Move time-sensitive Actions workflows to ubuntu-latest#3786
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We originally moved these to `ubuntu-slim`, but there is a significant performance difference. Since we often find ourselves waiting on these jobs, let's use the faster runners.
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Moves selected release-related GitHub Actions workflows back from ubuntu-slim to ubuntu-latest to reduce runtime for time-sensitive jobs in this repository’s release automation.
Changes:
- Switch
runs-onfromubuntu-slimtoubuntu-latestfor the update/backport release-branch jobs. - Switch the bundle update workflow runner back to
ubuntu-latest. - Switch the prepare-release and post-release mergeback workflow runners back to
ubuntu-latest.
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| .github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml | Runs update/backport jobs on ubuntu-latest to speed up release branch automation. |
| .github/workflows/update-bundle.yml | Runs the bundle update job on ubuntu-latest for faster release-triggered updates. |
| .github/workflows/prepare-release.yml | Runs the reusable release preparation job on ubuntu-latest. |
| .github/workflows/post-release-mergeback.yml | Runs tagging/mergeback automation on ubuntu-latest. |
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We originally moved these to
ubuntu-slim, but there is a significant performance difference. Since we often find ourselves waiting on these jobs, let's use the faster runners.