Publish package to PyPi workflow (openedx/codejail)

The Publish package to PyPi workflow from openedx/codejail, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Publish package to PyPi workflow from the openedx/codejail 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

name: Publish package to PyPi

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:

  push:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      - name: setup python
        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
        with:
          python-version: 3.12

      - name: Install pip
        run: pip install pip

      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: pip install setuptools wheel

      - name: Build package
        run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel

      - name: Publish to PyPi
        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
        with:
          user: __token__
          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_UPLOAD_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Publish package to PyPi
 
on:
  release:
    types: [published]
 
jobs:
 
  push:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      - name: setup python
        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: 3.12
 
      - name: Install pip
        run: pip install pip
 
      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: pip install setuptools wheel
 
      - name: Build package
        run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
      - name: Publish to PyPi
        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
        with:
          user: __token__
          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_UPLOAD_TOKEN }}
 

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.
• Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
• 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.

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