CI-specific fix

Author: HardMax71

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ jobs:
           EOF
           echo "Created dummy kubeconfig for CI"
 
+      - name: Pre-pull base images in parallel
+        run: |
+          echo "Pre-pulling base images to speed up builds..."
+          docker pull python:3.12-slim &
+          docker pull alpine:latest &
+          docker pull confluentinc/cp-kafka:7.5.0 &
+          docker pull confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:7.5.0 &
+          docker pull mongo:7 &
+          docker pull redis:7-alpine &
+          wait
+          echo "Base images pulled successfully"
+
       - name: Modify Docker Compose for CI
         run: |
           cp docker-compose.yaml docker-compose.ci.yaml
@@ -97,15 +109,17 @@ jobs:
           cat docker-compose.ci.yaml
           echo "------------------------------------"
 
-      - name: Build services with cache
+      - name: Build services with optimized cache
         uses: docker/bake-action@v6
         with:
           source: .
           files: docker-compose.ci.yaml
           load: true
           set: |
-            *.cache-from=type=gha
-            *.cache-to=type=gha,mode=max
+            *.cache-from=type=gha,scope=buildkit-${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
+            *.cache-from=type=gha,scope=buildkit-${{ github.repository }}-main
+            *.cache-to=type=gha,mode=max,scope=buildkit-${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
+            *.pull=true
 
       - name: Start services
         run: |