OpenSSF Scorecard workflow (semantic-release/semantic-release)

The OpenSSF Scorecard workflow from semantic-release/semantic-release, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: semantic-release/semantic-release.github/workflows/scorecard.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the OpenSSF Scorecard workflow from the semantic-release/semantic-release 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: OpenSSF Scorecard
"on":
  schedule:
    - cron: 31 2 * * 1
  push:
    branches:
      - master
permissions: read-all
jobs:
  analysis:
    name: Scorecard analysis
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      security-events: write
      id-token: write
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Run analysis
        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@4eaacf0543bb3f2c246792bd56e8cdeffafb205a # v2.4.3
        with:
          results_file: results.sarif
          results_format: sarif
          publish_results: true
      - name: Upload artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
        with:
          name: SARIF file
          path: results.sarif
          retention-days: 5
      - name: Upload to code-scanning
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
        with:
          sarif_file: results.sarif

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: OpenSSF Scorecard
"on":
  schedule:
    - cron: 31 2 * * 1
  push:
    branches:
      - master
permissions: read-all
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  analysis:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Scorecard analysis
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    permissions:
      security-events: write
      id-token: write
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false
      - name: Run analysis
        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@4eaacf0543bb3f2c246792bd56e8cdeffafb205a # v2.4.3
        with:
          results_file: results.sarif
          results_format: sarif
          publish_results: true
      - name: Upload artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
        with:
          name: SARIF file
          path: results.sarif
          retention-days: 5
      - name: Upload to code-scanning
        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@99df26d4f13ea111d4ec1a7dddef6063f76b97e9 # v4.37.0
        with:
          sarif_file: results.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.

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 ossf/scorecard-action actions/upload-artifact github/codeql-action