#!/usr/bin/env python3 import json import argparse from datetime import datetime # Use: # gh api --paginate /repos/mhx/dwarfs/actions/runs/14559408056/jobs > jobs.json # python3 workflow-tracing.py -i jobs.json -o trace.json def parse_iso8601(ts: str) -> datetime: """ Parse an ISO8601 timestamp, stripping a trailing 'Z' if present. """ if ts.endswith("Z"): ts = ts[:-1] return datetime.fromisoformat(ts) def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Convert GitHub Actions job+step timings into a Chrome tracing JSON" ) parser.add_argument( "-i", "--input", default="jobs.json", help="Path to the input JSON from `gh api /actions/runs/.../jobs`", ) parser.add_argument( "-o", "--output", default="trace.json", help="Path to write the Chrome tracing JSON", ) args = parser.parse_args() # Load the GitHub API output with open(args.input, "r") as f: data = json.load(f) # The API may nest under 'jobs' jobs = data.get("jobs", data) events = [] job_events = 0 for job in jobs: # Job-level event if job.get("started_at") and job.get("completed_at"): job_id = job.get("id", 0) name = job.get("name", f"job-{job_id}") runner_id = job.get("runner_name", f"runner-{job_id}") start = parse_iso8601(job["started_at"]) end = parse_iso8601(job["completed_at"]) ts = int(start.timestamp() * 1e6) dur = int((end - start).total_seconds() * 1e6) if dur > 0: job_events += 1 events.append( { "name": name, "cat": "job", "ph": "X", "ts": ts, "dur": dur, "pid": runner_id, "tid": 0, } ) # Step-level events for step in job.get("steps", []): if step.get("started_at") and step.get("completed_at"): s = parse_iso8601(step["started_at"]) e = parse_iso8601(step["completed_at"]) ts_s = int(s.timestamp() * 1e6) dur_s = int((e - s).total_seconds() * 1e6) if dur_s > 0: events.append( { "name": step.get("name"), "cat": "step", "ph": "X", "ts": ts_s, "dur": dur_s, "pid": runner_id, "tid": 0, } ) else: print( f"Job {name} has zero duration: {job['started_at']} -> {job['completed_at']}" ) # Compose the trace trace = {"traceEvents": events} # Write out with open(args.output, "w") as f: json.dump(trace, f, indent=2) print(f"Wrote {len(events)} events ({job_events} job events) to {args.output}") if __name__ == "__main__": main()