ci: take AOT publishes and doc snippets off the Ubuntu critical path

.github/workflows/dotnet.yml

@@ -72,23 +72,11 @@
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
         uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v3
 
+      # No NuGet or Playwright cache: PR-scoped entries can't be shared between PRs, and at
+      # ~2.4 GB each they pushed the repository past its cache quota, so every run missed and
+      # then spent up to 3 minutes saving an entry that was evicted within the hour.
       - name: Setup .NET
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6.0.0
-        with:
-          cache: true
-          cache-dependency-path: Directory.Packages.props
-
-      - name: Cache Playwright Browsers
-        uses: actions/cache@v6
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.cache/ms-playwright
-            ~/Library/Caches/ms-playwright
-            ~/AppData/Local/ms-playwright
-          key: playwright-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json', '**/package.json', '**/Directory.Packages.props') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            playwright-${{ runner.os }}-
 
       - name: Enable Long Paths on Windows
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
@@ -136,17 +124,6 @@
           "-p:InformationalVersion=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.informationalVersion }}"
           "-p:PackageVersion=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.fullSemVer }}"
 
-      - name: Publish AOT
-        shell: bash
-        run: >-
-          dotnet publish tests/TUnit.TestProject/TUnit.TestProject.csproj -c Release
-          --use-current-runtime -p:Aot=true -o TESTPROJECT_AOT --framework net10.0
-          "-p:Version=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.semVer }}"
-          "-p:AssemblyVersion=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.assemblySemVer }}"
-          "-p:FileVersion=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.assemblySemFileVer }}"
-          "-p:InformationalVersion=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.informationalVersion }}"
-          "-p:PackageVersion=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.fullSemVer }}"
-
       - name: Expose GitHub Actions Runtime
         uses: actions/github-script@v9
         with:
@@ -169,11 +146,6 @@
           nuget-apikey: ${{ steps.login.outputs.NUGET_API_KEY }}
           publish-packages: ${{ (github.event.inputs.publish-packages || false) && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
 
-      - name: Compile documentation snippets
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: ./scripts/Verify-DocSnippets.ps1 -PackagesPath . -Version $env:PackageVersion
-
       - name: Upload Diagnostic Logs
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7.0.2
         if: always()
@@ -207,3 +179,68 @@
         with:
           name: 'NuGetPackages-${{matrix.os}}'
           path: '**/*.*nupkg'
+
+  # Native AOT publishes of the mock test projects, one runner per framework. Run inside the
+  # Ubuntu pipeline they took ~12 minutes serially and held up packaging behind them.
+  mock-aot:
+    name: mock AOT (${{ matrix.framework }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        framework: [net8.0, net9.0, net10.0]
+      fail-fast: false
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      DISABLE_GITHUB_REPORTER: 'true'
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
+
+      - name: Setup .NET
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6.0.0
+
+      # TUnit.Mocks.Aot.Tests sets TreatWarningsAsErrors, so any trim/AOT warning ILC reports
+      # for everyday mock usage fails its publish (#7027).
+      - name: Publish
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          for project in TUnit.Mocks.Tests TUnit.Mocks.Aot.Tests; do
+            dotnet publish "tests/$project/$project.csproj" -c Release --use-current-runtime \
+              -p:Aot=true --framework ${{ matrix.framework }} -o "aot/$project"
+          done
+
+      - name: Run
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          for project in TUnit.Mocks.Tests TUnit.Mocks.Aot.Tests; do
+            "aot/$project/$project"
+          done
+
+  # Compiles the C# fences in the documentation against freshly packed packages, alongside the
+  # test matrix rather than after the Ubuntu pipeline.
+  doc-snippets:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      DocsVersion: 1.0.0-docs
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
+
+      - name: Setup .NET
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6.0.0
+
+      # Packing reads the Roslyn analyzer/generator variants from their own bin folders, so build
+      # every library project, not just the packed ones.
+      - name: Build libraries
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          grep -oE 'src/[^"]+\.(cs|fs|vb)proj' TUnit.CI.slnx | grep -v '/content/' \
+            | jq -R . | jq -s '{solution: {path: "TUnit.CI.slnx", projects: .}}' > libraries.slnf
+          dotnet build libraries.slnf -c Release "-p:Version=$DocsVersion"
+
+      - name: Pack
+        shell: bash
+        run: dotnet pack libraries.slnf -c Release --no-build "-p:Version=$DocsVersion" -o artifacts/doc-packages
+
+      - name: Compile documentation snippets
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: ./scripts/Verify-DocSnippets.ps1 -PackagesPath artifacts/doc-packages -Version $env:DocsVersion

