Automates the Verification, Testing, and Building Process workflow (impress/impress.js)

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Source: impress/impress.js.github/workflows/pipeline.yamlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Automates the Verification, Testing, and Building Process workflow from the impress/impress.js repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Automates the Verification, Testing, and Building Process

env:
  NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL: "warn"
  NPM_CONFIG_PREFER_OFFLINE: "true"

jobs:
  verification:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 22.x
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm clean-install
      - name: Lint code
        run: npm run lint

  testing:
    needs: verification
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 22.x
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm clean-install
      - name: Run test suite
        run: npm run test

  assembly:
    needs: testing
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 22.x
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm clean-install
      - name: Build artifact(s)
        run: npm run build

on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master
  push:
    branches:
      - master

permissions:
  contents: read

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: Automates the Verification, Testing, and Building Process
 
env:
  NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL: "warn"
  NPM_CONFIG_PREFER_OFFLINE: "true"
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  verification:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: 22.x
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm clean-install
      - name: Lint code
        run: npm run lint
 
  testing:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    needs: verification
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: 22.x
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm clean-install
      - name: Run test suite
        run: npm run test
 
  assembly:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    needs: testing
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: 22.x
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm clean-install
      - name: Build artifact(s)
        run: npm run build
 
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master
  push:
    branches:
      - master
 
permissions:
  contents: read

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.

This workflow runs 3 jobs 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-node