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Output more information about the cache to support overriding default cache eviction policy #1152
Description
Description:
In their docs, actions/cache documents a workflow where you use the GitHub CLI to manually delete caches so that your caches on main don't end up being removed.
If cache-primary-key and cache-matched-key outputs were added to match actions/cache/restore (see its action.yml), users could add an optional step to delete the previous cache.
https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/tips-and-workarounds.md
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: actions/setup-node@v4
id: node
with:
cache: yarn
- name: Cleanup previous Node cache
if: steps.node.outputs.cache-primary-key != steps.node.outputs.cache-matched-key
env:
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
run: |
gh extension install actions/gh-actions-cache
REPO=${{ github.repository }}
BRANCH=refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/merge
gh actions-cache delete $cacheKey -R $REPO -B $BRANCH --confirm
Justification:
Like #1151 this would give users more flexibility around caching without having to opt out the caching from actions/setup-node.
Are you willing to submit a PR?
If I can find the time
Resources
- Some context around the behaviour of the
cache-hitoutput ofactions/cacheand what would be best in the next major version. Cache-Hit set to string, not boolean, as of v4.1.0 cache#1466
Activity
v-priya-kinthali commentedon Oct 28, 2024
Hello @ramblingenzyme 👋,
Thank you for this feature request. We will investigate it and get back to you as soon as we have some feedback.
siam5390 commentedon Nov 5, 2024
Yshsbs
v-gowridurgad commentedon Jul 9, 2026
Hi @ramblingenzyme , We’re happy to share that this feature has been implemented in PR #1577.
To start using this feature, you can use the actions/setup-node@main branch in your workflows for now, and the changes will be reflected in the upcoming release.
We’ll be closing this issue. Please feel free to reach out if you have any further concerns or need additional assistance.