From 2882424407fc6358613340fa6d0c29662652aa1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rangi <35663410+Rangi42@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:21:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Cancel in-progress CI jobs when a newer commit supersedes
 them (#2136)

---
 .github/workflows/build-container.yml          | 4 ++++
 .github/workflows/check-contrib.yml            | 4 ++++
 .github/workflows/check-diff.yml               | 4 ++++
 .github/workflows/check-format.yml             | 4 ++++
 .github/workflows/coverage.yml                 | 4 ++++
 .github/workflows/create-release-artifacts.yml | 4 ++++
 .github/workflows/testing.yml                  | 4 ++++
 .github/workflows/update-master-docs.yml       | 4 ++++
 8 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-container.yml b/.github/workflows/build-container.yml
index affdbf0a..bce3d3a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-container.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
     tags:
       - '*'
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{github.workflow}}-${{github.ref}}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   # Force colored output (see https://bixense.com/clicolors/ and https://force-color.org/)
   TERM: xterm-256color
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml b/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml
index 3a7cf0cf..abda6d9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-contrib.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
     paths: [ 'contrib/**', .github/scripts/check-contrib.sh ]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{github.workflow}}-${{github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref}}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   # Force colored output (see https://bixense.com/clicolors/ and https://force-color.org/)
   TERM: xterm-256color
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-diff.yml b/.github/workflows/check-diff.yml
index 1d1ef874..9dc7321d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-diff.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-diff.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: Diff completeness check
 on: pull_request
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{github.workflow}}-${{github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref}}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   # Force colored output (see https://bixense.com/clicolors/ and https://force-color.org/)
   TERM: xterm-256color
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-format.yml b/.github/workflows/check-format.yml
index ccd56ccd..05fa0b34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-format.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: Code format checking
 on: pull_request
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{github.workflow}}-${{github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref}}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   # Force colored output (see https://bixense.com/clicolors/ and https://force-color.org/)
   TERM: xterm-256color
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index f112cf27..20879df3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ on:
   - push
   - pull_request
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{github.workflow}}-${{github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref}}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   # Force colored output (see https://bixense.com/clicolors/ and https://force-color.org/)
   TERM: xterm-256color
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release-artifacts.yml
index ee13a0bf..fd6ddbd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-artifacts.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ on:
     tags:
       - v[0-9]*
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{github.workflow}}-${{github.ref}}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   # Force colored output (see https://bixense.com/clicolors/ and https://force-color.org/)
   TERM: xterm-256color
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 30a49877..7d6f42fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ on:
   - push
   - pull_request
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{github.workflow}}-${{github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref}}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   # Force colored output (see https://bixense.com/clicolors/ and https://force-color.org/)
   TERM: xterm-256color
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-master-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/update-master-docs.yml
index 1b4bcbd8..02b17be6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-master-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-master-docs.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
       - man/*
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{github.workflow}}-${{github.ref}}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   # Force colored output (see https://bixense.com/clicolors/ and https://force-color.org/)
   TERM: xterm-256color