benchmarks workflow (terramate-io/terramate)
The benchmarks workflow from terramate-io/terramate, explained and optimized by Latchkey.
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This is the benchmarks workflow from the terramate-io/terramate repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MPL-2.0 license.
Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.
The workflow
workflow (.yml)
# Copyright 2023 Terramate GmbH
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
name: benchmarks
on:
pull_request:
paths:
- go.mod
- go.sum
- "**.go"
- "!cloud/testserver/**"
- .github/workflows/benchmark.yml
permissions:
pull-requests: write
jobs:
discover:
runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
outputs:
packages: ${{ steps.find-packages.outputs.packages }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # pin@v4
with:
ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Find benchmark packages
id: find-packages
run: |
# Find all packages containing benchmark functions (not just files named *_bench_test.go)
packages=$( (grep -r --include='*_test.go' -l '^func Benchmark' . || true) | xargs -r dirname | sed 's|^\./||' | sort -u | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n") | map(select(length > 0))' )
echo "packages=${packages}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "Found packages: ${packages}"
benchmarks:
needs: discover
runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
package: ${{ fromJson(needs.discover.outputs.packages) }}
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # pin@v4
with:
ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}}
repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}}
fetch-depth: 0
- uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # pin@v5
with:
go-version-file: "go.mod"
check-latest: true
- name: Set artifact name
id: artifact
run: |
# Replace / with - for artifact name compatibility
artifact_name=$(echo "${{ matrix.package }}" | tr '/' '-')
echo "name=benchmark-${artifact_name}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- name: run benchcheck
id: benchmark
run: |
result=$(make bench/check 'pkg=./${{ matrix.package }}' 'parallel=1' 'new=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}' 'old=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}')
echo "$result"
echo "## Package: ${{ matrix.package }}" > benchmark-result.txt
echo "$result" >> benchmark-result.txt
- name: Upload benchmark result
uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # pin@v4
with:
name: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.name }}
path: benchmark-result.txt
retention-days: 1
report:
needs: [discover, benchmarks]
runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
if: always() && needs.benchmarks.result != 'skipped'
steps:
- name: Download all benchmark results
uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # pin@v4
continue-on-error: true
with:
path: benchmark-results
pattern: benchmark-*
- name: Combine results
id: combine
run: |
echo "result<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
# Sort and combine all benchmark result files
find benchmark-results -name 'benchmark-result.txt' -type f | sort | while read -r result_file; do
cat "$result_file" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "---" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
echo "" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
done
echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@331f8f5b4215f0445d3c07b4967662a32a2d3e31 # pin@v2
with:
header: benchmark
message: |
```
${{ steps.combine.outputs.result }}
```
The same workflow, on Latchkey
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# Copyright 2023 Terramate GmbH # SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0 name: benchmarks on: pull_request: paths: - go.mod - go.sum - "**.go" - "!cloud/testserver/**" - .github/workflows/benchmark.yml permissions: pull-requests: write concurrency: group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }} cancel-in-progress: true jobs: discover: timeout-minutes: 30 runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404 outputs: packages: ${{ steps.find-packages.outputs.packages }} steps: - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # pin@v4 with: ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}} repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}} fetch-depth: 0 - name: Find benchmark packages id: find-packages run: | # Find all packages containing benchmark functions (not just files named *_bench_test.go) packages=$( (grep -r --include='*_test.go' -l '^func Benchmark' . || true) | xargs -r dirname | sed 's|^\./||' | sort -u | jq -R -s -c 'split("\n") | map(select(length > 0))' ) echo "packages=${packages}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT echo "Found packages: ${packages}" benchmarks: timeout-minutes: 30 needs: discover runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404 strategy: fail-fast: false matrix: package: ${{ fromJson(needs.discover.outputs.packages) }} steps: - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # pin@v4 with: ref: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.ref}} repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name}} fetch-depth: 0 - uses: actions/setup-go@0a12ed9d6a96ab950c8f026ed9f722fe0da7ef32 # pin@v5 with: go-version-file: "go.mod" check-latest: true - name: Set artifact name id: artifact run: | # Replace / with - for artifact name compatibility artifact_name=$(echo "${{ matrix.package }}" | tr '/' '-') echo "name=benchmark-${artifact_name}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT - name: run benchcheck id: benchmark run: | result=$(make bench/check 'pkg=./${{ matrix.package }}' 'parallel=1' 'new=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}' 'old=${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}') echo "$result" echo "## Package: ${{ matrix.package }}" > benchmark-result.txt echo "$result" >> benchmark-result.txt - name: Upload benchmark result uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # pin@v4 with: name: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.name }} path: benchmark-result.txt retention-days: 1 report: timeout-minutes: 30 needs: [discover, benchmarks] runs-on: blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404 if: always() && needs.benchmarks.result != 'skipped' steps: - name: Download all benchmark results uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # pin@v4 continue-on-error: true with: path: benchmark-results pattern: benchmark-* - name: Combine results id: combine run: | echo "result<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT # Sort and combine all benchmark result files find benchmark-results -name 'benchmark-result.txt' -type f | sort | while read -r result_file; do cat "$result_file" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT echo "" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT echo "---" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT echo "" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT done echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT - uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@331f8f5b4215f0445d3c07b4967662a32a2d3e31 # pin@v2 with: header: benchmark message: | ``` ${{ steps.combine.outputs.result }} ```
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 3 jobs per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.