Release workflow (JedWatson/classnames)

The Release workflow from JedWatson/classnames, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Release workflow from the JedWatson/classnames repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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

The workflow

name: Release

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  id-token: write

jobs:
  publish:
    name: Publish package to NPM
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: release

    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: Set up Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: npm
          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org

      - name: Publish to NPM
        run: npm publish
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Release
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
 
permissions:
  id-token: write
 
jobs:
  publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Publish package to NPM
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    environment: release
 
    steps:
      - name: Check out repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          persist-credentials: false
 
      - name: Set up Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: npm
          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
 
      - name: Publish to NPM
        run: npm publish
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
 

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.

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