replace all runner names (#11595)

.github/_README.md

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Some triggers of note that we use:
   ```yaml
   jobs:
     dependency_changelog:
-      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
 
       steps:
       - name: Get File Name Timestamp
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ ___
 - The [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/) is available in the default runners
 - Actions run in your context.  ie, using an action from the marketplace that uses the GITHUB_TOKEN uses the GITHUB_TOKEN generated by your workflow run.
 
+### Runners
+- We dynamically set runners based on repository vars.  Admins can view repository vars and reset them.  Current values are the following but are subject to change:
+  - `vars.UBUNTU_LATEST` -> `ubuntu-latest`
+  - `vars.WINDOWS_LATEST` -> `windows-latest`
+  - `vars.MACOS_LATEST` -> `macos-14`
+
 ### Actions from the Marketplace
 - Don’t use external actions for things that can easily be accomplished manually.
 - Always read through what an external action does before using it!  Often an action in the GitHub Actions Marketplace can be replaced with a few lines in bash.  This is much more maintainable (and won’t change under us) and clear as to what’s actually happening.  It also prevents any

.github/actions/latest-wrangler/README.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Wrangle latest tag

.github/actions/latest-wrangler/examples/example_workflow.yml

@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       package:
-       description: The package to publish
-       required: true
+        description: The package to publish
+        required: true
       version_number:
-       description: The version number
-       required: true
+        description: The version number
+        required: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Wrangle latest tag
-      id: is_latest
-      uses: ./.github/actions/latest-wrangler
-      with:
-        package: ${{ github.event.inputs.package }}
-        new_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.new_version }}
-        gh_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    - name: Print the results
-      run: |
-        echo "Is it latest?  Survey says: ${{ steps.is_latest.outputs.latest }} !"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Wrangle latest tag
+        id: is_latest
+        uses: ./.github/actions/latest-wrangler
+        with:
+          package: ${{ github.event.inputs.package }}
+          new_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.new_version }}
+          gh_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Print the results
+        run: |
+          echo "Is it latest?  Survey says: ${{ steps.is_latest.outputs.latest }} !"

.github/workflows/artifact-reviews.yml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   check-reviews:
     name: "Validate Additional Reviews"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     steps:
       - name: "Get list of changed files"
         id: changed_files

.github/workflows/auto-respond-bug-reports.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   auto-response:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     steps:
       - name: Check if current date is within holiday period
         id: date-check

.github/workflows/backport.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   backport:
     name: Backport
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     # Only react to merged PRs for security reasons.
     # See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#pull_request_target.
     if: >

.github/workflows/bot-changelog.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - label: "dependencies"
             changie_kind: "Dependencies"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
 
     steps:
 

.github/workflows/check-artifact-changes.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   check-artifact-changes:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'artifact_minor_upgrade') }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
   code-quality:
     name: code-quality
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     timeout-minutes: 10
 
     steps:
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
   unit:
     name: unit test / python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     timeout-minutes: 10
 
     strategy:
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
 
   integration-metadata:
     name: integration test metadata generation
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     outputs:
       split-groups: ${{ steps.generate-split-groups.outputs.split-groups }}
       include: ${{ steps.generate-include.outputs.include }}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: generate include
         id: generate-include
         run: |
-          INCLUDE=('"python-version":"3.9","os":"windows-latest"' '"python-version":"3.9","os":"macos-14"' )
+          INCLUDE=('"python-version":"3.9","os":"${{ vars.WINDOWS_LATEST }}"' '"python-version":"3.9","os":"${{ vars.MACOS_LATEST }}"' )
           INCLUDE_GROUPS="["
           for include in ${INCLUDE[@]}; do
               for group in $(seq 1 ${{ env.PYTHON_INTEGRATION_TEST_WORKERS }}); do
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13" ]
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        os: ["${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}"]
         split-group: ${{ fromJson(needs.integration-metadata.outputs.split-groups) }}
     env:
       TOXENV: integration
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ jobs:
   integration-report:
     if: ${{ always() }}
     name: Integration Test Suite
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     needs: [integration-mac-windows, integration-postgres]
     steps:
       - name: "Integration Tests Failed"
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: build packages
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository

.github/workflows/model_performance.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   set-variables:
     name: Setting Variables
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     outputs:
       cache_key: ${{ steps.variables.outputs.cache_key }}
       release_id: ${{ steps.semver.outputs.base-version }}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
 
   latest-runner:
     name: Build or Fetch Runner
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     needs: [set-variables]
     env:
       RUSTFLAGS: "-D warnings"
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
     # a successfully tested and built binary from being cached.
     needs: [set-variables, latest-runner]
     name: Model a release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     steps:
 
       - name: '[DEBUG] print variables'
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
     # depends on `model` as a separate job so that the baseline can be committed to more than one branch
     # i.e. release branch and main
     needs: [set-variables, latest-runner, model]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
 
     strategy:
       matrix:

.github/workflows/nightly-release.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   aggregate-release-data:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
 
     outputs:
       version_number: ${{ steps.nightly-release-version.outputs.number }}
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "name=${{ env.RELEASE_BRANCH }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   log-outputs-aggregate-release-data:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     needs: [aggregate-release-data]
 
     steps:

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ defaults:
 jobs:
   job-setup:
     name: Log Inputs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     outputs:
       starting_sha: ${{ steps.set_sha.outputs.starting_sha }}
     steps:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ jobs:
 
     needs: [bump-version-generate-changelog]
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Print variables
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
     # determine if we need to release dbt-core or both dbt-core and dbt-postgres
     name: Determine Docker Package
     if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     needs: [pypi-release]
     outputs:
       matrix: ${{ steps.determine-docker-package.outputs.matrix }}

.github/workflows/schema-check.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   checking-schemas:
     name: "Post-merge schema changes required"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Set up Python

.github/workflows/structured-logging-schema-check.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   integration-metadata:
     name: integration test metadata generation
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     outputs:
       split-groups: ${{ steps.generate-split-groups.outputs.split-groups }}
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
   # run the performance measurements on the current or default branch
   test-schema:
     name: Test Log Schema
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     timeout-minutes: 30
     needs:
       - integration-metadata
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
 
   test-schema-report:
     name: Log Schema Test Suite
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     needs: test-schema
     steps:
       - name: "[Notification] Log test suite passes"

.github/workflows/test-repeater.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
   debug:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}
     steps:
       - name: "[DEBUG] Output Inputs"
         run: |
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
         run: make dev
 
       - name: "Set up postgres (linux)"
-        if: inputs.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: inputs.os == '${{ vars.UBUNTU_LATEST }}'
         run: make setup-db
 
         # mac and windows don't use make due to limitations with docker with those runners in GitHub