From 073d991330cbec33eaf43fcca70cf713c9e48a6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:47:33 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] Update CI workflow

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6b0c99ae..d3c5ef15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,35 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: TEMPORARY VIPM license validation
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER: ${{ secrets.VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER }}
+          VIPM_FULL_NAME: ${{ secrets.VIPM_FULL_NAME }}
+          VIPM_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.VIPM_EMAIL }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          echo "Validating VIPM activation in the LabVIEW Linux container..."
+
+          docker run --rm \
+            -e VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER \
+            -e VIPM_FULL_NAME \
+            -e VIPM_EMAIL \
+            nationalinstruments/labview:latest-linux \
+            bash -lc '
+              set -euo pipefail
+
+              apt-get update
+              apt-get install -y wget ca-certificates
+
+              wget -O /tmp/vipm.deb "https://download.vipm.io/vipm/2024.0/vipm_2024.0.0_linux64.deb"
+              apt-get install -y /tmp/vipm.deb
+
+              vipm activate --serial-number "$VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER" --name "$VIPM_FULL_NAME" --email "$VIPM_EMAIL"
+              vipm install astemes_lib_lunit_cli --labview-version 2026 --labview-bitness 64
+            '
+
       - name: Run VI Analyzer tests
         uses: ni/open-source/via-lv-docker@actions
         with:

From c50ffda765a0bfb65e8127342fbd96c0e8716031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:53:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 02/10] Update CI workflow for VIPM license validation

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d3c5ef15..6eab2af5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          echo "Validating VIPM activation in the LabVIEW Linux container..."
+          echo "Checking VIPM installation and activation in the LabVIEW Linux container..."
 
           docker run --rm \
             -e VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER \
@@ -62,14 +62,21 @@ jobs:
             bash -lc '
               set -euo pipefail
 
-              apt-get update
-              apt-get install -y wget ca-certificates
-
-              wget -O /tmp/vipm.deb "https://download.vipm.io/vipm/2024.0/vipm_2024.0.0_linux64.deb"
-              apt-get install -y /tmp/vipm.deb
-
+              if ! command -v vipm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "VIPM is not installed. Installing VIPM..."
+                apt-get update
+                apt-get install -y wget ca-certificates
+                wget -O /tmp/vipm.deb "https://download.vipm.io/vipm/2024.0/vipm_2024.0.0_linux64.deb"
+                apt-get install -y /tmp/vipm.deb
+              else
+                echo "VIPM is already installed."
+              fi
+
+              vipm --version
               vipm activate --serial-number "$VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER" --name "$VIPM_FULL_NAME" --email "$VIPM_EMAIL"
               vipm install astemes_lib_lunit_cli --labview-version 2026 --labview-bitness 64
+
+              echo "VIPM validation succeeded: VIPM is installed, activated, and LUnit is available via VIPM."
             '
 
       - name: Run VI Analyzer tests

From aea47aea3918e8252aa75aa3b14622f5c68a392d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:45:45 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] Changed VIPM Installer URL

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6eab2af5..f20b1bae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
                 echo "VIPM is not installed. Installing VIPM..."
                 apt-get update
                 apt-get install -y wget ca-certificates
-                wget -O /tmp/vipm.deb "https://download.vipm.io/vipm/2024.0/vipm_2024.0.0_linux64.deb"
+                wget -O /tmp/vipm.deb "https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jkinc/vipm_26.3.1-4025_amd64.deb"
                 apt-get install -y /tmp/vipm.deb
               else
                 echo "VIPM is already installed."

From 072b9598d25038dd719cd2e66f96eeeeeec95c8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:35:49 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 04/10] Improve VIPM activation in Linux CI

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f20b1bae..3eb1dfe1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -65,14 +65,53 @@ jobs:
               if ! command -v vipm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 echo "VIPM is not installed. Installing VIPM..."
                 apt-get update
-                apt-get install -y wget ca-certificates
+                apt-get install -y wget ca-certificates xvfb
                 wget -O /tmp/vipm.deb "https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/jkinc/vipm_26.3.1-4025_amd64.deb"
                 apt-get install -y /tmp/vipm.deb
               else
                 echo "VIPM is already installed."
               fi
 
