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+name: ci:build:compose
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+  merge_group:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    name: Continuous integration (build compose)
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platform:
+          - ubuntu-latest
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+
+    timeout-minutes: 18
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout 🛎️
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Wait for image build workflow to succeed
+        uses: ArcticLampyrid/action-wait-for-workflow@v1.0.1
+        with:
+          workflow: ci:build:image.yml
+          sha: ${{ github.sha }}
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Bake 🧑‍🍳
+        uses: docker/bake-action@v4
+        with:
+          load: true
+          files: |
+            compose.yaml
+          set: |
+            patient-web.cache-from=type=gha
+            patient-web.cache-to=type=gha,mode=max
+
+      - name: Start
+        run: |
+          docker compose up --detach
+
+      - name: Wait for server port to be available
+        run: |
+          timeout 60 bash -c \
+           'until nc -z -v -w5 127.0.0.1 3000 ; do sleep 1; done'
+
+      - name: Call healthcheck endpoint
+        run: |
+          timeout 60 bash -c \
+            'curl -f http://localhost:3000/api/healthcheck'
+
+      - name: Run healthcheck script
+        run: |
+          timeout 60 bash -c \
+            'node scripts/healthcheck.cjs http://localhost:3000/api/healthcheck'
+
+      - name: Stop
+        run: |
+          docker compose down