Release workflow (ArtificialAnalysis/Stirrup)

The Release workflow from ArtificialAnalysis/Stirrup, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Release workflow from the ArtificialAnalysis/Stirrup 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

name: Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*"

jobs:
  ci:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yaml

  publish:
    needs: ci
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment:
      name: pypi
    permissions:
      id-token: write
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
        with:
          enable-cache: true

      - name: Build
        run: uv build

      - name: Publish to PyPI
        run: uv publish

      - name: Create GitHub Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
        with:
          generate_release_notes: true
          files: dist/*

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Release
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*"
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  ci:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yaml
 
  publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    needs: ci
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    environment:
      name: pypi
    permissions:
      id-token: write
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
 
      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
        with:
          enable-cache: true
 
      - name: Build
        run: uv build
 
      - name: Publish to PyPI
        run: uv publish
 
      - name: Create GitHub Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
        with:
          generate_release_notes: true
          files: dist/*
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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

2 third-party actions are referenced by a movable tag. Pin them to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

This workflow runs 2 jobs per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow