Run book tests every 6 months when new prerelease is out. Try to parallelize testing.

Author: remo-pillat

.github/workflows/run_book_tests.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ name: Run all book tests
 on: 
   # Automatically run this action when a new push is made to repo
   push:
+
+  # Run tests every 6 months after prerelease comes out to check for regressions. 
+  # Prerelease for "a" release is out by Jan 1. for "b" release by Jul 1
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 1 1,7 *"
 
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -37,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         # Use v2 for Java Swing access
         uses: matlab-actions/setup-matlab@v2
         with:
-          products: MATLAB Simulink Robotics_System_Toolbox Navigation_Toolbox UAV_Toolbox Automated_Driving_Toolbox Computer_Vision_Toolbox Image_Processing_Toolbox Deep_Learning_Toolbox Model_Predictive_Control_Toolbox Optimization_Toolbox ROS_Toolbox Signal_Processing_Toolbox Statistics_and_Machine_Learning_Toolbox Symbolic_Math_Toolbox Control_System_Toolbox
+          products: MATLAB Simulink Robotics_System_Toolbox Navigation_Toolbox UAV_Toolbox Automated_Driving_Toolbox Computer_Vision_Toolbox Image_Processing_Toolbox Deep_Learning_Toolbox Model_Predictive_Control_Toolbox Optimization_Toolbox ROS_Toolbox Signal_Processing_Toolbox Statistics_and_Machine_Learning_Toolbox Symbolic_Math_Toolbox Control_System_Toolbox Parallel_Computing_Toolbox
           # Run tests with prerelease as soon as available; switch to GR once it's live
           release: latest-including-prerelease
 
@@ -48,8 +53,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run MATLAB Tests
         # Only run tests in folder test/book
-        uses: matlab-actions/run-tests@v1
+        uses: matlab-actions/run-tests@v2
         with:
           select-by-folder: test/book
           startup-options: -webfigures
           code-coverage-cobertura: code-coverage/coverage.xml
+          # Run tests in parallel. Requires Parallel_Computing_Toolbox in "products" list above
+          use-parallel: true