From 5c4901d3667f97522ed5bdd34e61061c1b087f64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:48:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: rebuild branch containers on a schedule

The rootfs, sdk and imagebuilder containers for the release branches
are only rebuilt when someone triggers containers.yml by hand. The
-openwrt-24.10 tags on Docker Hub were last pushed in December 2025
with kernel 6.6.119 baked in, while the 24.10-SNAPSHOT feeds have
moved on to 6.6.151, so every runtime test in the packages CI fails
with a 404 on the kmods feed.

Add a schedule trigger: a scheduled run only dispatches the workflow
for main and the maintained release branches and skips the build
jobs. Going through workflow_dispatch keeps scheduled runs identical
to manual ones, since a schedule event carries no ref input and the
rest of the workflow is driven by it. GITHUB_TOKEN may create
workflow_dispatch events, so no extra secrets are needed.
---
 .github/workflows/containers.yml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/containers.yml b/.github/workflows/containers.yml
index 7f15663..f5181e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/containers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/containers.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ env:
 on:
   # push:
   pull_request:
+  schedule:
+    # Rebuild the branch containers weekly so they do not drift away
+    # from the published feeds; see the dispatch job below.
+    - cron: "30 2 * * 1"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       ref:
@@ -28,9 +32,25 @@ on:
         required: false
 
 jobs:
+  dispatch-scheduled-rebuilds:
+    name: Dispatch scheduled rebuilds
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Trigger a run for each maintained branch
+        run: |
+          for ref in main openwrt-24.10 openwrt-25.12; do
+            gh workflow run containers.yml --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" -f ref="$ref"
+          done
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
   generate_matrix:
     name: Set matrix
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name != 'schedule'
 
     outputs:
       imagebuilders: ${{ steps.find_targets.outputs.imagebuilders }}