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GitLab: A MacOS Runner is failing jobs
Affected components: CI/CDCI/CD - Hosted runners on macOS
Timeline of updates
- investigating
We've received reports that jobs that run on a specific macOS GitLab Runner (with the tag `saas-macos-large-m2pro`) have been failing with a “context deadline exceeded” error. We are in the process of investigating. As a workaround, you can switch to other runners. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20878 for more details
- investigating
Investigation is ongoing, and we're reviewing relevant runbooks for additional troubleshooting steps. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20878 for more details
- investigating
No material updates to report. We continue troubleshooting the runner's unavailability. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20878 for more details
- investigating
We continue investigating the root cause. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20878 for more details
- investigating
Latest troubleshooting results point a networking issue preventing connectivity with the affected macOS Runner. Investigation continues at gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20878.
- investigating
We continue to troubleshoot network connectivity for the affected Runner, no material updates to report. Follow https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20878 for details.
- investigating
We have identified a misconfiguration in our Runner infrastructure's routing policies as the potential cause for this issue. Follow https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20878 for details.
- investigating
No material updates to share. We appreciate your patience while we continue investigating this issue, please see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20878 for details.
- identified
We have identified the configuration causing network disruption with the affected Runner and we are working on fixing it. See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/production/-/issues/20878 for details.
- resolved
We have completed the infrastructure restoration tasks to fix the connectivity issue with the affected Runner. Since 17:51 UTC jobs on this Runner are being processed normally. This is now resolved.
Rewindex changes for this incident
- Major incident: A MacOS Runner is failing jobs 2025-11-21 11:56 UTC
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