Remove examples drom default CI for speedup (#359)

Author: FBumann

.github/workflows/python-app.yaml

@@ -85,11 +85,40 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          uv pip install --system .[dev] "pytest-xdist==3.*"
+          uv pip install --system .[dev]
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: pytest -v -p no:warnings --numprocesses=auto
 
+  test-examples:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    needs: lint
+    # Only run examples on releases (tags)
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Set up uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
+        with:
+          version: "0.8.19"
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv pip install --system .[dev]
+
+      - name: Run example tests
+        run: pytest -v -p no:warnings -m examples
+
   security:
     name: Security Scan
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -129,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       contents: write
-    needs: [lint, test, security]
+    needs: [lint, test, test-examples, security]
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
 
     steps:
@@ -168,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
   publish-testpypi:
     name: Publish to TestPyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: [test, create-release]  # Run after tests and release creation
+    needs: [test, test-examples, create-release]  # Run after tests and release creation
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')  # Only on tag push
     environment:
       name: testpypi

pyproject.toml

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ full = [
 # Development tools and testing
 dev = [
     "pytest==8.4.2",
+    "pytest-xdist==3.8.0",
     "nbformat==5.10.4",
     "ruff==0.13.0",
     "pre-commit==4.3.0",
@@ -176,6 +177,13 @@ docstring-code-format = true
 [tool.ruff.lint.pyupgrade]
 keep-runtime-typing = false  # Allow pyupgrade to drop runtime typing; prefer postponed annotations
 
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+markers = [
+    "slow: marks tests as slow",
+    "examples: marks example tests (run only on releases)",
+]
+addopts = "-m 'not examples'"  # Skip examples by default
+
 [tool.bandit]
 skips = ["B101", "B506"]  # assert_used and yaml_load
 exclude_dirs = ["tests/"]

tests/test_examples.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     ),  # Sort by parent and script name
     ids=lambda path: str(path.relative_to(EXAMPLES_DIR)),  # Show relative file paths
 )
-@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.examples
 def test_example_scripts(example_script):
     """
     Test all example scripts in the examples directory.