fix(ci): setup test

.github/workflows/setup-tests.yml

@@ -14,11 +14,28 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   ZOMBIE_TRACE: 1
   GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  ZOMBIE_RELEASES_FILE: /tmp/releases.json
 
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
+    get_releases:
+      # get the releases from macos is hitting the rate limit on the api constantly
+      # so, we download the whole info here and we share as artifact.
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      steps:
+        - name: perform_request
+          run: |
+            curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/releases > releases.json
+        - name: upload_releases
+          uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+          with:
+            name: releases-${{ github.sha }}.json
+            path: |
+                releases.json
+
     setup_test:
+        needs: [get_releases]
         strategy:
           matrix:
             target: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
@@ -32,6 +49,13 @@ jobs:
             uses: actions/setup-node@v4
             with:
               node-version: '20'
+          - name: Download request file
+            uses: actions/[email protected]
+            with:
+              name: releases-${{ github.sha }}.json
+          - run: |
+              ls -l
+              mv releases.json /tmp
           - run: npm install && npm update
             working-directory: "./javascript"
           - run: npm run build

javascript/packages/cli/src/actions/setup.ts

@@ -280,6 +280,14 @@ const downloadBinaries = async (binaries: string[]): Promise<void> => {
 };
 
 const getAllReleases = async (repo: string): Promise<any> => {
+  // allow to read releases from file
+  if (process.env.ZOMBIE_RELEASES_FILE) {
+    const content = await fs.promises.readFile(
+      process.env.ZOMBIE_RELEASES_FILE,
+    );
+    return JSON.parse(content.toString());
+  }
+
   const release_url = `https://api.github.com/repos/paritytech/${repo}/releases`;
   debug(`release url: ${release_url}`);
   const headers: any = {