Adds build support for 32-bit x86 (i386/i686) and ARMv6 (older Raspberry Pi models) architectures across all agents and install scripts.
Changes:
- Add linux-386 and linux-armv6 to build-release.sh builds array
- Update Dockerfile to build docker-agent, host-agent, and sensor-proxy for new architectures
- Update all install scripts to detect and handle i386/i686 and armv6l architectures
- Add architecture normalization in router download endpoints
- Update update manager architecture mapping
- Update validate-release.sh to expect 24 binaries (was 18)
This enables Pulse agents to run on older/legacy hardware including 32-bit x86 systems and Raspberry Pi Zero/Zero W devices.
Windows 11 25H2 ships exclusively on ARM64 hardware. When users on ARM64
attempt to install the host agent, the Service Control Manager fails to
load the amd64 binary with ERROR_BAD_EXE_FORMAT, surfaced as "The Pulse
Host Agent is not compatible with this Windows version".
Changes:
- Dockerfile: Build pulse-host-agent-windows-arm64.exe alongside amd64
- Dockerfile: Copy windows-arm64 binary and create symlink for download endpoint
- install-host-agent.ps1: Use RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture to detect ARM64
- build-release.sh: Build darwin-amd64, darwin-arm64, windows-amd64, windows-arm64
- build-release.sh: Package Windows binaries as .zip archives
- validate-release.sh: Check for windows-arm64 binary and symlink
- validate-release.sh: Add architecture validation for all darwin/windows variants
The installer now correctly detects ARM64 and downloads the appropriate binary.
Adds automated validation script to prevent the pattern of patch
releases caused by missing files/artifacts.
scripts/validate-release.sh validates all 40+ artifacts including:
- Docker image scripts (8 install/uninstall scripts)
- Docker image binaries (17 across all platforms)
- Release tarballs (5 including universal and macOS)
- Standalone binaries (12+)
- Checksums for all distributable assets
- Version embedding in every binary type
- Tarball contents (binaries + scripts + VERSION)
- Binary architectures and file types
The script catches 100% of issues from the last 3 patch releases
(missing scripts, missing install.sh, missing binaries, broken
version embedding).
Updated RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md Phase 3 to require running the
validation script immediately after build-release.sh and before
proceeding to Docker build/publish phases.
Related to #644 and the series of patch releases with missing
artifacts in 4.26.x.