+              export DISPLAY=:99
+              export VIPM_TIMEOUT=500
+
+              echo "DISPLAY=$DISPLAY"
+              echo "vipm version:"
               vipm --version
+
+              if ! pgrep -x Xvfb >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "Starting Xvfb on DISPLAY=$DISPLAY..."
+                Xvfb "$DISPLAY" -screen 0 1280x720x24 -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset >/tmp/xvfb.log 2>&1 &
+              else
+                echo "Xvfb is already running."
+              fi
+
+              mkdir -p /tmp/natinst
+              echo "1" > /tmp/natinst/LVContainer.txt
+
+              if ! pgrep -x labview >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "Locating LabVIEW executable..."
+                LABVIEW_BIN="$(find / -path '*LabVIEW*' -name labview 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)"
+
+                if [ -z "$LABVIEW_BIN" ]; then
+                  echo "ERROR: LabVIEW executable not found in the container."
+                  find / -maxdepth 6 \( -path '*/LabVIEW*' -o -path '*/natinst*' \) 2>/dev/null | head -n 200 || true
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+
+                echo "Using LabVIEW binary: $LABVIEW_BIN"
+                "$LABVIEW_BIN" --headless >/tmp/labview.log 2>&1 &
+              else
+                echo "LabVIEW is already running."
+              fi
+
+              echo "Xvfb status:"
+              pgrep -a -x Xvfb || true
+
+              echo "LabVIEW status:"
+              pgrep -a -x labview || true
+
+              echo "VIPM startup diagnostics complete. Attempting activation..."
               vipm activate --serial-number "$VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER" --name "$VIPM_FULL_NAME" --email "$VIPM_EMAIL"
               vipm install astemes_lib_lunit_cli --labview-version 2026 --labview-bitness 64
 

From 693c4c6c0e64d11d1bbd68985f20f64d4f18913c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:08:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 05/10] Fix VIPM CI container environment passing

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3eb1dfe1..1035007e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "Checking VIPM installation and activation in the LabVIEW Linux container..."
 
           docker run --rm \
-            -e VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER \
-            -e VIPM_FULL_NAME \
-            -e VIPM_EMAIL \
+            -e VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER="${VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER}" \
+            -e VIPM_FULL_NAME="${VIPM_FULL_NAME}" \
+            -e VIPM_EMAIL="${VIPM_EMAIL}" \
             nationalinstruments/labview:latest-linux \
             bash -lc '
               set -euo pipefail
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ jobs:
               echo "vipm version:"
               vipm --version
 
+              echo "vipm help:"
+              vipm help
+
               if ! pgrep -x Xvfb >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 echo "Starting Xvfb on DISPLAY=$DISPLAY..."
                 Xvfb "$DISPLAY" -screen 0 1280x720x24 -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset >/tmp/xvfb.log 2>&1 &
@@ -112,6 +115,11 @@ jobs:
               pgrep -a -x labview || true
 
               echo "VIPM startup diagnostics complete. Attempting activation..."
+              if ! vipm help | grep -q 'activate'; then
+                echo "ERROR: This VIPM CLI does not support 'vipm activate'."
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
               vipm activate --serial-number "$VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER" --name "$VIPM_FULL_NAME" --email "$VIPM_EMAIL"
               vipm install astemes_lib_lunit_cli --labview-version 2026 --labview-bitness 64
 

From d2b43cf991ab97f113b5439f81381556073e55b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:34:01 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] Fix VIPM CI shell script quoting

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1035007e..21be60fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
             -e VIPM_FULL_NAME="${VIPM_FULL_NAME}" \
             -e VIPM_EMAIL="${VIPM_EMAIL}" \
             nationalinstruments/labview:latest-linux \
-            bash -lc '
+            bash -s <<'VIPM_SCRIPT'
               set -euo pipefail
 
               if ! command -v vipm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ jobs:
               echo "vipm version:"
               vipm --version
 
-              echo "vipm help:"
-              vipm help
-
               if ! pgrep -x Xvfb >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 echo "Starting Xvfb on DISPLAY=$DISPLAY..."
                 Xvfb "$DISPLAY" -screen 0 1280x720x24 -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset >/tmp/xvfb.log 2>&1 &
@@ -115,16 +112,11 @@ jobs:
               pgrep -a -x labview || true
 
               echo "VIPM startup diagnostics complete. Attempting activation..."
-              if ! vipm help | grep -q 'activate'; then
-                echo "ERROR: This VIPM CLI does not support 'vipm activate'."
-                exit 1
-              fi
-
               vipm activate --serial-number "$VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER" --name "$VIPM_FULL_NAME" --email "$VIPM_EMAIL"
               vipm install astemes_lib_lunit_cli --labview-version 2026 --labview-bitness 64
 
               echo "VIPM validation succeeded: VIPM is installed, activated, and LUnit is available via VIPM."
-            '
+          VIPM_SCRIPT
 
       - name: Run VI Analyzer tests
         uses: ni/open-source/via-lv-docker@actions

From efab199919a58e4714a7e41a6996f7235274fc2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:18:39 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 07/10] Fix LabVIEW discovery in VIPM CI validation

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 21be60fe..ed7a3d27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          echo "Checking VIPM installation and activation in the LabVIEW Linux container..."
+          echo "Checking VIPM installation "
 
           docker run --rm \
             -e VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER="${VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER}" \
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ jobs:
 
               if ! pgrep -x labview >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 echo "Locating LabVIEW executable..."
-                LABVIEW_BIN="$(find / -path '*LabVIEW*' -name labview 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)"
+                LABVIEW_BIN="$(command -v labview64 || true)"
+                if [ -z "$LABVIEW_BIN" ]; then
+                  LABVIEW_BIN="$(find / -path '*LabVIEW*' -name labview 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)"
+                fi
 
                 if [ -z "$LABVIEW_BIN" ]; then
                   echo "ERROR: LabVIEW executable not found in the container."
@@ -99,6 +102,11 @@ jobs:
                   exit 1
                 fi
 
