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# No job timeout (applies to: Code Checks, Doc Build and Upload, Wheel builder, Package Checks, Deprecations Bot, Comment Commands, Clean closed branch caches, GitHub Actions Security Analysis with zizmor 🌈, PR Issue Assignment Gate, Issue and PR maintenance)
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 15

# No path filters on triggers (applies to: Code Checks, Doc Build and Upload, Package Checks, GitHub Actions Security Analysis with zizmor 🌈)
on:
  pull_request:
    paths:
      - 'src/**'
      - 'package.json'

# Full-history clone (fetch-depth: 0) (applies to: Code Checks, Doc Build and Upload, Wheel builder, Package Checks)
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
  # fetch-depth: 0 removed — default shallow clone is enough here

# Artifacts at default retention (applies to: Wheel builder)
- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
  with:
    name: build
    path: dist/
    retention-days: 7

# Large build matrix (applies to: Wheel builder, Package Checks, Unit Tests)
strategy:
  fail-fast: true
  matrix:
    include:
      - { os: ubuntu-latest, node: 20 }
      - { os: ubuntu-latest, node: 22 }

# Premium runners (macOS / Windows) (applies to: Wheel builder, Unit Tests)
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # ~10x cheaper than macos-latest

# System packages reinstalled every run (applies to: Unit Tests)
- uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
  with:
    packages: <your packages>
    version: 1.0

# Scheduled at the top of the hour (applies to: Issue and PR maintenance)
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '39 1 * * *'  # was '0 1 * * *' — any non-:00 minute avoids the herd

Each snippet is representative. Merge into the named workflow files rather than pasting wholesale.