Update Draft Release workflow (argoproj-labs/hera)

The Update Draft Release workflow from argoproj-labs/hera, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Update Draft Release workflow from the argoproj-labs/hera repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

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

The workflow

name: Update Draft Release
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  update:
    permissions:
      # write permission is required to create a github release
      contents: write
    name: Update Draft Release
    runs-on:
      - ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - id: release-drafter
        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7
        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: Update Draft Release
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  update:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    permissions:
      # write permission is required to create a github release
      contents: write
    name: Update Draft Release
    runs-on:
      - ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - id: release-drafter
        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

What changed

• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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