chore: install qemu

Author: asharma4-sonata

.github/workflows/cli-tests.yml

@@ -51,15 +51,53 @@ jobs:
           docker compose --version
 
       # Note: we cannot use Docker Desktop because it has not been licensed for use in GithubActions
-      - name: Docker installation - Mac
+
+      - name: Install QEMU (macOS, arm64)
         if: ${{ matrix.os.name == 'mac' }}
         run: |
-          brew install colima docker docker-compose
-          colima start --vm-type=qemu --cpu 4 -m 8 -r docker     
-          echo "DOCKER_HOST=unix://${HOME}/.colima/docker.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins
-          ln -sfn /usr/local/bin/docker-compose ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          # Ensure arm64 Homebrew (avoid Rosetta/x86_64 bottles)
+          /usr/bin/arch -arm64 /bin/zsh -lc '
+            export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:$PATH
+            brew update
+            brew install qemu
+            which qemu-img
+            qemu-img --version
+          '
 
+      - name: Docker installation - Mac
+        if: ${{ matrix.os.name == 'mac' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail    
+          # Ensure we run under arm64 and use the arm64 Homebrew prefix (/opt/homebrew)
+          /usr/bin/arch -arm64 /bin/zsh -lc '
+            export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:$PATH
+      
+            # Install required tools (qemu is mandatory for --vm-type=qemu)
+            brew update
+            brew install qemu colima docker docker-compose
+      
+            # Clean stale state to avoid disk conversion/mount issues
+            colima stop || true
+            colima delete -f || true
+            rm -rf "$HOME/.colima" "$HOME/.lima" || true
+      
+            # Start Colima with QEMU; allocate decent CPUs/RAM and disk for CI
+            colima start --vm-type=qemu --cpu 4 --memory 8 --runtime docker
+      
+            # Point Docker CLI to Colima's socket
+            echo "DOCKER_HOST=unix://${HOME}/.colima/docker.sock" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      
+            # Compose v2 plugin (link whatever docker-compose brew installed)
+            mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins
+            ln -sfn "$(command -v docker-compose)" ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+      
+            # Sanity check
+            docker version
+            docker info
+            docker compose version
+          '
+        
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run:  make requirements