CI: Add retry for ARM64 builds to handle QEMU emulation flakiness

bewithgaurav · bewithgaurav · commit b403d4019913 · 2026-01-07T12:57:11.000+05:30
- Added retryCountOnTaskFailure: 1 to all ARM64 build steps
- Addresses segfaults during compilation under QEMU user-mode emulation
- Affects Debian/Ubuntu ARM64, RHEL 9 ARM64, and Alpine ARM64
diff --git a/eng/pipelines/pr-validation-pipeline.yml b/eng/pipelines/pr-validation-pipeline.yml
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ jobs:
         ./build.sh
       "
     displayName: 'Build pybind bindings (.so) in $(distroName) ARM64 container'
+    retryCountOnTaskFailure: 2
 
   - script: |
       # Uninstall ODBC Driver before running tests
@@ -1408,6 +1409,7 @@ jobs:
         ./build.sh
       "
     displayName: 'Build pybind bindings (.so) in RHEL 9 ARM64 container'
+    retryCountOnTaskFailure: 2
 
   - script: |
       # Uninstall ODBC Driver before running tests
@@ -1879,6 +1881,7 @@ jobs:
         ./build.sh
       "
     displayName: 'Build pybind bindings (.so) in Alpine ARM64 container'
+    retryCountOnTaskFailure: 2
 
   - script: |
       # Uninstall ODBC Driver before running tests to use bundled libraries

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ jobs:`
`982`	`982`	`./build.sh`
`983`	`983`	`"`
`984`	`984`	`displayName: 'Build pybind bindings (.so) in $(distroName) ARM64 container'`
	`985`	`+ retryCountOnTaskFailure: 2`
`985`	`986`
`986`	`987`	`- script: \|`
`987`	`988`	`# Uninstall ODBC Driver before running tests`
`@@ -1408,6 +1409,7 @@ jobs:`
`1408`	`1409`	`./build.sh`
`1409`	`1410`	`"`
`1410`	`1411`	`displayName: 'Build pybind bindings (.so) in RHEL 9 ARM64 container'`
	`1412`	`+ retryCountOnTaskFailure: 2`
`1411`	`1413`
`1412`	`1414`	`- script: \|`
`1413`	`1415`	`# Uninstall ODBC Driver before running tests`
`@@ -1879,6 +1881,7 @@ jobs:`
`1879`	`1881`	`./build.sh`
`1880`	`1882`	`"`
`1881`	`1883`	`displayName: 'Build pybind bindings (.so) in Alpine ARM64 container'`
	`1884`	`+ retryCountOnTaskFailure: 2`
`1882`	`1885`
`1883`	`1886`	`- script: \|`
`1884`	`1887`	`# Uninstall ODBC Driver before running tests to use bundled libraries`