From bb8f32ee618c16ce5a0549612b1ced54adaabf29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karti Tripathi <176560021+karti-ai@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 13:55:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] CI: set PATH in the workflow; add a toolchain diagnostic step

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a2f3326..62b0907 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ on:
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   RUSTFLAGS: -D warnings
+  # The runner's .path/.env files are not reliably applied, so PATH is set
+  # here where it demonstrably is. /opt/rust holds the isolated toolchain.
+  PATH: /opt/rust/cargo/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+  RUSTUP_HOME: /opt/rust/rustup
+  CARGO_HOME: /opt/rust/cargo
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -39,6 +44,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, spark-1]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: toolchain
+        run: |
+          echo "PATH=$PATH"
+          command -v cargo || echo "cargo NOT on PATH"
+          cargo --version
       - run: cargo fmt --all --check
       - run: cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features
       - run: cargo test --workspace --all-features