ci: consolidate VRT + Lighthouse into one Browser Quality job (Wave 2) - #608
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Both jobs already ran in parallel off the workflow's critical path but
each paid its own checkout/setup/build-artifact-download; merging them
into one job removes that duplication. Real measurement: VRT spent 57
of its 73s (78%) on setup versus 8s of actual test execution. Each
phase still runs independently via if: ${{ !cancelled() }} so a VRT or
mobile-Lighthouse failure never skips a later phase's own diagnostic
evidence, matching what two separate jobs would have produced; only
desktop Lighthouse keeps its existing continue-on-error soft-fail.
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Reviewer's GuideMerges the previously parallel VRT and Lighthouse jobs into a single browser-quality job that shares CI setup and build artifacts to reduce runner usage, while explicit step conditions, failure handling, artifact uploads, aggregator wiring, documentation, and policy tests preserve the prior required and advisory semantics. Sequence diagram for independent browser quality phasessequenceDiagram
participant Build
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participant CISuccess
Build->>BrowserQuality: provide dist artifact
BrowserQuality->>BrowserQuality: checkout and setup once
BrowserQuality->>VRT: Serve dist + run VRT
VRT-->>Artifacts: upload screenshots and JUnit always
BrowserQuality->>LighthouseMobile: lhci autorun
LighthouseMobile-->>Artifacts: upload Lighthouse report
BrowserQuality->>LighthouseDesktop: lhci autorun --config=.lighthouserc.desktop.cjs
LighthouseDesktop-->>Artifacts: upload report
BrowserQuality->>CISuccess: report browser-quality result
CISuccess->>CISuccess: require browser-quality success
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This PR successfully consolidates the vrt and lighthouse jobs into a single browser-quality job, achieving the CI performance optimization goals outlined in Wave 2 of the CI-performance program.
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The consolidation is correctly implemented with:
✅ Proper semantic preservation: Each phase (VRT, Lighthouse mobile, Lighthouse desktop) runs independently using if: ${{ !cancelled() }}, ensuring one phase's failure doesn't skip subsequent phases' evidence collection
✅ Correct timeout calculation: 35 minutes represents the union of the former 15 min (VRT) + 25 min (Lighthouse) timeouts for sequential execution
✅ Complete synchronization: All three files (workflow, documentation, tests) are properly updated to reference browser-quality instead of the separate jobs
✅ Maintained aggregator requirements: The ci-success job correctly requires browser-quality, and all test assertions have been updated to validate the new structure
The implementation matches the evidence-based optimization approach described in the PR description, with measured timing data supporting the decision to consolidate these jobs.
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BuildArtifact->>browser-quality: Download production build once
browser-quality->>Playwright: Run VRT
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browser-quality->>Codecov: Publish VRT results
browser-quality->>Lighthouse: Run mobile and desktop checks
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107-123: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winReplace stale references to the removed
lighthouseandvrtjobs.
docs/CI.md#L107-L123: Replace the old graph edges withbrowser-quality..github/workflows/ci.yml#L708-L710: Update the comment to say that VRT runs inbrowser-quality.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@docs/CI.md`:
- Line 145: Update the e2e row in the CI documentation to reference
actions/cache@v6.1.0 instead of actions/cache@v5, matching the version
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- Around line 107-123: Update the CI dependency graphs around the documented
workflow-policy and ci-success relationships in docs/CI.md lines 107-123,
replacing removed lighthouse and vrt job edges with browser-quality. Also update
the comment in .github/workflows/ci.yml lines 708-710 to state that VRT runs in
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…l gating CodeAnt correctly flagged that continue-on-error on the desktop Lighthouse step swallows its accessibility/CLS error assertions at job/merge level. That behavior is pre-existing (unchanged by this consolidation), not a #608 regression, but the comments/docs this PR touches stated it ambiguously. Now explicit: mobile Lighthouse accessibility/CLS is a blocking required gate; desktop's is still evaluated and can fail the step itself, but continue-on-error keeps that from failing the job, and promotion to blocking remains gated on the existing 5-consecutive-main-run exit criterion. Also softened a "no wall-clock cost" claim to state what's actually measured: fits the post-#605 baseline's critical-path slack, not a universal guarantee.
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CodeRabbit caught the e2e row; the storybook row had the identical stale version. Documentation only, no workflow/cache behavior change.
