Add extension and linting labels to associated opened issues workflow (dequelabs/axe-core)

The Add extension and linting labels to associated opened issues workflow from dequelabs/axe-core, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

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The workflow

name: Add extension and linting labels to associated opened issues

on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]

jobs:
  label_extension_linting_issues:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      issues: write
    steps:
      - name: Label Extension Issues
        uses: andymckay/labeler@e6c4322d0397f3240f0e7e30a33b5c5df2d39e90 # tag=1
        if: contains(toJson(github.event.issue.body), '### Product\n\naxe Extension\n\n')
        with:
          add-labels: 'extension'
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Label Linting Issues
        uses: andymckay/labeler@e6c4322d0397f3240f0e7e30a33b5c5df2d39e90 # tag=1
        if: contains(toJson(github.event.issue.body), '### Product\n\naxe Linter\n\n')
        with:
          add-labels: 'linting'
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: Add extension and linting labels to associated opened issues
 
on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]
 
jobs:
  label_extension_linting_issues:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      issues: write
    steps:
      - name: Label Extension Issues
        uses: andymckay/labeler@e6c4322d0397f3240f0e7e30a33b5c5df2d39e90 # tag=1
        if: contains(toJson(github.event.issue.body), '### Product\n\naxe Extension\n\n')
        with:
          add-labels: 'extension'
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Label Linting Issues
        uses: andymckay/labeler@e6c4322d0397f3240f0e7e30a33b5c5df2d39e90 # tag=1
        if: contains(toJson(github.event.issue.body), '### Product\n\naxe Linter\n\n')
        with:
          add-labels: 'linting'
          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

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.