(fix) colima: fix return code handling (followup to #3097) (#3106)

* colima: fix return code handling; added delay before retry; 4 retries

* moved docker context outside of function

* changed delete occurence; added logs output

* removed delete; trying to add more logging

* fix typo

* changed logging to github-style. maybe this finally shows up.

* reverted context; loop now with install+delete and alternating IP

* fix local keyword

* try limactl for creating an instance for IP

* revert IP change attempts

* actually return 0 in start_colima

* moved install out of loop again

* another to avoid duplicate start of colima via limactl

* added --init call for lima.yaml file creation

* dont trust an LLM to give you flags...

* Update run-unit-tests.yml

.github/workflows/run-unit-tests.yml

@@ -75,50 +75,48 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install & Start Docker
         if: env.INSTALL_DOCKER == '1'
         run: |
+          INSTANCE_NAME="colima-${GITHUB_RUN_ID}"
+
           # Uninstall colima to upgrade to the latest version
           if brew list colima &>/dev/null; then
-              brew uninstall colima
-              # unlinking colima dependency: go
-              brew uninstall go@1.21
+            brew uninstall colima
+            # unlinking colima dependency: go
+            brew uninstall go@1.21
           fi
           rm -rf ~/.colima ~/.lima
           brew install --HEAD colima
           brew install docker
 
-          export DOCKER_CONTEXT="colima-$GITHUB_RUN_ID"
-          docker context create $DOCKER_CONTEXT --docker host=unix:///var/run/docker.sock
-
           start_colima() {
-            # Find a free port
-            RANDOM_PORT=$((RANDOM % 16384 + 49152))
+            # Find a free port in the range 10000-20000
+            RANDOM_PORT=$((RANDOM % 10001 + 10000))
 
-            echo "Using random port: $RANDOM_PORT for SSH"
-
-            colima start --network-address --arch x86_64 --cpu=1 --memory=1 --ssh-port $RANDOM_PORT
-            docker context use $DOCKER_CONTEXT
+            # Original line:
+            if ! colima start --network-address --arch x86_64 --cpu=1 --memory=1 --verbose --ssh-port $RANDOM_PORT; then
+              echo "Failed to start Colima."
+              return 1
+            fi
+            return 0
           }
 
-          # Attempt to start Colima
-          ATTEMPT_LIMIT=3
+          # Attempt to start Colima for 5 total attempts:
+          ATTEMPT_LIMIT=5
           for ((i=1; i<=ATTEMPT_LIMIT; i++)); do
+
             if start_colima; then
               echo "Colima started successfully."
               break
             else
-              echo "Failed to start Colima. Attempt $i/$ATTEMPT_LIMIT."
+              colima stop -f
+              sleep 10
+              colima delete -f
               if [ $i -eq $ATTEMPT_LIMIT ]; then
-                colima delete
-              else
-                colima stop -f
+                exit 1
               fi
+              sleep 10
             fi
           done
 
-          if [ $i -gt $ATTEMPT_LIMIT ]; then
-            echo "Failed to start Colima after $ATTEMPT_LIMIT attempts."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
           # For testcontainers to find the Colima socket
           # https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md#cannot-connect-to-the-docker-daemon-at-unixvarrundockersock-is-the-docker-daemon-running
           sudo ln -sf $HOME/.colima/default/docker.sock /var/run/docker.sock