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5.7Measuring Pipeline Performance

Track these metrics to identify optimization opportunities:

Metric How to Measure Target
PR feedback time Time from push to unit test results < 5 minutes
Full pipeline time Time from push to all checks complete < 20 minutes
Cache hit rate Check cache action logs > 90%
Flaky test rate Tests that pass on retry < 2%
Queue time Time jobs spend waiting for a runner < 1 minute

If queue time is high, you need more runners or better scheduling. If cache hit rate is low, your cache keys are too specific.