Sync Labels workflow (wwebjs/whatsapp-web.js)

The Sync Labels workflow from wwebjs/whatsapp-web.js, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: wwebjs/whatsapp-web.js.github/workflows/labels-sync.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Sync Labels workflow from the wwebjs/whatsapp-web.js repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Sync Labels

on:
    schedule:
        - cron: '0 0 */3 * *'
    workflow_dispatch:
    push:
        branches:
            - main
        paths:
            - '.github/labels.yml'

permissions:
    contents: read
    issues: write

concurrency:
    group: label-sync
    cancel-in-progress: false

jobs:
    label-sync:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        if: github.repository_owner == 'wwebjs'
        steps:
            - uses: actions/checkout@v6
            - uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@v6
              with:
                  github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Sync Labels
 
on:
    schedule:
        - cron: '0 0 */3 * *'
    workflow_dispatch:
    push:
        branches:
            - main
        paths:
            - '.github/labels.yml'
 
permissions:
    contents: read
    issues: write
 
concurrency:
    group: label-sync
    cancel-in-progress: false
 
jobs:
    label-sync:
        timeout-minutes: 30
        runs-on: latchkey-small
        if: github.repository_owner == 'wwebjs'
        steps:
            - uses: actions/checkout@v6
            - uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@v6
              with:
                  github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

What changed

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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

actions/checkout