fix(utils): add silent flag to executeProcess

[hanna-skryl]

Problem

The Axe plugin failed during its first test run in an external repository:

Running Axe accessibility checks for 1 URL...
  Testing URL 1/1: https://example.com
  Checking Chromium browser installation...
  Axe execution failed for https://example.com: Internal Logger error - concurrent spinners are not supported

Root cause: The logger only supports one spinner at a time. When plugins execute concurrently, the Axe plugin's browser installation attempts to start a second spinner while another plugin's spinner is active, triggering the error.

Solution

Added a silent flag to executeProcess to bypass the logger spinner for background operations:

await executeProcess({
  command: 'npx',
  args: ['playwright-core', 'install', 'chromium'],
  silent: true,
});

Testing

1. Reproduced the error by running multiple Code PushUp plugins in the external repository
2. Applied the fix by modifying executeProcess source code
3. Verified the execution succeeded without the concurrent spinner error

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commit: 75993eb

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🏷️ Category	⭐ Previous score	⭐ Current score	🔄 Score change
Performance	🔴 35	🔴 31
Code coverage	🟡 88	🟡 88
Security	🟡 56	🟡 56	–
Updates	🟡 75	🟡 75	–
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👍 1 group improved, 👎 1 group regressed, 👍 1 audit improved, 👎 4 audits regressed, 14 audits changed without impacting score

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Code coverage	Code coverage metrics	🟡 88	🟡 88

21 other groups are unchanged.

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Lighthouse	First Contentful Paint	🟨 3.0 s	🟥 3.6 s
Lighthouse	Speed Index	🟥 6.6 s	🟥 7.9 s
Lighthouse	Total Blocking Time	🟥 2,430 ms	🟥 3,700 ms
Lighthouse	Time to Interactive	🟥 13.3 s	🟥 14.2 s
Code coverage	Function coverage	🟨 89.7 %	🟨 89.7 %
Lighthouse	Minimizes main-thread work	🟥 13.3 s	🟥 15.6 s
Lighthouse	JavaScript execution time	🟥 4.9 s	🟥 6.6 s
Lighthouse	Metrics	🟩 100%	🟩 100%
Lighthouse	Max Potential First Input Delay	🟥 1,060 ms	🟥 1,800 ms
Lighthouse	Largest Contentful Paint	🟥 11.3 s	🟥 12.0 s
Lighthouse	Server Backend Latencies	🟩 1,230 ms	🟩 830 ms
Lighthouse	Uses efficient cache policy on static assets	🟨 30 resources found	🟨 30 resources found
Lighthouse	Remove duplicate modules in JavaScript bundles	🟥 Potential savings of 102 KiB	🟥 Potential savings of 98 KiB
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Lighthouse	Reduce unused JavaScript	🟥 Potential savings of 183 KiB	🟥 Potential savings of 179 KiB
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Lighthouse	Network Round Trip Times	🟩 50 ms	🟩 80 ms
Lighthouse	Avoids enormous network payloads	🟩 Total size was 2,034 KiB	🟩 Total size was 2,034 KiB
Code coverage	Line coverage	🟨 84.5 %	🟨 84.5 %

659 other audits are unchanged.

[matejchalk]

Hi, you've run into a bug I discovered recently. The plugins are supposed to be run sequentially. I designed the logger groups and spinners based on this assumption, then I found out that it was (probably mistakenly) refactored to concurrent execution some time ago. 😅

I've opened a PR to prevent concurrent execution. This should enable the Axe plugin to log processes just like any other plugin. The problem isn't specific to Axe, any 2 plugins that execute some shell command would run into the same conflict.

• fix(core): run plugins sequentially #1145

[hanna-skryl]

Closing this PR in favor of the fix that restores sequential plugin execution.