Test workflow (pyannote/pyannote-database)

The Test workflow from pyannote/pyannote-database, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Test workflow from the pyannote/pyannote-database 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

name: Test

on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - develop
  push:
    branches:
      - develop
      - master
      - release/*


jobs:
  test:
    name: Test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        python-version: 
          - "3.10"
          - "3.11"
          - "3.12"
    env:
      UV_PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5

      - name: Install the project
        run: uv sync --extra test

      - name: Run tests
        run: uv run pytest tests

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Test
 
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - develop
  push:
    branches:
      - develop
      - master
      - release/*
 
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  test:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Test
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      matrix:
        python-version: 
          - "3.10"
          - "3.11"
          - "3.12"
    env:
      UV_PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
 
      - name: Install the project
        run: uv sync --extra test
 
      - name: Run tests
        run: uv run pytest tests

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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 (3 with the matrix expanded) per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow