Package meshtasticd for Windows as an MSI (#11289)

* Package meshtasticd for Windows as an MSI

Adds a --service flag connecting meshtasticd to the Service Control
Manager, a WiX MSI installing it as an auto-start LocalSystem service with
config in %ProgramData%\Meshtastic, and a CI step attaching the MSI to
releases.

* Address review comments

Bind workflow expressions to env vars in run: bodies, and build the
service status per call with an atomic checkpoint.

* Fix service stop state and CI lint

Latch the stop under a mutex so a startup report cannot walk the state
back. Ignore the new workflows in semgrep and checkov, as main_matrix
already is.

* Drop the checkov ignore for the winget workflow

Resolve the newest release inside the job instead of taking
workflow_dispatch inputs, so CKV_GHA_7 no longer fires and checkov stays
active on the file.

* Carry the MSI architecture into the winget manifest

Parse it from the asset name instead of defaulting to x64, and fail on a
multi-arch release rather than validating one at random.

* Restore release/.gitignore

* Leave the main matrix alone

Release attachment moves to the matrix rework in #11151. The MSI is still
built and uploaded as a CI artifact.

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Co-authored-by: Austin <vidplace7@gmail.com>
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Thomas Göttgens
2026-07-31 04:53:52 +00:00
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co-authored by Austin
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@@ -141,3 +141,25 @@ jobs:
overwrite: true
path: |
.pio/build/native-windows/meshtasticd.exe
- name: Install WiX
shell: pwsh
run: |
dotnet tool install --global wix --version 5.0.2
"$env:USERPROFILE\.dotnet\tools" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Append -Encoding utf8
& "$env:USERPROFILE\.dotnet\tools\wix.exe" extension add -g WixToolset.Util.wixext/5.0.2
- name: Build the MSI and winget manifests
shell: pwsh
run: ./bin/build-winget-package.ps1 -ReleaseTag "v$env:LONG_VERSION" -Validate
env:
LONG_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.long }}
- name: Store the MSI and winget manifests as an artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
with:
name: meshtasticd-msi-${{ inputs.windows_ver }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.long }}
overwrite: true
path: |
release/winget/*.msi
release/winget/manifests/