Add newly created DEPR issues to the DEPR project board workflow (openedx/codejail)

The Add newly created DEPR issues to the DEPR project board workflow from openedx/codejail, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

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The workflow

# Run the workflow that adds new tickets that are either:
# - labelled "DEPR"
# - title starts with "[DEPR]"
# - body starts with "Proposal Date" (this is the first template field)
# to the org-wide DEPR project board

name: Add newly created DEPR issues to the DEPR project board

on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]

jobs:
  routeissue:
    uses: openedx/.github/.github/workflows/add-depr-ticket-to-depr-board.yml@master
    secrets:
      GITHUB_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.GRAPHQL_AUTH_APP_ID }}
      GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRAPHQL_AUTH_APP_PEM }}
      SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_ISSUE_BOT_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

# Run the workflow that adds new tickets that are either:
# - labelled "DEPR"
# - title starts with "[DEPR]"
# - body starts with "Proposal Date" (this is the first template field)
# to the org-wide DEPR project board
 
name: Add newly created DEPR issues to the DEPR project board
 
on:
  issues:
    types: [opened]
 
jobs:
  routeissue:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    uses: openedx/.github/.github/workflows/add-depr-ticket-to-depr-board.yml@master
    secrets:
      GITHUB_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.GRAPHQL_AUTH_APP_ID }}
      GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRAPHQL_AUTH_APP_PEM }}
      SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_ISSUE_BOT_TOKEN }}
 

What changed

• 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.