Pinact workflow (pyathena-dev/PyAthena)

The Pinact workflow from pyathena-dev/PyAthena, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: pyathena-dev/PyAthena.github/workflows/pinact.yamlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Pinact workflow from the pyathena-dev/PyAthena 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: Pinact

on:
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - '.github/workflows/**'
      - '.github/actions/**'

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  pinact:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
          persist-credentials: false
      - uses: suzuki-shunsuke/pinact-action@cf51507d80d4d6522a07348e3d58790290eaf0b6 # v2.0.0
        with:
          app_id: ${{ vars.BOT_APP_ID }}
          app_private_key: ${{ secrets.BOT_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Pinact
 
on:
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - '.github/workflows/**'
      - '.github/actions/**'
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  pinact:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
          persist-credentials: false
      - uses: suzuki-shunsuke/pinact-action@cf51507d80d4d6522a07348e3d58790290eaf0b6 # v2.0.0
        with:
          app_id: ${{ vars.BOT_APP_ID }}
          app_private_key: ${{ secrets.BOT_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

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Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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

actions/checkout