fix(ci): rebuild Storybook previews from source

[FelixTJDietrich]

Description

Ensures every Chromatic Storybook preview is built from the checked-out source instead of uploading a previously cached storybook-static directory.

The previous cache key covered stories, Storybook configuration, and the lockfile, but not component source, styles, or public assets. Combined with Chromatic's storybookBuildDir setting, that allowed a green CI run to publish stale UI under the current commit SHA. This change removes the generated Storybook output cache and lets Chromatic build from source on every preview run.

No application behavior, API, persistence, permissions, or deployment configuration changes.

How to test

1. Run pnpm run format and pnpm run check.
2. Let the Test / Webapp: Stories job publish a Chromatic preview.
3. Change a component without editing its story and rerun the workflow.
4. Confirm the new preview contains the component change and that CI no longer restores or saves webapp/storybook-static.

Checklist

• Added an empty changeset because this is a CI-only correction with no operator- or user-facing release note.
• No operator action, environment variable, or migration is required.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Streamlined build and visual testing configuration by removing obsolete Storybook build caching.
  • Updated visual testing settings to no longer reference a dedicated Storybook build directory.
  • Added release metadata for the changes.

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• .github/actions/setup-caches/action.yml
• webapp/chromatic.config.json

📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The pull request adds an empty changeset, removes Storybook build caching from the setup action, and removes the Chromatic storybookBuildDir setting.

Changes

Release metadata

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Empty changeset addition .changeset/clear-nails-begin.md	Adds an empty changeset Markdown file.

Build configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Storybook cache configuration cleanup .github/actions/setup-caches/action.yml, webapp/chromatic.config.json	Removes the Storybook cache step and related description text. Removes storybookBuildDir from the Chromatic configuration.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7a750

The new changeset file is expected to fail repository validation because it contains no explanation, so CI may remain red until a non-empty summary is added. The PR is not merge-ready until that localized issue is corrected.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main CI change: rebuilding Storybook previews from source. It is concise and specific.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch fix/storybook-preview-cache

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1-3: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add an explanation to the empty changeset.

scripts/verify-changesets.ts rejects empty summaries, including changesets with no releases. This file therefore makes the changeset validation workflow fail. Add a non-empty explanation after the second --- delimiter.

Proposed fix

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+This PR only updates CI configuration and does not require a release note.

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In @.changeset/clear-nails-begin.md around lines 1 - 3, Add a non-empty
explanatory summary after the second YAML delimiter in the changeset
frontmatter, leaving the delimiters and no-release metadata intact so
scripts/verify-changesets.ts accepts the file.

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In @.changeset/clear-nails-begin.md:
- Around line 1-3: Add a non-empty explanatory summary after the second YAML
delimiter in the changeset frontmatter, leaving the delimiters and no-release
metadata intact so scripts/verify-changesets.ts accepts the file.

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