fix(rust): pin the toolchain for local builds, not just the 23 CI workflows - #8561
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#8550 pinned nightly-2026-08-20 through dtolnay/rust-toolchain's toolchain: input in 23 workflows, and perry-runtime now uses float_algebraic. Those inputs do not reach a plain cargo invocation, so building main outside CI fails with E0658 while CI is green.
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Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The PR adds a repository toolchain pin so local builds use the same nightly as CI. It is merge-ready after normal checks; only a minor changelog wording cleanup remains. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@changelog.d/8561-rust-toolchain-file.md`:
- Around line 3-7: Update the changelog entry describing perry-runtime
compilation failures so it explicitly states that perry-runtime uses the
unstable float_algebraic feature and that this results in E0658, while
preserving the surrounding toolchain-pinning context.
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| - Add `rust-toolchain.toml` pinning the same `nightly-2026-08-20` that #8550 | ||
| pinned across the 23 CI workflows. Those inputs govern only jobs that use | ||
| `dtolnay/rust-toolchain`, so local builds, bisects and any script invoking | ||
| cargo directly still resolved to the default toolchain and failed to compile | ||
| `perry-runtime`'s `float_algebraic` uses with E0658 while CI stayed green. |
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Correct the changelog wording.
The phrase "float_algebraic uses with E0658" is unclear. State that perry-runtime uses the unstable float_algebraic feature and that this causes E0658.
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- `perry-runtime`'s `float_algebraic` uses with E0658 while CI stayed green.
+ `perry-runtime`'s use of the unstable `float_algebraic` feature failed with
+ E0658 while CI stayed green.📝 Committable suggestion
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| - Add `rust-toolchain.toml` pinning the same `nightly-2026-08-20` that #8550 | |
| pinned across the 23 CI workflows. Those inputs govern only jobs that use | |
| `dtolnay/rust-toolchain`, so local builds, bisects and any script invoking | |
| cargo directly still resolved to the default toolchain and failed to compile | |
| `perry-runtime`'s `float_algebraic` uses with E0658 while CI stayed green. | |
| - Add `rust-toolchain.toml` pinning the same `nightly-2026-08-20` that #8550 | |
| pinned across the 23 CI workflows. Those inputs govern only jobs that use | |
| `dtolnay/rust-toolchain`, so local builds, bisects and any script invoking | |
| cargo directly still resolved to the default toolchain and failed to compile | |
| `perry-runtime`'s use of the unstable `float_algebraic` feature failed with | |
| E0658 while CI stayed green. |
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In `@changelog.d/8561-rust-toolchain-file.md` around lines 3 - 7, Update the
changelog entry describing perry-runtime compilation failures so it explicitly
states that perry-runtime uses the unstable float_algebraic feature and that
this results in E0658, while preserving the surrounding toolchain-pinning
context.
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maindoes not build outside CI. #8550 pinnednightly-2026-08-20and started usingfloat_algebraicinperry-runtime; on any other toolchain that is a hard error.Reproduced on
main(4ee1d04b5) with the machine's default toolchain, while trying to build for a benchmark sweep:Why CI is green and everything else is not
#8550's pin is the
toolchain:input passed todtolnay/rust-toolchainin 23 workflows. I confirmed all 23 carry it. But that input governs only jobs that go through the action, and nothing else does:cargo build/cargo check/cargo testgit bisectacross any range touchingperry-runtimeSo the code change depends on a pin that does not reach the places the code has to compile. That is the coupling, and it is why the failure is invisible in CI.
The fix
Add
rust-toolchain.tomlnaming the same nightly.rustupreads it from the working directory, so local and CI agree by construction and the version is expressed once more rather than diverging.Verified: a plain
cargo check -p perry-runtimein a checkout with this file now resolvesnightly-2026-08-20automatically and finishes clean —The file carries the rationale inline — including why a dated nightly rather than stable (
.cargo/config.toml's[unstable] min-publish-ageis nightly-only, rust-lang/cargo#17009) — and a note that this file, the 23 workflow inputs, andexternal-tools.json'srustentry must stay in sync.Follows up #8550.
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2026-08-20.