ci: retry iOS platform download to work around runner flake#147
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sudo xcodebuild -downloadPlatform iOS intermittently fails with "Unable to connect to simulator" (exit code 70) on GitHub macOS runners (actions/runner-images#13459). Retry up to 5 times, resetting CoreSimulatorService between attempts. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Why
The
build-iosjob fails intermittently at the Install iOS platform step:This is a known GitHub runner flake (actions/runner-images#13459) affecting
xcodebuild -downloadPlatform iOSon macOS runners — it fails ~40% of the time with no code change involved. Both attempts of thechore: release 4.4.2run onmainhit it (https://github.com/ticketmaster/react-native-ticketmaster-ignite/actions/runs/29495140098), while the identical run the day before passed.What
Retry the platform download up to 5 times, resetting
CoreSimulatorServicebetween attempts.🤖 Generated with Claude Code