comment workflow (Ripple-TS/ripple)

The comment workflow from Ripple-TS/ripple, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: Ripple-TS/ripple.github/workflows/livecodes-post-comment.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the comment workflow from the Ripple-TS/ripple 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: comment

on:
  workflow_run:
    workflows: ["livecodes"] # the workflow that created the artifact
    types:
      - completed

jobs:
  upload:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write
    if: >
      github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' &&
      github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'

    steps:
      - uses: live-codes/pr-comment-from-artifact@v1
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: comment
 
on:
  workflow_run:
    workflows: ["livecodes"] # the workflow that created the artifact
    types:
      - completed
 
jobs:
  upload:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      pull-requests: write
    if: >
      github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' &&
      github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
 
    steps:
      - uses: live-codes/pr-comment-from-artifact@v1
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

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.
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 per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.