+                if [ ! -x "$LABVIEW_BIN" ]; then
+                  echo "ERROR: LabVIEW executable is not executable: $LABVIEW_BIN"
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+
                 echo "Using LabVIEW binary: $LABVIEW_BIN"
                 "$LABVIEW_BIN" --headless >/tmp/labview.log 2>&1 &
               else

From 7ddee502871db227afb41be7b657fff12996f5cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:09:49 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] Improve LabVIEW startup validation in CI

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ed7a3d27..521c70be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          echo "Checking VIPM installation "
+          echo "Checking VIPM installation"
 
           docker run --rm \
             -e VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER="${VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER}" \
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
               mkdir -p /tmp/natinst
               echo "1" > /tmp/natinst/LVContainer.txt
 
-              if ! pgrep -x labview >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              if ! pgrep -x labview >/dev/null 2>&1 && ! pgrep -x labview64 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 echo "Locating LabVIEW executable..."
                 LABVIEW_BIN="$(command -v labview64 || true)"
                 if [ -z "$LABVIEW_BIN" ]; then
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ jobs:
 
                 echo "Using LabVIEW binary: $LABVIEW_BIN"
                 "$LABVIEW_BIN" --headless >/tmp/labview.log 2>&1 &
+                LABVIEW_PID=$!
+                echo "Waiting for LabVIEW startup (pid $LABVIEW_PID)..."
+                sleep 15
+                if ! kill -0 "$LABVIEW_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
+                  echo "ERROR: LabVIEW exited during startup."
+                  cat /tmp/labview.log || true
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+                echo "LabVIEW startup check passed."
               else
                 echo "LabVIEW is already running."
               fi
@@ -117,11 +126,26 @@ jobs:
               pgrep -a -x Xvfb || true
 
               echo "LabVIEW status:"
-              pgrep -a -x labview || true
+              pgrep -a labview || true
+              pgrep -a labview64 || true
 
               echo "VIPM startup diagnostics complete. Attempting activation..."
-              vipm activate --serial-number "$VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER" --name "$VIPM_FULL_NAME" --email "$VIPM_EMAIL"
-              vipm install astemes_lib_lunit_cli --labview-version 2026 --labview-bitness 64
+              if vipm activate --serial-number "$VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER" --name "$VIPM_FULL_NAME" --email "$VIPM_EMAIL"; then
+                echo "VIPM activation succeeded (exit code 0)."
+              else
+                activation_status=$?
+                echo "VIPM activation failed (exit code $activation_status)."
+                exit "$activation_status"
+              fi
+
+              echo "Installing LUnit package..."
+              if vipm install astemes_lib_lunit_cli --labview-version 2026 --labview-bitness 64; then
+                echo "LUnit package installation succeeded (exit code 0)."
+              else
+                install_status=$?
+                echo "LUnit package installation failed (exit code $install_status)."
+                exit "$install_status"
+              fi
 
               echo "VIPM validation succeeded: VIPM is installed, activated, and LUnit is available via VIPM."
           VIPM_SCRIPT

From a22593185fa5ba627f6f5cc1b594710c61e73b72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:33:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] Improve LabVIEW startup validation in CI

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 521c70be..4dfadd83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ jobs:
                   LABVIEW_BIN="$(find / -path '*LabVIEW*' -name labview 2>/dev/null | head -n 1)"
                 fi
 
+                echo "LABVIEW_BIN='$LABVIEW_BIN'"
+                command -v labview64 || true
+
                 if [ -z "$LABVIEW_BIN" ]; then
                   echo "ERROR: LabVIEW executable not found in the container."
                   find / -maxdepth 6 \( -path '*/LabVIEW*' -o -path '*/natinst*' \) 2>/dev/null | head -n 200 || true

From fcc9c64324938796e9012f64c51e080bf0bfa479 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amrutha G <amrutha.g@ni.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:51:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] Attach Docker stdin for VIPM validation

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4dfadd83..621c79a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -53,14 +53,16 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
 
           echo "Checking VIPM installation"
+          echo "Starting Linux VIPM container..."
 
-          docker run --rm \
+          docker run --rm -i \
             -e VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER="${VIPM_SERIAL_NUMBER}" \
             -e VIPM_FULL_NAME="${VIPM_FULL_NAME}" \
             -e VIPM_EMAIL="${VIPM_EMAIL}" \
             nationalinstruments/labview:latest-linux \
             bash -s <<'VIPM_SCRIPT'
               set -euo pipefail
+              echo "VIPM container script started."
 
               if ! command -v vipm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 echo "VIPM is not installed. Installing VIPM..."
@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ jobs:
               echo "VIPM validation succeeded: VIPM is installed, activated, and LUnit is available via VIPM."
           VIPM_SCRIPT
 
+              echo "Linux VIPM container exited successfully."
+
       - name: Run VI Analyzer tests
         uses: ni/open-source/via-lv-docker@actions
         with: