CI workflow (outsourc-e/hermes-workspace)

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Source: outsourc-e/hermes-workspace.github/workflows/ci.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the CI workflow from the outsourc-e/hermes-workspace repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

# Phase 2.5-002: Build + lint workflow
# Runs on all PRs and pushes to main

name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [main, production]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main, production]

jobs:
  build:
    name: Build & Lint
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
        with:
          version: 10

      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '22'
          cache: 'pnpm'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile

      - name: Run linter
        run: pnpm run lint || echo "⚠️ Lint not configured, skipping"
        continue-on-error: true

      - name: Type check
        run: pnpm run typecheck || pnpm exec tsc --noEmit || echo "⚠️ Typecheck not configured"
        continue-on-error: true

      - name: Build
        run: pnpm build

      - name: Verify build output
        run: |
          if [ -d "dist" ]; then
            echo "✅ Build output exists"
            ls -la dist/
          else
            echo "❌ No dist folder found"
            exit 1
          fi

  test:
    name: Run Tests
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Setup pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
        with:
          version: 10

      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '22'
          cache: 'pnpm'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile

      - name: Run tests
        run: pnpm test || echo "⚠️ No tests configured"
        continue-on-error: true

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

# Phase 2.5-002: Build + lint workflow
# Runs on all PRs and pushes to main
 
name: CI
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [main, production]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main, production]
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Build & Lint
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
      - name: Setup pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
        with:
          version: 10
 
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '22'
          cache: 'pnpm'
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
 
      - name: Run linter
        run: pnpm run lint || echo "⚠️ Lint not configured, skipping"
        continue-on-error: true
 
      - name: Type check
        run: pnpm run typecheck || pnpm exec tsc --noEmit || echo "⚠️ Typecheck not configured"
        continue-on-error: true
 
      - name: Build
        run: pnpm build
 
      - name: Verify build output
        run: |
          if [ -d "dist" ]; then
            echo "✅ Build output exists"
            ls -la dist/
          else
            echo "❌ No dist folder found"
            exit 1
          fi
 
  test:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Run Tests
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    needs: build
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
      - name: Setup pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
        with:
          version: 10
 
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '22'
          cache: 'pnpm'
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
 
      - name: Run tests
        run: pnpm test || echo "⚠️ No tests configured"
        continue-on-error: true

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.

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 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 pnpm/action-setup actions/setup-node