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Summary
Wave 2 of the CI-performance program (Wave 1 = PR #604, pnpm bootstrap). Merges the separate
vrtandlighthousejobs into onebrowser-qualityjob that shares checkout/setup/build-artifact-download once instead of twice.Evidence (fresh measurement, not assumed)
From the post-#605
mainrun (33874716061), step-level timing:Serve dist + run VRT)Both already ran in parallel, off the workflow's critical path (both finish by ~13:08, while Quality Gate/E2E don't finish until 13:03–13:15). Consolidating them into one sequential job costs ~38s more wall-clock for this pair (159s parallel → ~197s sequential estimate) but that's fully absorbed by slack before the critical path — zero impact on total workflow completion time — while saving real runner-minutes (~35s, ~15% of this pair's combined compute) by paying the shared setup once.
Ruled out as alternative Wave 2 candidates with the same fresh data: Quality Gate's Vitest run is 96% real test execution (732s of 763s), E2E's Playwright run is 88% real execution (607s of 687s), and the pnpm-bootstrap step is already ~22-24s across every job (Wave 1's fix holding) — none of these have meaningful setup-overhead fat left to trim.
Semantic preservation (the actual point of care in this PR)
The naive version of this consolidation — three sequential
run:steps with defaultif:— would silently make Lighthouse mobile skip if VRT failed, and desktop skip if mobile failed, losing diagnostic evidence that two independent jobs would have produced. Fixed via explicitif: ${{ !cancelled() }}on each independent diagnostic phase (VRT, Lighthouse mobile, Lighthouse desktop) rather than any blanketcontinue-on-error:ifneeded — first real phase)if: ${{ !cancelled() }}, nocontinue-on-error— its own failure still fails the job, preserving today's required semantic)if: ${{ !cancelled() }}+continue-on-error: true, preserving today's soft/advisory-within-a-required-job semantic exactly)if: always()/if: ${{ !cancelled() }}, so Codecov/JUnit output remains available after any failurebrowser-quality, whichci-successstill requires — verified in the aggregator's own needs graph and shell check, both updated (needs.browser-quality.result = "success", no skip-tolerance, matching the removedneeds.lighthouse/needs.vrtchecks exactly)Required vs. advisory verified before touching anything:
main's branch protection requires only✅ CI Success(confirmed viagh api repos/.../branches/main/protection) —lighthouse/vrtwere never directly-required check names, so renaming/merging them carries no orphaned-required-check risk. Within the aggregate, both were fully required jobs (no skip-tolerance) with Lighthouse desktop as the sole existing soft-fail exception; the consolidated job's single result preserves exactly that distinction.No port/resource conflict: VRT serves on
127.0.0.1:3000via a backgroundedhttp-server; Lighthouse'slhci autorunstarts its own server viapnpm run preview(Vite's default port), independent of VRT's.Scope
Restricted to this consolidation only, per explicit instruction. Vitest/E2E execution architecture is untouched — their runtime may be optimizable in a future dedicated wave, but they aren't the causal variable here (already-real test execution, not setup overhead).
Validation
node scripts/workflow-policy-check.mjs— passed (needs graph, aggregator sync)pnpm run lint,pnpm run docs:check,pnpm run typecheck(exact CI command, fresh cache) — all passedtests/unit/workflowPolicy.test.ts(24/24) — updated for the new job key (browser-qualityreplacinglighthouse/vrtin the aggregator needs-list assertion and the per-job Codecov upload assertion)docs/CI.mdupdated: aggregator description, job table (merged row), exit-criteria table's Lighthouse-desktop job referenceSummary by Sourcery
Consolidate VRT and Lighthouse validation into one required browser-quality CI gate while preserving failure semantics, diagnostic artifacts, and downstream policy checks.
New Features:
browser-qualityCI job while retaining their diagnostics and artifacts.Bug Fixes:
Enhancements:
CI:
Documentation:
Tests:
CodeAnt-AI Description
Consolidate visual regression and Lighthouse checks into one required browser-quality gate
What Changed
browser-qualityCI job, sharing setup and the production build download.Impact
✅ Lower CI runner usage✅ Fewer skipped browser diagnostics after a test failure✅ Preserved required visual and mobile accessibility checks💡 Usage Guide
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Summary by cubic
Consolidates the separate
vrtandlighthousejobs into onebrowser-qualityjob so checkout, setup, and the build-artifact download run once instead of twice, and updatesci-success,docs/CI.md, and the workflow-policy tests to reference the merged job.if: ${{ !cancelled() }}, so a VRT or mobile-Lighthouse failure never skips a later phase's diagnostic evidence.continue-on-error: true, so its accessibility/CLS errors can fail the step without failing the job; genuine VRT or mobile-Lighthouse failures still failbrowser-qualityand thereforeci-success.actions/cache@v5references indocs/CI.mdto the actualv6.1.0pin.Written for commit 9f97588. Summary will update on new commits.
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