Build: Update Visual Tests addon

[ghengeveld]

What I did

Upgraded Visual Tests addon and fixed its configuration.

Checklist for Contributors

Testing

The changes in this PR are covered in the following automated tests:

• stories
• unit tests
• integration tests
• end-to-end tests

Manual testing

Start storybook:ui and run a VTA build.

Documentation

• Add or update documentation reflecting your changes
• If you are deprecating/removing a feature, make sure to update
  MIGRATION.MD

Checklist for Maintainers

• When this PR is ready for testing, make sure to add ci:normal, ci:merged or ci:daily GH label to it to run a specific set of sandboxes. The particular set of sandboxes can be found in code/lib/cli-storybook/src/sandbox-templates.ts

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  Available labels

  • bug: Internal changes that fixes incorrect behavior.
  • maintenance: User-facing maintenance tasks.
  • dependencies: Upgrading (sometimes downgrading) dependencies.
  • build: Internal-facing build tooling & test updates. Will not show up in release changelog.
  • cleanup: Minor cleanup style change. Will not show up in release changelog.
  • documentation: Documentation only changes. Will not show up in release changelog.
  • feature request: Introducing a new feature.
  • BREAKING CHANGE: Changes that break compatibility in some way with current major version.
  • other: Changes that don't fit in the above categories.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Upgraded Storybook integration dependency to major version 5.
  • Optimized build configuration to use a dedicated build script and focus on modified files only.

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☁️ Nx Cloud last updated this comment at 2026-01-17 13:39:01 UTC

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Updates the Chromatic configuration to specify a build script name and base directory while restricting builds to only changed files. Additionally upgrades the @chromatic-com/storybook dependency from version 4.1.3 to 5.0.0.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Chromatic Configuration code/chromatic.config.json	Added buildScriptName ("storybook:ui:build") and storybookBaseDir ("code") fields; updated onlyChanged from false to true
Dependency Upgrade code/package.json	Updated @chromatic-com/storybook from ^4.1.3 to ^5.0.0 (major version bump)

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• Upgrade: Satellite compatible with 10.1 prerelease #32877: Modifies the same @chromatic-com/storybook dependency declaration in code/package.json with related version changes.

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Package Benchmarks

^{Commit: cfb9096, ran on 17 January 2026 at 13:36:37 UTC}

The following packages have significant changes to their size or dependencies:

@storybook/react-native-web-vite

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Dependency count	159	159	0
Self size	30 KB	30 KB	🚨 +8 B 🚨
Dependency size	23.00 MB	23.12 MB	🚨 +115 KB 🚨
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@storybook/cli

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Dependency count	183	183	0
Self size	775 KB	775 KB	🚨 +55 B 🚨
Dependency size	67.38 MB	67.45 MB	🚨 +69 KB 🚨
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@storybook/codemod

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Dependency count	176	176	0
Self size	30 KB	30 KB	🎉 -4 B 🎉
Dependency size	65.95 MB	66.02 MB	🚨 +69 KB 🚨
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