Publish on PyPI workflow (scikit-rf/scikit-rf)

The Publish on PyPI workflow from scikit-rf/scikit-rf, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Publish on PyPI workflow from the scikit-rf/scikit-rf repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its BSD-3-Clause license.

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

The workflow

# This workflows will upload a Python Package using uv when a release is created
# reference:
# https://github.com/astral-sh/trusted-publishing-examples/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml

name: Publish on PyPI

on:
  release:
    types:
      - published

jobs:
  build_and_deploy:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    permissions:
      # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
      id-token: write

    steps:
      - name: Checkout Project
        uses: actions/checkout@v7

      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v8.2.0

      - name: Set Up Python
        run: uv python install

      - name: Build Package
        run: uv build

      - name: Publish to PyPi
        run: uv publish  --trusted-publishing always

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

# This workflows will upload a Python Package using uv when a release is created
# reference:
# https://github.com/astral-sh/trusted-publishing-examples/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml
 
name: Publish on PyPI
 
on:
  release:
    types:
      - published
 
jobs:
  build_and_deploy:
    timeout-minutes: 30
 
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    permissions:
      # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
      id-token: write
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Project
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v8.2.0
 
      - name: Set Up Python
        run: uv python install
 
      - name: Build Package
        run: uv build
 
      - name: Publish to PyPi
        run: uv publish  --trusted-publishing always
 

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.

Actions used in this workflow