Add concurrency settings to CI workflows for improved job management (#47)

* Add concurrency settings to CI workflows for improved job management

* Add maintenance section to release notes for CI concurrency settings

Author: shenxianpeng

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 6 * * 6'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   test-smoke:
     name: Smoke tests (${{ matrix.os }}, ${{ matrix.python-version }})

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ on:
       'main'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 6 * * 6'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.github/workflows/security.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ on:
     - cron: '30 6 * * 1'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 permissions:
   actions: read
   contents: read

docs/about/release-notes.md

@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ The current members of the MkDocs-NG team.
 * Fix malformed URLs (e.g., unterminated IPv6 literals) crashing the entire build. #45
 * Fix build crash caused by broken (dangling) symlinks in the docs directory. #46
 
+### Maintenance
+
+* Add concurrency settings to CI workflows so redundant in-progress jobs are cancelled when new pushes occur. #47
+
 ## Version 1.7.1 (2026-04-25)
 
 ### Fixed