tools/TUnit.Pipeline/Modules/PackTUnitFilesModule.cs

@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@
 
 namespace TUnit.Pipeline.Modules;
 
-// Must run after any module that may recompile packable projects (TUnit.Mocks et al).
+// Must run after any module that may recompile packable projects (the AOT publish rebuilds its
+// TUnit.* references).
 // This module uses NoBuild=true and packs whatever bin/Release/{tfm}/*.dll is on disk, so
 // a racing recompile without version props would ship strong-name-mismatched packages.
 // Version props come from $GITHUB_ENV (see .github/workflows/dotnet.yml) so recompiles
 // also stamp the correct AssemblyVersion. See issue #5622.
 [DependsOn<GetPackageProjectsModule>]
 [DependsOn<GenerateVersionModule>]
-[DependsOn<PublishMockTestsAOTModule>]
+[DependsOn<PublishTestProjectAOTModule>]
 public class PackTUnitFilesModule : Module<List<PackedProject>>
 {
     // Packages in beta ship with a "-beta" suffix appended to their version. The suffix is

tools/TUnit.Pipeline/Modules/PublishTestProjectAOTModule.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+using ModularPipelines.Context;
+using ModularPipelines.DotNet.Extensions;
+using ModularPipelines.DotNet.Options;
+using ModularPipelines.Extensions;
+using ModularPipelines.Git.Extensions;
+using ModularPipelines.Models;
+using ModularPipelines.Modules;
+using ModularPipelines.Options;
+
+namespace TUnit.Pipeline.Modules;
+
+// Publishes the TESTPROJECT_AOT app that the engine tests' AOT mode runs. As a module it overlaps
+// the first test modules instead of delaying the whole pipeline. Version props come from
+// $GITHUB_ENV (see .github/workflows/dotnet.yml), so any recompile it triggers stamps the correct
+// AssemblyVersion; PackTUnitFilesModule still waits for it (issue #5622).
+public class PublishTestProjectAOTModule : Module<CommandResult>
+{
+    protected override async Task<CommandResult?> ExecuteAsync(IModuleContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var rootDir = context.Git().RootDirectory.AssertExists();
+        var project = rootDir.FindFile(x => x.Name == "TUnit.TestProject.csproj").AssertExists();
+
+        return await context.DotNet().Publish(new DotNetPublishOptions
+        {
+            ProjectSolution = project.Path,
+            Runtime = RuntimeIdentifiers.Current,
+            Configuration = "Release",
+            Output = Path.Combine(rootDir.Path, "TESTPROJECT_AOT"),
+            Properties =
+            [
+                new KeyValue("Aot", "true"),
+            ],
+            Framework = "net10.0",
+        }, new CommandExecutionOptions
+        {
+            LogSettings = new CommandLoggingOptions
+            {
+                ShowCommandArguments = true,
+                ShowStandardError = true,
+                ShowExecutionTime = true,
+                ShowExitCode = true
+            }
+        }, cancellationToken);
+    }
+}

tools/TUnit.Pipeline/Modules/RunEngineTestsModule.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace TUnit.Pipeline.Modules;
 [DependsOn<RunPublicAPITestsModule>]
 [DependsOn<RunSourceGeneratorTestsModule>]
 [DependsOn<RunAssertionsCodeFixersTestsModule>]
+[DependsOn<PublishTestProjectAOTModule>]
 public class RunEngineTestsModule : Module<CommandResult>
 {
     protected override async Task<CommandResult?> ExecuteAsync(IModuleContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken)