From d8c1a38c0d241891ea1187e9df3bb02a6ebac4ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Mintel <marc@mintel.me>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:14:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: optimize pipeline for speed and parallelize QA jobs

---
 .gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml
index c04cc28..0b3af01 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  qa:
-    name: 🧪 Quality Assurance
+  install:
+    name: 📦 Install & Sync
     runs-on: docker
     container:
       image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node_version: 20
+          cache: 'pnpm'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
@@ -40,18 +41,84 @@ jobs:
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         run: pnpm sync-versions
 
+  lint:
+    name: 🧹 Lint
+    needs: install
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    env:
+      NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node_version: 20
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
       - name: Lint
         run: pnpm lint
 
+  test:
+    name: 🧪 Test
+    needs: install
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    env:
+      NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node_version: 20
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
       - name: Test
         run: pnpm test
 
+  build:
+    name: 🏗️ Build
+    needs: install
+    runs-on: docker
+    container:
+      image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
+    env:
+      NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node_version: 20
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
       - name: Build
         run: pnpm build
 
   release:
     name: 🚀 Release
-    needs: qa
+    needs: [lint, test, build]
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     runs-on: docker
     container:
@@ -74,9 +141,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node_version: 20
+          cache: 'pnpm'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
 
       - name: 🏷️ Release Packages (Tag-Driven)
         run: |
@@ -85,7 +153,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-images:
     name: 🐳 Build ${{ matrix.name }}
-    needs: qa
+    needs: [lint, test, build]
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     runs-on: docker
     container: