CI: improve QUnit tests stability

[EugeniyKiyashko]

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR targets CI stability for DevExtreme’s QUnit and TestCafe suites by simplifying QUnit suite metadata/selection, adding more deterministic waits in several flaky tests, and improving runner/CI observability and scheduling.

Changes:

• Simplifies QUnit category metadata (__meta.json) and removes runner support for legacy Explicit/RunOnDevices flags.
• Reworks several QUnit tests to reduce timing flakiness (polling/wait helpers, loading-panel waits, mock loading), and adds a global QUnit test timeout.
• Improves CI behavior/telemetry (runner logs per-test runtime, adjusts QUnit workflow matrix/parallelism, tweaks watchdog logging; marks/adjusts some TestCafe tests).

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Copilot reviewed 63 out of 67 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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packages/devextreme/testing/tests/Memory Leaks/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.vectorMap/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.vectorMap.utils/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.treeMap/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.sparklines/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.sankey/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.renderers/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.rangeSelector/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.gauges/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.funnel/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.core/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.core.series/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.charts/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.utils/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.treeList/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.scheduler/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.pivotGrid/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.htmlEditor/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.form/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.editors/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.dataGrid/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.events/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.serverSide/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.serverSide.htmlEditor/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.localization/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.knockout/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.jquery/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.exporter/__meta.json	Moves exporter tests into ui.grid constellation; removes unused flags.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.data/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.core/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.common/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.aspnet/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.animation/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/Bundles/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/Bootstrap Integration/__meta.json	Removes unused category flags; keeps only constellation.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/mapParts/azureTests.js	Refactors Azure mock loading and makes some tests async.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/listParts/commonTests.js	Replaces fixed timeouts with “wait until animation settled” polling.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/fileManagerParts/toolbar.tests.js	Removes a skipped test block.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/fileManagerParts/contextMenu.tests.js	Removes a skipped test block.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/chatParts/messageList.tests.js	Introduces polling helper and converts multiple scroll-related tests to async waits.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/chatParts/chat.tests.js	Adds async wait helpers for editing preview animation timing; refactors tests away from fixed timeouts.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.scheduler/common.tests.js	Adds an explicit wait for load panel removal.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.scheduler/appointment.monthView.tests.js	Uses waitForAsync to wait for appointments rendering.
packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets.scheduler/appointment.editing.tests.js	Adjusts instance creation/waits to reduce timing flakiness.
packages/devextreme/testing/runner/templates/run-suite.template.html	Sets global QUnit testTimeout to 40 seconds.
packages/devextreme/testing/runner/templates/run-all.template.html	Sends per-test runtime to the runner backend.
packages/devextreme/testing/runner/templates/index.template.html	Removes “explicit” category UI/logic; defaults to selecting all categories.
packages/devextreme/testing/runner/lib/types.ts	Removes export constellation and Explicit/RunOnDevices fields from category types.
packages/devextreme/testing/runner/lib/suites.ts	Removes device/explicit filtering logic and stops reading removed meta flags.
packages/devextreme/testing/runner/index.ts	Logs test/suite runtime in seconds; removes deviceMode handling.
packages/devextreme/project.json	Adjusts Nx inputs to better reflect dependent outputs/env for caching.
packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/scheduler.ts	Guards workspace refresh/focus after disposal to avoid runtime errors.
packages/devextreme/js/__internal/scheduler/scheduler_options_base_widget.ts	Declares _disposed typing used by scheduler guard.
packages/devextreme/docker-ci.sh	Reduces retries and improves watchdog stall logging with idle seconds.
e2e/testcafe-devextreme/tests/dataGrid/common/aiColumn/virtualScrolling.functional.ts	Marks a TestCafe test as unstable.
e2e/testcafe-devextreme/tests/common/pivotGrid/fieldPanel/dragAndDropFieldItems.ts	Adjusts fixture/test metadata related to reloads/unstable tagging.
e2e/testcafe-devextreme/tests/cardView/headerFilter/common.functional.ts	Adds intermediate assertions for tree expansion to reduce flakiness.
e2e/testcafe-devextreme/tests/cardView/columnChooser/functional.ts	Waits for widget readiness after toggling column visibility.
.github/workflows/testcafe_tests.yml	Tunes matrix concurrency for some suites/themes.
.github/workflows/qunit_tests.yml	Adjusts QUnit constellation matrix (incl. ui.grid) and reduces worker counts for stability.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (2)

packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/mapParts/azureTests.js:318

• This test is declared as async (so QUnit will finish it when the returned promise resolves) but it also uses assert.async()/done(). In an async test, the promise resolves as soon as the function body completes, which can end the test before onReady runs, causing "assertion after test finished" errors or silent false positives. Prefer returning/awaiting a promise that resolves on onReady and remove assert.async().
  packages/devextreme/testing/tests/DevExpress.ui.widgets/mapParts/azureTests.js:389
• Same issue as above: async test + assert.async() risks completing the test before the onReady callback runs. Remove done() and await a promise tied to onReady.