Keep code coverage tools disabled in CI/CD workflows unless they're specifically needed for generating coverage reports. Enabling coverage tools like xdebug in GitHub Actions can significantly slow down pipeline execution without providing value when reports aren't being collected or analyzed.
Keep code coverage tools disabled in CI/CD workflows unless they’re specifically needed for generating coverage reports. Enabling coverage tools like xdebug in GitHub Actions can significantly slow down pipeline execution without providing value when reports aren’t being collected or analyzed.
When configuring PHP environments in workflows, explicitly set coverage: none and avoid including coverage extensions like xdebug unless they serve a specific purpose:
uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
with:
php-version: 8.2
extensions: dom, curl, libxml, mbstring, zip, pcntl, pdo, pdo_mysql, :php-psr
tools: composer:v2
coverage: none # Keep coverage disabled for better performance
Reserve coverage tools for dedicated testing jobs that specifically generate and process coverage reports. This helps maintain faster CI pipelines while still allowing coverage analysis when needed.
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