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Both Rust jobs (build-test in ci.yml, coverage-upload in coverage-main.yml) now let setup-rust own sccache, and the inline start is gone.

The inline start ran sccache --zero-stats under set -euo pipefail. On Ubicloud the server's backend probe intermittently outlasts sccache's fixed 10 s startup timeout and the step fails the job with "Timed out waiting for server startup" (axinite run 36598843557, agent-template-python run 36622309085). shared-actions #546 (merged as 6cec89ba) fixes that inside setup-rust: a 60 s startup timeout through an SCCACHE_CONF file, and a server that still will not start falls back to an uncached build with a sccache-fallback annotation, a summary line and an sccache-status output. Lille kept its own start because, before #523, setup-rust's sccache path clobbered the proxy export; #523 removed that reason, so the repository now takes the fix by using the action rather than copying it.

Changes

  • One pinned setup-rust call per job at 6cec89ba, with cache-provider: github, the id setup-rust, and expect-cache: any on build-test (it has a fork arm on a GitHub-hosted runner) and ubicloud on coverage-upload (Ubicloud only, so a missing proxy fails the job). use-sccache is left at its default of true.
  • Removed: the actions/github-script proxy export, the taiki-e/install-action sccache install, the sccache --zero-stats start step, and RUSTC_WRAPPER and SCCACHE_GHA_ENABLED at job level. CARGO_INCREMENTAL: '0' stays.
  • The statistics step reads sccache-status (it skips when the server did not start) and prints the cache-backend setup-rust chose, since Cache location reads ghac for the proxy and for GitHub's service alike.
  • The developers' guide's compiler-cache section is rewritten; the regenerated typos.toml is its own commit.
  • Same shape as axinite #394, except that lille needs no rustflags override.

Contract

tests/contracts/compiler_cache.rs now requires setup-rust to own sccache (input values, the id), refuses each retired piece, orders setup-rust before the build and the report after it, and holds the report's sccache-status and cache-backend wiring. supply_chain.rs holds setup-rust at the reviewed revision through a named pin exception. The workflow model gained step id and env.

Proof

Ten mutations each fail a named case and the correct workflows pass (183 workflow contracts and 8 model property tests): use-sccache: 'false', a restored sccache --zero-stats step, a restored job-level wrapper, the id dropped, the wrong expect-cache, the backend line dropped, a restored github-script export, the status guard dropped, the old pin, and SCCACHE_CONF at job level. Three were re-run at the pushed head. make check-fmt, make markdownlint, make test-workflow-contracts and make lint are clean.

Summary by Sourcery

Delegate compiler-cache management to setup-rust across Rust workflows and remove the fragile manual sccache setup.

Bug Fixes:

  • Prevent compiler-cache startup failures from intermittently failing Rust jobs by delegating sccache setup and fallback handling to setup-rust.

Enhancements:

  • Make setup-rust the sole owner of sccache configuration, installation, startup, backend selection, and compiler wrapping in both Rust jobs.
  • Improve compiler-cache reporting with setup-rust status and backend outputs, while skipping statistics when sccache does not start.
  • Update workflow contracts and the workflow model to enforce cache ownership, ordering, output wiring, and reviewed action pinning.

CI:

  • Update the Rust CI and coverage workflows to use the reviewed setup-rust revision with runner-appropriate cache expectations.

Documentation:

  • Rewrite the developer guide's compiler-cache documentation to describe setup-rust ownership, fallback behavior, backend selection, and reporting.

Tests:

  • Revise compiler-cache and supply-chain contract tests to validate setup-rust ownership and reject retired manual cache configuration.

Chores:

  • Regenerate typo-check configuration for the updated documentation.

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Summary

Delegate sccache setup and cache ownership in both Rust workflows to the pinned setup-rust action. Configure the GitHub cache provider and expected backend for each runner.

Remove the manual sccache installation, startup, proxy configuration and job-level sccache settings. Update statistics reporting to check sccache-status and report the selected backend.

Update the developer guide and workflow contracts to document and enforce the new setup. Extend the workflow model to parse step IDs and environment variables. Update the supply-chain pin exception and typo dictionary.

Reported checks

The PR description reports passing formatting, Markdown, workflow-contract and lint checks. It also reports 183 workflow contracts, 8 model property tests and 10 mutation checks; three mutations were rerun at the pushed head.

Walkthrough

Both Rust workflows now delegate sccache setup to the pinned setup-rust action. They pass its status and backend to gated statistics reporting. The guide and workflow contract tests describe and check the updated configuration.

