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+# Node.js  Build WorkGroup Meeting 2024-10-30
+
+## Links
+
+* **Recording**:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnMWg2sIlNI
+* **GitHub Issue**: https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/3942
+* **Minutes Google Doc**: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V4iwMa_fX6CWw1C3XpjjeAWQb4iHhsb2w3MmVnDpf5g/edit?tab=t.0
+
+## Present
+
+* Build team: @nodejs/build
+* Abdirahim Musse @abmusse
+* Michael Zasso @targos
+* Milad Farazmand @miladfarca
+* Richard Lau @richardlau
+* Ryan Aslett @ryanaslett
+* Ulises Gascon @UlisesGascon
+
+
+
+## Agenda
+
+## Announcements
+
+*Extracted from **build-agenda** labelled issues and pull requests from the **nodejs org** prior to the meeting.
+
+### nodejs/build
+
+* Infrastructure for Orka (2024 and beyond) [#3686](https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/3686)
+  * Requested 2 new nodes that are now part of the infra
+  * CI testing will be running on these machines from now on
+  * Next step we can decommission the old nodes
+  * Release CI is running already in the new cluster
+* New Machine requirement: Replacement for Equinix x64 servers [#3597](https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/3597)
+  * New strategy in place for smartOS
+  * Need to work out plan for unencrypted
+  * Ryan is working on it now 
+* macOS refuses to start `node` when downloaded from the tarball [#3538](https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/3538)
+  * No news
+  * Ulises plan to work on it before Christmas
+* Discuss state of r2 migration on Build WG meeting [#3508](https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/3508)
+  * We had a long standing issue for a while related to the promotion of releases.
+    * This is fixed now for future releases
+  * The are some issues with the aws s3 client and Cloudflare’s R2
+    * Someone mentioned in PR that rclone might be an alternative tool
+  * Currently we have some missing releases in R2 (WIP manual sync)
+  * It was requested to install GH cli:  https://github.com/nodejs/build/pull/3931#issuecomment-2426435390
+    * We reject the idea due security concerns
+    * Currently this server is not connected to GitHub and we don’t plan to enable this communication.
+
+
+## Q&A, Other
+
+* Michael did the migration of the release server
+  * The SSH configuration was solved and the backups are working again
+* Investigate alternative jenkins access for backups[#3939](https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/3939)
+  * The backups server is using a personal token for the Jenkins connection
+  * We thinking on moving this a service account
+  * Discussion around current service accounts
+    * We need to check that this info is disclosed to the security WG (threat model)
+* 2024 Annual OSUOSL Survey (https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/3923)
+  * Discussion around the resources that we have there
+  * Richard: technical info has been sent but we need to fulfill additional information (funding, CLA, etc..)
+  * The expectation is that the foundation can manage this communications in the future
+  * The survey will close tomorrow
+  * Ryan will provide support on this
+
+## Upcoming Meetings
+
+* **Node.js Project Calendar**: <https://nodejs.org/calendar>
+
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