out/targets/archive');
+  const winCompression = builderConfig.win.compression;
+
+  test('the Windows zip is not built with 15-pass Deflate', () => {
+    expect(winCompression).toBe('normal');
+    expect(compute7zCompressArgs('zip', { compression: winCompression })).not.toContain(
+      '-mpass=15'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('the NSIS app archive keeps the 7z settings it had at maximum', () => {
+    expect(compute7zCompressArgs('7z', { compression: winCompression })).toEqual(
+      compute7zCompressArgs('7z', { compression: 'maximum' })
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 // Runs app-builder-lib's own node_modules filter (the one NodeModuleCopyHelper
 // applies while copying dependencies) against the committed `files` patterns.
 describe('electron-builder.json node_modules exclusions', () => {