Create releases workflow (openai/openai-go)

The Create releases workflow from openai/openai-go, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: openai/openai-go.github/workflows/create-releases.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Create releases workflow from the openai/openai-go 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: Create releases
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  release:
    name: release
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.repository == 'openai/openai-go'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      releases_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6

      - uses: stainless-api/trigger-release-please@bb6677c5a04578eec1ccfd9e1913b5b78ed64c61 # v1.4.0
        id: release
        with:
          repo: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
          stainless-api-key: ${{ secrets.STAINLESS_API_KEY }}

  publish:
    name: publish
    needs: release
    if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: publish

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6

      - name: Generate godocs
        run: |
          # x-release-please-start-version
          version="$(jq -r '. | to_entries[0] | .value' .release-please-manifest.json)"
          curl --fail --show-error --silent -X POST "https://pkg.go.dev/fetch/github.com/openai/openai-go/v2@v${version}"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: Create releases
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: release
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.repository == 'openai/openai-go'
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    outputs:
      releases_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
 
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
 
      - uses: stainless-api/trigger-release-please@bb6677c5a04578eec1ccfd9e1913b5b78ed64c61 # v1.4.0
        id: release
        with:
          repo: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
          stainless-api-key: ${{ secrets.STAINLESS_API_KEY }}
 
  publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: publish
    needs: release
    if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    environment: publish
 
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
 
      - name: Generate godocs
        run: |
          # x-release-please-start-version
          version="$(jq -r '. | to_entries[0] | .value' .release-please-manifest.json)"
          curl --fail --show-error --silent -X POST "https://pkg.go.dev/fetch/github.com/openai/openai-go/v2@v${version}"

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:

Network fetches

This workflow runs 2 jobs 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