Publish Package to npmjs workflow (huggingface/transformers.js)

The Publish Package to npmjs workflow from huggingface/transformers.js, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Publish Package to npmjs workflow from the huggingface/transformers.js 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

name: Publish Package to npmjs

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

env:
  ONNXRUNTIME_NODE_INSTALL: skip

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
      - name: Install pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@b906affcce14559ad1aafd4ab0e942779e9f58b1  # v4
      # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
      - uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f  # v6
        with:
          node-version: "24.10.0"
          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
          cache: "pnpm"
      - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
      - run: pnpm build
      - name: Publish to npm
        run: pnpm --filter @huggingface/transformers publish --access public --no-git-checks
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Publish Package to npmjs
 
on:
  release:
    types: [published]
 
env:
  ONNXRUNTIME_NODE_INSTALL: skip
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd  # v6.0.2
      - name: Install pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@b906affcce14559ad1aafd4ab0e942779e9f58b1  # v4
      # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
      - uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f  # v6
        with:
          node-version: "24.10.0"
          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
          cache: "pnpm"
      - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
      - run: pnpm build
      - name: Publish to npm
        run: pnpm --filter @huggingface/transformers publish --access public --no-git-checks
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_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.
• 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