fix: merging dev changes to main branch

[Roopan-Microsoft]

Purpose

• This pull request introduces significant improvements and fixes to the CI/CD pipeline, deployment process, and supporting scripts for the project. The main focus is on making the deployment pipeline more robust, automating the extraction and propagation of deployment URLs, disabling authentication for test environments, and enhancing Azure Search index creation for integrated vectorization. Additionally, the test automation workflow is refactored to support workflow calls, and several quality-of-life improvements are made to the Makefile and notification handling.

CI/CD Pipeline and Deployment Automation:

• Major refactor of .github/workflows/ci.yml:

  • Renamed the main job to deploy, added outputs for deployment URLs and status, and introduced a workflow_dispatch trigger for manual runs. [1] [2]
  • Enhanced deployment steps: now captures deployment logs, extracts web/admin URLs via multiple methods, disables authentication, exports PostgreSQL host, and populates the database automatically.
  • Added a cleanup job to destroy resources after tests, and improved notification on failures. [1] [2]
  • Added an e2e-test job that runs only if deployment succeeds, using the extracted URLs.

• Refactored .github/workflows/test-automation.yml to be reusable via workflow_call and accept deployment URLs as inputs, improving modularity and integration with the main pipeline.

Deployment and Utility Script Improvements:

• Overhauled the Makefile deployment targets:
  • Improved login, provisioning, deployment, and extraction of frontend/admin URLs and PostgreSQL host for downstream use.
  • Added helper targets for checking authentication status and manually disabling authentication.

Azure Search Integration:

• Enhanced Azure Search index creation in azure_search_helper.py:
  • Conditionally adds text and layoutText fields when integrated vectorization is enabled, supporting more advanced search scenarios.
  • Minor fix to AzureSearch credential handling for clarity.

Other Improvements:

• Updated the coverage comment action in comment_coverage.yml to a newer commit for improved reliability.

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CI/CD Pipeline and Deployment Automation

• Refactored .github/workflows/ci.yml to automate deployment, URL extraction, authentication disabling, database population, and resource cleanup, with improved outputs and notifications. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
• Refactored .github/workflows/test-automation.yml to be triggered as a reusable workflow with URL inputs, enabling seamless end-to-end testing after deployment.

Deployment and Utility Script Improvements

• Overhauled the Makefile deployment targets to robustly extract service URLs, PostgreSQL host, and provide helper targets for authentication and debugging.

Azure Search Integration

• Added conditional fields for integrated vectorization in Azure Search index creation, and clarified credential handling in azure_search_helper.py. [1] [2]

Other Improvements

• Updated the coverage comment GitHub Action to a newer version for improved reliability.

Does this introduce a breaking change?

• Yes
• No

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