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Node.js CI workflow (ryanlelek/Raneto)

The Node.js CI workflow from ryanlelek/Raneto, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: ryanlelek/Raneto.github/workflows/nodejs.ci.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Node.js CI workflow from the ryanlelek/Raneto 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)
---
# This workflow will do a clean installation of node dependencies, cache/restore them, build the source code and run tests across different versions of node
# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-nodejs

name: Node.js CI
on:
  push:
    branches: ['main']
  pull_request:
    branches: ['main']

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  build:
    environment: build
    strategy:
      matrix:
        # Windows is currently borked
        # https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/52682
        # Disabling for now
        # windows-latest
        os: [ubuntu-latest]
        node_version: [24.x]
        # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/

    # OS List
    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    steps:
      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/checkout
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/setup-node-js-environment
      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node_version }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node_version }}
          cache: 'npm'
      - run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
      - run: npm run build --if-present
      - run: npm test

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

---
# This workflow will do a clean installation of node dependencies, cache/restore them, build the source code and run tests across different versions of node
# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-nodejs
 
name: Node.js CI
on:
  push:
    branches: ['main']
  pull_request:
    branches: ['main']
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    environment: build
    strategy:
      matrix:
        # Windows is currently borked
        # https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/52682
        # Disabling for now
        # windows-latest
        os: [ubuntu-latest]
        node_version: [24.x]
        # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
 
    # OS List
    # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    steps:
      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/checkout
      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
      # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/setup-node-js-environment
      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node_version }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node_version }}
          cache: 'npm'
      - run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
      - run: npm run build --if-present
      - run: npm test

What changed

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:

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 actions/setup-node