From 7822eda0c6dbaad529bcbcd6271e35be4e8a7d82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Catalan Lover <48515417+FSG-Cat@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 13:28:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Reduce Ci in a box test matrix size in CI. (#1181)

* Reduce Ci in a box test matrix size in CI.

Reduces the amount of noise the box is creating at the cost of reduced test coverage. Requested by Gnuxie.

* Remove unneeded box prefix.
---
 .github/workflows/ci-in-a-box.yml | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-in-a-box.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-in-a-box.yml
index 95291e50..2efac996 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-in-a-box.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-in-a-box.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 # Called Box here to have the name that shows up in github GUI not be the full Ci in a box
-name: Box
+name: Ci in a Box
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ jobs:
         node: ["24", "26"]
         variant: [slim, alpine]
         arch: [amd64, arm64]
+        exclude:
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: alpine
+            arch: arm64
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: slim
+            arch: arm64
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: slim
+            arch: amd64
         include:
           - arch: amd64
             runner: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -92,6 +102,16 @@ jobs:
         node: ["24", "26"]
         variant: [slim, alpine]
         arch: [amd64, arm64]
+        exclude:
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: alpine
+            arch: arm64
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: slim
+            arch: arm64
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: slim
+            arch: amd64
         include:
           - arch: amd64
             runner: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -129,8 +149,8 @@ jobs:
 
   integration:
     name:
-      Ci Box Integration tests / Node ${{ matrix.node }} / ${{ matrix.variant }}
-      / ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      Integration tests / Node ${{ matrix.node }} / ${{ matrix.variant }} / ${{
+      matrix.arch }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
     continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.node == '26' }}
     strategy:
@@ -139,6 +159,16 @@ jobs:
         node: ["24", "26"]
         variant: [slim, alpine]
         arch: [amd64, arm64]
+        exclude:
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: alpine
+            arch: arm64
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: slim
+            arch: arm64
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: slim
+            arch: amd64
         include:
           - arch: amd64
             runner: ubuntu-24.04
@@ -197,6 +227,16 @@ jobs:
         node: ["24", "26"]
         variant: [slim, alpine]
         arch: [amd64, arm64]
+        exclude:
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: alpine
+            arch: arm64
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: slim
+            arch: arm64
+          - node: "26"
+            variant: slim
+            arch: amd64
         include:
           - arch: amd64
             runner: ubuntu-24.04