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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 - 2024 the Friendica project
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+name: Unit tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+
+  tests:
+    name: Run Unit tests (PHP ${{ matrix.php }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        operating-system: ['ubuntu-latest']
+        php: ['7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5']
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - name: Setup PHP with composer and extensions
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2 #https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php
+        with:
+          php-version: ${{ matrix.php }}
+          coverage: xdebug
+          tools: none
+
+      - name: Clone addon repository
+        run: git clone -b develop --single-branch https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica-addons.git addon
+
+      - name: Install Composer dependencies
+        uses: "ramsey/composer-install@v2"
+
+      - name: Run Unit tests
+        run: composer run test:unit
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