From 145c2d4781748952ad2cfc2c065141f93da9a83b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DaX <daxdax89@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 02:04:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize CI/CD pipeline for faster deploys

- Remove broken npm cache (was timing out ~5min per run)
- Replace AWS CLI v2 installer with pip3 install (~50MB less)
- Inline AWS credential config instead of separate action
- Merge steps to reduce overhead
---
 .gitea/workflows/deploy.yml | 37 ++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index c06c65f..7c9b207 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -46,44 +46,32 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
-          cache: npm
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: steps.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true'
         run: npm ci
 
-      - name: Security check
+      - name: Security check & tests
         if: steps.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-        run: npm run security:check
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-        run: npm test -- --passWithNoTests
+        run: |
+          npm run security:check
+          npm test -- --passWithNoTests
 
       - name: Build Next.js
         if: steps.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true'
         run: npm run build
 
-      - name: Install AWS CLI
+      - name: Setup AWS
         if: steps.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true' || steps.changes.outputs.api == 'true'
         run: |
-          curl -s "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o /tmp/awscliv2.zip
-          unzip -q /tmp/awscliv2.zip -d /tmp
-          /tmp/aws/install
-          aws --version
+          pip3 install -q awscli
+          aws configure set aws_access_key_id "${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}"
+          aws configure set aws_secret_access_key "${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}"
+          aws configure set region eu-central-1
 
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true' || steps.changes.outputs.api == 'true'
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: eu-central-1
-
-      - name: Deploy to S3
+      - name: Deploy to S3 & invalidate CloudFront
         if: steps.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true'
         run: |
-          # Upload HTML files with no-cache
           aws s3 sync out/ s3://$S3_BUCKET/ \
             --delete \
             --exclude "*" \
@@ -91,19 +79,14 @@ jobs:
             --cache-control "public, max-age=0, must-revalidate" \
             --content-type "text/html"
 
-          # Upload _next static assets with immutable 1-year cache
           aws s3 sync out/_next/ s3://$S3_BUCKET/_next/ \
             --cache-control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"
 
-          # Upload other assets with 1-day cache
           aws s3 sync out/ s3://$S3_BUCKET/ \
             --exclude "*.html" \
             --exclude "_next/*" \
             --cache-control "public, max-age=86400"
 
-      - name: Invalidate CloudFront
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true'
-        run: |
           aws cloudfront create-invalidation \
             --distribution-id ${{ secrets.CLOUDFRONT_DISTRIBUTION_ID }} \
             --paths "/*"