HACS Action workflow (ekutner/home-connect-hass)

The HACS Action workflow from ekutner/home-connect-hass, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the HACS Action workflow from the ekutner/home-connect-hass 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

name: HACS Action

on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * *"

jobs:
  hacs:
    name: HACS Action
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
    steps:
      - uses: "actions/checkout@v2"
      - name: HACS Action
        uses: "hacs/action@main"
        with:
          category: "integration"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: HACS Action
 
on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  hacs:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: HACS Action
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
    steps:
      - uses: "actions/checkout@v2"
      - name: HACS Action
        uses: "hacs/action@main"
        with:
          category: "integration"

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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