dependency-review workflow (blacktop/ipsw)

The dependency-review workflow from blacktop/ipsw, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the dependency-review workflow from the blacktop/ipsw 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: dependency-review
on: [pull_request]

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  dependency-review:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v5
        with:
          allow-licenses: BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, MIT, Apache-2.0, MPL-2.0

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: dependency-review
on: [pull_request]
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  dependency-review:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v5
        with:
          allow-licenses: BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, MIT, Apache-2.0, MPL-2.0
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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

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