Bump Go workflow (cli/cli)

The Bump Go workflow from cli/cli, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Bump Go workflow from the cli/cli 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: Bump Go
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 3 * * *" # 3 AM UTC
  workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write
jobs:
  bump-go:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0

      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
        with:
          go-version-file: 'go.mod'

      - name: Bump Go version
        env:
          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: cli automation
          GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: cli automation
          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: noreply@github.com
          GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: noreply@github.com
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          bash .github/workflows/scripts/bump-go.sh --apply go.mod

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Bump Go
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 3 * * *" # 3 AM UTC
  workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write
jobs:
  bump-go:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@924ae3a1cded613372ab5595356fb5720e22ba16 # v6.5.0
        with:
          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
 
      - name: Bump Go version
        env:
          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: cli automation
          GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: cli automation
          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: noreply@github.com
          GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: noreply@github.com
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          bash .github/workflows/scripts/bump-go.sh --apply go.mod
 

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.
• 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