Packages build workflow (hovancik/stretchly)

The Packages build workflow from hovancik/stretchly, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Packages build workflow from the hovancik/stretchly repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its BSD-2-Clause license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: Packages build

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - release

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
    - name: run on linux
      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
      run: |
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install -y libarchive-tools pkg-config
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v6
    - name: Setup build environment
      uses: ./.github/actions/setup-build
    - name: Build packages
      run: node_modules/.bin/electron-builder build
      env:
        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.github_token }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Packages build
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - release
 
permissions:
  contents: write
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
      fail-fast: false
    steps:
    - name: run on linux
      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
      run: |
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install -y libarchive-tools pkg-config
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v6
    - name: Setup build environment
      uses: ./.github/actions/setup-build
    - name: Build packages
      run: node_modules/.bin/electron-builder build
      env:
        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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

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 (3 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