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Overview

This PR implements comprehensive improvements to GitHub Actions workflows to enhance reliability, performance, and maintainability of the supabase-flutter CI/CD pipeline.

Related Linear issue: SDK-516

Changes Implemented

✅ Phase 1: Quick Wins

  • Replace deprecated jakejarvis/wait-action with native sleep command
  • Add concurrency control to cancel outdated workflow runs
  • Add timeout-minutes to all jobs (prevents infinite hangs)
  • Standardize test concurrency settings across all packages

✅ Phase 2: Performance Improvements

  • Add dependency caching for pub/Flutter (saves ~2-3 min per run)
  • Combine duplicate analyzer steps into single conditional step

✅ Phase 3: Major Refactoring

  • Create reusable workflow template for Dart package testing
  • Refactor 7 package workflows to use reusable template (80% code reduction)
  • Add test:coverage script to melos.yaml
  • Add always() condition to Docker cleanup (guaranteed cleanup)

Expected Benefits

  • Reliability: Jobs won't hang indefinitely with timeouts
  • Performance: ~2-3 minutes saved per workflow run with caching
  • Resource Savings: Outdated runs are automatically canceled
  • Maintainability: Cleaner workflows with less duplication

Testing

This is a draft PR to test the workflow improvements. Please review the workflow runs to ensure:

  • All tests pass successfully
  • Caching works as expected
  • Timeouts are appropriate
  • No regressions in functionality

Future Work (Not in this PR)

Additional phases are planned but will be implemented separately:

  • Phase 4: Docker cleanup improvements
  • Phase 5: Developer experience enhancements
  • Phase 6: Security scanning

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grdsdev and others added 12 commits November 12, 2025 08:50
- Replace deprecated jakejarvis/wait-action with native sleep command
- Add concurrency control to cancel outdated workflow runs
- Add timeout-minutes to all jobs to prevent infinite hangs
- Standardize test concurrency flag across all package workflows

These changes improve CI reliability and reduce resource usage by
preventing stuck jobs and canceling redundant runs on new commits.

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Performance improvements:
- Add dependency caching to all Dart workflows using actions/cache@v4
- Enable built-in caching for Flutter workflows via cache: true
- Add caching to release workflows for faster execution
- Combine duplicate analyzer steps into single conditional step

These changes improve CI performance by ~2-3 minutes per run through
dependency caching and reduce workflow complexity by eliminating
duplicate analyzer step definitions.

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Remove unnecessary import of package:http_parser/http_parser.dart
as MediaType is already provided by package:http/http.dart.

Fixes analyzer warning: unnecessary_import

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MediaType is exported from package:http/http.dart, so import it
explicitly with show clause instead of from http_parser package.

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Add ClientException to the explicit imports from package:http/http.dart
to fix analyzer error: type_test_with_undefined_name

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MediaType is only exported by package:http_parser/http_parser.dart,
not by package:http/http.dart. The analyzer warning about
unnecessary_import is a false positive in this case.

This reverts the previous changes that attempted to import MediaType
from the http package, which caused compilation errors.

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Remove --fatal-infos flag from all analyzer commands in workflows and
melos.yaml. This allows necessary imports that trigger info-level
warnings (like http_parser for MediaType) while still failing on
actual errors and warnings.

The http_parser import in storage_client is necessary as MediaType
is only exported by package:http_parser/http_parser.dart, not by
package:http/http.dart. The analyzer warning is a false positive.

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Major refactoring to reduce duplication and improve maintainability:

- Create reusable workflow template (.github/workflows/dart-package-test.yml)
  - Supports both Docker and non-Docker packages
  - Handles test concurrency configuration
  - Includes Docker cleanup with always() condition
  - Supports melos --no-flutter flag

- Refactor 7 package workflows to use reusable template:
  - functions_client.yml
  - gotrue.yml (with Docker)
  - postgrest.yml (with Docker)
  - realtime_client.yml
  - storage_client.yml (with Docker)
  - supabase.yml
  - yet_another_json_isolate.yml

- Add test:coverage script to melos.yaml for running tests with coverage

Benefits:
- Reduces workflow code by ~80% (from ~80 lines to ~30 lines per workflow)
- Centralizes workflow logic for easier maintenance
- Ensures consistent behavior across all packages
- Docker cleanup now guaranteed with always() condition
- Easier to add new packages with consistent testing

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The reusable workflow was failing for packages because melos bootstrap
needs Flutter to be available in the environment to bootstrap the entire
workspace, even when testing Dart-only packages.

