From 01e65b0e7f5af044b9f469817ec047fe6df9c2b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lapenna-bjss <luca.lapenna@bjss.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 17:33:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] CCM-17605: add optional shard count input

---
 .../scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh   | 16 +++++++++++++---
 .../components/examplecomponent/pre.sh.disabled  |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh b/.github/scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh
index 6edddf9a..771804ab 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 #     --internalRef <ref> \
 #     --overrides <overrides> \
 #     --overrideProjectName <name> \
-#     --overrideRoleName <name>
+#     --overrideRoleName <name> \
+#     --shardCount <count>
 
 #
 # All arguments are required except terraformAction, and internalRef.
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@
 #     --internalRef "main" \
 #     --overrides "tf_var=someString" \
 #     --overrideProjectName nhs \
-#     --overrideRoleName nhs-service-iam-role
+#     --overrideRoleName nhs-service-iam-role \
+#     --shardCount "6"
 
 set -e
 
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ Usage:
     [--internalRef <ref>] \
     [--overrides <overrides>] \
     [--overrideProjectName <name>] \
-    [--overrideRoleName <name>]
+    [--overrideRoleName <name>] \
+    [--shardCount <count>]
 EOF
   return 0
 }
@@ -112,6 +115,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       overrideRoleName="$2"
       shift 2
       ;;
+    --shardCount) # Number of parallel shards to split tests across (optional)
+      shardCount="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
     *)
     echo "[ERROR] Unknown argument: $1" >&2
       exit 1
@@ -208,6 +215,7 @@ echo "  internalRef:        $internalRef"
 echo "  overrides:          $overrides"
 echo "  overrideProjectName: $overrideProjectName"
 echo "  overrideRoleName:   $overrideRoleName"
+echo "  shardCount:         ${shardCount:-}"
 
 DISPATCH_EVENT=$(jq -ncM \
   --arg internalRef "$internalRef" \
@@ -221,6 +229,7 @@ DISPATCH_EVENT=$(jq -ncM \
   --arg overrides "$overrides" \
   --arg overrideProjectName "$overrideProjectName" \
   --arg overrideRoleName "$overrideRoleName" \
+  --arg shardCount "${shardCount:-}" \
   '{
     "ref": $internalRef,
     "inputs": (
@@ -228,6 +237,7 @@ DISPATCH_EVENT=$(jq -ncM \
       (if $terraformAction != "" then { "terraformAction": $terraformAction } else {} end) +
       (if $overrideProjectName != "" then { "overrideProjectName": $overrideProjectName } else {} end) +
       (if $overrideRoleName != "" then { "overrideRoleName": $overrideRoleName } else {} end) +
+      (if $shardCount != "" then { "shardCount": $shardCount } else {} end) +
       {
         "releaseVersion": $releaseVersion,
         "targetEnvironment": $targetEnvironment,
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/components/examplecomponent/pre.sh.disabled b/infrastructure/terraform/components/examplecomponent/pre.sh.disabled
index f34040cf..22cb8a6c 100755
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/components/examplecomponent/pre.sh.disabled
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/components/examplecomponent/pre.sh.disabled
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ echo "COMPONENT=$COMPONENT"
 echo "AWS_REGION=$REGION"
 echo "AWS_ACCOUNT_ID=$AWS_ACCOUNT_ID"
 
+# No build steps required for output action
+if [ "${ACTION}" = "output" ]; then
+  echo "ACTION=output: skipping build and dependency steps."
+  return 0
+fi
+
 # Calculate container image prefix from PROJECT, ENVIRONMENT, COMPONENT
 CONTAINER_IMAGE_PREFIX="${PROJECT}-${ENVIRONMENT}-${COMPONENT}"
 echo "CONTAINER_IMAGE_PREFIX: ${CONTAINER_IMAGE_PREFIX}"

From f285fa959bfef1c08ee955d72be93fc5f0a1abd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lapenna-bjss <luca.lapenna@bjss.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 09:18:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] CCM-17605: change the shard count example to 4

---
 .github/scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh b/.github/scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh
index 771804ab..c898894f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/dispatch_internal_repo_workflow.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #     --overrides "tf_var=someString" \
 #     --overrideProjectName nhs \
 #     --overrideRoleName nhs-service-iam-role \
-#     --shardCount "6"
+#     --shardCount "4"
 
 set -e