ci: shorten PR check time

.github/workflows/schema-linter.yml

@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           wp-version: '6.9'
 
-      - name: Setup GraphQL Schema Linter
-        run: npm install -g graphql-schema-linter@^3.0 graphql@^16
+      # Installed globally: a local install in the repo root would also install the plugin's devDependencies.
+      - name: Setup GraphQL Schema Linter and Inspector
+        run: npm install -g graphql-schema-linter@^3.0 graphql@^16 @graphql-inspector/cli @graphql-inspector/config
 
       - name: Generate the Static Schema
         run: |
@@ -59,8 +60,12 @@ jobs:
           graphql-schema-linter /tmp/schema.graphql || true
 
       - name: Get Latest tag
-        uses: actions-ecosystem/action-get-latest-tag@v1
         id: get-latest-tag
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          tag=$(gh release view --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --json tagName --jq .tagName)
+          echo "tag=$tag" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Test Schema for breaking changes
         run: |
@@ -69,11 +74,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get Previous Released Schema
         run: curl 'https://github.com/wpengine/wp-graphql-content-blocks/releases/download/${{ steps.get-latest-tag.outputs.tag }}/schema.graphql' -L  --output /tmp/${{ steps.get-latest-tag.outputs.tag }}.graphql
 
-      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/graphql-inspector
-      - name: Install Schema Inspector
-        run: |
-          npm install @graphql-inspector/config @graphql-inspector/cli graphql
-
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: schema.graphql
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           # This schema and previous release schema
-          node_modules/.bin/graphql-inspector diff /tmp/${{ steps.get-latest-tag.outputs.tag }}.graphql /tmp/schema.graphql
+          graphql-inspector diff /tmp/${{ steps.get-latest-tag.outputs.tag }}.graphql /tmp/schema.graphql

.github/workflows/test-plugin-gutenberg.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
+      # Backgrounded so the MySQL pull and first boot overlap the image build.
+      - name: Start database
+        run: nohup docker compose up -d db > /tmp/db-up.log 2>&1 &
+
       - name: Create Docker Containers
         env:
           DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
@@ -38,7 +42,12 @@ jobs:
           docker compose build \
             --build-arg WP_VERSION="$WP_VERSION" \
             --build-arg PHP_VERSION="$PHP_VERSION"
-          docker compose up -d
+          # The wordpress service links to db, so it can't start before the db container exists.
+          if ! timeout 120 bash -c 'until [ -n "$(docker compose ps -q db)" ]; do sleep 1; done'; then
+            cat /tmp/db-up.log
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          docker compose up -d --no-deps wordpress
 
       - name: Wait for db
         run: |

.github/workflows/test-plugin.yml

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
+      # Backgrounded so the MySQL pull and first boot overlap the image build.
+      - name: Start database
+        run: nohup docker compose up -d db > /tmp/db-up.log 2>&1 &
+
       - name: Create Docker Containers
         env:
           PHP_VERSION: ${{ matrix.php }}
@@ -49,7 +53,12 @@ jobs:
           docker compose build \
             --build-arg WP_VERSION=${{ matrix.wordpress }} \
             --build-arg PHP_VERSION=${{ matrix.php }}
-          docker compose up -d
+          # The wordpress service links to db, so it can't start before the db container exists.
+          if ! timeout 120 bash -c 'until [ -n "$(docker compose ps -q db)" ]; do sleep 1; done'; then
+            cat /tmp/db-up.log
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          docker compose up -d --no-deps wordpress
 
       - name: Wait for db
         run: |