Speed up CI builds and consolidate shared setup - #9046
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 9 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds shared Android, Flutter, and Go setup actions with centralized caching. Multiple workflows adopt these actions. Windows toolchain detection and CI configuration validation are also added. ChangesShared CI toolchain
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Refactor Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CIWorkflow
participant setup-go
participant setup-android
participant setup-flutter
participant ActionsCache
CIWorkflow->>setup-go: configure Go and cache scope
setup-go->>ActionsCache: restore Go and gomobile caches
CIWorkflow->>setup-android: configure Java, Gradle, and Android SDK
setup-android->>ActionsCache: configure Gradle cache
CIWorkflow->>setup-flutter: install pinned Flutter
setup-flutter->>ActionsCache: restore Flutter and pub caches
Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The CI setup is centralized without an established build, test, release, or toolchain regression, so the change is ready to merge after normal checks. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In @.github/workflows/android-compile-check.yml:
- Around line 23-25: Update the Android AAR cache key used by the workflow to
hash the shared setup action directories setup-android, setup-flutter, and
setup-go, matching the existing trigger paths. Ensure changes to these actions
invalidate the cache so dependencies are rebuilt before android-debug-ci runs.
In @.github/workflows/ci-config.yml:
- Line 9: Update the CI path filter and syntax-validation inputs to include
scripts/ci/choco-retry.sh alongside the existing setup scripts, ensuring changes
to the helper used by setup-windows-toolchain.sh trigger validation.
- Line 21: Update the CI workflow step using rhysd/actionlint:1.7.12 to also
validate composite action manifests under .github/actions/**, passing the
relevant action.yml paths or adding an equivalent validator while preserving
existing workflow validation.
- Line 19: Update the actions/checkout@v4 step to set persist-credentials to
false, preventing the checkout token from remaining available to subsequent
workflow steps.
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In `@scripts/ci/validate_composite_actions.rb`:
- Around line 24-29: Update the step validation around has_run and has_uses so
run and uses are considered defined only when their values are non-empty
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Cache steps need non-fatal fallback behavior, and the release preflight still bypasses the shared Go setup.
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Pull request overview
This PR consolidates CI toolchain setup and caching, moves Android builds to Ubuntu, and optimizes Windows builds.
Changes:
- Adds shared Flutter, Go, and Android setup actions.
- Updates workflows, runners, triggers, and cache scopes.
- Adds CI validation and improves Windows toolchain reuse.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
scripts/ci/validate_composite_actions.rb |
Validates composite action manifests. |
scripts/ci/setup-windows-toolchain.sh |
Reuses or installs MinGW. |
.github/workflows/windows-auto-update-smoke.yml |
Uses shared Flutter setup. |
.github/workflows/swift-compile-check.yml |
Uses shared Go and Flutter setup. |
.github/workflows/release.yml |
Uses shared Flutter setup. |
.github/workflows/macos-auto-update-smoke.yml |
Uses shared Flutter setup. |
.github/workflows/go.yml |
Uses shared Go setup. |
.github/workflows/flutter-test.yml |
Uses shared Flutter setup. |
.github/workflows/firebase-test-lab.yml |
Uses shared Android, Go, and Flutter setup. |
.github/workflows/ci-config.yml |
Adds CI configuration validation. |
.github/workflows/build-windows.yml |
Optimizes Windows toolchain and compilation. |
.github/workflows/build-windows-service.yml |
Uses shared Go and MinGW setup. |
.github/workflows/build-windows-dll.yml |
Uses shared Go and MinGW setup. |
.github/workflows/build-macos.yml |
Uses shared Go and Flutter setup. |
.github/workflows/build-linux.yml |
Uses shared Go and Flutter setup. |
.github/workflows/build-ios.yml |
Uses shared Go and Flutter setup. |
.github/workflows/build-android.yml |
Moves Android builds to Ubuntu. |
.github/workflows/android-compile-check.yml |
Uses shared Android, Go, and Flutter setup. |
.github/actions/setup-go/action.yml |
Defines Go installation and scoped caches. |
.github/actions/setup-flutter/read-version.sh |
Parses the pinned Flutter version. |
.github/actions/setup-flutter/action.yml |
Defines Flutter installation and caching. |
.github/actions/setup-android/action.yml |
Defines Android, Java, and Gradle setup. |
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.github/actions/setup-flutter/action.yml:32
- The new source SDK cache is a hard prerequisite: a cache-service outage will fail the ARM64 Flutter setup instead of allowing the existing clone path to run. Make this cache best-effort with
continue-on-error: true, matching the repository's other cache steps.
uses: actions/cache@v4
.github/actions/setup-flutter/action.yml:63
- A pub-cache service failure now aborts every workflow using this shared Flutter action, whereas the removed workflow-level pub caches were explicitly allowed to fall back to a cold install. Add
continue-on-error: trueso dependency resolution remains available during cache outages.
uses: actions/cache@v4
.github/workflows/release.yml:430
- The release preflight still calls
actions/setup-go@v5directly at lines 418-422, so this workflow does not use the shared Go setup/cache policy introduced here. This is the only remaining directsetup-gouse and leaves the stated Go setup consolidation incomplete; switch this block to the local action with a distinct scope such asrelease-preflight.
uses: ./.github/actions/setup-flutter
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@jigar-f Mind taking a look at this one? |
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I don't fully understand the build process here or tradeoffs, but I support anything that reduces build speed and code while staying comprehensible!
To that end, everything looks pretty reasonable. My only surprise was thinking "why ruby?"
[looks up ruby]
Ruby is a programming language designed to make writing code joyful and productive for humans.
Well, I don't want to detract from any joy, so let's do it!
Consolidates repeated Flutter, Go, and Android setup into shared actions. Windows builds reuse compatible installed toolchains, use bounded parallel compilation, and install WebView2 only for jobs that run GUI smoke tests. Android release builds move to Ubuntu. Duplicate caches are removed, and Go compilation caches are separated by target.
Measured build times
These are historical GitHub Actions measurements from September 4–11, 2026. Durations cover the complete platform job, including setup, packaging, artifact uploads, and post-job cache work; they exclude queue time, prerequisite jobs, and release publication.
The two PR runs have medians of 18m37s for Windows and 19m46s for Android, approximately 22% and 52% below their historical baselines.
How to read the comparison
01c64ade2on September 11. The September 10 baseline at2c6bbfd5dhas the same application source, build files, and dependency versions; the branch changes are in CI setup, scripts, and documentation.macos-26toubuntu-24.04as part of this PR.release-create, after the builds completed.Baseline runs and individual job timings
Only successful platform jobs are counted. An overall workflow failure does not discard a successful build job.
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