Visual regression tests deferred to PR review
Chromatic visual regression checks now run only after a PR receives an approved review, cutting unnecessary CI runs and conserving resources on the n8n monorepo.
Chromatic visual regression tests were running on every pull request, regardless of whether changes were ready for visual inspection. A new workflow now defers these checks until a reviewer has approved the PR — signaling that code is considered stable and worth examining visually. The visual test suite consumes meaningful CI resources, so moving it later in the PR lifecycle reduces wasted compute on changes that may still be in flux. Design system changes continue to be caught, just at a more appropriate moment. This optimization applies to the frontend CI pipeline in the n8n monorepo.
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Summary
Moves Chromatic visual regression checks to a new workflow that triggers only upon an approved pull request review.
This change optimizes CI resource usage by executing these tests later in the PR lifecycle, specifically when changes are considered more stable and ready for a final visual review. The ci-pull-requests workflow no longer runs Chromatic or detects design system changes, offloading this to the new ci-pull-request-review workflow.
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