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+# Copyright 2026 UCP Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Node.js Build and Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "rest/nodejs/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/nodejs.yml"
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "rest/nodejs/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/nodejs.yml"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    name: Build and test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: rest/nodejs
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: "20"
+          cache: npm
+          cache-dependency-path: rest/nodejs/package-lock.json
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build
+
+      - name: Test
+        run: npm test --if-present