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ci: pre-pull testcontainer images on fork PRs (#4684)

## What

The `Pre-pull testcontainer images` step is gated on
`env.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME`. Fork PRs receive no repository secrets, so
that variable is empty and the step is skipped along with the DockerHub
login it was grouped with.

## Why

With the pre-pull skipped, testcontainers pulls images lazily — inside
the first test that resolves the fixture, against that test's
`testTimeout`. On PR #4534 that pushed five webapp shards past their 60s
cap across three runs, each failing as `Test timed out in 60000ms` while
42 of 43 files in the shard passed.

Measured cost of the missing pre-pull, comparing the delta from vitest
start to the first container fixture on the same runner class:

| Run | Delta |
| --- | --- |
| internal x2 | +139.9s, +139.4s |
| fork x2 | +149.7s, +149.4s |

A 10.0s penalty, bimodal to within 0.3s.

Note the pulls themselves succeed anonymously — there are no rate-limit
errors in any of the failing logs. Only the login needs credentials, so
the pre-pull can run unconditionally.

## Scope

Removes the `if:` from the pre-pull step in all five workflows that have
one. The DockerHub login stays gated, since it genuinely needs secrets.
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Committed by GitHub <noreply@github.com> on 8/19/2026, 7:40:27 AM