DEVX-151: perf: skip dep resolution in setup-image with --no-deps

Makefile

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ setup-release: $(VENV)/bin/activate .env
 # an older devx.mak that doesn't yet define devx-setup-image. Consumer repos
 # (grm, infra) can safely alias to devx-setup-image since they install devx from PyPI.
 setup-image:
-	@if [ -d /opt/venv ]; then ln -sf /opt/venv $(VENV); . $(VENV)/bin/activate && pip install --no-cache-dir -e . 2>/dev/null; \
+	@if [ -d /opt/venv ]; then ln -sf /opt/venv $(VENV); . $(VENV)/bin/activate && pip install --no-cache-dir --no-deps -e . 2>/dev/null; \
 	else echo "[setup-image] /opt/venv not found — falling back to setup-ci"; $(MAKE) setup-ci; fi
 
 install-hooks:

pyproject.toml

@@ -64,11 +64,16 @@ molecule = [
     "ansible-core==2.21.1",
 ]
 # Deploy tools (for infra staging/production deployments)
+# Versions aligned with infra's pyproject.toml to avoid reinstalls on every CI job.
+# bcrypt and PyJWT are infra deps not in devx core — included here so the CI
+# image has them and setup-image can use --no-deps (skip dep resolution).
 deploy = [
     "ansible-core==2.21.1",
-    "boto3==1.43.37",
+    "boto3==1.43.44",
     "docker==7.1.0",
-    "cryptography==49.0.0",
+    "cryptography==50.0.0",
+    "bcrypt==5.0.0",
+    "PyJWT==2.13.0",
 ]
 # Full dev environment (local development)
 dev = [

src/devx/tools/setup_image.py

@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ def _install_in_image(
     link.symlink_to(opt_venv)
 
     # Build pip install command
+    # --no-deps: the CI image already has all dependencies pre-installed.
+    # We only need to install the project itself in editable mode.
     spec = f".[{extras}]" if extras else "."
     pip_bin = str(Path(venv_link) / "bin" / "pip")
-    cmd = [pip_bin, "install", "--no-cache-dir", "-e", spec]
+    cmd = [pip_bin, "install", "--no-cache-dir", "--no-deps", "-e", spec]
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
     try:

tests/unit/test_setup_image.py

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class TestInstallInImage:
         mock_run.assert_called_once()
         cmd = mock_run.call_args[0][0]
         assert "--no-cache-dir" in cmd
+        assert "--no-deps" in cmd
         assert "-e" in cmd
         assert "." in cmd
         # No extras → spec is "."