Github CI failing when trying to install xmllint

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
github-actions, ubuntu
Domain
ci-cd

Research direction

Search the GitHub Actions workflows for the “Install xmllint” step and inspect how it runs apt-get on Ubuntu 24.04 runners. Re-run the affected workflow or its installation command, then verify that xmllint installs within the timeout and the CI job completes successfully.

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Description

Seeing this issue when trying to install xmllint in the github runners:

Run # Retry apt-get update and install up to 3 times with a 15-second per-request timeout.
Get:1 file:/etc/apt/apt-mirrors.txt Mirrorlist [144 B]
Get:6 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli noble InRelease [3564 B]
Get:7 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/24.04/prod noble InRelease [3600 B]
Get:8 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb stable InRelease [2548 B]
Get:9 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli noble/main amd64 Packages [2452 B]
Get:10 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/24.04/prod noble/main amd64 Packages [360 kB]
Get:11 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/24.04/prod noble/main armhf Packages [12.4 kB]
Get:12 https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/24.04/prod noble/main arm64 Packages [317 kB]
Get:13 https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome-stable/deb stable/main amd64 Packages [1419 B]
Ign:2 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Ign:3 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Ign:4 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Ign:2 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Ign:3 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Ign:4 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Ign:2 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Ign:3 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Ign:4 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Ign:2 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Ign:3 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease
Ign:4 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease
Ign:5 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease
Hit:2 https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble InRelease
Get:3 https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates InRelease [126 kB]
Ign:14 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
Ign:15 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main Translation-en
Ign:16 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Components
Ign:17 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Ign:18 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign:19 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe amd64 Components
Ign:20 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Ign:21 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign:22 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign:23 http://azure.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse amd64 Components
Get:4 https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports InRelease [126 kB]
Get:5 https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security InRelease [126 kB]
Error: The action 'Install xmllint' has timed out after 5 minutes.
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