Latest Windows runner broke our builds

[Galkon]

Description

The latest windows runner update here broke our builds. We cannot build one of our native windows dependencies, without any code changing in it for 7+ months.

Platforms affected

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
• GitHub Actions - Larger Runners

Runner images affected

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Ubuntu 24.04
• macOS 13
• macOS 13 Arm64
• macOS 14
• macOS 14 Arm64
• macOS 15
• macOS 15 Arm64
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022
• Windows Server 2025

Image version and build link

Private repo so can't share build link.

Failing with this visual studio version: VS2022 (17.13.35818.85)

Current runner version: '2.322.0'
Operating System
  Microsoft Windows Server [2](https://github.com/highlight-ing/highlight/actions/runs/13577382668/job/37956595916#step:1:2)022
  10.0.20348
  Datacenter
Runner Image
  Image: windows-2022
  Version: 2025022[4](https://github.com/highlight-ing/highlight/actions/runs/13577382668/job/37956595916#step:1:4).5.0`

Is it regression?

Yes, last successful action:

Current runner version: '2.322.0' Operating System   Microsoft Windows Server 2022   10.0.20348   Datacenter Runner Image   Image: windows-2022   Version: 20250209.1.0   Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/win22/20250209.1/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md   Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/win22%2F20250209.1

Expected behavior

It should build and not randomly break perfectly functional c++ code that previously built without issues.

Actual behavior

Completely broken builds and unusable github actions.

D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,50): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,50): error C2065: 'system_clock': undeclared identifier [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,26): error C2923: 'std::chrono::time_point': 'system_clock' is not a valid template type argument for parameter '_Clock' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,50):
      see declaration of 'system_clock'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,26): error C2976: 'std::chrono::time_point': too few template arguments [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(200,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono::time_point'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(6,26): error C3203: 'time_point': unspecialized class template can't be used as a template argument for template parameter '_Ty', expected a real type [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(16,55): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(16,55): error C3083: 'system_clock': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(16,69): error C2039: 'now': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(16,69): error C3861: 'now': identifier not found [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(21,55): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(21,55): error C3083: 'system_clock': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(21,69): error C2039: 'now': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(21,69): error C3861: 'now': identifier not found [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(52,37): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(52,37): error C3083: 'system_clock': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(52,51): error C2039: 'now': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(52,51): error C3861: 'now': identifier not found [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,79): error C2039: 'system_clock': is not a member of 'std::chrono' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(286,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,79): error C2065: 'system_clock': undeclared identifier [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,55): error C2923: 'std::chrono::time_point': 'system_clock' is not a valid template type argument for parameter '_Clock' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,79):
      see declaration of 'system_clock'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,55): error C2976: 'std::chrono::time_point': too few template arguments [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(200,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono::time_point'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,92): error C2641: cannot deduce template arguments for 'std::chrono::time_point' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,92): error C2783: 'std::chrono::time_point<_Clock,_Duration> std::chrono::time_point(void)': could not deduce template argument for '_Clock' [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(210,9):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono::time_point'
  
D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\clipboard_win.cc(65,92): error C2780: 'std::chrono::time_point<_Clock,_Duration> std::chrono::time_point(std::chrono::time_point<_Clock,_Duration>)': expects 1 arguments - 0 provided [D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor\build\clipboardMonitor.vcxproj]
      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.43.34808\include\__msvc_chrono.hpp(200,11):
      see declaration of 'std::chrono::time_point'
  
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\runneradmin\setup-pnpm\node_modules\.pnpm\[email protected]\node_modules\pnpm\dist\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:203:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:293:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.20348
gyp ERR! command "C:\\hostedtoolcache\\windows\\node\\20.18.3\\x64\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\runneradmin\\setup-pnpm\\node_modules\\.pnpm\\[email protected]\\node_modules\\pnpm\\dist\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "clean" "configure" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd D:\a\highlight\highlight\packages\clipboard-monitor
gyp ERR! node -v v20.18.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.4.1
gyp ERR! not ok 

Repro steps

I don't know how to reproduce in another repo.

[vidyasagarnimmagaddi]

Hi @Galkon ,Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. We will look into this issue and will update you after investigating.


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also broken the CUDA installation: Jimver/cuda-toolkit#382.