ci workflow (vuejs/core)

The ci workflow from vuejs/core, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: vuejs/core.github/workflows/ci.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the ci workflow from the vuejs/core 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: 'ci'
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'
    tags:
      - '!**'
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
      - minor

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  test:
    if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'release:') && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository) }}
    uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yml

  continuous-release:
    if: github.repository == 'vuejs/core'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0

      - name: Install pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@0ebf47130e4866e96fce0953f49152a61190b271 # v6.0.9

      - name: Install Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
        with:
          node-version-file: '.node-version'
          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
          cache: 'pnpm'

      - name: Install deps
        run: pnpm install

      - name: Build
        run: pnpm build --withTypes

      - name: Release
        run: pnpx pkg-pr-new publish --compact --pnpm './packages/*' --packageManager=pnpm,npm,yarn

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: 'ci'
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'
    tags:
      - '!**'
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
      - minor
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  test:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: ${{ ! startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'release:') && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository) }}
    uses: ./.github/workflows/test.yml
 
  continuous-release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: github.repository == 'vuejs/core'
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
      - name: Install pnpm
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@0ebf47130e4866e96fce0953f49152a61190b271 # v6.0.9
 
      - name: Install Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
        with:
          node-version-file: '.node-version'
          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
          cache: 'pnpm'
 
      - name: Install deps
        run: pnpm install
 
      - name: Build
        run: pnpm build --withTypes
 
      - name: Release
        run: pnpx pkg-pr-new publish --compact --pnpm './packages/*' --packageManager=pnpm,npm,yarn

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.

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

This workflow runs 2 jobs 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 pnpm/action-setup actions/setup-node