Refactor GitHub Workflows (#6124)

.github/workflows/check-changelog.yml → .github/workflows/changelog-label.yml

@@ -1,23 +1,32 @@
-name: Check Changelog
+# This job enforces that: either some changelog.d/** files were added by the 
+# PR, or the PR has the "No Changelog Required" label.  
+
+name: "🏷️ Changelog Label"
+
 on:
   pull_request:
-    types: [ opened, synchronize, labeled, unlabeled ]
+    types: [ opened, reopened, synchronize, labeled, unlabeled ]
+
 jobs:
-  check-changelog:
+
+  check:
+    name: Check
     runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@main
 
-      - name: Find Changed Files in changelog.d
+      - name: Find Changed Files
         id: changed-files
-        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@main
         with:
           files: '**/changelog.d/**'
 
-      - name: Enforce New File or 'No Changelog Required' Label
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        # don't require changelogs for draft PRs
+      - name: Enforce Label
+        uses: actions/github-script@main
+        # Don't require changelogs for draft PRs
         if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
         with:
           script: | 

.github/workflows/cost-model-benchmark.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# This workflow runs the cost model benchmark and uploads the results as a 
+# GitHub artifact.
+
+name: "💰 Cost Model Benchmark" 
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      entra-bench-args:
+        description: 'extra argument(s) to pass to the cost-model-budgeting-bench command'
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    name: Run
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, plutus-benchmark]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@main
+
+      - name: Run Benchmark
+        run: nix --accept-flake-config run .#cost-model-budgeting-bench -- --csv results.csv ${{ inputs.entra-bench-args }}
+
+      - name: Upload Results
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@main
+        with:
+          name: results
+          path: results.csv
+          if-no-files-found: error

.github/workflows/docusaurus-site.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This workflow builds and publishes the Docusaurus site to:
 # https://intersectmbo.github.io/plutus/docs
 
-name: "🦕 Deploy Docusaurus Site" 
+name: "🦕 Docusaurus Site" 
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Site 
         working-directory: doc/docusaurus
-        run: nix develop --accept-flake-config --command bash -c 'yarn && yarn build'
+        run: nix develop --no-warn-dirty --accept-flake-config --command bash -c 'yarn && yarn build'
 
       - name: Deploy Site 
         uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.6.1

.github/workflows/haddock-site.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # And optionally to:
 # https://intersectmbo.github.io/plutus/haddock/latest
 
-name: "📜 Deploy Haddock Site"
+name: "📜 Haddock Site"
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Site
         run: | 
-          nix develop --accept-flake-config --command ./scripts/combined-haddock.sh _haddock all
+          nix develop --no-warn-dirty --accept-flake-config --command ./scripts/combined-haddock.sh _haddock all
 
       - name: Deploy Site
         uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@v4.6.1

.github/workflows/longitudinal-benchmark.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-# Longitudinal Benchmarks 
-# 
-# This workflow will run the benchmarks defined in the environment variable BENCHMARKS.
-# It will collect and aggreate the benchmark output, format it and feed it to github-action-benchmark.
+# This workflow runs the benchmarks defined in the environment variable BENCHMARKS.
+# It will collect and aggreate the benchmark output, format it and feed it to the
+# github-action-benchmark action.
 #
-# The benchmark charts are live at https://input-output-hk.github.io/plutus/dev/bench
-# The benchmark data is available at https://input-output-hk.github.io/plutus/dev/bench/data.js
+# The benchmark charts are live at https://intersectmbo.github.io/plutus/dev/bench
+# The benchmark data is available at https://intersectmbo.github.io/plutus/dev/bench/data.js
+#
+# This is a performance regression check that is run on every push master.
 
-name: Longitudinal Benchmarks
+name: "🩺 Longitudinal Benchmark"
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -20,28 +21,26 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
 
 jobs:
-  longitudinal-benchmarks:
-    name: Performance regression check
+  run:
+    name: Run
     runs-on: [self-hosted, plutus-benchmark]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@V27
-        with:
-          nix_path: nixpkgs=channel:nixos-unstable
+      - name: Checkout 
+        uses: actions/checkout@main 
 
-      - name: Run benchmarks
+      - name: Run Benchmarks
         env: 
           BENCHMARKS: "validation validation-decode nofib marlowe"
         run: nix develop --no-warn-dirty --accept-flake-config --command bash ./scripts/run-longitudinal-benchmarks.sh
 
-      # We need this otherwise the next step (Store benchmark result) will fail with:
+      # We need this otherwise the next step will fail with:
       # `pre-commit` not found.  Did you forget to activate your virtualenv?
       # This is because github-action-benchmark will call git commit outside nix develop.
       - name: Disable Git Hooks
         run: git config core.hooksPath no-hooks
 
