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AI-generated--parallel workers versus --grep filtering under limited CI memory
The goal is to keep CI test runs fast while staying within a fixed CPU and memory quota for a Mocha suite. Two documented approaches are available: using --parallel to distribute tests across worker processes, and using --grep to select a subset of tests by name pattern. --parallel can reduce wall-clock time on multi-core runners but raises per-worker memory
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