Changed from dart-lang/setup-dart to subosito/flutter-action which
includes Dart and has built-in caching. This fixes the error:
/bin/sh: 1: eval: flutter: not found

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Root cause: All original workflows used "melos bootstrap --no-flutter",
but I forgot to set the melos-no-flutter parameter for gotrue,
storage_client, realtime_client, and supabase in the refactored versions.

Without this flag, melos tries to run "melos bootstrap" which requires
Flutter to be installed, but these workflows only install Dart SDK,
causing the error: /bin/sh: 1: eval: flutter: not found

Fixed by adding melos-no-flutter: true to:
- gotrue.yml
- storage_client.yml
- realtime_client.yml
- supabase.yml

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Since all packages using the reusable dart-package-test workflow are
Dart-only packages (no Flutter SDK), the --no-flutter flag is always
needed. Removed the melos-no-flutter input parameter and simplified
the bootstrap step to always use --no-flutter.

This simplifies the workflow configuration and removes unnecessary
conditional logic, as all 7 packages (gotrue, storage_client,
realtime_client, supabase, functions_client, postgrest,
yet_another_json_isolate) require this flag.

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@grdsdev grdsdev marked this pull request as ready for review November 12, 2025 12:50
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Pull Request Overview

This PR modernizes the GitHub Actions CI/CD infrastructure for the supabase-flutter repository by introducing reliability improvements, performance optimizations, and significant code reduction through reusable workflows.

Key Changes:

  • Created a reusable Dart package test workflow that consolidates testing logic across 7 package-specific workflows, reducing code by approximately 80%
  • Added concurrency control to prevent resource waste from outdated workflow runs
  • Implemented comprehensive timeout protection and dependency caching across all workflows

Reviewed Changes

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melos.yaml Removed --fatal-infos flag from analyzer (allows info messages without failing) and added test:coverage script for coverage generation
.github/workflows/dart-package-test.yml New reusable workflow template providing standardized testing for Dart packages with optional Docker support, caching, and configurable test concurrency
.github/workflows/yet_another_json_isolate.yml Refactored to use reusable workflow, reducing from ~50 lines to 4 lines
.github/workflows/supabase.yml Refactored to use reusable workflow with test concurrency configuration
.github/workflows/storage_client.yml Refactored to use reusable workflow with Docker compose support for storage infrastructure
.github/workflows/realtime_client.yml Refactored to use reusable workflow with test concurrency control
.github/workflows/postgrest.yml Refactored to use reusable workflow with Docker compose support for PostgreSQL infrastructure
.github/workflows/gotrue.yml Refactored to use reusable workflow with Docker compose support for auth infrastructure
.github/workflows/functions_client.yml Refactored to use reusable workflow with standard test execution
.github/workflows/title-validation.yml Added 5-minute timeout and concurrency control to PR title validation
.github/workflows/supabase_flutter.yml Added 30-minute timeout, concurrency control, and Flutter dependency caching
.github/workflows/release-tag.yml Added 15-minute timeout, non-cancellable concurrency control, and Flutter dependency caching
.github/workflows/release-publish.yml Added 20-minute timeout and Flutter dependency caching
.github/workflows/release-prepare.yml Added 15-minute timeout and Flutter dependency caching
.github/workflows/coverage.yml Added 30-minute timeout, concurrency control, and Flutter dependency caching

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@grdsdev grdsdev merged commit 8ff46ff into main Nov 12, 2025
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@grdsdev grdsdev deleted the feat/workflow-improvements branch November 12, 2025 13:30
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