Test parallel test actions #8254
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Problem
tests take a significant amount of time when run sequentially.
Test duration: 30 seconds setup + 1 min for each environment
1 env 1:30
2 env 2:30
3 env 3:30
6 env 6:30
Solution
experiments shown here:
We will be dropping 1.20.4 and 1.20.6 for 2.14, though, which would remove the need for Java 17 tests.
Testing Completed
Supporting Information
This is more a proof of concept + way to ask for opinions on different ideas. Please feel free to comment on these changes.
If there is interest in some of the above experiments, I'll make a proper pr for each one.
Completes: none
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