Continuous Integration workflow (Trusted-AI/AIF360)
The Continuous Integration workflow from Trusted-AI/AIF360, explained and optimized by Latchkey.
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What it does
This is the Continuous Integration workflow from the Trusted-AI/AIF360 repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.
Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.
The workflow
name: Continuous Integration
# Controls when the action will run.
on:
# Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
push:
branches: [ main ]
pull_request:
branches: [ main ]
paths-ignore:
- '*.md'
# Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
workflow_dispatch:
# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
build-py:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
python-version: ['3.10', 3.11, 3.12, 3.13]
env:
UCI_DB: "https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases"
PROPUBLICA_GH: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/propublica/compas-analysis/bafff5da3f2e45eca6c2d5055faad269defd135a"
# Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
steps:
# Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
- name: Check out repo
uses: actions/checkout@v6
- name: Set up R
uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
- name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
uses: actions/setup-python@v6
with:
python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
sudo apt install libglpk-dev libxml2-dev
python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
pip install '.[all]' --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
pip install flake8
pip list
python -m rpy2.situation
- name: Download datasets
run: |
wget ${UCI_DB}/adult/adult.data -P aif360/data/raw/adult/
wget ${UCI_DB}/adult/adult.test -P aif360/data/raw/adult/
wget ${UCI_DB}/adult/adult.names -P aif360/data/raw/adult/
wget ${UCI_DB}/statlog/german/german.data -P aif360/data/raw/german/
wget ${UCI_DB}/statlog/german/german.doc -P aif360/data/raw/german/
wget ${PROPUBLICA_GH}/compas-scores-two-years.csv -P aif360/data/raw/compas/
wget ${UCI_DB}/00222/bank-additional.zip -P aif360/data/raw/bank/ && unzip -j aif360/data/raw/bank/bank-additional.zip -d aif360/data/raw/bank/ && rm aif360/data/raw/bank/bank-additional.zip
(cd aif360/data/raw/meps;Rscript generate_data.R <<< y)
- name: Lint with flake8
run: |
# stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
# exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
- name: Test with pytest
run: pytest tests --cov=aif360 --cov-report=term-missing
build-r:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
python-version: ['3.10', 3.11, 3.12, 3.13]
steps:
- name: Check out repo
uses: actions/checkout@v6
- name: Set up R
uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
- name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
uses: actions/setup-python@v6
with:
python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
- name: Install R dependencies
run: install.packages(c("reticulate", "rstudioapi", "testthat"))
shell: Rscript {0}
- name: Install Python dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
pip install '.[all]'
- name: Install R package
run: R CMD INSTALL aif360/aif360-r
The same workflow, on Latchkey
Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.
name: Continuous Integration # Controls when the action will run. on: # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch push: branches: [ main ] pull_request: branches: [ main ] paths-ignore: - '*.md' # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab workflow_dispatch: # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel concurrency: group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }} cancel-in-progress: true jobs: build-py: timeout-minutes: 30 runs-on: latchkey-small strategy: fail-fast: false matrix: python-version: ['3.10', 3.11, 3.12, 3.13] env: UCI_DB: "https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases" PROPUBLICA_GH: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/propublica/compas-analysis/bafff5da3f2e45eca6c2d5055faad269defd135a" # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job steps: # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it - name: Check out repo uses: actions/checkout@v6 - name: Set up R uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2 - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} uses: actions/setup-python@v6 with: cache: 'pip' python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }} - name: Install dependencies run: | sudo apt install libglpk-dev libxml2-dev python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel pip install '.[all]' --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu pip install flake8 pip list python -m rpy2.situation - name: Download datasets run: | wget ${UCI_DB}/adult/adult.data -P aif360/data/raw/adult/ wget ${UCI_DB}/adult/adult.test -P aif360/data/raw/adult/ wget ${UCI_DB}/adult/adult.names -P aif360/data/raw/adult/ wget ${UCI_DB}/statlog/german/german.data -P aif360/data/raw/german/ wget ${UCI_DB}/statlog/german/german.doc -P aif360/data/raw/german/ wget ${PROPUBLICA_GH}/compas-scores-two-years.csv -P aif360/data/raw/compas/ wget ${UCI_DB}/00222/bank-additional.zip -P aif360/data/raw/bank/ && unzip -j aif360/data/raw/bank/bank-additional.zip -d aif360/data/raw/bank/ && rm aif360/data/raw/bank/bank-additional.zip (cd aif360/data/raw/meps;Rscript generate_data.R <<< y) - name: Lint with flake8 run: | # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics - name: Test with pytest run: pytest tests --cov=aif360 --cov-report=term-missing build-r: timeout-minutes: 30 runs-on: latchkey-small strategy: fail-fast: false matrix: python-version: ['3.10', 3.11, 3.12, 3.13] steps: - name: Check out repo uses: actions/checkout@v6 - name: Set up R uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2 - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} uses: actions/setup-python@v6 with: cache: 'pip' python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }} - name: Install R dependencies run: install.packages(c("reticulate", "rstudioapi", "testthat")) shell: Rscript {0} - name: Install Python dependencies run: | python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel pip install '.[all]' - name: Install R package run: R CMD INSTALL aif360/aif360-r
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 useslatchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job. - Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
- Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
- 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.
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:
- Dependency installs
- Network fetches
This workflow runs 2 jobs (8 with the matrix expanded) per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.