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+name: Test gatewayd-plugin-sql-ids-ips
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    tags:
+      - v*
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
+      - "LICENSE"
+      - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
+      - "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md"
+      - ".gitignore"
+      - ".gitattributes"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "README.md"
+      - "LICENSE"
+      - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
+      - "CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md"
+      - ".gitignore"
+      - ".gitattributes"
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Test gatewayd-plugin-sql-ids-ips
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Timeout after 5 minutes, to avoid hanging tests
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout 🛎️
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install Go 🧑‍💻
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: "1.22"
+
+      - name: Lint code issues 🚨
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v4
+        with:
+          version: "v1.57"
+          skip-pkg-cache: true
+          install-mode: "goinstall"