Lint by Flake8 workflow (InfuseAI/piperider)

The Lint by Flake8 workflow from InfuseAI/piperider, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Lint by Flake8 workflow from the InfuseAI/piperider 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: Lint by Flake8

on: [ push, pull_request ]

jobs:
  flake8:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
        with:
          python-version: 3.9
          architecture: x64

      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@master

      - name: Install flake8
        run: pip install flake8

      - name: Run flake8
        uses: suo/flake8-github-action@releases/v1
        with:
          checkName: 'flake8'   # NOTE: this needs to be the same as the job name
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

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: Lint by Flake8
 
on: [ push, pull_request ]
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  flake8:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: 3.9
          architecture: x64
 
      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@master
 
      - name: Install flake8
        run: pip install flake8
 
      - name: Run flake8
        uses: suo/flake8-github-action@releases/v1
        with:
          checkName: 'flake8'   # NOTE: this needs to be the same as the job name
        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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
• 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.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

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