CIFuzz workflow (scrapinghub/dateparser)

The CIFuzz workflow from scrapinghub/dateparser, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the CIFuzz workflow from the scrapinghub/dateparser 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

name: CIFuzz
on: [pull_request]
permissions: {}
jobs:
  Fuzzing:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      security-events: write
    steps:
    - name: Build Fuzzers
      id: build
      uses: google/oss-fuzz/infra/cifuzz/actions/build_fuzzers@master
      with:
        oss-fuzz-project-name: 'dateparser'
        language: python
    - name: Run Fuzzers
      uses: google/oss-fuzz/infra/cifuzz/actions/run_fuzzers@master
      with:
        oss-fuzz-project-name: 'dateparser'
        language: python
        fuzz-seconds: 600
        output-sarif: true
    - name: Upload Crash
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
      if: failure() && steps.build.outcome == 'success'
      with:
        name: artifacts
        path: ./out/artifacts
    - name: Upload Sarif
      if: always() && steps.build.outcome == 'success'
      uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
      with:
        # Path to SARIF file relative to the root of the repository
        sarif_file: cifuzz-sarif/results.sarif
        checkout_path: cifuzz-sarif

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: CIFuzz
on: [pull_request]
permissions: {}
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  Fuzzing:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      security-events: write
    steps:
    - name: Build Fuzzers
      id: build
      uses: google/oss-fuzz/infra/cifuzz/actions/build_fuzzers@master
      with:
        oss-fuzz-project-name: 'dateparser'
        language: python
    - name: Run Fuzzers
      uses: google/oss-fuzz/infra/cifuzz/actions/run_fuzzers@master
      with:
        oss-fuzz-project-name: 'dateparser'
        language: python
        fuzz-seconds: 600
        output-sarif: true
    - name: Upload Crash
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
      if: failure() && steps.build.outcome == 'success'
      with:
        name: artifacts
        path: ./out/artifacts
    - name: Upload Sarif
      if: always() && steps.build.outcome == 'success'
      uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
      with:
        # Path to SARIF file relative to the root of the repository
        sarif_file: cifuzz-sarif/results.sarif
        checkout_path: cifuzz-sarif
 

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.

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