Add a github action that just builds the tests.

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -109,6 +109,19 @@ jobs:
           name: "${{ needs.setup-tests.outputs.file-prefix }}-${{ matrix.part }}-coverage"
           path: ./${{ matrix.part }}profile.out
 
+  build-tests:
+    # TODO[1760]: Delete this build-tests action once the tests reliably pass again.
+    needs: setup-tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        if: needs.setup-tests.outputs.should-run
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ needs.setup-tests.outputs.go-version }}
+      - name: build tests
+        run: |
+          make build-tests
 
   #  This action performs a code coverage assessment but filters out generated code from proto based types
   #  and grpc services