[ff] Remove HCS feature flag

[tobe2098]

Description

• What does this PR do? Removes the HCS feature flag

Related Issue(s)

Closes #5261

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• I have added unit tests or no new ones were appropriate
• I have added integration tests or no new ones were appropriate
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[Copilot]

🟡 Changes recommended

Windows documentation and tests must be updated for the new hyperv_api default.

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Pull request overview

Removes the HCS feature flag and makes hyperv_api the default Windows backend.

Changes:

• Enables hyperv_api unconditionally on Windows.
• Removes obsolete HCS feature-flag configuration.
• Updates supported-backend registration.

File summaries

File	Summary
src/platform/platform_win.cpp	Registers and defaults to hyperv_api.
src/cmake/populate-supported-backends-list.cmake	Always includes the Windows API backend.
feature-flags.cmake	Removes HYPERV_HCS_ENABLED.

Review details

Suppressed comments (2)

src/platform/platform_win.cpp:870

• This changes the Windows user-visible default to hyperv_api, but docs/how-to-guides/customise-multipass/set-up-the-driver.md:29 still tells users that the default is hyperv. Please update that Windows documentation to match the new default.

    return QStringLiteral("hyperv_api");

src/platform/platform_win.cpp:809

• Adding hyperv_api to the supported-backend list changes which values local.driver accepts, but the Windows platform tests do not exercise is_backend_supported (unlike the parameterized Linux coverage). Add assertions that hyperv_api is accepted and an unknown backend is rejected so this feature-flag removal is protected.

        "hyperv_api",

• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 2
• Review effort level: Lite

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[Copilot]

🔵 Needs a closer look

Update the Windows CLI driver mapping and user-facing documentation to match the new default.

Review details

Suppressed comments (2)

src/platform/platform_win.cpp:870

• This changes the Windows default to hyperv_api, but the CLI test helper still maps win32 to hyperv (tests/cli/multipass/helpers.py:282). As a result, runs using --driver=auto continue selecting the legacy backend and the default-driver test does not exercise or validate the new default. Update the Windows default mapping and its related test assumptions.

    return QStringLiteral("hyperv_api");

src/platform/platform_win.cpp:870

• The new unconditional hyperv_api default/support is not reflected in the user-facing driver documentation: the setup guide, local.driver reference, and driver explanation still describe hyperv as the Windows default and omit hyperv_api from the Windows values. Please update those docs so users are not told to select a backend that is no longer the default.

    return QStringLiteral("hyperv_api");

• Files reviewed: 4/4 changed files
• Comments generated: 0 new
• Review effort level: Lite

[tobe2098]

It is unclear what the changes to the documentation should be

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 72.61%. Comparing base (efd76e0) to head (1b75ef2).
⚠️ Report is 33 commits behind head on main.

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[theartful]

A minor nitpick, but we can probably drop AnyOf here

[Copilot]

Copilot review overview

🔵 Needs a closer look

Update the Windows documentation and CLI test-harness driver mapping for the new default.

Review effort: Lite
Findings: None

Previously missed (1)

In code that hasn't changed since last review

Update Windows driver documentation for hyperv_api default

src/​platform/​platform_win.cpp:870

This changes the Windows default to hyperv_api, but the user-facing docs still say the default is hyperv and tell users to switch back with local.driver=hyperv (docs/how-to-guides/customise-multipass/set-up-the-driver.md:29,126; docs/explanation/driver.md:25-27). Please update those instructions so they no longer describe the legacy backend as the default.