Reusable workflow and different runs-on

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I cannot find any documentation that explains how exactly runs-on works when the main workflow and reusable workflow have different configuration for it. Ex., one is windows-latest and another is ubuntu-latest.

Will it fail to run? Will it use the OS from the caller? Will it run with different OS, and how it shares the filesystem in this case?

In my case, I'm wondering if I can do a Windows specific step (like producing a windows .exe) and then continue working with the file (ex. sign, upload somewhere, other postprocessing) using Ubuntu specific tools.

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I have the same question. What happens if the calling workflow runs on ubuntu-latest and the reusable workflow runs on windows-latest? Does it inherit the OS from the caller, or does each job run on the OS defined in its own file?

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