Release workflow (gofireflyio/aiac)

The Release workflow from gofireflyio/aiac, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: gofireflyio/aiac.github/workflows/release.yamlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Release workflow from the gofireflyio/aiac 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
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*"
  workflow_call:
permissions:
  id-token: write # For cosign
  packages: write # For GHCR
  contents: write # For goreleaser
jobs:
  release:
    name: Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3

      - name: Show available Docker Buildx platforms
        run: echo ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.platforms }}

      - name: Login to ghcr.io registry
        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin

      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # Required by goreleaser-action for changelog to work

      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5
        with:
          go-version-file: go.mod

      - name: GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@e435ccd777264be153ace6237001ef4d979d3a7a # v6
        with:
          args: release -f=goreleaser.yml --clean --timeout 90m
        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
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*"
  workflow_call:
permissions:
  id-token: write # For cosign
  packages: write # For GHCR
  contents: write # For goreleaser
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Release
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3
 
      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3
 
      - name: Show available Docker Buildx platforms
        run: echo ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.platforms }}
 
      - name: Login to ghcr.io registry
        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
 
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # Required by goreleaser-action for changelog to work
 
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5
        with:
          go-version-file: go.mod
 
      - name: GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@e435ccd777264be153ace6237001ef4d979d3a7a # v6
        with:
          args: release -f=goreleaser.yml --clean --timeout 90m
        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.

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:

Container pulls and builds

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

docker/setup-qemu-action docker/setup-buildx-action actions/checkout actions/setup-go goreleaser/goreleaser-action