Question

Your team's Cloud Build pipeline runs unit tests, three independent integration test suites, and a static code analysis scan. Currently all steps run sequentially, and the build takes 22 minutes, causing developer frustration. The three integration suites do not depend on each other, and the static analysis does not depend on any tests. You need to reduce total build time without removing any of the checks. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Configure the three integration test steps and the static analysis step to run concurrently by setting the same waitFor value referencing only the unit test step, allowing them to execute in parallel.

Answer

Move the integration tests and static analysis into a separate Cloud Build trigger that fires after the first build completes successfully.

Answer

Increase the machine type of the Cloud Build worker to E2_HIGHCPU_32 so that the sequential steps each complete faster.

Answer

Combine all test suites and the static analysis into a single build step running one script to reduce per-step container startup overhead.