ci(e2e): cache Playwright browser binaries across CI runs#218
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Cache ~/.cache/ms-playwright using actions/cache keyed on the Playwright version and runner OS. On cache hit, browser binary downloads (~1GB) are skipped entirely — only system dependencies (apt packages) are installed since they don't persist on ephemeral runners. Both e2e-smoke and sharded e2e jobs share the same cache key so whichever runs first warms the cache for the others. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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PRs targeting main are epic promotions (beta → main) which get proper releases via semantic-release in release.yml on merge. Publishing a pr-<number> image for these is redundant and confusing. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…tem deps Cache /var/cache/apt/archives so Playwright's install-deps reuses locally stored .deb files instead of re-downloading ~60 packages on every E2E job. Also enable dpkg force-unsafe-io to skip fsync on ephemeral CI runners. Applies to both e2e-smoke and sharded e2e jobs. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
`npx playwright --version` outputs "Version 1.58.2" (with a space), which would produce invalid cache keys. Pipe through `tr -d '[:space:]'` to produce a clean key like "Version1.58.2". Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Two fixes for the apt caching added in #218: 1. Set `Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true"` so apt retains .deb files after install (Ubuntu runners clean them by default) 2. Use explicit cache/restore + cache/save instead of actions/cache so archives are captured immediately after install, not in a post-job step where they may already be cleaned Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Two fixes for the apt caching added in #218: 1. Set `Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true"` so apt retains .deb files after install (Ubuntu runners clean them by default) 2. Use explicit cache/restore + cache/save instead of actions/cache so archives are captured immediately after install, not in a post-job step where they may already be cleaned Co-authored-by: Claude product-architect (Opus 4.6) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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~/.cache/ms-playwrightbrowser binaries usingactions/cache@v4in bothe2e-smokeande2e(sharded) jobsplaywright-<version>-<os>— shared across all E2E jobs so whichever runs first warms the cacheinstall-deps) always run since apt packages don't persist on ephemeral runnersExpected improvement
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install-depsruns (check logs for "Cache restored")🤖 Generated with Claude Code