ci: run the invariant checks once instead of per matrix leg

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -15,102 +15,115 @@ env:
   RAW_VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
 jobs:
-  # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # Core lint-and-test matrix (server + driver)
-  # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   lint-and-test-server-and-driver:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.25.x']
-        python-version: ['3.12']
-        node-version: ['20.x']
-        # 'sim' is not an executor — it is the simulated chip the tier-3
-        # physics tests and the whole calibrate/execute loop run against.
-        # Without it here, none of those ever run on CI.
-        extra: ['mock', 'aer', 'quantify', 'qblox', 'sim']
-
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+        go-version: '1.26.x'
         cache-dependency-path: 'qpi-ui/go.sum'
 
     - name: Set up uv
       uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b
       with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        python-version: '3.12'
         enable-cache: true
         cache-dependency-glob: "qpi-driver/py/pyproject.toml"
 
     - name: Set up nodejs
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        node-version: '22.x'
 
-    - name: Install dependencies & formatting tools
-      run: |
-        if [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "mock" ]; then
-          uv sync --project qpi-driver/py --extra cli --dev
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "aer" ]; then
-          uv sync --project qpi-driver/py --extra cli --extra aer --dev
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "quantify" ]; then
-          uv sync --project qpi-driver/py --extra cli --extra quantify --dev
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "qblox" ]; then
-          uv sync --project qpi-driver/py --extra cli --extra qblox --dev
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "sim" ]; then
-          # Both schedulers: the loop tests are parametrised over them.
-          uv sync --project qpi-driver/py --extra cli --extra quantify --extra qblox --extra sim --dev
-        fi
-        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y zip
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: uv sync --project qpi-driver/py --extra cli --dev
 
-    - name: Build dashboard
-      run: make build-dashboard
+    # Builds the dashboard itself, which `go vet` needs: main.go embeds its dist.
+    - name: Lint orchestrator
+      run: make lint-go
 
-    - name: Lint ochestrator
-      run: make lint-go 
-
     - name: Lint driver
       run: make lint-py
 
-    - name: Test CLI 
+    - name: Test CLI
       run: make test-py-cli
+
+    - name: Test simulator
+      run: |
+        make test-py-sim
+
+  lint-and-test-server-and-driver-per-extra:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        extra: ['mock', 'aer', 'quantify', 'qblox']
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        go-version: '1.26.x'
+        cache-dependency-path: 'qpi-ui/go.sum'
+
+    - name: Set up uv
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+        enable-cache: true
+        cache-dependency-glob: "qpi-driver/py/pyproject.toml"
+
+    - name: Set up nodejs
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      with:
+        node-version: '22.x'
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: uv sync --project qpi-driver/py --extra cli --extra ${{ matrix.extra }} --dev
+
+    - name: Build dashboard
+      run: make build-dashboard
 
     - name: Run Python Unit Tests for '${{ matrix.extra }}'
       run: |
-        if [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "mock" ]; then
-          make test-py-base
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "aer" ]; then
-          make test-py-aer
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "quantify" ]; then
-          make test-py-quantify
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "qblox" ]; then
-          make test-py-qblox
-        elif [ "${{ matrix.extra }}" = "sim" ]; then
-          # The routines against real physics, then the whole loop: calibrate a
-          # simulated chip and run circuits on what the calibration wrote.
-          make test-py-sim
-          make test-py-loop
-        fi
-
-    # 'sim' names no executor a driver can be started with, so there is no
-    # driver end-to-end run for it — its own end-to-end coverage is test-py-loop.
+        make test-py-driver EXECUTOR=${{ matrix.extra }}
+
     - name: Run E2E Integration Tests for driver '${{ matrix.extra }}'
-      if: matrix.extra != 'sim'
       run: make test-e2e-driver EXECUTOR=${{ matrix.extra }}
 
+
+  test-simulated-calibrate-and-process-loop:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        extra: ['quantify', 'qblox']
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up uv
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+        enable-cache: true
+        cache-dependency-glob: "qpi-driver/py/pyproject.toml"
+
+    - name: Run Tests for '${{ matrix.extra }}'
+      run: |
+        make test-py-loop EXECUTOR=${{ matrix.extra }}
+
   # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # qpi-client / Go SDK
   # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   lint-and-test-go-client:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.25.x']
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
@@ -119,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+        go-version: '1.26.x'
         cache-dependency-path: 'qpi-client/go/go.sum'
 
 
@@ -165,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: ['20.x']
+        node-version: ['22.x']
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
@@ -191,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.25.x']
+        go-version: ['1.26.x']
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
@@ -216,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: ['20.x']
+        node-version: ['22.x']
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Code
@@ -270,6 +283,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Lint dashboard
       run: make lint-dashboard
 
+    # The pure helpers, before the four-minute Cypress run: a broken one fails
+    # here in seconds instead of as a puzzling assertion against a live server.
+    - name: Run Dashboard Unit Tests
+      run: make test-dashboard
+
     - name: Run E2E Cypress Dashboard Tests
       run: make test-e2e-dashboard
 
@@ -328,7 +346,9 @@ jobs:
   # Publish qpi-driver to PyPI
   # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   publish-pypi-driver:
-    needs: lint-and-test-server-and-driver
+    needs: 
+     - lint-and-test-server-and-driver-per-extra
+     - lint-and-test-server-and-driver
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && vars.PUBLISH_TO_PYPI == 'true'
     environment:
@@ -454,7 +474,10 @@ jobs:
   # Publish Go server binaries to GitHub Release
   # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   publish-go-release:
-    needs: [lint-and-test-server-and-driver, test-dashboard-cypress]
+    needs: 
+      - lint-and-test-server-and-driver
+      - lint-and-test-server-and-driver
+      - test-dashboard-cypress
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && vars.PUBLISH_GO_APP == 'true'
     permissions:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ and this project follows versions of format `{year}.{month}.{patch_number}`.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- `repo`: Cleaned up and refactored `Makefile`.
+- `repo`: Cleaned up `.github/workflows/ci.yml`.
+- `qpi-driver/py`: Optimized `test-py-loop` execution speed with
+`@functools.lru_cache` to `_cached_scqubits_eigenvals` in `transmon.py`.
+
 ## [0.4.1] - 2026-08-07
 
 ### Fixed