Audit workflow (npm/node-semver)

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Source: npm/node-semver.github/workflows/audit.ymlLicense ISCView source

What it does

This is the Audit workflow from the npm/node-semver repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its ISC license.

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

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

# This file is automatically added by @npmcli/template-oss. Do not edit.

name: Audit

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    # "At 08:00 UTC (01:00 PT) on Monday" https://crontab.guru/#0_8_*_*_1
    - cron: "0 8 * * 1"

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  audit:
    name: Audit Dependencies
    if: github.repository_owner == 'npm'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Setup Git User
        run: |
          git config --global user.email "npm-cli+bot@github.com"
          git config --global user.name "npm CLI robot"
      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
        id: node
        with:
          node-version: 26.x
          check-latest: contains('26.x', '.x')
      - name: Install Latest npm
        uses: ./.github/actions/install-latest-npm
        with:
          node: ${{ steps.node.outputs.node-version }}
      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: npm i --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-fund --package-lock
      - name: Run Production Audit
        run: npm audit --omit=dev
      - name: Run Full Audit
        run: npm audit --audit-level=none

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.

# This file is automatically added by @npmcli/template-oss. Do not edit.
 
name: Audit
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    # "At 08:00 UTC (01:00 PT) on Monday" https://crontab.guru/#0_8_*_*_1
    - cron: "0 8 * * 1"
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
jobs:
  audit:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Audit Dependencies
    if: github.repository_owner == 'npm'
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: bash
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Setup Git User
        run: |
          git config --global user.email "npm-cli+bot@github.com"
          git config --global user.name "npm CLI robot"
      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
        id: node
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: 26.x
          check-latest: contains('26.x', '.x')
      - name: Install Latest npm
        uses: ./.github/actions/install-latest-npm
        with:
          node: ${{ steps.node.outputs.node-version }}
      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: npm i --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-fund --package-lock
      - name: Run Production Audit
        run: npm audit --omit=dev
      - name: Run Full Audit
        run: npm audit --audit-level=none

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.
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 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

actions/checkout actions/setup-node