Sync HF OpenEnv Collection workflow (huggingface/OpenEnv)

The Sync HF OpenEnv Collection workflow from huggingface/OpenEnv, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: huggingface/OpenEnv.github/workflows/manage-hf-collection.ymlLicense BSD-3-ClauseView source

What it does

This is the Sync HF OpenEnv Collection workflow from the huggingface/OpenEnv repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its BSD-3-Clause license.

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

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Sync HF OpenEnv Collection

on:
  # Run nightly at midnight UTC
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
  
  # Trigger when the management script is updated
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    paths:
      - 'scripts/manage_hf_collection.py'
      - '.github/workflows/manage-hf-collection.yml'
  
  # Allow manual triggering
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  sync-global-collection:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
    
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v7

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version: '3.12'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          pip install "huggingface-hub>=0.24.0"

      - name: Sync global OpenEnv collection
        env:
          HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          python scripts/manage_hf_collection.py \
            --skip-versioned-collection \
            --global-scope tagged \
            --global-collection-title "OpenEnv Environment Hub" \
            --public-global-collection

      - name: Summary
        if: success()
        run: |
          echo "## OpenEnv Collection Synced ✅" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "Successfully synced the global OpenEnv-tagged space collection." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "**Details:**" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- Scheduled to run daily at midnight UTC" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- Task: Discover and add all spaces tagged \`openenv\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- Collection title: OpenEnv Environment Hub" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

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: Sync HF OpenEnv Collection
 
on:
  # Run nightly at midnight UTC
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * *'
  
  # Trigger when the management script is updated
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    paths:
      - 'scripts/manage_hf_collection.py'
      - '.github/workflows/manage-hf-collection.yml'
  
  # Allow manual triggering
  workflow_dispatch:
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  sync-global-collection:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      contents: read
    
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: '3.12'
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          pip install "huggingface-hub>=0.24.0"
 
      - name: Sync global OpenEnv collection
        env:
          HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          python scripts/manage_hf_collection.py \
            --skip-versioned-collection \
            --global-scope tagged \
            --global-collection-title "OpenEnv Environment Hub" \
            --public-global-collection
 
      - name: Summary
        if: success()
        run: |
          echo "## OpenEnv Collection Synced ✅" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "Successfully synced the global OpenEnv-tagged space collection." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "**Details:**" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- Scheduled to run daily at midnight UTC" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- Task: Discover and add all spaces tagged \`openenv\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- Collection title: OpenEnv Environment Hub" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

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.
Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
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 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