From 8e138689cfdf40d80cdba1805be52e9271a2fd9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: david <njorogedavid13@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 18:08:35 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] unique db action run

---
 .github/workflows/backend.yml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index 307810a..b2e24a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -15,14 +15,16 @@ on:
 jobs:
   backend-test:
     runs-on: [docker]
-    
+    env:
+      UNIQUE_DB: test_db_${{ github.run_id }}
+
     services:
       postgres:
         image: postgres:15-alpine
         env:
           POSTGRES_USER: test
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: test
-          POSTGRES_DB: test_db
+          POSTGRES_DB: test_db_${{ github.run_id }}_${{ github.run_attempt }}
         options: >-
           --health-cmd pg_isready
           --health-interval 10s
@@ -39,13 +41,35 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Python
       run: |
         python --version
-    
+
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         cd backend
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install --cache-dir /tmp/pip-cache -r requirements/dev.txt
-    
+
+    - name: Create Unique Test Database
+      env:
+        DATABASE_URL: postgresql://test:test@postgres:5432/postgres
+      run: |
+        # Install postgresql-client if not present in the alpine image to run psql
+        # Or use python to create the db
+        cd backend
+        python -c "
+        import os
+        from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
+        db_url = os.environ['DATABASE_URL']
+        engine = create_engine(db_url)
+        new_db = os.environ['UNIQUE_DB']
+        # Connect to default 'postgres' db to create the new one
+        with engine.connect() as conn:
+            conn.execute(text('COMMIT')) # Close any open transactions
+            conn.execute(text(f'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS {new_db}'))
+            conn.execute(text(f'CREATE DATABASE {new_db}'))
+        print(f'Created database: {new_db}')
+        "
+
+
     - name: Debug cache
       run: |
         echo "Listing PIP cache files:"
@@ -59,8 +83,9 @@ jobs:
     
     - name: Run tests
       env:
-        TEST_DATABASE_URL: postgresql://test:test@postgres:5432/test_db
-        DATABASE_URL: postgresql://test:test@postgres:5432/test_db
+        UNIQUE_DB: test_db_${{ github.run_id }}
+        TEST_DATABASE_URL: postgresql://test:test@postgres:5432/${{ env.UNIQUE_DB }}
+        DATABASE_URL: postgresql://test:test@postgres:5432/${{ env.UNIQUE_DB }}
         SECRET_KEY: test-secret-key
         JWT_SECRET_KEY: test-jwt-secret
         FLASK_ENV: test