From 7e571f516dbbbdf528f94d810f8bb10f7fe55dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sudo-Ivan <ivan@quad4.io>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 18:38:16 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(ci): add backend compilation step to CI workflow and
 introduce compile task for Python syntax checking

---
 .gitea/workflows/ci.yml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 Taskfile.yml            |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index c33abde..62ab73e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -59,3 +59,19 @@ jobs:
               run: task build-frontend
               env:
                   VITE_APP_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+
+    test-backend:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout
+              uses: https://git.quad4.io/actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+            - name: Setup Python
+              uses: https://git.quad4.io/actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548 # v6.1.0
+              with:
+                  python-version: "3.13"
+            - name: Setup Task
+              uses: https://git.quad4.io/actions/setup-task@0ab1b2a65bc55236a3bc64cde78f80e20e8885c2 # v1
+              with:
+                  version: "3.46.3"
+            - name: Compile backend
+              run: task compile
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 8c7d985..da7c2a0 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ tasks:
         desc: Run all linters
         deps: [lint-frontend, lint-python]
 
+    compile:
+        desc: Compile Python code to check for syntax errors
+        cmds:
+            - "{{.PYTHON}} -m compileall meshchatx/"
+
     install:
         desc: Install all dependencies (installs node modules and python deps)
         deps: [node_modules, python]