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+name: End-to-end tests
+on: push
+
+env:
+  # a list of apps to build and publish on releases
+  APP_NAMES: datahub-e2e,metadata-editor-e2e
+
+jobs:
+  cypress-run:
+    name: Cypress test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: cypress/browsers:node18.12.0-chrome107
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Cache node modules
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.npm
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+
+      - name: Cache Cypress binary
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/Cypress
+          key: cypress-${{ runner.os }}-cypress-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+
+      - name: Build the backend
+        run: docker compose up -f support-services/docker-compose.yml -d
+
+      - name: Test backend
+        run: docker run --network container:webapp-frontend appropriate/curl -s --retry 10 --retry-connrefused http://localhost:8080/
+
+      - name: install dependencies and verify Cypress
+        env:
+          # make sure every Cypress install prints minimal information
+          CI: 1
+        run: |
+          cat support-services/.env
+          npm ci
+          npx cypress verify
+          npx cypress info
+          npx cypress version
+
+      - name: Cypress tests
+        run: npx nx run-many --projects=${{ env.APP_NAMES }} --target=e2e
+