Publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI workflow (InternLM/HuixiangDou)

The Publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI workflow from InternLM/HuixiangDou, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI workflow from the InternLM/HuixiangDou 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

name: Publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - '*'

jobs:
  build-n-publish:
    name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      with:
        python-version: '3.9'
    - name: Install pypa/build
      run: >-
        python -m
        pip install
        build
        --user
    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
      run: >-
        python -m
        build
        --sdist
        --wheel
        --outdir dist/
    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
      with:
        user: __token__
        password: ${{ secrets.pypi_password }}

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: Publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - '*'
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build-n-publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      with:
        cache: 'pip'
        python-version: '3.9'
    - name: Install pypa/build
      run: >-
        python -m
        pip install
        build
        --user
    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
      run: >-
        python -m
        build
        --sdist
        --wheel
        --outdir dist/
    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
      with:
        user: __token__
        password: ${{ secrets.pypi_password }}
 

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