Build and create draft release workflow (christiaangoossens/hass-oidc-auth)

The Build and create draft release workflow from christiaangoossens/hass-oidc-auth, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Build and create draft release workflow from the christiaangoossens/hass-oidc-auth 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: Build and create draft release

on:
  push:
    tags:
    - v*.*.*

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    permissions:
      contents: write

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v7

    - name: Build
      run: scripts/build

    - name: Create or update draft release with ZIP
      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
      with:
        draft: true
        fail_on_unmatched_files: true
        generate_release_notes: true
        files: ./hass-oidc-auth.zip

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Build and create draft release
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
    - v*.*.*
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    permissions:
      contents: write
 
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
    - name: Build
      run: scripts/build
 
    - name: Create or update draft release with ZIP
      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3
      with:
        draft: true
        fail_on_unmatched_files: true
        generate_release_notes: true
        files: ./hass-oidc-auth.zip
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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

Actions used in this workflow