Release workflow (devon-mar/netbox-kea)

The Release workflow from devon-mar/netbox-kea, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Release workflow from the devon-mar/netbox-kea 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

---
name: Release

"on":
  release:
    types:
      - published

jobs:
  pypi-publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      # https://docs.pypi.org/trusted-publishers/
      id-token: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7

      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
        with:
          enable-cache: true

      - run: uv build

      - run: uv publish

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

---
name: Release
 
"on":
  release:
    types:
      - published
 
jobs:
  pypi-publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      # https://docs.pypi.org/trusted-publishers/
      id-token: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
        with:
          enable-cache: true
 
      - run: uv build
 
      - run: uv publish
 

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.

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