-      - name: Store benchmark result
-        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1.20.3
+      - name: Deploy Results
+        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@main
         with:
           name: Plutus Benchmarks
           tool: 'customSmallerIsBetter'
@@ -51,9 +50,10 @@ jobs:
           auto-push: true
           # Enable alert commit comment
           comment-on-alert: true
-          # Mention @IntersectMBO/plutus-core in the commit comment
+          # Mention @IntersectMBO/plutus-core in the commit comment so that the 
+          # team is notified via GitHub.
           alert-comment-cc-users: '@IntersectMBO/plutus-core'
-          # Percentage value like "110%". 
           # It is a ratio indicating how worse the current benchmark result is. 
-          # For example, if we now get 110 ns/iter and previously got 100 ns/iter, it gets 110% worse.
+          # For example, if we now get 110 ns/iter and previously got 100 ns/iter, it got 10% worse.
+          # In this case we alert if it gets 5% worse.
           alert-threshold: '105%'

.github/workflows/benchmark.yml → .github/workflows/manual-benchmark.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
-name: Benchmark
+# This workflows checks for comments in PRs. If the comment has this format: 
+# /benchmark NAME
+# Then this action will run the benchmark with the given NAME, first agains 
+# the current branch and then comparing the results against the master branch.
+
+name: "🚀 Manual Benchmark"
+
 on:
   issue_comment:
     types: [created]
 
 jobs:
-  benchmark:
+  run:
+    name: Run
     runs-on: [self-hosted, plutus-benchmark]
-
     permissions:
       pull-requests: write
 
@@ -16,13 +22,13 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@main
         with:
           # We need at least one commit before master to compare against
           fetch-depth: 5
 
-      - name: React with Rocket 
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      - name: React With Rocket 
+        uses: actions/github-script@main
         with:
           script: |
             github.rest.reactions.createForIssueComment({
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Extract Benchmark Name
         id: extract-benchmark
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@main
         with:
           script: |
             const regex = /^\/benchmark\s*(.*?)\s*$/;
@@ -45,9 +51,9 @@ jobs:
             else
               core.setFailed(`Unable to extract benchmark name from ${comment}`);
 
-      - name: Extract Comment Branch 
+      - name: Extract Branch Name
         id: extract-branch
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@main
         with:
           script: | 
             async function isPullRequest() {
@@ -90,8 +96,8 @@ jobs:
               core.setFailed(`Error: ${error}`);
             } 
 
-      - name: Publish Link To Action Run
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      - name: Publish GH Action Link
+        uses: actions/github-script@main
         with:
           script: | 
             async function getJobUrl() {
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
               body: `Click [here](${await getJobUrl()}) to check the status of your benchmark.`
             });
 
-      - name: Run
+      - name: Run Benchmark
         run: |
           nix develop --no-warn-dirty --accept-flake-config --command bash ./scripts/ci-plutus-benchmark.sh 
         env:
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
       - name: Publish Results
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@main
         with:
           script: | 
             const fs = require("fs");

.github/workflows/metatheory-site.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# This workflow publishes the Agda metatheory site to:
-#   https://intersectmbo.github.io/plutus/metatheory/$version
-# Where $version should be a release version tag.
-# Optionally the $version branch can also be deployed to:
-#   https://intersectmbo.github.io/plutus/metatheory/latest  
+# This workflow builds and publishes the metatheory site to:
+# https://intersectmbo.github.io/plutus/metatheory/$version
+# And optionally to:
+# https://intersectmbo.github.io/plutus/metatheory/latest
 
-name: "🔮 Deploy Metatheory Site"
+name: "🔮 Metatheory Site"
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:

.github/workflows/nightly.yml → .github/workflows/nightly-testsuite.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-name: Nightly Test Suite
+# This workflow runs the nightly plutus-core-test and plutus-ir-test test suite.
+
+name: "🌘 Nightly Testsuite"
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: 0 0 * * * # daily at midnight
+    - cron: 0 0 * * * # Daily at midnight
 
-  workflow_dispatch: # or manually dispatch the job
+  workflow_dispatch: # Or manually dispatch the job
     inputs:
       hedgehog-tests:
         description: Numer of tests to run (--hedgehog-tests XXXXX)
@@ -15,19 +17,20 @@ env:
   HEDGEHOG_TESTS: ${{ github.event.inputs.hedgehog-tests || 100000 }}
 
 jobs:
-  nightly-test-suite:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, plutus-shared]
+  run:
+    name: Run
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, plutus-benchmark]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@main
 
-      - name: plutus-core-nightly
+      - name: Run Plutus Core Test
         run: | 
           pushd plutus-core
           nix run --no-warn-dirty --accept-flake-config .#plutus-core-test -- --hedgehog-tests $HEDGEHOG_TESTS
           popd
 
-      - name: plutus-ir-nightly
+      - name: Run Plutus IR Test
         run: |
           pushd plutus-core
           nix run --no-warn-dirty --accept-flake-config .#plutus-ir-test -- --hedgehog-tests $HEDGEHOG_TESTS