Introduce retry mechanism for npm install in CI/CD

This commit addresses occasional pipeline failures caused by transient
network errors during dependency installation with `npm ci`. It
centralizes the logic for installing npm dependencies and introduces a
retry mechanism.

The new approach will attempt `npm ci` up to 5 times with a 5-second
interval between each attempt, thereby increasing the resilience of
CI/CD pipelines.

This commit adds a new script `npm-install.js` with `npm run
install-deps` command to centralize npm dependency installation process
throughout the project. Separate testing of scripts to a separate
workflow.

It removes unused `install` dependency from `package.json`.

.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+inputs:
+  working-directory:
+    required: false
+    default: '.'
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    -
+      name: Run `npm ci` with retries
+      shell: bash
+      run: npm run install-deps -- --ci --root-directory "${{ inputs.working-directory }}"

.github/workflows/checks.build.yaml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
       -
         name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
       -
         name: Build web
         run: npm run build -- --mode ${{ matrix.mode }}
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
       -
         name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
       -
         name: Prebuild desktop
         run: npm run electron:prebuild -- --mode ${{ matrix.mode }}
@@ -68,23 +68,3 @@ jobs:
       -
         name: Verify bundled desktop build artifacts
         run: npm run check:verify-build-artifacts -- --electron-bundled
-
-  create-icons:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ macos, ubuntu, windows ]
-      fail-fast: false # Allows to see results from other combinations
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
-    steps:
-      -
-        name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      -
-        name: Setup node
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
-      -
-        name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-      -
-        name: Create icons
-        run: npm run icons:build

.github/workflows/checks.desktop-runtime-errors.yaml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
       -
         name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
       -
         name: Configure Ubuntu
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu'

.github/workflows/checks.external-urls.yaml

@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@ jobs:
   run-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      -
+        name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Setup node
+      -
+        name: Setup node
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-      - name: Test
+      -
+        name: Install dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
+      -
+        name: Test
         run: npm run check:external-urls

.github/workflows/checks.quality.yaml

@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ jobs:
         os: [ macos, ubuntu, windows ]
       fail-fast: false # Still interested to see results from other combinations
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
+      -
+        name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Setup node
+      -
+        name: Setup node
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-      - name: Lint
+      -
+        name: Install dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
+      -
+        name: Lint
         run: ${{ matrix.lint-command }}

.github/workflows/checks.scripts.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: checks.scripts
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  icons-build:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ macos, ubuntu, windows ]
+      fail-fast: false # Still interested to see results from other combinations
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      -
+        name: Setup node
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
+      -
+        name: Install dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
+      -
+        name: Create icons
+        run: npm run icons:build
+
+  install-deps:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        install-deps-before: [true, false]
+        install-command:
+          - npm run install-deps
+          - npm run install-deps -- --no-errors
+          - npm run install-deps -- --ci
+          - npm run install-deps -- --fresh --non-deterministic
+          - npm run install-deps -- --fresh
+          - npm run install-deps -- --non-deterministic
+        os: [ macos, ubuntu, windows ]
+      fail-fast: false # Still interested to see results from other combinations
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      -
+        name: Setup node
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
+      -
+        name: Install dependencies
+        if: matrix.install-deps-before == true
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
+      -
+        name: Run install-deps
+        run: ${{ matrix.install-command }}

.github/workflows/release.desktop.yaml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
       -
         name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
       -
         name: Run unit tests
         run: npm run test:unit

.github/workflows/release.site.yaml

@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./app/.github/actions/setup-node
       -
         name: "App: Install dependencies"
-        run: npm ci
-        working-directory: app
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
+        with:
+          working-directory: app
       -
         name: "App: Run unit tests"
         run: npm run test:unit

.github/workflows/tests.e2e.yaml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
       -
         name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
       -
         name: Run e2e tests
         run: npm run test:cy:run

.github/workflows/tests.integration.yaml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
       -
         name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
       -
         name: Run integration tests
         run: npm run test:integration

.github/workflows/tests.unit.yaml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
       -
         name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
+        uses: ./.github/actions/npm-install-dependencies
       -
         name: Run unit tests
         run: npm run test:unit