Manual Release workflow (WhiskeySockets/Baileys)

The Manual Release workflow from WhiskeySockets/Baileys, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Manual Release workflow from the WhiskeySockets/Baileys 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: Manual Release

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      increment:
        type: string
        description: 'Must be: patch, minor, major, pre* or <version>'
        required: true
        default: 'patch'

jobs:
  manual-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_TOKEN }}

      - name: Setup GIT
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"

      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3.6.0
        with:
          node-version: 20.x

      - name: Enable Corepack and Set Yarn Version
        run: |
          corepack enable
          corepack prepare yarn@4.x --activate

      - name: Restore Yarn Cache
        uses: actions/cache@v3
        id: yarn-cache
        with:
          path: .yarn/cache
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-

      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: yarn install --immutable

      - name: Release
        run: npx release-it --increment ${{ github.event.inputs.increment }}

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: Manual Release
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      increment:
        type: string
        description: 'Must be: patch, minor, major, pre* or <version>'
        required: true
        default: 'patch'
 
jobs:
  manual-release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
 
      - name: Setup GIT
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
      - name: Setup Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3.6.0
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: 20.x
 
      - name: Enable Corepack and Set Yarn Version
        run: |
          corepack enable
          corepack prepare yarn@4.x --activate
 
      - name: Restore Yarn Cache
        uses: actions/cache@v3
        id: yarn-cache
        with:
          path: .yarn/cache
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
 
      - name: Install Dependencies
        run: yarn install --immutable
 
      - name: Release
        run: npx release-it --increment ${{ github.event.inputs.increment }}
 

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.
• 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 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