Run Unit Tests workflow (offen/docker-volume-backup)

The Run Unit Tests workflow from offen/docker-volume-backup, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Run Unit Tests workflow from the offen/docker-volume-backup repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MPL-2.0 license.

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

The workflow

name: Run Unit Tests

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: go mod download
      - name: Test with the Go CLI
        run: go test -v ./...

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Run Unit Tests
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: go mod download
      - name: Test with the Go CLI
        run: go test -v ./...
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
• Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

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