Optimize workflow runs with concurrency settings (#23811)

* Add concurrency settings for a bunch of workflows
* Restrict prod deployments to one at a time but disallow interrupting
* Remove redundant pull_request.types specification

Author: JamesMGreene

.github/workflows/autoupdate-branch.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to take priority over
+# previously queued runs but NOT interrupt currently executing runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
 jobs:
   autoupdate:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'

.github/workflows/browser-test.yml

@@ -22,16 +22,20 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      # Each of these ifs needs to be repeated at each step to make sure the required check still runs
-      # Even if if doesn't do anything
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@ec3a7ce113134d7a93b817d10a8272cb61118579
         with:
           lfs: true
+
       - name: Checkout LFS objects
         run: git lfs checkout
 

.github/workflows/code-lint.yml

@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ name: Lint code
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - '**.js'
@@ -27,6 +24,11 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
   security-events: write
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   build:
     if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'

.github/workflows/content-changes-table-comment.yml

@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ name: Content Changes Table Comment
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request_target:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
   pull-requests: write
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   PR-Preview-Links:
     if: github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'Octomerger'

.github/workflows/crowdin-cleanup.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   homogenize_frontmatter:
     name: Homogenize frontmatter

.github/workflows/enterprise-release-sync-search-index.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 # This workflow requires a label in the format `sync-english-index-for-<PLAN@RELEASE>`
 jobs:
   updateIndices:

.github/workflows/link-check-all.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ permissions:
   # Needed for the 'trilom/file-changes-action' action
   pull-requests: read
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "self-hosted"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}
@@ -55,7 +60,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Link check (critical, all files)
         run: |
-
           ./script/rendered-content-link-checker.mjs \
             --language en \
             --exit \

.github/workflows/link-check-dotcom.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "self-hosted"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}

.github/workflows/link-check-ghae.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+# This allows a subsequently queued workflow run to interrupt previous runs
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ${{ fromJSON('["ubuntu-latest", "self-hosted"]')[github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'] }}