ci: more path filtering, path filtering happens in pre-job so all jobs can be required (#12260)

ci: don't use gha path filtering, use a pre-job to skip instead, add path filtering to more workflows

.github/workflows/build-mobile.yml

@@ -16,10 +16,28 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  pre-job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      should_run: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.mobile == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: found_paths
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            mobile:
+              - 'mobile/**'
+      - name: Check if we should force jobs to run
+        id: should_force
+        run: echo "should_force=${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_call' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
   build-sign-android:
     name: Build and sign Android
+    needs: pre-job
     # Skip when PR from a fork
-    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run == 'true' }}
     runs-on: macos-14
 
     steps:

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -17,47 +17,58 @@ permissions:
   packages: write
 
 jobs:
-  build_and_push:
-    name: Build and Push
+  pre-job:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      should_run_server: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.server == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+      should_run_ml: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.machine-learning == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: found_paths
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            server:
+              - 'server/**'
+              - 'openapi/**'
+              - 'web/**'
+            machine-learning:
+              - 'machine-learning/**'
+
+      - name: Check if we should force jobs to run
+        id: should_force
+        run: echo "should_force=${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event_name == 'release' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  build_and_push_ml:
+    name: Build and Push ML
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_ml == 'true' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      image: immich-machine-learning
+      context: machine-learning
+      file: machine-learning/Dockerfile
     strategy:
       # Prevent a failure in one image from stopping the other builds
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - image: immich-machine-learning
-            context: machine-learning
-            file: machine-learning/Dockerfile
-            platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          - platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
             device: cpu
 
-          - image: immich-machine-learning
-            context: machine-learning
-            file: machine-learning/Dockerfile
-            platforms: linux/amd64
+          - platforms: linux/amd64
             device: cuda
             suffix: -cuda
 
-          - image: immich-machine-learning
-            context: machine-learning
-            file: machine-learning/Dockerfile
-            platforms: linux/amd64
+          - platforms: linux/amd64
             device: openvino
             suffix: -openvino
 
-          - image: immich-machine-learning
-            context: machine-learning
-            file: machine-learning/Dockerfile
-            platforms: linux/arm64
+          - platforms: linux/arm64
             device: armnn
             suffix: -armnn
 
-          - image: immich-server
-            context: .
-            file: server/Dockerfile
-            platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-            device: cpu
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -93,8 +104,8 @@ jobs:
             # Disable latest tag
             latest=false
           images: |
-            name=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{matrix.image}}
-            name=altran1502/${{matrix.image}},enable=${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}
+            name=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{env.image}}
+            name=altran1502/${{env.image}},enable=${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}
           tags: |
             # Tag with branch name
             type=ref,event=branch,suffix=${{ matrix.suffix }}
@@ -111,18 +122,109 @@ jobs:
             # Essentially just ignore the cache output (PR can't write to registry cache)
             echo "cache-to=type=local,dest=/tmp/discard,ignore-error=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
-            echo "cache-to=type=registry,mode=max,ref=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/immich-build-cache:${{ matrix.image }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "cache-to=type=registry,mode=max,ref=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/immich-build-cache:${{ env.image }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
       - name: Build and push image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6.7.0
         with:
-          context: ${{ matrix.context }}
-          file: ${{ matrix.file }}
+          context: ${{ env.context }}
+          file: ${{ env.file }}
           platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
           # Skip pushing when PR from a fork
           push: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
-          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/immich-build-cache:${{matrix.image}}
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/immich-build-cache:${{env.image}}
+          cache-to: ${{ steps.cache-target.outputs.cache-to }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.labels }}
+          build-args: |
+            DEVICE=${{ matrix.device }}
+            BUILD_ID=${{ github.run_id }}
+            BUILD_IMAGE=${{ github.event_name == 'release' && github.ref_name || steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}
+            BUILD_SOURCE_REF=${{ github.ref_name }}
+            BUILD_SOURCE_COMMIT=${{ github.sha }}
+
+
+  build_and_push_server:
+    name: Build and Push Server
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_server == 'true' }}
+    env:
+      image: immich-server
+      context: .
+      file: server/Dockerfile
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+            device: cpu
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3.2.0
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3.6.1
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        # Only push to Docker Hub when making a release
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        # Skip when PR from a fork
+        if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Generate docker image tags
+        id: metadata
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          flavor: |
+            # Disable latest tag
+            latest=false
+          images: |
+            name=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{env.image}}
+            name=altran1502/${{env.image}},enable=${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}
+          tags: |
+            # Tag with branch name
+            type=ref,event=branch,suffix=${{ matrix.suffix }}
+            # Tag with pr-number
+            type=ref,event=pr,suffix=${{ matrix.suffix }}
+            # Tag with git tag on release
+            type=ref,event=tag,suffix=${{ matrix.suffix }}
+            type=raw,value=release,enable=${{ github.event_name == 'release' }},suffix=${{ matrix.suffix }}
+
+      - name: Determine build cache output
+        id: cache-target
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ]]; then
+            # Essentially just ignore the cache output (PR can't write to registry cache)
+            echo "cache-to=type=local,dest=/tmp/discard,ignore-error=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "cache-to=type=registry,mode=max,ref=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/immich-build-cache:${{ env.image }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Build and push image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6.7.0
+        with:
+          context: ${{ env.context }}
+          file: ${{ env.file }}
+          platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
+          # Skip pushing when PR from a fork
+          push: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/immich-build-cache:${{env.image}}
           cache-to: ${{ steps.cache-target.outputs.cache-to }}
           tags: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.labels }}

