Code scanning - action workflow (openwallet-foundation/acapy)

The Code scanning - action workflow from openwallet-foundation/acapy, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Code scanning - action workflow from the openwallet-foundation/acapy 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: "Code scanning - action"

on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 19 * * 0"

jobs:
  CodeQL-Build:
    # CodeQL runs on ubuntu-latest and windows-latest
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.repository == 'openwallet-foundation/acapy') || (github.event_name != 'pull_request')

    permissions:
      contents: read
      security-events: write

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0

      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@54f647b7e1bb85c95cddabcd46b0c578ec92bc1a # v3.29.5
        with:
          languages: python

      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@54f647b7e1bb85c95cddabcd46b0c578ec92bc1a # v3.29.5

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: "Code scanning - action"
 
on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 19 * * 0"
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  CodeQL-Build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    # CodeQL runs on ubuntu-latest and windows-latest
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    if: (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.repository == 'openwallet-foundation/acapy') || (github.event_name != 'pull_request')
 
    permissions:
      contents: read
      security-events: write
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
      - name: Initialize CodeQL
        uses: github/codeql-action/init@54f647b7e1bb85c95cddabcd46b0c578ec92bc1a # v3.29.5
        with:
          languages: python
 
      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@54f647b7e1bb85c95cddabcd46b0c578ec92bc1a # v3.29.5
 

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.

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