Release workflow (mopidy/mopidy-spotify)

The Release workflow from mopidy/mopidy-spotify, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Release workflow from the mopidy/mopidy-spotify 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: Release

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    environment:
      name: pypi
      url: https://pypi.org/project/mopidy-spotify/
    permissions:
      id-token: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package@v2
        id: build
      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
        with:
          name: ${{ steps.build.outputs.artifact-name }}
          path: dist
      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Release
 
on:
  release:
    types: [published]
 
jobs:
  release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    environment:
      name: pypi
      url: https://pypi.org/project/mopidy-spotify/
    permissions:
      id-token: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: hynek/build-and-inspect-python-package@v2
        id: build
      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
        with:
          name: ${{ steps.build.outputs.artifact-name }}
          path: dist
      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 

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.

2 third-party actions are referenced by a movable tag. Pin them to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

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