From 8295ab30962ac6d8414c4fd0b767a2491d3f97cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Lambert <josh@kilocode.ai>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 22:52:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ci: validate Linux CLI release artifacts

---
 .github/workflows/publish.yml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 7a882f7433..223f0f6bb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -185,6 +185,42 @@ jobs:
           ./dist/@kilocode/cli-darwin-arm64/bin/kilo --version
           ./dist/@kilocode/cli-darwin-arm64/bin/kilo --help >/dev/null
   # kilocode_change end
+
+  # kilocode_change start - execute native Linux x64 and arm64 binaries before publishing them
+  validate-linux:
+    name: Validate CLI (linux-${{ matrix.arch }})
+    needs: build-cli
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - arch: x64
+            runner: ubuntu-24.04
+            uname: x86_64
+          - arch: arm64
+            runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            uname: aarch64
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+        with:
+          name: kilo-cli.tar.zst
+          path: /tmp
+          skip-decompress: true
+
+      - name: Unpack CLI dist
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          tar --zstd -xf /tmp/kilo-cli.tar.zst -C dist
+
+      - name: Run CLI smoke test
+        run: |
+          test "$(uname -m)" = "${{ matrix.uname }}"
+          ./dist/@kilocode/cli-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}/bin/kilo --version
+          ./dist/@kilocode/cli-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}/bin/kilo --help >/dev/null
+  # kilocode_change end
+
   # kilocode_change start
   # Run smoke tests against CLI assets uploaded to the draft GitHub release
   # before publishing the release and package artifacts.
@@ -206,6 +242,7 @@ jobs:
       - build-cli
       - build-vscode
       - validate-darwin-arm64 # kilocode_change
+      - validate-linux # kilocode_change
       - smoke-test
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps: