Release Commit workflow (reduxjs/redux)

The Release Commit workflow from reduxjs/redux, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Release Commit workflow from the reduxjs/redux 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: Release Commit

on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  pull-requests: write

jobs:
  release:
    name: Release Commit
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0

      - run: corepack enable

      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
        with:
          cache: 'yarn'
          check-latest: true
          node-version: '24.x'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: yarn install

      - name: Build
        run: yarn run build

      - name: Publish
        id: publish
        run: >
          yarn run --binaries-only --top-level pkg-pr-new publish
          .
          --yarn --packageManager="npm,yarn,pnpm,bun" --commentWithDev --commentWithSha

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Release Commit
 
on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:
 
permissions:
  pull-requests: write
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Release Commit
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
      - run: corepack enable
 
      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
        with:
          cache: 'yarn'
          check-latest: true
          node-version: '24.x'
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: yarn install
 
      - name: Build
        run: yarn run build
 
      - name: Publish
        id: publish
        run: >
          yarn run --binaries-only --top-level pkg-pr-new publish
          .
          --yarn --packageManager="npm,yarn,pnpm,bun" --commentWithDev --commentWithSha
 

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.

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 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