another approach to getting ci working

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.12-bullseye
+FROM python:3.12-bullseye AS python_base
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
@@ -14,3 +14,13 @@ RUN sh /uv-installer.sh && rm /uv-installer.sh
 
 # Ensure the installed binary is on the `PATH`
 ENV PATH="/root/.cargo/bin/:$PATH"
+
+FROM python_base AS python_e2e
+
+ENV UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=/root/.cache/uv
+
+WORKDIR /usr/src/app
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN uv sync --all-extras

.devcontainer/docker-compose.e2e.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+services:
+  app:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      target: python_e2e
+    command: uv run fastapi dev ./openday_scavenger/main.py

.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ services:
   app:
     build:
       context: ..
+      target: python_base
       dockerfile: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
 
     # It is important not to include the project virtual environment (.venv) in the mount,

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.venv
+node_modules

.github/workflows/e2e.yaml

@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Start Server
-        uses: devcontainers/[email protected]
-        with:
-          runCmd: uv sync --all-extras && nohup bash -c 'uv run fastapi dev ./openday_scavenger/main.py'
+      - name: Run docker-compose
+        working-directory: ./.devcontainer
+        run: |
+          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.e2e.yml build
+          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.e2e.yml up -d
 
       - name: Cypress run
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6

e2e/package.json

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "ISC",
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@devcontainers/cli": "^0.71.0",
     "@eslint/js": "^9.12.0",
     "@types/cypress": "^0.1.6",
     "cypress": "^13.15.0",