Upload to PyPI workflow (PyCQA/autoflake)

The Upload to PyPI workflow from PyCQA/autoflake, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Upload to PyPI workflow from the PyCQA/autoflake 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: Upload to PyPI
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "*"

  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  release-build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2

      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6.2.0
        with:
          python-version: 3.x

      - run: pip install build twine

      - run: python -m build --wheel --sdist

      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7.0.1
        with:
          name: release-dists
          path: dist/

  release-publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs:
      - release-build
    permissions:
      id-token: write

    steps:
      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8.0.1
        with:
          name: release-dists
          path: dist/

      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.14.0
        with:
          skip-existing: true

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: Upload to PyPI
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "*"
 
  workflow_dispatch:
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  release-build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
 
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6.2.0
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: 3.x
 
      - run: pip install build twine
 
      - run: python -m build --wheel --sdist
 
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7.0.1
        with:
          name: release-dists
          path: dist/
 
  release-publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    needs:
      - release-build
    permissions:
      id-token: write
 
    steps:
      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8.0.1
        with:
          name: release-dists
          path: dist/
 
      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.14.0
        with:
          skip-existing: 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.
• 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.

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.

What Latchkey heals here

This workflow has steps that commonly fail on transient issues (network, registries, flaky browsers). On Latchkey managed runners they are detected, retried, and self-healed instead of failing your build:

• Dependency installs

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