split build jobs and deps in two jobs

Author: kukkok3

.github/workflows/ci_tests.yml

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           access_token: ${{ github.token }}
 
-  build-tests-artifacts:
-    name: Build test artifacts
+  build-test-dependencies:
+    name: Build test dependencies
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ jobs:
           shared-key: "test_cache"
           save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
-      - name: Install nextest
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
-
       - name: Install deps
         run:
           sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev libpq-dev libsqlite3-dev pkg-config
@@ -68,9 +65,6 @@ jobs:
         run:
           cargo build -p vit-servicing-station-cli -p vit-servicing-station-server -p jcli -p jormungandr -p explorer
 
-      - name: Build and archive tests
-        run: cargo nextest archive --archive-file nextest-archive.tar.zst
-
       - name: Save external dependencies
         uses: actions/cache/save@v3
         with:
@@ -82,6 +76,37 @@ jobs:
                   target/debug/explorer
           key: deps-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
 
+
+  build-tests-artifacts:
+    name: Build test artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+
+      - name: Install rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: ${{env.RUST_LATEST_STABLE_VERSION}}
+
+      - name: Cache rust
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          shared-key: "test_cache"
+          save-if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+
+      - name: Install nextest
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        run:
+          sudo apt install -y protobuf-compiler libssl-dev libpq-dev libsqlite3-dev pkg-config
+
+      - name: Build and archive tests
+        run: cargo nextest archive --archive-file nextest-archive.tar.zst
+
       - name: Save test archive
         uses: actions/cache/save@v3
         with:
@@ -91,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
   catalyst-core-tests:
     name: Catalyst Core Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-tests-artifacts
+    needs: [build-tests-artifacts, build-test-dependencies]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         partition: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]