Release workflow (7Sageer/sublink-worker)

The Release workflow from 7Sageer/sublink-worker, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: 7Sageer/sublink-worker.github/workflows/release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Release workflow from the 7Sageer/sublink-worker repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*.*.*" # Trigger on version tags like v2.0.1

permissions:
  contents: write # Required to create releases

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for changelog generation

      - name: Extract version from tag
        id: version
        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - name: Create GitHub Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        with:
          name: Sublink Worker ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
          body: |
            ## Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}

            ### 📚 Documentation
            - [Complete Changelog](https://sublink.works/updates/)
            - [Deployment Guide](https://sublink.works/guide/quick-start/)
            - [API Documentation](https://sublink.works/api/)

            ### 🚀 Quick Start
            ```bash
            # Cloudflare Workers
            npm install && npm run deploy

            # Docker
            docker compose up -d

            # Node.js
            npm run build:node && npm run dev:node
            ```

            ---
            **Note:** This release was automatically created by GitHub Actions.
            For detailed changes, see the [changelog](https://sublink.works/updates/).
          generate_release_notes: true # Auto-generate notes from commits
          draft: false
          prerelease: false
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Notify success
        if: success()
        run: |
          echo "✅ Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }} created successfully!"
          echo "View at: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Release
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*.*.*" # Trigger on version tags like v2.0.1
 
permissions:
  contents: write # Required to create releases
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for changelog generation
 
      - name: Extract version from tag
        id: version
        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
      - name: Create GitHub Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        with:
          name: Sublink Worker ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
          body: |
            ## Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
 
            ### 📚 Documentation
            - [Complete Changelog](https://sublink.works/updates/)
            - [Deployment Guide](https://sublink.works/guide/quick-start/)
            - [API Documentation](https://sublink.works/api/)
 
            ### 🚀 Quick Start
            ```bash
            # Cloudflare Workers
            npm install && npm run deploy
 
            # Docker
            docker compose up -d
 
            # Node.js
            npm run build:node && npm run dev:node
            ```
 
            ---
            **Note:** This release was automatically created by GitHub Actions.
            For detailed changes, see the [changelog](https://sublink.works/updates/).
          generate_release_notes: true # Auto-generate notes from commits
          draft: false
          prerelease: false
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
      - name: Notify success
        if: success()
        run: |
          echo "✅ Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }} created successfully!"
          echo "View at: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}"

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

What Latchkey heals here

This workflow has steps that commonly fail on transient issues (network, registries, flaky browsers). On Latchkey managed runners they are detected, retried, and self-healed instead of failing your build:

Dependency installs

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout softprops/action-gh-release