e2e workflow: improve skipping logic (no error when skip the job)

.github/workflows/e2e-subtensor-tests.yaml

@@ -128,75 +128,87 @@
             fi
           done
 
+  # run non-fast-blocks only on Saturday and by cron schedule
+  check-if-saturday:
+    if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      is-saturday: ${{ steps.check.outputs.is-saturday }}
+    steps:
+      - id: check
+        run: |
+          day=$(date -u +%u)
+          echo "Today is weekday $day"
+          if [ "$day" -ne 6 ]; then
+            echo "⏭️ Skipping: not Saturday"
+            echo "is-saturday=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          echo "is-saturday=true"
+          echo "is-saturday=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
 
   cron-run-non-fast-blocks-e2e-test:
-    if: github.event_name == 'schedule'
+    if: github.event_name == 'schedule' && needs.check-if-saturday.outputs.is-saturday == 'true'
     name: "NFB: ${{ matrix.test-file }} / Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
     needs:
+      - check-if-saturday
       - find-tests
       - pull-docker-image
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 1440
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false  # Allow other matrix jobs to run even if this job fails
       max-parallel: 32  # Set the maximum number of parallel jobs (same as we have cores in ubuntu-latest runner)
       matrix:
         os:
           - ubuntu-latest
         test-file: ${{ fromJson(needs.find-tests.outputs.test-files) }}
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
-      - name: Check if today is Saturday
-        run: |
-          day=$(date -u +%u)
-          echo "Today is weekday $day"
-          if [ "$day" -ne 6 ]; then
-            echo "⏭️ Skipping: not Saturday"
-            exit 78
-          fi
       - name: Check-out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
 
       - name: install dependencies
         run: uv sync --extra dev --dev
 
       - name: Download Cached Docker Image
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: subtensor-localnet
 
       - name: Load Docker Image
         run: docker load -i subtensor-localnet.tar
 
       - name: Run patched E2E tests
         env:
           FAST_BLOCKS: "0"
         run: |
           set +e
           for i in 1 2 3; do
             echo "🔁 Attempt $i: Running tests"
             uv run pytest ${{ matrix.test-file }} -s
             status=$?
             if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
               echo "✅ Tests passed on attempt $i"
               break
             else
               echo "❌ Tests failed on attempt $i"
               if [ $i -eq 3 ]; then
                 echo "Tests failed after 3 attempts"
                 exit 1
               fi
               echo "Retrying..."
               sleep 5
             fi
           done