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+name: Go CI/CD Pipeline
+
+# This is the name of the workflow as it will appear in the "Actions" tab of your GitHub repository.
+
+# The "on" section defines the events that trigger this workflow.
+on:
+  # Run this workflow on any push event to the "main" branch.
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  # Run this workflow on any pull request that targets the "main" branch.
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+# A workflow is made up of one or more "jobs" that can run in parallel or sequentially.
+jobs:
+  # We have a single job in this workflow called "build-and-test".
+  build-and-test:
+    # This job will run on a fresh virtual machine hosted by GitHub, using the latest version of Ubuntu.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # "steps" are the sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job.
+    steps:
+      # Step 1: This is a pre-made action that checks out your repository's code
+      # onto the runner, so the workflow can access it.
+      - name: Checkout Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Step 2: This action sets up the Go programming language environment on the runner.
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          # We specify the exact version of Go to match our project's go.mod file.
+          go-version: '1.24.3'
+
+      # Step 3: Run the unit tests. We run these first because they are fast
+      # and give us quick feedback if something is wrong.
+      - name: Run Unit Tests
+        run: go test -v ./...
+
+      # Step 4: Run the integration test. This step only runs if the unit tests passed.
+      # The ubuntu-latest runner comes with Docker pre-installed, which our test needs.
+      - name: Run Integration Test
+        run: go test -v -tags=integration