Release Drafter and Labels workflow (gdsfactory/gdsfactory)

The Release Drafter and Labels workflow from gdsfactory/gdsfactory, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: gdsfactory/gdsfactory.github/workflows/release-drafter.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Release Drafter and Labels workflow from the gdsfactory/gdsfactory 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: Release Drafter and Labels
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    types: [edited, opened, reopened, synchronize, unlabeled, labeled]
  workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
  contents: read
jobs:
  update_release_draft:
    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
    permissions:
      contents: write
      pull-requests: write
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7.4.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Release Drafter and Labels
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    types: [edited, opened, reopened, synchronize, unlabeled, labeled]
  workflow_dispatch:
permissions:
  contents: read
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  update_release_draft:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
    permissions:
      contents: write
      pull-requests: write
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7.4.0
        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.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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.

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.