Release @eidolon-components and @eidolon-client workflow (eidolon-ai/eidolon)

The Release @eidolon-components and @eidolon-client workflow from eidolon-ai/eidolon, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: eidolon-ai/eidolon.github/workflows/release_webui_packages.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Release @eidolon-components and @eidolon-client workflow from the eidolon-ai/eidolon 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 @eidolon-components and @eidolon-client

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}

jobs:
  release:
    name: Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Setup Node.js 20
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 20

      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
        name: Install pnpm
        with:
          version: 9
          run_install: false

      - name: Get pnpm store directory
        shell: bash
        run: |
          echo "STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - uses: actions/cache@v4
        name: Setup pnpm cache
        with:
          path: ${{ env.STORE_PATH }}
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-

      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: pnpm install
        working-directory: webui

      - name: Build Packages
        run: pnpm build
        working-directory: webui

      - name: Version Packages
        run: pnpm changeset version
        working-directory: webui

      - name: Publish Packages
        run: |
          pnpm --filter @eidolon-ai/client changeset publish --no-git-checks
          pnpm --filter @eidolon-ai/components changeset publish --no-git-checks
        working-directory: webui

      - name: Push Tags to GitHub
        run: git push --follow-tags
        working-directory: webui

# todo, we don't have changesets yet
#      - name: Create Release Pull Request
#        id: changesets
#        uses: changesets/action@v1
#        env:
#          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

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: Release @eidolon-components and @eidolon-client
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:
 
concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
 
jobs:
  release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Release
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
          fetch-depth: 0
 
      - name: Setup Node.js 20
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: 20
 
      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
        name: Install pnpm
        with:
          version: 9
          run_install: false
 
      - name: Get pnpm store directory
        shell: bash
        run: |
          echo "STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
      - uses: actions/cache@v4
        name: Setup pnpm cache
        with:
          path: ${{ env.STORE_PATH }}
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-
 
      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: pnpm install
        working-directory: webui
 
      - name: Build Packages
        run: pnpm build
        working-directory: webui
 
      - name: Version Packages
        run: pnpm changeset version
        working-directory: webui
 
      - name: Publish Packages
        run: |
          pnpm --filter @eidolon-ai/client changeset publish --no-git-checks
          pnpm --filter @eidolon-ai/components changeset publish --no-git-checks
        working-directory: webui
 
      - name: Push Tags to GitHub
        run: git push --follow-tags
        working-directory: webui
 
# todo, we don't have changesets yet
#      - name: Create Release Pull Request
#        id: changesets
#        uses: changesets/action@v1
#        env:
#          GITHUB_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.
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.

2 third-party actions are referenced by a movable tag. Pin them to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

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 pnpm/action-setup actions/cache changesets/action