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Test Suite workflow (expectedparrot/edsl)

The Test Suite workflow from expectedparrot/edsl, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: expectedparrot/edsl.github/workflows/test_suite.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Test Suite workflow from the expectedparrot/edsl 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

workflow (.yml)
name: Test Suite

on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  test:
    if: |
      !contains(github.event.head_commit.message || '', 'no-test') &&
      !contains(github.event.pull_request.title || '', 'no-test')
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 120    # Changed to 120 minutes
    strategy:
      matrix:
        python-version: ["3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10"]      
    env:
      POETRY_VERSION: "1.7.1"
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}

      - name: Install Poetry
        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
        with:
          version: ${{ env.POETRY_VERSION }}

      - name: Cache Poetry virtualenv
        uses: actions/cache@v4
        with:
          path: ~/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-poetry-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-poetry-

      - name: Install dependencies
        shell: bash
        run: poetry install --without dev -E full

      - name: Run starter tutorial integration test
        if: matrix.python-version == '3.10'
        shell: bash
        run: poetry run make test-starter-tutorial
        env:
          EXPECTED_PARROT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.INTEGRATION_TEST_EXPECTED_PARROT_API_KEY_CHICK }}
          EXPECTED_PARROT_URL: "https://chick.expectedparrot.com"
      - name: Run edsl tests
        shell: bash
        run: poetry run make test

      - name: Run doctests
        shell: bash
        run: poetry run make test-doctests
        env:
          EDSL_RUNNING_DOCTESTS: "True"

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: Test Suite
 
on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  test:
    if: |
      !contains(github.event.head_commit.message || '', 'no-test') &&
      !contains(github.event.pull_request.title || '', 'no-test')
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    timeout-minutes: 120    # Changed to 120 minutes
    strategy:
      matrix:
        python-version: ["3.13", "3.12", "3.11", "3.10"]      
    env:
      POETRY_VERSION: "1.7.1"
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
      - name: Set up python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
      - name: Install Poetry
        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
        with:
          version: ${{ env.POETRY_VERSION }}
 
      - name: Cache Poetry virtualenv
        uses: actions/cache@v4
        with:
          path: ~/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-poetry-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-poetry-
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        shell: bash
        run: poetry install --without dev -E full
 
      - name: Run starter tutorial integration test
        if: matrix.python-version == '3.10'
        shell: bash
        run: poetry run make test-starter-tutorial
        env:
          EXPECTED_PARROT_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.INTEGRATION_TEST_EXPECTED_PARROT_API_KEY_CHICK }}
          EXPECTED_PARROT_URL: "https://chick.expectedparrot.com"
      - name: Run edsl tests
        shell: bash
        run: poetry run make test
 
      - name: Run doctests
        shell: bash
        run: poetry run make test-doctests
        env:
          EDSL_RUNNING_DOCTESTS: "True"

What changed

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.

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:

This workflow runs 1 job (4 with the matrix expanded) 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-python actions/cache