Benchmarks workflow (pinojs/pino)

The Benchmarks workflow from pinojs/pino, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: pinojs/pino.github/workflows/bench.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Benchmarks workflow from the pinojs/pino 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)

name: Benchmarks
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    paths-ignore:
        - 'docs/**'
        - '*.md'
  pull_request:
    paths-ignore:
        - 'docs/**'
        - '*.md'

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  benchmark_current:
    name: benchmark current
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.base_ref }}
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
        with:
          node-version: lts/*
      - name: Install Modules
        run: npm i --ignore-scripts
      - name: Run Benchmark
        run: npm run bench | tee current.txt
      - name: Upload Current Results
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: current
          path: current.txt

  benchmark_branch:
    name: benchmark branch
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
        with:
          node-version: lts/*
      - name: Install Modules
        run: npm i --ignore-scripts
      - name: Run Benchmark
        run: npm run bench | tee branch.txt
      - name: Upload Branch Results
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: branch
          path: branch.txt

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: Benchmarks
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    paths-ignore:
        - 'docs/**'
        - '*.md'
  pull_request:
    paths-ignore:
        - 'docs/**'
        - '*.md'
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  benchmark_current:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: benchmark current
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.base_ref }}
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: lts/*
      - name: Install Modules
        run: npm i --ignore-scripts
      - name: Run Benchmark
        run: npm run bench | tee current.txt
      - name: Upload Current Results
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: current
          path: current.txt
 
  benchmark_branch:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: benchmark branch
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: lts/*
      - name: Install Modules
        run: npm i --ignore-scripts
      - name: Run Benchmark
        run: npm run bench | tee branch.txt
      - name: Upload Branch Results
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: branch
          path: branch.txt

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.
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.

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 actions/setup-node actions/upload-artifact