Run CircleCI from label workflow (okteto/okteto)

The Run CircleCI from label workflow from okteto/okteto, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: okteto/okteto.github/workflows/run-circleci-from-label.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Run CircleCI from label 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: Run CircleCI from label

on:
  pull_request:
    types:
      - opened
      - labeled
      - unlabeled
      - synchronize

jobs:
  run-e2e-windows:
    if: |
      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e-windows') &&
      !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e') &&
      (github.event.action != 'labeled' && github.event.action != 'unlabeled' || github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e-windows')
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e-windows"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}

  run-e2e-unix:
    if: |
      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e-unix') &&
      !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e') &&
      (github.event.action != 'labeled' && github.event.action != 'unlabeled' || github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e-unix')
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e-unix"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}

  run-e2e:
    if: |
      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e') &&
      (github.event.action != 'labeled' && github.event.action != 'unlabeled' || github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e')
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}

  cancel-e2e-windows:
    if: github.event.action == 'unlabeled' && github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e-windows'
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e-windows"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
      cancel_only: true
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}

  cancel-e2e-unix:
    if: github.event.action == 'unlabeled' && github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e-unix'
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e-unix"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
      cancel_only: true
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}

  cancel-e2e:
    if: github.event.action == 'unlabeled' && github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e'
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
      cancel_only: true
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Run CircleCI from label
 
on:
  pull_request:
    types:
      - opened
      - labeled
      - unlabeled
      - synchronize
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  run-e2e-windows:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: |
      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e-windows') &&
      !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e') &&
      (github.event.action != 'labeled' && github.event.action != 'unlabeled' || github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e-windows')
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e-windows"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}
 
  run-e2e-unix:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: |
      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e-unix') &&
      !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e') &&
      (github.event.action != 'labeled' && github.event.action != 'unlabeled' || github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e-unix')
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e-unix"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}
 
  run-e2e:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: |
      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e') &&
      (github.event.action != 'labeled' && github.event.action != 'unlabeled' || github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e')
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}
 
  cancel-e2e-windows:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: github.event.action == 'unlabeled' && github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e-windows'
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e-windows"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
      cancel_only: true
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}
 
  cancel-e2e-unix:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: github.event.action == 'unlabeled' && github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e-unix'
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e-unix"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
      cancel_only: true
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}
 
  cancel-e2e:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: github.event.action == 'unlabeled' && github.event.label.name == 'run-e2e'
    uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-circleci-e2e.yml
    with:
      gha_meta: "run-e2e"
      branch: ${{ github.head_ref }}
      pr_number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
      cancel_only: true
    secrets:
      CCI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CCI_TOKEN }}

What changed

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:

End-to-end and browser tests

This workflow runs 6 jobs per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.