From 86781b8a43f36409be146c8d80b260dec8fad7c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Rath <139418639+rathlinus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 22:50:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: run the unit tests in four parallel shards

---
 .github/workflows/tests.yml | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index bb148b067..c85a7c84f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,17 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   vitest:
-    name: Vitest
+    name: Vitest (${{ matrix.shard }}/4)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    # Most of a run is per-file overhead (imports and jsdom setup), not test
+    # code, so spreading the files over parallel runners cuts the wall time
+    # almost linearly. fail-fast is off so one red shard doesn't hide failures
+    # in the others.
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -33,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         # forks + a small worker count keeps the load-sensitive component tests
         # from timing out on the shared runners; the longer per-test timeout
         # covers the jsdom-heavy suites.
-        run: npx vitest run --pool=forks --maxWorkers=2 --testTimeout=15000
+        run: npx vitest run --pool=forks --maxWorkers=2 --testTimeout=15000 --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/4
 
   # The pre-commit hook lints only staged files and never runs on fork PRs,
   # so this is the one place the whole tree is checked.