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By Bhawani Singh2026-10-0711 min read

Running macOS Builds from Tekton 7 / 7

Should you run macOS jobs from Tekton?

A CustomRun connects Tekton to disposable macOS VMs, but choosing that integration means owning results, retries and cleanup after Tekton stops waiting, with runner integrations offering another…

Starting macOS builds in seconds instead of half a minute

By Bhawani Singh2026-10-0514 min read

Running macOS Builds from Tekton 6 / 7

Starting macOS builds in seconds instead of half a minute

A fresh, pre-booted macOS VM cuts startup from 26s to 4.7s, including a similar saving through Tekton, at the cost of one VM slot and about 10 GiB of combined VM process RSS.

Recovering macOS builds when the controller or agent stops

By Bhawani Singh2026-10-0411 min read

Running macOS Builds from Tekton 5 / 7

Recovering macOS builds when the controller or agent stops.

A macOS build can run twice after an agent restart, and Tekton can time out before its VM is deleted. Recovery needs durable results, one retry owner and independent cleanup.

Tracking a macOS build until its VM is deleted

By Bhawani Singh2026-10-028 min read

Running macOS Builds from Tekton 4 / 7

Tracking a macOS build until its VM is deleted

A host journal tracks macOS build outcomes separately from VM deletion, with seven pipeline runs covering success, failure, cancellation and environment rejection before cloning.

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Platform Engineer focused on CI/CD at scale.
Building scalable CI/CD systems with Tekton and AWS EKS.
Comfortable with Rust, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, and Java, with occasional detours into whatever else a problem needs.
Writes Rust for fun — creator of dockstat, a build-log profiler.
Building an agent harness that runs local models inside Firecracker microVMs.
Cloud-native and container technology enthusiast.
Building tools that make developers’ lives easier.

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