Crowdin Action workflow (Postcatlab/postcat)

The Crowdin Action workflow from Postcatlab/postcat, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Crowdin Action workflow from the Postcatlab/postcat 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: Crowdin Action

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  synchronize-with-crowdin:
    if: contains(github.event.head_commit.message , 'i18n')
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: crowdin action
        uses: crowdin/github-action@1.4.10
        with:
          upload_translations: true
          download_translations: true
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
          CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID }}
          CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Crowdin Action
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  synchronize-with-crowdin:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: contains(github.event.head_commit.message , 'i18n')
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
      - name: crowdin action
        uses: crowdin/github-action@1.4.10
        with:
          upload_translations: true
          download_translations: true
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
          CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PROJECT_ID }}
          CROWDIN_PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CROWDIN_PERSONAL_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.
• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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.

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