From 6cbb83a1e2f4334ab3dc13ba9cb129bd787c8b1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johnpaul Chiwetelu <49923152+Myestery@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:43:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] perf(ci): remove unnecessary pnpm install from merge-reports
 job (#8030)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

## Summary
- Remove `setup-frontend` action from `merge-reports` job
- Use `npx @playwright/test` instead of `pnpm exec playwright`

## Why
The `merge-reports` job was spending ~16-18s on `pnpm install` just to
run a CLI command that takes ~3s. Since `npx` is pre-installed on GitHub
runners, we can eliminate the setup overhead entirely.

**Expected savings: ~16-18 seconds per CI run**

## Test Plan
- [ ] Verify merge-reports job completes successfully
- [ ] Verify HTML report is generated and uploaded correctly
- [ ] Compare job timing before/after

┆Issue is synchronized with this [Notion
page](https://www.notion.so/PR-8030-perf-ci-remove-unnecessary-pnpm-install-from-merge-reports-job-2e76d73d36508134b3e6c11726170f64)
by [Unito](https://www.unito.io)
---
 .github/workflows/ci-tests-e2e.yaml | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-e2e.yaml
index 90bf4112c..c1e0af411 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests-e2e.yaml
@@ -144,9 +144,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      # Setup pnpm/node to run playwright merge-reports (no browsers needed)
-      - name: Setup frontend
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-frontend
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
 
       - name: Download blob reports
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -158,10 +159,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Merge into HTML Report
         run: |
           # Generate HTML report
-          pnpm exec playwright merge-reports --reporter=html ./all-blob-reports
+          pnpm dlx @playwright/test merge-reports --reporter=html ./all-blob-reports
           # Generate JSON report separately with explicit output path
           PLAYWRIGHT_JSON_OUTPUT_NAME=playwright-report/report.json \
-          pnpm exec playwright merge-reports --reporter=json ./all-blob-reports
+          pnpm dlx @playwright/test merge-reports --reporter=json ./all-blob-reports
 
       - name: Upload HTML report
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4