From 4f9d6fe82d563e5b00918976dd863aaf2a87c216 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:51:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] build: drop win-x86 (32-bit x86) builds for release and CI

With GCM 3.0 on Windows, drop the 32-bit x86 target from being built in
CI and release jobs.

We still retain the ability to build for win-x86 locally for those that
wish to build it themselves. This is similar to the support we have for
linux-arm (armhf) - you can built it yourself; we do not publish bits.

Signed-off-by: Matthew John Cheetham <mjcheetham@outlook.com>
---
 .azure-pipelines/release.yml                 | 12 ------------
 .github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml | 11 +----------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/release.yml b/.azure-pipelines/release.yml
index 183bfa79d..34f7a5b6e 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/release.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/release.yml
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ parameters:
   - name: windows_matrix
     type: object
     default:
-      - id: windows_x86
-        jobName: 'Windows (x86)'
-        runtime: win-x86
-        pool: GitClientPME-1ESHostedPool-intel-pc
-        poolArch: amd64
-        image: win-x86_64-ado1es
-        os: windows
       - id: windows_x64
         jobName: 'Windows (x64)'
         runtime: win-x64
@@ -626,9 +619,6 @@ extends:
               isProduction: true
               inputs:
                 # Installers and packages
-                - input: pipelineArtifact
-                  artifactName: 'win-x86'
-                  targetPath: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/assets/win-x86
                 - input: pipelineArtifact
                   artifactName: 'win-x64'
                   targetPath: $(Pipeline.Workspace)/assets/win-x64
@@ -664,8 +654,6 @@ extends:
                   isDraft: true
                   addChangeLog: false
                   assets: |
-                    $(Pipeline.Workspace)/assets/win-x86/*.exe
-                    $(Pipeline.Workspace)/assets/win-x86/*.zip
                     $(Pipeline.Workspace)/assets/win-x64/*.exe
                     $(Pipeline.Workspace)/assets/win-x64/*.zip
                     $(Pipeline.Workspace)/assets/win-arm64/*.exe
diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index e6a589997..b640e6f73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-          runtime: [ win-x86, win-x64, win-arm64 ]
+          runtime: [ win-x64, win-arm64 ]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -27,15 +27,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         dotnet-version: 10.0.x
 
-    # The x86 test host requires an x86 .NET runtime, which isn't pre-installed
-    # on the runner, nor can the actions/setup-dotnet action install it.
-    # Install it manually so tests can run.
-    - name: Setup .NET (x86)
-      if: matrix.runtime == 'win-x86'
-      run: |
-        Invoke-WebRequest 'https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.ps1' -OutFile dotnet-install.ps1
-        ./dotnet-install.ps1 -Channel 10.0 -Architecture x86 -InstallDir 'C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet'
-
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: dotnet restore