Release workflow (pyathena-dev/PyAthena)

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

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

What it does

This is the Release 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: Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'

permissions:
  id-token: write
  contents: write

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    env:
      PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2

      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@37802adc94f370d6bfd71619e3f0bf239e1f3b78 # v7.6.0
        with:
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
          enable-cache: true

      - name: Build
        run: |
          uv build -v
      - name: Publish release distributions to PyPI
        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@ed0c53931b1dc9bd32cbe73a98c7f6766f8a527e # v1.13.0
      - name: Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@153bb8e04406b158c6c84fc1615b65b24149a1fe # v2.6.1
        with:
          files: |
            dist/*.whl
            dist/*.tar.gz
          generate_release_notes: true

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Release
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'
 
permissions:
  id-token: write
  contents: write
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    env:
      PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@37802adc94f370d6bfd71619e3f0bf239e1f3b78 # v7.6.0
        with:
          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
          enable-cache: true
 
      - name: Build
        run: |
          uv build -v
      - name: Publish release distributions to PyPI
        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@ed0c53931b1dc9bd32cbe73a98c7f6766f8a527e # v1.13.0
      - name: Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@153bb8e04406b158c6c84fc1615b65b24149a1fe # v2.6.1
        with:
          files: |
            dist/*.whl
            dist/*.tar.gz
          generate_release_notes: 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.

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 astral-sh/setup-uv softprops/action-gh-release