Renovate workflow (okteto/okteto)

The Renovate workflow from okteto/okteto, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: okteto/okteto.github/workflows/renovate.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Renovate workflow from the okteto/okteto 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

workflow (.yml)

name: Renovate

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    # Daily run at 04:00 UTC. Renovate schedules in .github/renovate.json decide what PRs to open/update.
    - cron: "0 4 * * *"

concurrency:
  group: renovate
  cancel-in-progress: false

jobs:
  renovate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v7

      - name: Run Renovate
        uses: renovatebot/github-action@v46.1.18
        with:
          configurationFile: .github/renovate.json
          token: ${{ secrets.RENOVATEBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        env:
          LOG_LEVEL: debug
          RENOVATE_REPOSITORIES: ${{ github.repository }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Renovate
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    # Daily run at 04:00 UTC. Renovate schedules in .github/renovate.json decide what PRs to open/update.
    - cron: "0 4 * * *"
 
concurrency:
  group: renovate
  cancel-in-progress: false
 
jobs:
  renovate:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
      - name: Run Renovate
        uses: renovatebot/github-action@v46.1.18
        with:
          configurationFile: .github/renovate.json
          token: ${{ secrets.RENOVATEBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        env:
          LOG_LEVEL: debug
          RENOVATE_REPOSITORIES: ${{ github.repository }}

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.

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.

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