ci: don't timeout if the runner is slow to pick up the job

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ jobs:
   unit-tests:
     name: unit tests
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    timeout-minutes: 1
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-24.04, macos-latest]
-        #run: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: ./.github/workflows/timeout
+      id: timeout
     - name: install uv and dependencies
       run: |
         curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
@@ -30,13 +30,18 @@ jobs:
         uv pip install -e .[testing,docs] setuptools
     - run: uv run scons -j8
     - run: uv run pytest .
+    - uses: ./.github/workflows/timeout
+      with: 
+        start_time: ${{ steps.timeout.outputs.start_time }}
+        duration: 60
 
   static-analysis:
     name: static analysis
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 1
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: ./.github/workflows/timeout
+      id: timeout
     - run: sudo apt install --no-install-recommends -y cppcheck
     - name: setup python
       run: |
@@ -51,3 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ runner.os }}-pre-commit-
     - run: uv run pre-commit run --all
+    - uses: ./.github/workflows/timeout
+      with: 
+        start_time: ${{ steps.timeout.outputs.start_time }}
+        duration: 60

.github/workflows/timeout/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: 'timeout'
+
+inputs:
+  duration:
+    description: 'Maximum duration allowed for a workflow'
+    required: false
+    default: 60
+  start_time:
+    description: 'Starting time of the workflow'
+    required: false
+    default: -1
+outputs:
+  start_time:
+    description: 'Saved starting time of the workflow'
+    value: ${{ steps.timeout-check.outputs.start_time }}
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - if: ${{ inputs.start_time >= 0 }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if [[ $(( $(date +%s) - ${{ inputs.start_time }} )) -gt ${{ inputs.duration }} ]]; then
+          echo -e "\033[0;31mTHIS WORKFLOW TOOK MORE THAN ${{ inputs.duration }}s !\033[0m" && exit 1;
+        fi
+    - id: timeout-check
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "start_time=$(date +%s)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"