Release Drafter workflow (archiverjs/node-archiver)

The Release Drafter workflow from archiverjs/node-archiver, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: archiverjs/node-archiver.github/workflows/release-drafter.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Release Drafter workflow from the archiverjs/node-archiver 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 Drafter

# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  update_release_draft:
    name: Update Release Draft
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Run Release Drafter
        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7.3.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

---
name: Release Drafter
 
# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
  workflow_dispatch:
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  update_release_draft:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Update Release Draft
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Run Release Drafter
        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7.3.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

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Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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.

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