Latchkey
Run one command on a fresh ephemeral Linux machine that is destroyed after. Create a job, stream logs, poll status. For coding agents and CI systems.
About Latchkey
Latchkey provides managed GitHub Actions runners intended as a drop-in replacement for GitHub-hosted runners, requiring a one-line change to a workflow's runs-on value. It advertises cold starts of roughly 10 seconds compared to 30-60 seconds on GitHub-hosted runners, along with a free tier of 6,000 build minutes.
The service includes a self-healing feature that detects transient CI failures mid-run, such as network timeouts during dependency installation, and retries them with backoff before continuing the job. It also provides an AI Insight feature that identifies cost, security, and reliability findings and submits them as pull requests.
The product is aimed at development teams using GitHub Actions who want to reduce CI runtime, lower compute costs, and cut down on manual reruns caused by transient failures.
Key features
- Managed GitHub Actions runners with ~10s cold starts vs 30-60s on GitHub-hosted
- Self-healing builds that diagnose and repair transient CI failures mid-run
- AI Insight surfaces cost, security, and reliability findings as pull requests
- Drop-in replacement requiring one line of YAML change (runs-on)
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free tier?
Yes, Latchkey offers 30 days free with 6,000 build minutes and no credit card required.
How do I switch to Latchkey runners?
You change one line of YAML, replacing runs-on: ubuntu-latest with runs-on: latchkey-medium.
What does the self-healing feature actually do?
It diagnoses failing CI steps and retries them with backoff, healing over 10,000 failures a week without human intervention.
What is AI Insight?
It quantifies cost, security, and reliability findings in your CI setup and ships fixes as a pull request.
Does Latchkey work with existing GitHub Actions workflows?
Yes, it integrates with GitHub Actions and only requires continuing with GitHub to start.
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