Debian's CI runs tests with "--all-targets" and with various feature combinations. We found that crossbeam-epoch's testsuite fails when the "std" feature is not enabled.
https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/amd64/r/rust-crossbeam-epoch/21986900/log.gz
I ground through the issues until I got the testsuite to pass, the patch can be found at
https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf/-/blob/master/src/crossbeam-epoch/debian/patches/fix-tests-no-default-features.patch