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Swift CI tutorial examples are outdated (Swift 5.2/5.3, setup-swift pinned to a 2021 commit) #44868
What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?
The tutorial's examples have aged and no longer reflect current Swift CI practice:
Swift versions are several years old. The matrix example uses swift: ["5.2", "5.3"] and the single-version examples use "5.3.3". Swift is now on the 6.x series (current release 6.3).
swift-actions/setup-swift is pinned to a 2021 commit (65540b95f51493d65f5e59e97dcef9629ddf11bf). The action's current release is v2.4.0 (November 2025). This is the same kind of staleness previously reported in Swift article points to outdated version of setup-swift action #12678.
Proposed changes (the uncontroversial refresh)
Update the example Swift versions to current releases.
Refresh the swift-actions/setup-swift SHA pin to its current release, keeping the not-certified-by-GitHub notice and SHA-pinning reusables already used on the page.
Optionally add a short section showing how to build and test on Linux using the official swift container images (and the swiftlang/swift nightly images), which doesn't require a separate Swift-setup step.
A question before I open a PR
Swift CI today commonly spans more than Ubuntu/macOS swift build — Apple platforms via Xcode, plus Windows, Android, and WebAssembly. Would the team be open to a brief cross-platform section that demonstrates these, including links to community actions (for example compnerd/gha-setup-swift for Windows and skiptools/swift-android-action for Android)?
I'd like to confirm this fits the docs' guidance on mentioning third-party tools before investing in a larger PR. For transparency: one action I might reference, brightdigit/swift-build, is one I maintain, so I'd want any mention to be neutral and in line with how the page already references swift-actions/setup-swift.
Happy to scope the PR to just items 1–2 (or 1–3) if that's preferable.
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What article on docs.github.com is affected?
Building and testing Swift
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content/actions/tutorials/build-and-test-code/swift.mdWhat part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?
The tutorial's examples have aged and no longer reflect current Swift CI practice:
swift: ["5.2", "5.3"]and the single-version examples use"5.3.3". Swift is now on the 6.x series (current release 6.3).swift-actions/setup-swiftis pinned to a 2021 commit (65540b95f51493d65f5e59e97dcef9629ddf11bf). The action's current release is v2.4.0 (November 2025). This is the same kind of staleness previously reported in Swift article points to outdated version of setup-swift action #12678.Proposed changes (the uncontroversial refresh)
swift-actions/setup-swiftSHA pin to its current release, keeping the not-certified-by-GitHub notice and SHA-pinning reusables already used on the page.swiftcontainer images (and theswiftlang/swiftnightly images), which doesn't require a separate Swift-setup step.A question before I open a PR
Swift CI today commonly spans more than Ubuntu/macOS
swift build— Apple platforms via Xcode, plus Windows, Android, and WebAssembly. Would the team be open to a brief cross-platform section that demonstrates these, including links to community actions (for examplecompnerd/gha-setup-swiftfor Windows andskiptools/swift-android-actionfor Android)?I'd like to confirm this fits the docs' guidance on mentioning third-party tools before investing in a larger PR. For transparency: one action I might reference,
brightdigit/swift-build, is one I maintain, so I'd want any mention to be neutral and in line with how the page already referencesswift-actions/setup-swift.Happy to scope the PR to just items 1–2 (or 1–3) if that's preferable.
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