TEST-INFRA: [ci-execution-time] Review and optimize CI job dependencies #7216

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Backlog note: This issue was discovered during autonomous operation
on milestone v3.8.0. It does not block milestone completion and has been
placed in the backlog for human review and future milestone assignment.

Summary

Several jobs in the .forgejo/workflows/ci.yml file have needs clauses that may be overly restrictive, creating unnecessary bottlenecks in the CI pipeline. For example:

  • The coverage job waits for lint, typecheck, security, and quality.
  • The benchmark-regression job also waits for lint, typecheck, security, and quality.
  • The docker job waits for lint, typecheck, security, quality, and unit_tests.

While some dependencies are necessary, others might be overly cautious and could be removed to allow for more parallelism and faster pipeline execution.

Subtasks

  • Analyze the dependencies of each job in the CI pipeline.
  • Identify dependencies that can be safely removed without compromising the integrity of the CI process.
  • Update the .forgejo/workflows/ci.yml file to reflect the optimized job dependencies.

Definition of Done

  • The CI job dependencies have been reviewed and optimized for maximum parallelism.
  • The overall CI pipeline execution time is reduced due to the removal of unnecessary bottlenecks.
  • The CI pipeline remains reliable and effective.
  • All CI checks continue to pass as expected.
  • All nox stages pass.
  • Coverage >= 97%

Duplicate Check

  • Search queries: "ci dependencies", "job dependencies", "pipeline optimization"
  • Results: 0
  • Justification: No existing issues address the optimization of job dependencies in the CI pipeline.

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## Metadata - **Branch**: `task/ci-execution-time-review-optimize-job-dependencies` - **Commit Message**: `chore(ci): review and optimize CI job dependency graph for maximum parallelism` - **Milestone**: N/A — Backlog (see note below) - **Parent Epic**: #1678 > **Backlog note:** This issue was discovered during autonomous operation > on milestone v3.8.0. It does not block milestone completion and has been > placed in the backlog for human review and future milestone assignment. ## Summary Several jobs in the `.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml` file have `needs` clauses that may be overly restrictive, creating unnecessary bottlenecks in the CI pipeline. For example: - The `coverage` job waits for `lint`, `typecheck`, `security`, and `quality`. - The `benchmark-regression` job also waits for `lint`, `typecheck`, `security`, and `quality`. - The `docker` job waits for `lint`, `typecheck`, `security`, `quality`, and `unit_tests`. While some dependencies are necessary, others might be overly cautious and could be removed to allow for more parallelism and faster pipeline execution. ## Subtasks - [ ] Analyze the dependencies of each job in the CI pipeline. - [ ] Identify dependencies that can be safely removed without compromising the integrity of the CI process. - [ ] Update the `.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml` file to reflect the optimized job dependencies. ## Definition of Done - [ ] The CI job dependencies have been reviewed and optimized for maximum parallelism. - [ ] The overall CI pipeline execution time is reduced due to the removal of unnecessary bottlenecks. - [ ] The CI pipeline remains reliable and effective. - [ ] All CI checks continue to pass as expected. - [ ] All nox stages pass. - [ ] Coverage >= 97% ### Duplicate Check - Search queries: "ci dependencies", "job dependencies", "pipeline optimization" - Results: 0 - Justification: No existing issues address the optimization of job dependencies in the CI pipeline. --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Test Infrastructure | Agent: new-issue-creator
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Reference: cleveragents/cleveragents-core#7216