Check latest release workflow (ultimate-notion/ultimate-notion)

The Check latest release workflow from ultimate-notion/ultimate-notion, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Check latest release workflow from the ultimate-notion/ultimate-notion 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

name: Check latest release
on:
    workflow_dispatch:
    schedule:
        - cron: "0 8 * * 1"


concurrency:
  group: check-latest-release
  cancel-in-progress: false

env:
  PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
  FORCE_COLOR: "1"
  NOTION_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.NOTION_AUTH_TOKEN }}"
  PIP_COMPILE_DISABLE: true
  PIPX_HOME: "${{ github.workspace }}/.pipx"

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v6

    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
      with:
        python-version: '3.10'

    - name: Setup environment requirements
      uses: ./.github/actions/setup-venv-reqs

    - name: Install Hatch Python version
      run: hatch python install 3.10

    - name: Run tests to check latest release
      run: hatch run prod:test

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: Check latest release
on:
    workflow_dispatch:
    schedule:
        - cron: "0 8 * * 1"
 
 
concurrency:
  group: check-latest-release
  cancel-in-progress: false
 
env:
  PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
  FORCE_COLOR: "1"
  NOTION_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.NOTION_AUTH_TOKEN }}"
  PIP_COMPILE_DISABLE: true
  PIPX_HOME: "${{ github.workspace }}/.pipx"
 
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v6
      with:
          cache: 'pip'
        python-version: '3.10'
 
    - name: Setup environment requirements
      uses: ./.github/actions/setup-venv-reqs
 
    - name: Install Hatch Python version
      run: hatch python install 3.10
 
    - name: Run tests to check latest release
      run: hatch run prod:test
 

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.
• Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.

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