Attempting to fix the CICD again again.

Signed-off-by: copilotcoder <copilotcoder@darkhelm.org>

.gitea/workflows/cicd-base.yml

@@ -287,19 +287,47 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "${PACKAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN}" | docker login "http://${GITEA_REGISTRY}" -u "${REGISTRY_USER}" --password-stdin >/dev/null 2>&1
 
-          for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
-            echo "Verification attempt ${i}/6 for ${BASE_REF_HASH}..."
+          if ! command -v skopeo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            if command -v apt-get >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              apt-get update && apt-get install -y skopeo
+            elif command -v apk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              apk add --no-cache skopeo
+            fi
+          fi
 
-            if timeout 30 docker manifest inspect "${BASE_REF_HASH}" >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
-               timeout 60 docker pull "${BASE_REF_HASH}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-              echo "✓ Published base image verified: ${BASE_REF_HASH}"
-              exit 0
+          if ! command -v skopeo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "❌ skopeo not available for verification"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12; do
+            echo "Verification attempt ${i}/12 for ${BASE_REF_HASH}..."
+
+            if skopeo inspect \
+              --creds "${REGISTRY_USER}:${PACKAGE_ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
+              --tls-verify=false \
+              "docker://${BASE_REF_HASH}" >/tmp/cicd-base-verify.json 2>/tmp/cicd-base-verify.err; then
+              echo "✓ Registry manifest verified for ${BASE_REF_HASH}"
+
+              if docker pull "${BASE_REF_HASH}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "✓ Published base image is pullable: ${BASE_REF_HASH}"
+                exit 0
+              fi
+
+              echo "⚠ Manifest is visible but docker pull still failed; retrying."
+            else
+              echo "⚠ Verification attempt ${i} failed:"
+              cat /tmp/cicd-base-verify.err
             fi
 
-            if [ "${i}" -lt 6 ]; then
-              sleep 10
+            if [ "${i}" -lt 12 ]; then
+              sleep 20
             fi
           done
 
-          echo "❌ Published base image could not be verified: ${BASE_REF_HASH}"
+          echo "❌ Published base image could not be verified after 12 attempts: ${BASE_REF_HASH}"
+          if [ -f /tmp/cicd-base-verify.err ]; then
+            echo "=== Last verification error ==="
+            cat /tmp/cicd-base-verify.err
+          fi
           exit 1