Exclude newer packages for ci stability

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Rogozhkin <[email protected]>

Author: dvrogozh

.github/workflows/_linux_accelerate.yml

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 env:
+  EXCLUDE_NEWER: '2025-09-22'
   TORCH_INDEX: '--pre --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/xpu'
 
 defaults:
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
           uv pip install $TORCH_INDEX torch torchvision torchaudio
           # Do NOT install HF transformers or accelerate before torch as we need
           # very specific version of the torch and HF would bring its own.
-          uv pip install \
+          uv pip install --exclude-newer ${{ env.EXCLUDE_NEWER}} \
             junitparser \
             pytest \
             pytest-timeout \
@@ -167,8 +168,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare Accelerate
         run: |
           cd $WORK_DIR
-          uv pip install -e .
-          uv pip install -e ".[testing]"
+          uv pip install --exclude-newer ${{ env.EXCLUDE_NEWER}} -e .
+          uv pip install --exclude-newer ${{ env.EXCLUDE_NEWER}} -e ".[testing]"
           rm -rf tests_log && mkdir -p tests_log
           rm -rf reports
           cp ${{ github.workspace }}/torch-xpu-ops/.github/scripts/spec.py ./

.github/workflows/_linux_transformers.yml

@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: 'v1.7.0'
         description: Accelerate version
-      datasets:
-        required: false
-        type: string
-        default: 'v3.6.0'
-        description: Accelerate version
       transformers:
         required: false
         type: string
@@ -60,8 +55,8 @@ env:
   HF_HUB_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT: 120
   python: ${{ inputs.python != '' && inputs.python || '3.10' }}
   accelerate: ${{ inputs.accelerate != '' && inputs.accelerate || 'v1.7.0'}}
-  datasets: ${{ inputs.datasets != '' && inputs.datasets || 'v3.6.0'}}
   transformers: ${{ inputs.transformers != '' && inputs.transformers || 'v4.51.3' }}
+  EXCLUDE_NEWER: '2025-06-14'
   PACKAGES: |
     espeak-ng
     git-lfs
@@ -271,7 +266,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare OS environment
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y $PACKAGES
+          sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $PACKAGES
           git lfs install
           rm -rf $VIRTUAL_ENV
           uv venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
@@ -288,7 +283,7 @@ jobs:
             torchvision==${{ needs.prepare.outputs.torchvision }} \
             torchaudio==${{ needs.prepare.outputs.torchaudio }} \
             pytorch-triton-xpu==${{needs.prepare.outputs.triton }}
-          uv pip install \
+          uv pip install --exclude-newer ${{ env.EXCLUDE_NEWER}} \
             junitparser \
             pytest \
             pytest-timeout \
@@ -298,11 +293,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pwd
           cd transformers
-          uv pip install \
-            accelerate==${{ env.accelerate }} \
-            datasets==${{ env.datasets }}
-          uv pip install -e .
-          uv pip install -e ".[dev-torch,testing,video]"
+          uv pip install --exclude-newer ${{ env.EXCLUDE_NEWER}} \
+            accelerate==${{ env.accelerate }}
+          uv pip install --exclude-newer ${{ env.EXCLUDE_NEWER}} -e .
+          uv pip install --exclude-newer ${{ env.EXCLUDE_NEWER}} -e ".[dev-torch,testing,video]"
           rm -rf logs && mkdir -p logs
           rm -rf reports
           cp ${{ github.workspace }}/torch-xpu-ops/.github/scripts/spec.py ./