From a98383d38486024efc16f0cd12e3d2c036d2f256 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VeithMetro <m.daniluk@metrological.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:52:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Workflows should not get stuck when the update server is
 unresponsive

---
 .github/workflows/Linux build template.yml | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/Linux build template.yml b/.github/workflows/Linux build template.yml
index 6e2df73..41d33fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Linux build template.yml	
+++ b/.github/workflows/Linux build template.yml	
@@ -28,33 +28,76 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         set -euo pipefail
-        for attempt in {1..5}; do
-          if sudo apt-get update -o Acquire::Retries=5 -o Acquire::http::Timeout=30; then
+        APT_OPTS="-o Acquire::Retries=3 -o Acquire::http::Timeout=20 -o Acquire::https::Timeout=20 -o Acquire::ConnectTimeout=10 -o Dpkg::Lock::Timeout=60"
+        MIRRORS=("archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu" "mirror.ubuntu.com/ubuntu")
+        mirror_index=-1
+        switch_ubuntu_mirror() {
+          local mirror="${MIRRORS[$mirror_index]}"
+          echo "Switching Ubuntu mirror to http://${mirror}"
+          for source_file in /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources; do
+            if [ -f "$source_file" ]; then
+              sudo sed -i -E "s#^(URIs:[[:space:]]+|deb[[:space:]]+)[^[:space:]]+#\1http://${mirror}#" "$source_file"
+            fi
+          done
+        }
+        updated=0
+        for attempt in {1..6}; do
+          if [ "$attempt" -gt 2 ] && [ $(( (attempt - 1) % 2 )) -eq 0 ]; then
+            mirror_index=$((mirror_index + 1))
+            switch_ubuntu_mirror
+          fi
+          if timeout 300s sudo apt-get update ${APT_OPTS}; then
+            updated=1
             break
           fi
           echo "apt-get update failed (attempt $attempt), retrying..."
           sleep $((attempt*10))
         done
+        if [ "$updated" -ne 1 ]; then
+          echo "apt-get update failed after trying 3 Ubuntu mirrors"
+          exit 1
+        fi
 
     - name: Install system dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: |
         set -euo pipefail
         export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+        APT_OPTS="-o Acquire::Retries=3 -o Acquire::http::Timeout=20 -o Acquire::https::Timeout=20 -o Acquire::ConnectTimeout=10 -o Dpkg::Lock::Timeout=60"
+        MIRRORS=("archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu" "mirror.ubuntu.com/ubuntu")
+        mirror_index=-1
+        switch_ubuntu_mirror() {
+          local mirror="${MIRRORS[$mirror_index]}"
+          echo "Switching Ubuntu mirror to http://${mirror}"
+          for source_file in /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources; do
+            if [ -f "$source_file" ]; then
+              sudo sed -i -E "s#^(URIs:[[:space:]]+|deb[[:space:]]+)[^[:space:]]+#\1http://${mirror}#" "$source_file"
+            fi
+          done
+        }
         PKGS="python3-venv python3-pip build-essential cmake ninja-build libusb-1.0-0-dev"
         if [ "${{ matrix.architecture }}" = "32" ]; then
           PKGS="$PKGS zlib1g-dev:i386 libssl-dev:i386 libsbc-dev:i386 gcc-13-multilib g++-13-multilib"
         else
           PKGS="$PKGS zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libsbc-dev"
         fi
-        for attempt in {1..4}; do
-          if sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $PKGS; then
+        installed=0
+        for attempt in {1..6}; do
+          if [ "$attempt" -gt 2 ] && [ $(( (attempt - 1) % 2 )) -eq 0 ]; then
+            mirror_index=$((mirror_index + 1))
+            switch_ubuntu_mirror
+          fi
+          if timeout 300s sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${APT_OPTS} $PKGS; then
+            installed=1
             break
           fi
           echo "apt-get install failed (attempt $attempt), cleaning up & retrying..."
-          sudo apt-get clean
           sleep $((attempt*15))
         done
+        if [ "$installed" -ne 1 ]; then
+          echo "apt-get install failed after trying 3 Ubuntu mirrors"
+          exit 1
+        fi
 
     - name: Set up Python environment
       run: |