Remove broken 'Windows > Tests > Debugging' CI lane#11109
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The Android emulator on Windows CI agents has been unable to start since at least March 21, 2026, consistently failing with: [Vulkan Loader] ERROR | DRIVER: windows_read_data_files_in_registry: Registry lookup failed to get ICD manifest files. Possibly missing Vulkan driver? Because the pipeline treats this as 'succeededWithIssues' rather than a hard failure, the lane has been silently broken — zero DebuggingTest tests have actually run in at least 4 weeks. Remove the lane entirely until the infrastructure issue is resolved. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Removes the non-functional Windows > Tests > Debugging CI lane from the MSBuild emulator test stage, since the Windows emulator consistently fails to start and the pipeline logic causes the tests to be silently skipped while the job still “passes”.
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- Removed the
debug_windows_testsjob from the emulator tests stage template. - Removed the associated “fail on issue only if emulator started” step tied to that job.
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Fixes: #11062
Summary
Remove the
Windows > Tests > DebuggingCI lane (debug_windows_testsjob) from the emulator test stage. This lane has been silently broken since at least March 21, 2026 — zeroDebuggingTesttests have actually executed in over 4 weeks.Root Cause
The Android emulator on Windows CI agents consistently fails to start with:
Because the pipeline treats emulator start failure as
succeededWithIssuesrather than a hard failure (by design — see thestartContinueOnError: trueandcondition: eq(variables['EMULATOR_STARTED'], 'true')guards), the tests are silently skipped every run and the job appears to "pass".Evidence
Checked the Debugging lane across all recent CI builds spanning March 21 → April 14:
Start emulator→ error →Run tests→ skipped → job result:succeededWithIssuesWhat's removed
debug_windows_testsjob instage-msbuild-emulator-tests.yaml(56 lines)