Fix pub cache invalidation when lockfile changes - #6
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe action now invalidates the pub package cache when ChangesCache key update
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A changed lockfile can still restore packages from an older cache because the broad fallback key remains enabled, undermining the intended dependency invalidation and potentially producing incorrect package versions. Merge should wait until that fallback is removed or its behavior is explicitly accepted. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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In `@action.yml`:
- Line 39: Remove the restore-keys configuration associated with the pub cache
so cache restoration relies solely on the lockfile-hashed key in the pub cache
step. Keep the existing primary key using runner.os and hashFiles for
pubspec.yaml and pubspec.lock unchanged.
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| # Flutter writes pub packages to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Pub\Cache by default. | ||
| path: ${{ env.PUB_CACHE }} | ||
| key: ${{ runner.os }}-pub-${{ hashFiles('pubspec.yaml') }} | ||
| key: ${{ runner.os }}-pub-${{ hashFiles('pubspec.yaml', 'pubspec.lock') }} |
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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- action.yml relevant lines ---'
cat -n action.yml | sed -n '1,70p'
printf '%s\n' '--- related cache and lockfile references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'restore-keys|hashFiles|pubspec\.lock|pubspec\.yaml|cache' --glob '!node_modules/**' --glob '!dist/**' .Repository: Project516/setup-flutter
Length of output: 5172
🌐 Web query:
GitHub actions/cache restore-keys primary key miss prefix matching most recently created cache official documentation
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In GitHub Actions, when a primary cache key results in a miss, the actions/cache (and actions/cache/restore) action uses restore-keys to find a fallback cache [1][2]. The process follows these rules for handling cache misses and prefix matching: 1. Primary Key Search: The action first attempts to find an exact match for the provided key [1][3]. 2. Restore-Keys Sequential Search: If the primary key is not found, the action proceeds to search the restore-keys list in the order they are provided [1]. 3. Prefix Matching: For each entry in restore-keys, the action searches for any existing cache keys that start with that specific restore-key string [1][4]. 4. Most Recently Created: If multiple caches match a given restore-key prefix, the action selects the most recently created cache to restore [1]. If no matches are found after checking all provided restore-keys, the action concludes with a cache miss (no files are restored) [1]. When a cache is successfully restored via a partial match from restore-keys (rather than an exact match of the primary key), the cache-hit output will be set to false [5][2][3]. This mechanism is designed to allow your workflow to benefit from partially matching, stale caches—saving time by requiring fewer dependency updates—when an exact, up-to-date cache is unavailable [6][4].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/dependency-caching
- 2: https://github.com/actions/cache/tree/main/restore
- 3: https://github.com/actions/cache
- 4: What does `restore-keys` do? actions/cache#578
- 5: https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/restore/action.yml
- 6: https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/caching-strategies.md
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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
python3 - <<'PY'
import re
from pathlib import Path
text = Path("action.yml").read_text()
key = re.search(r"^\s*key:\s*\$\{\{\s*runner\.os\s*\}\}-pub-\$\{\{\s*hashFiles\('pubspec\.yaml',\s*'pubspec\.lock'\)\s*\}\}", text, re.M)
restore = re.search(r"^\s*restore-keys:\s*\n\s+\$\{\{\s*runner\.os\s*\}\}-pub-", text, re.M)
assert key, "lockfile-based primary key not found"
assert restore, "broad restore key not found"
primary_old = "Linux-pub-old-lock-hash"
primary_new = "Linux-pub-new-lock-hash"
prefix = "Linux-pub-"
assert primary_old.startswith(prefix)
assert primary_new.startswith(prefix)
print("primary key includes both pubspec.yaml and pubspec.lock")
print(f"old key matches restore prefix: {primary_old.startswith(prefix)}")
print(f"new key matches restore prefix: {primary_new.startswith(prefix)}")
print("a primary-key miss can therefore select an older key through the configured prefix fallback")
PYRepository: Project516/setup-flutter
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Remove the broad restore key to enforce lockfile invalidation.
When pubspec.lock changes, the primary key misses. The ${{ runner.os }}-pub- fallback can restore a cache created with an older lockfile hash. Remove restore-keys to enforce strict lockfile invalidation.
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In `@action.yml` at line 39, Remove the restore-keys configuration associated with
the pub cache so cache restoration relies solely on the lockfile-hashed key in
the pub cache step. Keep the existing primary key using runner.os and hashFiles
for pubspec.yaml and pubspec.lock unchanged.
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Keeping the The finding would hold for a cache that is consumed as-is without a resolver step, which is not what happens here. The key change in this PR is still worth it: an exact hit now guarantees the full set is present. On behalf of @Project516 |
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On behalf of @Project516
The pub cache key only hashed pubspec.yaml. When pubspec.lock changes after dependency resolution, the action could restore a cache built for older package versions.
This updates the pub cache key to hash both pubspec.yaml and pubspec.lock, and documents the cache behavior.
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