CI: caching tune (part one - relocate playwright caching) (#49081)

In this PR we ar relocating playwright downloads caching into the monorepo action (behind input parameter). That consolidates monorepo-related caching and also reduces the time fetching the cache action in external workflows.

.github/actions/setup-woocommerce-monorepo/action.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ inputs:
     build:
         description: 'Given a boolean or PNPM filter, runs the build command for monorepo project(s).'
         default: false
+    pull-playwright-cache:
+        description: 'Given a boolean value, invokes Playwright dependencies caching.'
+        default: false
 runs:
     using: 'composite'
     steps:
@@ -40,6 +43,13 @@ runs:
               path: '~/.cache/composer/files'
               key: "${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles( '**/composer.lock' ) }}"
               restore-keys: '${{ runner.os }}-composer-'
+        - name: 'Cache: playwright downloads'
+          if: ${{ inputs.pull-playwright-cache != 'false' }}
+          uses: 'actions/cache@ab5e6d0c87105b4c9c2047343972218f562e4319'
+          with:
+              path: '~/.cache/ms-playwright/'
+              key: "${{ runner.os }}-playwright-${{ hashFiles( '**/pnpm-lock.yaml' ) }}"
+              restore-keys: '${{ runner.os }}-playwright-'
         - name: 'Parse Project Filters'
           id: 'project-filters'
           shell: 'bash'

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           install: '${{ matrix.projectName }}...'
           build: 'false'
+          pull-playwright-cache: ${{ matrix.testEnv.shouldCreate && matrix.testType == 'e2e' }}
 
       - uses: './.github/actions/setup-woocommerce-monorepo'
         if: ${{ github.ref_type != 'tag' }}
@@ -136,15 +137,6 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ matrix.projectPath }}
         run: node ./tests/e2e-pw/bin/override-wp-env-plugins.js
 
-      - name: 'Cache Playwright Downloads'
-        id: 'cache-playwright-downloads'
-        if: ${{ matrix.testEnv.shouldCreate }}
-        uses: 'actions/cache@ab5e6d0c87105b4c9c2047343972218f562e4319'
-        with:
-          path: '~/.cache/ms-playwright/'
-          key: "${{ runner.os }}-playwright-${{ hashFiles( '**/pnpm-lock.yaml' ) }}"
-          restore-keys: '${{ runner.os }}-playwright-'
-
       - name: 'Start Test Environment'
         id: 'prepare-test-environment'
         if: ${{ matrix.testEnv.shouldCreate }}

.github/workflows/deprecated/blocks-playwright.yml

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
               with:
                   install: '@woocommerce/plugin-woocommerce...'
                   build: '@woocommerce/plugin-woocommerce'
+                  pull-playwright-cache: true
 
             - name: Install Playwright dependencies
               run: pnpm exec playwright install chromium --with-deps

plugins/woocommerce/changelog/dev-ci-caching-rework-playwright-caching

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+
+CI: tuning deps caching for playwright.