Validate with hassfest workflow (ruaan-deysel/ha-unraid)

The Validate with hassfest workflow from ruaan-deysel/ha-unraid, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Validate with hassfest workflow from the ruaan-deysel/ha-unraid repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: Validate with hassfest

permissions:
  contents: read

on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * *"

jobs:
  validate:
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
    steps:
      - uses: "actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0" # v7.0.0
      - uses: "home-assistant/actions/hassfest@f4ca6f671bd429efb108c0f2fa0ae8af0215986c"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Validate with hassfest
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  validate:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
    steps:
      - uses: "actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0" # v7.0.0
      - uses: "home-assistant/actions/hassfest@f4ca6f671bd429efb108c0f2fa0ae8af0215986c"
 

What changed

• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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