[ARROW-14746] [CI] Allow (temporary) disabling of constantly failing nightlies

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0
• Component/s: Continuous Integration
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/30283
• Assignee: Jonathan Keane
• Reporter: Jonathan Keane
• Created: 18/Nov/21 00:32
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:42
• Resolved: 19/Nov/21 18:58

Description

Uses a X-blocklist task group in crossbow that removes specific tasks from a group by default. This way we don't have the constant alarm that comes with tasks that are failing for weeks/months, but they can still be run as one-offs, or as part of other groups.

Ticket numbers have been associated with the blocklist so they can be removed from the blocklist as they are fixed.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #11731