E2E Tests workflow (evidence-dev/evidence)

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Source: evidence-dev/evidence.github/workflows/e2e.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the E2E Tests workflow from the evidence-dev/evidence repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: E2E Tests

on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  run-tests:
    name: e2e/ubuntu-latest/node-20
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 60
    # Skip E2E on Version Packages PRs - they're just metadata changes
    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'github-actions[bot]'

    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Check what changed
        id: changes-check
        shell: bash
        run: |
          # Fetch the base branch
          git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}

          # Get list of changed files
          CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }})

          # Check if only docs changed
          NON_DOCS_CHANGES=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -vE '^sites/docs/' || true)

          if [ -z "$NON_DOCS_CHANGES" ]; then
            echo "only_docs=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            echo "Skipping e2e tests because only docs were changed."
            exit 0
          fi

          echo "only_docs=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

          # Check if external dependencies changed (lockfile = external deps)
          LOCKFILE_CHANGED=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -E '^pnpm-lock\.yaml$' || true)

          if [ -n "$LOCKFILE_CHANGED" ]; then
            echo "run_full_suite=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            echo "Running FULL e2e suite because external dependencies changed (pnpm-lock.yaml modified)"
          else
            echo "run_full_suite=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            echo "Running MINIMAL e2e suite (basic + hmr only)"
          fi

      - name: Action Setup (pnpm)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4

      - name: Setup Node
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: pnpm

      - name: Install dependencies
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile

      - name: Install Playwright and browsers
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        run: pnpm playwright install --with-deps

      - name: Run setup
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" run --if-present setup

      - name: Run sources (minimal)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/{basic,hmr}" run sources

      - name: Run sources (full)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite == 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" run sources

      - name: Run dev mode tests (minimal)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/{basic,hmr}" --sequential run test:dev

      - name: Run dev mode tests (full)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite == 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" --sequential run test:dev

      - name: Build (minimal)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/{basic,hmr}" run build

      - name: Build (full)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite == 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" run build

      - name: Run preview mode tests (minimal)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/{basic,hmr}" --sequential run test:preview

      - name: Run preview mode tests (full)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite == 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" --sequential run test:preview

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: E2E Tests
 
on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  run-tests:
    name: e2e/ubuntu-latest/node-20
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    timeout-minutes: 60
    # Skip E2E on Version Packages PRs - they're just metadata changes
    if: github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'github-actions[bot]'
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
      - name: Check what changed
        id: changes-check
        shell: bash
        run: |
          # Fetch the base branch
          git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
 
          # Get list of changed files
          CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }})
 
          # Check if only docs changed
          NON_DOCS_CHANGES=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -vE '^sites/docs/' || true)
 
          if [ -z "$NON_DOCS_CHANGES" ]; then
            echo "only_docs=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            echo "Skipping e2e tests because only docs were changed."
            exit 0
          fi
 
          echo "only_docs=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
          # Check if external dependencies changed (lockfile = external deps)
          LOCKFILE_CHANGED=$(echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -E '^pnpm-lock\.yaml$' || true)
 
          if [ -n "$LOCKFILE_CHANGED" ]; then
            echo "run_full_suite=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            echo "Running FULL e2e suite because external dependencies changed (pnpm-lock.yaml modified)"
          else
            echo "run_full_suite=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
            echo "Running MINIMAL e2e suite (basic + hmr only)"
          fi
 
      - name: Action Setup (pnpm)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
 
      - name: Setup Node
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: pnpm
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
      - name: Install Playwright and browsers
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        run: pnpm playwright install --with-deps
 
      - name: Run setup
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" run --if-present setup
 
      - name: Run sources (minimal)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/{basic,hmr}" run sources
 
      - name: Run sources (full)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite == 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" run sources
 
      - name: Run dev mode tests (minimal)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/{basic,hmr}" --sequential run test:dev
 
      - name: Run dev mode tests (full)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite == 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" --sequential run test:dev
 
      - name: Build (minimal)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/{basic,hmr}" run build
 
      - name: Build (full)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite == 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" run build
 
      - name: Run preview mode tests (minimal)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite != 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/{basic,hmr}" --sequential run test:preview
 
      - name: Run preview mode tests (full)
        if: steps.changes-check.outputs.only_docs != 'true' && steps.changes-check.outputs.run_full_suite == 'true'
        run: pnpm --filter "./e2e/*" --sequential run test:preview

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

What Latchkey heals here

This workflow has steps that commonly fail on transient issues (network, registries, flaky browsers). On Latchkey managed runners they are detected, retried, and self-healed instead of failing your build:

Dependency installs
End-to-end and browser tests

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout pnpm/action-setup actions/setup-node