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CI, artifacts, and ownership

Tests that only run on your laptop are hobbies. Wire CI, fail loud with traces/videos, and assign owners to red builds.

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Run on every PR

GitHub Actions on pull_request. Keep smoke fast (<10 min) so people do not skip.

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Example

name: UI Tests
on: [pull_request, push]
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
      - run: npm ci && npx playwright install --with-deps
      - run: npx playwright test
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        if: failure()
        with:
          name: test-results
          path: test-results/

Do this now

Add a workflow that runs your suite and uploads artifacts on failure.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • PR checks
  • Artifacts in CI
  • Flake budgets

Clear these before you leave

Side quest

Actions pipeline

Ship workflow + README section “How to debug CI fails.” Screenshot green run in docs/ci-green.png.