release workflow (ClickHouse/clickhouse-go)

The release workflow from ClickHouse/clickhouse-go, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: ClickHouse/clickhouse-go.github/workflows/release.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the release workflow from the ClickHouse/clickhouse-go 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

workflow (.yml)

name: release

permissions: write-all

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Generate Token
        id: generate-token
        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
        with:
          app-id: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_AUTH_PUBLIC_APP_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_AUTH_PUBLIC_PRIVATE_KEY }}

      - uses: actions/checkout@main
        with:
          ref: main
          fetch-depth: 0 # required to generate contributor list
          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}

      - name: Install Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
        with:
          go-version: 1.25

      - name: Prepare release
        id: release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
        run: |
          go run internal/cmd/release/main.go

      - name: Commit And Push Changes
        run: |
          git config --local user.email "ch-integrations-robot@clickhouse.com"
          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
          git add .
          git commit -m "Update release notes"
          git push

      - name: Publish Draft Release
        env:
          RELEASE_API_URL: ${{ steps.release.outputs.RELEASE_URL }}
        run: |
            curl -X PATCH -H "Authorization: token ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" $RELEASE_API_URL -d '{"draft": false}'

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: release
 
permissions: write-all
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
 
jobs:
  publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Generate Token
        id: generate-token
        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
        with:
          app-id: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_AUTH_PUBLIC_APP_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ secrets.WORKFLOW_AUTH_PUBLIC_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
      - uses: actions/checkout@main
        with:
          ref: main
          fetch-depth: 0 # required to generate contributor list
          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
 
      - name: Install Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
        with:
          go-version: 1.25
 
      - name: Prepare release
        id: release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
        run: |
          go run internal/cmd/release/main.go
 
      - name: Commit And Push Changes
        run: |
          git config --local user.email "ch-integrations-robot@clickhouse.com"
          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
          git add .
          git commit -m "Update release notes"
          git push
 
      - name: Publish Draft Release
        env:
          RELEASE_API_URL: ${{ steps.release.outputs.RELEASE_URL }}
        run: |
            curl -X PATCH -H "Authorization: token ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" $RELEASE_API_URL -d '{"draft": false}'

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.

What Latchkey heals here

This workflow has steps that commonly fail on transient issues (network, registries, flaky browsers). On Latchkey managed runners they are detected, retried, and self-healed instead of failing your build:

Network fetches

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

actions/create-github-app-token actions/checkout actions/setup-go