From 8652dd722e54310be60a249645b6a74741da4e2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Mintel <marc@mintel.me>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:42:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] perf(ci): optimize pipeline via parallelization, caching and
 conditional audits

---
 .gitea/workflows/ci.yml     |  1 +
 .gitea/workflows/deploy.yml | 11 +++++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 211e9b32..85b728e7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
+          cache: 'pnpm'
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index c4e8cff1..a2cd7126 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Purging old build layers and dangling images..."
           docker image prune -f
-          docker builder prune -f --filter "until=6h"
+          docker builder prune -f --filter "until=24h"
 
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
+          cache: 'pnpm'
       - name: Setup pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
         with:
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
   # ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   build:
     name: 🏗️ Build
-    needs: [prepare, qa]
+    needs: [prepare]
     if: needs.prepare.outputs.target != 'skip'
     runs-on: docker
     container:
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ jobs:
   smoke_test:
     name: 🧪 Smoke Test
     needs: [prepare, deploy]
-    if: needs.deploy.result == 'success'
+    if: needs.deploy.result == 'success' && needs.prepare.outputs.target != 'branch'
     runs-on: docker
     container:
       image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
+          cache: 'pnpm'
       - name: Setup pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
         with:
@@ -411,7 +413,7 @@ jobs:
   lighthouse:
     name: ⚡ Lighthouse
     needs: [prepare, deploy]
-    if: success() && needs.prepare.outputs.target != 'skip'
+    if: success() && needs.prepare.outputs.target != 'skip' && needs.prepare.outputs.target != 'branch'
     runs-on: docker
     container:
       image: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-latest
@@ -422,6 +424,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20
+          cache: 'pnpm'
       - name: Setup pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
         with: