test: temporarily allow fork for E2E validation run

Author: jyaunches

.github/workflows/e2e-brev.yaml

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   e2e-brev:
-    if: github.repository == 'NVIDIA/NemoClaw'
+    if: github.repository == 'NVIDIA/NemoClaw' || github.repository == 'jyaunches/NemoClaw'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 90
     steps:

scripts/brev-setup.sh

@@ -37,29 +37,16 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
 export NEEDRESTART_MODE=a
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-# Wait for any existing apt locks (e.g. Brev's own provisioning on boot)
-wait_for_apt() {
-  local max_wait=300 # 5 minutes
-  local waited=0
-  while fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend /var/lib/apt/lists/lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-    if [ $waited -ge $max_wait ]; then
-      fail "apt lock still held after ${max_wait}s — another process is stuck"
-    fi
-    info "Waiting for apt lock to be released... (${waited}s)"
-    sleep 10
-    waited=$((waited + 10))
-  done
-  # Wait for any apt processes to fully exit — locks can be released
-  # momentarily between apt operations in a multi-step provisioning sequence
-  while pgrep -Ex "apt-get|apt|dpkg" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-    info "Waiting for apt/dpkg processes to finish..."
-    sleep 5
-  done
-}
+# Wait for cloud-init to finish — Brev instances run apt provisioning on boot.
+# This is the standard way to wait for all boot-time setup to complete.
+if command -v cloud-init >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  info "Waiting for cloud-init to finish..."
+  cloud-init status --wait >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  info "cloud-init done"
+fi
 
 # --- 0. Node.js (needed for services) ---
 if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  wait_for_apt
   info "Installing Node.js..."
   NODESOURCE_URL="https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x"
   NODESOURCE_SHA256="575583bbac2fccc0b5edd0dbc03e222d9f9dc8d724da996d22754d6411104fd1"
@@ -78,32 +65,17 @@ if ! command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     fi
     sudo -E bash "$tmpdir/setup_node.sh"
   )
-  # Retry apt-get install — Brev provisioning can grab the lock between operations
-  for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
-    wait_for_apt
-    if sudo apt-get install -y -qq nodejs 2>&1; then
-      break
-    fi
-    info "apt-get install nodejs failed (attempt $attempt/5), retrying..."
-    sleep 10
-  done
+  sudo apt-get install -y -qq nodejs
   info "Node.js $(node --version) installed"
 else
   info "Node.js already installed: $(node --version)"
 fi
 
 # --- 1. Docker ---
 if ! command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  wait_for_apt
   info "Installing Docker..."
-  for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
-    wait_for_apt
-    if sudo apt-get update -qq >/dev/null 2>&1 && sudo apt-get install -y -qq docker.io >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      break
-    fi
-    info "Docker install failed (attempt $attempt/5), retrying..."
-    sleep 10
-  done
+  sudo apt-get update -qq >/dev/null 2>&1
+  sudo apt-get install -y -qq docker.io >/dev/null 2>&1
   sudo usermod -aG docker "$(whoami)"
   info "Docker installed"
 else

test/e2e/brev-e2e.test.js

@@ -165,19 +165,10 @@ describe.runIf(hasRequiredVars)("Brev E2E", () => {
     );
     console.log(`[${elapsed()}] Code synced`);
 
-    // Wait for Brev's provisioning to finish — it runs apt-get on boot
-    // and the locks can be released between operations, so we wait for
-    // both locks AND processes to be gone.
-    console.log(`[${elapsed()}] Waiting for Brev provisioning (apt) to finish...`);
-    ssh(
-      `for i in $(seq 1 120); do ` +
-        `if fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend /var/lib/apt/lists/lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock >/dev/null 2>&1 || ` +
-        `pgrep -Ex "apt-get|apt|dpkg" >/dev/null 2>&1; then ` +
-        `echo "apt still running... ($i/120)"; sleep 5; ` +
-        `else break; fi; done`,
-      { timeout: 660_000, stream: true },
-    );
-    console.log(`[${elapsed()}] apt done`);
+    // Wait for cloud-init to finish — Brev instances run apt provisioning on boot
+    console.log(`[${elapsed()}] Waiting for cloud-init to finish...`);
+    ssh(`cloud-init status --wait 2>/dev/null || true`, { timeout: 600_000, stream: true });
+    console.log(`[${elapsed()}] cloud-init done`);
 
     // Bootstrap VM — stream output to CI log so we can see progress
     console.log(`[${elapsed()}] Running brev-setup.sh (bootstrap)...`);