Validate workflow (dougiteixeira/proxmoxve)

The Validate workflow from dougiteixeira/proxmoxve, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: dougiteixeira/proxmoxve.github/workflows/validate.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Validate workflow from the dougiteixeira/proxmoxve repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: "Validate"

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron:  "0 0 * * *"
  push:
    branches:
      - "main"
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - "main"

jobs:
  hassfest: # https://developers.home-assistant.io/blog/2020/04/16/hassfest
    name: "Hassfest Validation"
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
    steps:
        - name: "Checkout the repository"
          uses: "actions/checkout@v6"

        - name: "Run hassfest validation"
          uses: "home-assistant/actions/hassfest@master"

  # hacs: # https://github.com/hacs/action
  #   name: "HACS Validation"
  #   runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
  #   steps:
  #       - name: "Checkout the repository"
  #         uses: "actions/checkout@v6"

  #       - name: "Run HACS validation"
  #         uses: "hacs/action@main"
  #         with:
  #           category: "integration"
  #           # Remove this 'ignore' key when you have added brand images for your integration to https://github.com/home-assistant/brands
  #           ignore: "brands"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: "Validate"
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron:  "0 0 * * *"
  push:
    branches:
      - "main"
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - "main"
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  hassfest: # https://developers.home-assistant.io/blog/2020/04/16/hassfest
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: "Hassfest Validation"
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
    steps:
        - name: "Checkout the repository"
          uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
 
        - name: "Run hassfest validation"
          uses: "home-assistant/actions/hassfest@master"
 
  # hacs: # https://github.com/hacs/action
  #   name: "HACS Validation"
  #   runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
  #   steps:
  #       - name: "Checkout the repository"
  #         uses: "actions/checkout@v6"
 
  #       - name: "Run HACS validation"
  #         uses: "hacs/action@main"
  #         with:
  #           category: "integration"
  #           # Remove this 'ignore' key when you have added brand images for your integration to https://github.com/home-assistant/brands
  #           ignore: "brands"

What changed

Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
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.