[v11.0.x] CI: Remove redundant FE and BE tests from release pipeline (#94354)

CI: Remove redundant FE and BE tests from release pipeline (#94173)

baldm0mma/remove_tests/ remove fe and be tests

(cherry picked from commit 0e8fa1f5f8)

.drone.yml

@@ -3560,144 +3560,6 @@ volumes:
 clone:
   retries: 3
 depends_on: []
-environment:
-  EDITION: oss
-image_pull_secrets:
-- gcr
-- gar
-kind: pipeline
-name: release-test-frontend
-node:
-  type: no-parallel
-platform:
-  arch: amd64
-  os: linux
-services: []
-steps:
-- commands:
-  - echo $DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
-  image: alpine:3.20.3
-  name: identify-runner
-- commands:
-  - apk add --update g++ make python3 && ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
-  - yarn install --immutable || yarn install --immutable
-  depends_on: []
-  image: node:20.9.0-alpine
-  name: yarn-install
-- commands:
-  - apk add --update git bash
-  - yarn betterer ci
-  depends_on:
-  - yarn-install
-  image: node:20.9.0-alpine
-  name: betterer-frontend
-- commands:
-  - yarn run ci:test-frontend
-  depends_on:
-  - yarn-install
-  environment:
-    TEST_MAX_WORKERS: 50%
-  image: node:20.9.0-alpine
-  name: test-frontend
-trigger:
-  event:
-    exclude:
-    - promote
-  ref:
-    exclude:
-    - refs/tags/*-cloud*
-    include:
-    - refs/tags/v*
-type: docker
-volumes:
-- host:
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-  name: docker
----
-clone:
-  retries: 3
-depends_on: []
-environment:
-  EDITION: oss
-image_pull_secrets:
-- gcr
-- gar
-kind: pipeline
-name: release-test-backend
-node:
-  type: no-parallel
-platform:
-  arch: amd64
-  os: linux
-services: []
-steps:
-- commands:
-  - echo $DRONE_RUNNER_NAME
-  image: alpine:3.20.3
-  name: identify-runner
-- commands:
-  - '# It is required that code generated from Thema/CUE be committed and in sync
-    with its inputs.'
-  - '# The following command will fail if running code generators produces any diff
-    in output.'
-  - apk add --update make
-  - CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-cue
-  depends_on: []
-  image: golang:1.22.7-alpine
-  name: verify-gen-cue
-- commands:
-  - '# It is required that generated jsonnet is committed and in sync with its inputs.'
-  - '# The following command will fail if running code generators produces any diff
-    in output.'
-  - apk add --update make
-  - CODEGEN_VERIFY=1 make gen-jsonnet
-  depends_on: []
-  image: golang:1.22.7-alpine
-  name: verify-gen-jsonnet
-- commands:
-  - apk add --update make
-  - make gen-go
-  depends_on:
-  - verify-gen-cue
-  image: golang:1.22.7-alpine
-  name: wire-install
-- commands:
-  - apk add --update build-base shared-mime-info shared-mime-info-lang
-  - go list -f '{{.Dir}}/...' -m | xargs go test -tags requires_buildifer -short -covermode=atomic
-    -timeout=5m
-  depends_on:
-  - wire-install
-  image: golang:1.22.7-alpine
-  name: test-backend
-- commands:
-  - apk add --update build-base
-  - go test -count=1 -covermode=atomic -timeout=5m -run '^TestIntegration' $(find
-    ./pkg -type f -name '*_test.go' -exec grep -l '^func TestIntegration' '{}' '+'
-    | grep -o '\(.*\)/' | sort -u)
-  depends_on:
-  - wire-install
-  image: golang:1.22.7-alpine
-  name: test-backend-integration
-trigger:
-  event:
-    exclude:
-    - promote
-  ref:
-    exclude:
-    - refs/tags/*-cloud*
-    include:
-    - refs/tags/v*
-type: docker
-volumes:
-- host:
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-  name: docker
----
-clone:
-  retries: 3
-depends_on:
-- release-test-backend
-- release-test-frontend
 image_pull_secrets:
 - gcr
 - gar
@@ -3878,9 +3740,7 @@ volumes:
 ---
 clone:
   retries: 3
-depends_on:
-- release-test-backend
-- release-test-frontend
+depends_on: []
 image_pull_secrets:
 - gcr
 - gar
@@ -5381,6 +5241,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcr_credentials
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: c7b93e93c02b4d193a5a856176fb1627ab85834e13b342e6d59e1c1a884c6a02
+hmac: c42836ac86e381f43bc4ffd9a9ca316299fb4cc114e963d7f8e407b9ba434155
 
 ...

scripts/drone/rgm.star

@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@ def rgm_tag():
         name = "rgm-tag-prerelease",
         trigger = tag_trigger,
         steps = rgm_run("rgm-build", "drone_build_tag_grafana.sh"),
-        depends_on = ["release-test-backend", "release-test-frontend"],
     )
 
 def rgm_tag_windows():
@@ -247,7 +246,6 @@ def rgm_version_branch():
         name = "rgm-version-branch-prerelease",
         trigger = version_branch_trigger,
         steps = rgm_run("rgm-build", "drone_build_tag_grafana.sh"),
-        depends_on = ["release-test-backend", "release-test-frontend"],
     )
 
 def rgm_nightly_build():
@@ -303,8 +301,6 @@ def rgm_nightly_pipeline():
 def rgm_tag_pipeline():
     return [
         whats_new_checker_pipeline(tag_trigger),
-        test_frontend(tag_trigger, "release"),
-        test_backend(tag_trigger, "release"),
         rgm_tag(),
         rgm_tag_windows(),
         verify_release_pipeline(