Links workflow (viatsko/awesome-vscode)

The Links workflow from viatsko/awesome-vscode, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Links workflow from the viatsko/awesome-vscode repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its CC0-1.0 license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: Links

on:
  push:
    branches: [master]
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  awesome_bot:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
        with:
          ruby-version: '3.3'
      - run: gem install awesome_bot
      - run: awesome_bot README.md --allow-dupe --allow 429 --white-list code.visualstudio.com,awesome,microsoft.com,viatsko.me,drupal.org,camo.githubusercontent.com,vscodethemes.com,citylights.xyz,twitter.com,x.com,npmjs.com

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Links
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [master]
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  awesome_bot:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
        with:
          ruby-version: '3.3'
      - run: gem install awesome_bot
      - run: awesome_bot README.md --allow-dupe --allow 429 --white-list code.visualstudio.com,awesome,microsoft.com,viatsko.me,drupal.org,camo.githubusercontent.com,vscodethemes.com,citylights.xyz,twitter.com,x.com,npmjs.com
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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