perf: #3616266 Reduce CI usage on 9.2.x (cache reuse, path gating, varbase-e2e, ^2)

Rajab Natshahrequested to merge
issue/varbase_project-3616266:3616266-ci-speed-9.2.x into 9.2.x

Ports the 11.0.x CI work (issue #3616266) to the 9.2.x line. The 9.2.x web root is docroot/, so all custom-code paths use docroot/{modules,themes,recipes}/custom.

What changed

  • Cache reuse + DB restore: the role / user / language seeding moves into the 📦 Install Varbase job so its DB dump carries them; the parallel test jobs now pull the installed build cache (vendor, node_modules, docroot, bin) and restore that dump, instead of each re-installing Varbase. No composer/yarn/playwright build per test job.
  • Path gating: every job is gated on changed paths. A job whose files did not change stays listed as a non-optional manual (allow_failure: false), never dropped. The full pipeline still runs on the default branch, release branches and tags.
  • Custom-code scope: PHPCS / PHPStan and the app-changes gate target the developer dirs docroot/{modules,themes,recipes}/custom (scaffolded with .gitkeep).
  • Rename: the test job is now 🧪 varbase-e2e (Automated Functional Acceptance Testing in the description only).
  • Dependency: @vardot/varbase-e2e → ^2; yarn.lock regenerated to 2.0.3.

Note: 9.2.x ships no Storybook job, so no Storybook gate is added.

AI-Generated: Yes

Checkpoints:

  • File an issue
  • Addition/Change/Update/Fix
  • Testing to ensure no regression
  • Automated unit testing coverage
  • Automated functional testing coverage
  • UX/UI designer responsibilities
  • Readability
  • Accessibility
  • Performance
  • Security
  • Developer Documentation
  • User Guide Documentation
  • Reviewed by human
  • Code review by maintainers
  • Full testing and approval
  • Credit contributors
  • Review with the product owner
  • Release notes snippet
  • Release
Edited by Rajab Natshah

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