.github/workflows/docs-build.yml

@@ -2,12 +2,8 @@ name: Docs build
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - "docs/**"
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
-    paths:
-      - "docs/**"
   release:
     types: [published]
 
@@ -16,7 +12,26 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  pre-job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      should_run: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.docs == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: found_paths
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            docs:
+              - 'docs/**'
+      - name: Check if we should force jobs to run
+        id: should_force
+        run: echo "should_force=${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
   build:
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:

.github/workflows/docs-deploy.yml

@@ -10,10 +10,28 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       parameters: ${{ steps.parameters.outputs.result }}
+      artifact: ${{ steps.get-artifact.outputs.result }}
     steps:
-      - if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' }}
-        run: echo 'The triggering workflow failed' && exit 1
-
+      - if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion != 'success' }}
+        run: echo 'The triggering workflow did not succeed' && exit 1
+      - name: Get artifact
+        id: get-artifact
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            let allArtifacts = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
+               owner: context.repo.owner,
+               repo: context.repo.repo,
+               run_id: context.payload.workflow_run.id,
+            });
+            let matchArtifact = allArtifacts.data.artifacts.filter((artifact) => {
+              return artifact.name == "docs-build-output"
+            })[0];
+            if (!matchArtifact) {
+              console.log("No artifact found with the name docs-build-output, build job was skipped")
+              return { found: false };
+            }
+            return { found: true, id: matchArtifact.id };
       - name: Determine deploy parameters
         id: parameters
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
@@ -75,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: checks
-    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.checks.outputs.parameters).shouldDeploy }}
+    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.checks.outputs.artifact).found && fromJson(needs.checks.outputs.parameters).shouldDeploy }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -98,18 +116,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
-            let allArtifacts = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
-               owner: context.repo.owner,
-               repo: context.repo.repo,
-               run_id: context.payload.workflow_run.id,
-            });
-            let matchArtifact = allArtifacts.data.artifacts.filter((artifact) => {
-              return artifact.name == "docs-build-output"
-            })[0];
+            let artifact = ${{ needs.checks.outputs.artifact }};
             let download = await github.rest.actions.downloadArtifact({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
-               artifact_id: matchArtifact.id,
+               artifact_id: artifact.id,
                archive_format: 'zip',
             });
             let fs = require('fs');

.github/workflows/static_analysis.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,27 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  pre-job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      should_run: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.mobile == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: found_paths
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            mobile:
+              - 'mobile/**'
+      - name: Check if we should force jobs to run
+        id: should_force
+        run: echo "should_force=${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
   mobile-dart-analyze:
     name: Run Dart Code Analysis
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run == 'true' }}
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,48 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  pre-job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      should_run_web: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.web == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+      should_run_server: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.server == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+      should_run_cli: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.cli == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+      should_run_e2e: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.e2e == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+      should_run_mobile: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.mobile == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+      should_run_ml: ${{ steps.found_paths.outputs.machine-learning == 'true' || steps.should_force.outputs.should_force == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - id: found_paths
+        uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
+        with:
+          filters: |
+            web:
+              - 'web/**'
+              - 'open-api/typescript-sdk/**'
+            server:
+              - 'server/**'
+            cli:
+              - 'cli/**'
+              - 'open-api/typescript-sdk/**'
+            e2e:
+              - 'e2e/**'
+              - 'cli/**'
+              - 'server/**'
+              - 'open-api/typescript-sdk/**'
+            mobile:
+              - 'mobile/**'
+            machine-learning:
+              - 'machine-learning/**'
+
+      - name: Check if we should force jobs to run
+        id: should_force
+        run: echo "should_force=${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
   server-unit-tests:
     name: Server
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_server == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -47,6 +87,8 @@ jobs:
 
   cli-unit-tests:
     name: CLI
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_cli == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -86,6 +128,8 @@ jobs:
 
   cli-unit-tests-win:
     name: CLI (Windows)
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_cli == 'true' }}
     runs-on: windows-latest
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -118,6 +162,8 @@ jobs:
 
   web-unit-tests:
     name: Web
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_web == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -161,6 +207,8 @@ jobs:
 
   e2e-tests:
     name: End-to-End Tests
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_e2e == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -221,6 +269,8 @@ jobs:
 
   mobile-unit-tests:
     name: Mobile
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_mobile == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -235,6 +285,8 @@ jobs:
 
   ml-unit-tests:
     name: Machine Learning
+    needs: pre-job
+    if: ${{ needs.pre-job.outputs.should_run_ml == 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     defaults:
       run: