Publish Packages workflow (decaporg/decap-cms)

The Publish Packages workflow from decaporg/decap-cms, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: decaporg/decap-cms.github/workflows/publish.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Publish Packages workflow from the decaporg/decap-cms 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

workflow (.yml)

name: Publish Packages

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'decap-*@*'

permissions:
  contents: read
  id-token: write  # Required for OIDC trusted publishers

jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: production  # Optional: adds approval requirements and deployment protection
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # Required for Lerna to detect changes

      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '24'
          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      - name: Build packages
        run: npm run build

      - name: Run tests
        run: npm run test:ci

      - name: Test package integrity
        run: npm run test:package-integrity

      - name: Debug
        run: |
          echo "::group::Node & npm versions"
          node -v
          npm -v
          echo "::endgroup::"

          echo "::group::npm config (redacted)"
          npm config get registry || true
          npm config list -l | sed 's/_authToken.*/_authToken=[REDACTED]/' || true
          echo "::endgroup::"

          echo "::group::Env checks"
          if [ -n "${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}" ]; then echo "NODE_AUTH_TOKEN set? yes"; else echo "NODE_AUTH_TOKEN set? no"; fi
          if [ -n "${NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG}" ]; then echo "NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG set? yes"; else echo "NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG set? no"; fi
          echo "::endgroup::"

          echo "::group::Git state"
          git status --porcelain || true
          git tag --list --points-at HEAD || true
          echo "::endgroup::"

          echo "::group::Registry package info"
          npm view decap-server version || true
          npm view decap-server versions --json || true
          echo "::endgroup::"

          echo "::group::Lerna packages"
          npx lerna ls --json || true
          echo "::endgroup::"

      - name: Publish to npm
        run: npm run lerna:publish -- --loglevel silly
        # No NODE_AUTH_TOKEN needed - uses OIDC automatically via trusted publishers

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Publish Packages
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'decap-*@*'
 
permissions:
  contents: read
  id-token: write  # Required for OIDC trusted publishers
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    environment: production  # Optional: adds approval requirements and deployment protection
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0  # Required for Lerna to detect changes
 
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: '24'
          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
 
      - name: Build packages
        run: npm run build
 
      - name: Run tests
        run: npm run test:ci
 
      - name: Test package integrity
        run: npm run test:package-integrity
 
      - name: Debug
        run: |
          echo "::group::Node & npm versions"
          node -v
          npm -v
          echo "::endgroup::"
 
          echo "::group::npm config (redacted)"
          npm config get registry || true
          npm config list -l | sed 's/_authToken.*/_authToken=[REDACTED]/' || true
          echo "::endgroup::"
 
          echo "::group::Env checks"
          if [ -n "${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}" ]; then echo "NODE_AUTH_TOKEN set? yes"; else echo "NODE_AUTH_TOKEN set? no"; fi
          if [ -n "${NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG}" ]; then echo "NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG set? yes"; else echo "NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG set? no"; fi
          echo "::endgroup::"
 
          echo "::group::Git state"
          git status --porcelain || true
          git tag --list --points-at HEAD || true
          echo "::endgroup::"
 
          echo "::group::Registry package info"
          npm view decap-server version || true
          npm view decap-server versions --json || true
          echo "::endgroup::"
 
          echo "::group::Lerna packages"
          npx lerna ls --json || true
          echo "::endgroup::"
 
      - name: Publish to npm
        run: npm run lerna:publish -- --loglevel silly
        # No NODE_AUTH_TOKEN needed - uses OIDC automatically via trusted publishers

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.
Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
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:

Dependency installs

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/checkout actions/setup-node