From 8f33a1392ecc53b96ca99f0c1db459cfa8614fff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryson Jones <bkjones97@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:20:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] update tests script to not use unnecessary uv sync call which
 resolves dependencies that do not need to run. This drastically reduces CI
 run time

---
 .github/workflows/fast_tests.yml | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/fast_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/fast_tests.yml
index 10ec91199..1b3e4da4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fast_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fast_tests.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Install lerobot with test extras
-        run: uv sync --extra "test"
+        run: |
+          uv venv
+          uv pip install -e ".[test]"
 
       - name: Run pytest
-        run: uv run pytest tests -vv --maxfail=10
+        run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          pytest tests -vv --maxfail=10