CI Optimization: Fix Duplicate Test Execution

Summary

This PR eliminates duplicate test execution by properly tagging slow integration tests. Currently, three test files containing ~60 seconds of slow tests are running in both the unit test job and the integration test job, causing unnecessary duplication.

Problem Identified

Issue: Three test files without //go:build integration tags are running in both jobs:

• pkg/cli/run_command_test.go (contains TestProgressFlagSignature - 30.26s)
• pkg/cli/compile_command_test.go (contains TestCompileWorkflows_EmptyMarkdownFiles - 10.24s)
• pkg/cli/mcp_inspect_headers_test.go (contains TestConnectHTTPMCPServer tests - 20s combined)

Current Behavior:

• ❌ Unit test job: Runs these tests (no build tag exclusion)
• ❌ Integration matrix: ALSO runs these tests (dedicated matrix groups target them)
• ⚠️ Result: ~60 seconds of duplicate test execution per CI run

Root Cause: The integration matrix was properly configured with specific groups for these slow tests:

• "CLI Progress Flag" group for TestProgressFlagSignature
• "CLI Compile Workflows" group for TestCompileWorkflows_EmptyMarkdownFiles
• "CLI HTTP MCP Connect" group for TestConnectHTTPMCPServer

However, the test files lacked the //go:build integration tag, so the unit test job (which uses -tags '!integration') couldn't exclude them.

Changes Made

Added //go:build integration build tags to three test files:

+//go:build integration
+
 package cli

Files Modified:

1. pkg/cli/run_command_test.go
2. pkg/cli/compile_command_test.go
3. pkg/cli/mcp_inspect_headers_test.go

Expected Impact

Unit Test Time Reduction: ~60 seconds (45% reduction from 110s → 50s)

• Removes TestProgressFlagSignature (30.26s)
• Removes TestCompileWorkflows_EmptyMarkdownFiles (10.24s)
• Removes TestConnectHTTPMCPServer_WithHeaders (10.01s)
• Removes TestConnectHTTPMCPServer_NoHeaders (10.00s)

Integration Test Time: No change (tests already in matrix with dedicated groups)

Net CI Speedup: ~60 seconds per run

Cost Savings:

• ~60 seconds saved per run
• ~100 GitHub Actions minutes saved per day (based on 100 runs/day historical average)

Risk: Low

• Tests are already covered in integration matrix
• No test coverage is lost
• Only eliminates duplication

Validation

The changes ensure:

• ✅ Unit test job skips these tests (via -tags '!integration')
• ✅ Integration matrix groups still run these tests (already configured)
• ✅ No loss of test coverage
• ✅ Significant time savings

CI Structure Analysis

The CI workflow is already very well optimized:

• ✅ Integration tests run in parallel with unit tests (both depend on lint only)
• ✅ Large integration matrix (32 groups) with good balance
• ✅ Expensive jobs (bench, fuzz, security-scan) only run on main
• ✅ Incremental golangci-lint on PRs (50-75% speedup)
• ✅ Concurrency groups with cancel-in-progress
• ✅ Proper Go and npm cache usage
• ✅ Tests run with -parallel=8 for good CPU utilization

This PR addresses the only significant inefficiency found: duplicate test execution.

Testing Plan

• Verified slow tests are in dedicated integration matrix groups
• Confirm unit test job completes ~60 seconds faster
• Verify integration test jobs still run the tests
• Monitor first few runs after merge for any issues

Metrics Baseline

Current state (from analysis of 100 recent runs):

• Total unit tests: 10,998 tests
• Unit test time: ~110 seconds
• Tests > 0.5s: 19 tests
• Test files with integration tags: 34 (now 37 after this PR)

Expected after merge:

• Unit test time: ~50 seconds (45% reduction)
• Cleaner separation between unit and integration tests

References:

• Analysis run: §34
• Cache memory: /tmp/gh-aw/cache-memory/ci-coach/last-analysis.json

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