spread tests: minor performance improvements
Metadata
Current evaluation
Merged #2680 in commit 3f7522834, limiting multipass setup, purging snaps on removal, and increasing GCE 16.04 workers from 8 to 12.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: Pull request #2680 was approved and merged into master as commit 3f7522834, implementing the three spread-test performance improvements.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
- Only install multipass for the tests that need it (they are manual).
- --purge on snap removals to avoid snapshotting.
- More workers for 16.04 on GCE (8->12).
Signed-off-by: Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@canonical.com>
- [ ] Have you followed the [guidelines for contributing](https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)?
- [ ] Have you signed the [CLA](http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/contributors/)?
- [ ] Have you successfully run `./runtests.sh static`?
- [ ] Have you successfully run `./runtests.sh tests/unit`?
-----
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #2680 in commit 3f7522834, limiting multipass setup, purging snaps on removal, and increasing GCE 16.04 workers from 8 to 12. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged into master in commit 3f7522834, reducing spread-test overhead by limiting multipass installation, purging snap removals, and raising GCE 16.04 workers from 8 to 12. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged minor spread test performance improvements. Changes include conditional multipass installation, --purge on snap removals, and increasing GCE workers for 16.04 to 12. Approved, passed CI, and maintained coverage. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged into master. Applied minor performance improvements to spread tests by conditionally installing multipass, using --purge on snap removals, and increasing GCE workers for 16.04. Code coverage unchanged. |
Update history
No update history recorded yet.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1225 tests: improve multipass spread backend | charmcraft | merged | Merged as 6d68140c, adding concurrent Multipass Spread workers with LXD-style naming; defaults use 2 workers for Ubuntu 22.04 and 1 for other series. |