Changes

Rust compiler cache setup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure compiler cache and reporting
.github/workflows/ci.yml, .github/workflows/coverage-main.yml, docs/developers-guide.md, typos.toml
Delegate sccache setup to setup-rust in both workflows. Pass its status and backend to statistics reporting, which skips statistics unless sccache started. Document the action configuration and reporting behaviour. Add spelling-checker ignore patterns.
Model workflow steps and verify contracts
tests/support/workflow_model.rs, tests/support/workflow_loader.rs, tests/workflow_model_properties.rs, tests/support/workflow_estate.rs, tests/contracts/compiler_cache.rs, tests/contracts/supply_chain.rs
Parse step IDs and environment mappings. Update workflow contracts to check action inputs, reporting, and the pinned setup-rust revision. Remove checks for the retired manual sccache setup.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 538e3

The workflows are mergeable with a small documentation correction: GitHub-hosted fallback runs can legitimately report local caching, rather than the GitHub Actions backend.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15
✅ Passed checks (15 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title directly describes the main change: moving compiler-cache ownership to the setup-rust action. No roadmap item or issue reference is required by the provided context.
Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the workflow, documentation, contract, and test changes related to setup-rust compiler-cache ownership.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 6 files. (4 skipped: 4…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Testing (Overall) ✅ Passed Accept the testing coverage. The workflow contracts load the real workflow files and check the changed behaviour: setup-rust ownership, cache provider and backend expectations, enabled sccache, step…
User-Facing Documentation ✅ Passed Pass this check. The pull request changes only GitHub Actions compiler-cache setup and contributor-facing workflow documentation. It does not change Lille's user-facing API, configuration, CLI, or run…
Developer Documentation ✅ Passed Mark this check as passed. docs/developers-guide.md documents the new setup-rust compiler-cache ownership boundary, pinned revision, runner-specific expect-cache values, 60-second startup timeou…
Module-Level Documentation ✅ Passed Accept the module documentation. Every Rust file changed by this pull request has a //! module docstring. The docs state each module's purpose and utility, and they identify relationships where need…
Testing (Unit And Behavioural) ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds meaningful integration-level workflow contracts. The tests read the actual workflow files and verify both build jobs use the pinned setup-rust action with the correct `ex…
Testing (Property / Proof) ✅ Passed PASS — Keep the deterministic rstest contracts. The new invariants cover two named jobs, fixed cache expectations, one setup–build–report ordering, and a small started/not-started status choice. `te…
Testing (Compile-Time / Ui) ✅ Passed Pass this check. The pull request introduces no TypeScript changes and no new Rust compile-time API or compile-fail behaviour; the Rust changes update workflow-test support types and contract assertio…
Unit Architecture ✅ Passed Pass the Unit Architecture check. The pull request changes workflow composition and test-support parsing only; it adds no application query or command unit. parse_step and parse_scalar_mapping kee…
Domain Architecture ✅ Passed The pull request changes only GitHub Actions workflows, developer documentation, workflow-contract tests, test-support models, and typo configuration. It does not change domain code, adapters, reposit…
Observability ✅ Passed PASS. Keep the current observability. The pinned setup-rust action emits bounded sccache backend and server metrics, and reports the selected backend without secrets. It exposes startup fallback thr…
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Set up the cache with one action.
Pass the backend down the line.
Skip statistics if sccache did not start.
Keep the build contracts in time.
Let the guide record each setting.
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Reviewer's Guide

Both compiler-cache workflows now configure a 60-second sccache startup timeout and fail open to uncached compilation if startup still fails, with stable warning, summary, and step-output signals. Statistics avoid probing a dead server, while documentation and a mutation-tested workflow contract preserve the required ordering and observability.

Sequence diagram for fail-open sccache startup

sequenceDiagram
    participant Job as GitHub Actions job
    participant Env as GITHUB_ENV
    participant Cache as sccache
    participant Cargo as Cargo build
    participant Summary as Job summary

    Job->>Job: printf server_startup_timeout_ms = 60000
    Job->>Env: Write SCCACHE_CONF and export it
    Job->>Cache: sccache --zero-stats
    alt Server starts within 60 seconds
        Cache-->>Job: Success
        Job->>Job: Write status=started
        Job->>Cargo: Build with compiler cache
    else Server startup fails
        Cache-->>Job: Failure
        Job->>Job: Emit warning title sccache-fallback
        Job->>Summary: Write sccache: FALLBACK (cache disabled for this job)
        Job->>Job: Write status=fallback
        Job->>Env: Write RUSTC_WRAPPER=
        Job->>Cargo: Build without compiler cache
    end
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Flow diagram for conditional sccache statistics

flowchart TD
    A[Record compiler-cache effectiveness] --> B{SCCACHE_STATUS == started}
    B -->|Yes| C[sccache --show-stats]
    B -->|No| D[Skip statistics]
    D --> E[Report no statistics for a server that did not start]
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File-Level Changes

Change Details Files
Make sccache startup tolerant of slow backend probes and fail open when the cache cannot start.
  • Write a 60-second startup timeout configuration under RUNNER_TEMP and export SCCACHE_CONF both locally and through GITHUB_ENV.
  • Guard server startup so failures emit a stable warning annotation and job-summary marker, report status=fallback, and clear RUSTC_WRAPPER for uncached compilation.
  • Report status=started on success and preserve the existing startup ordering in both workflows.
.github/workflows/ci.yml
.github/workflows/coverage-main.yml
Prevent statistics collection from retrying a server that failed to start.
  • Pass the startup step output into the statistics step.
  • Skip statistics when the startup status is not started while retaining the missing-installation guard.
.github/workflows/ci.yml
.github/workflows/coverage-main.yml
Add documentation and regression coverage for the fail-open startup contract.
  • Document the timeout, fallback behavior, observability signals, and status output for developers.
  • Add a whole-line, order-sensitive contract covering both workflow jobs and the required fallback signals.
docs/developers-guide.md
tests/contracts/compiler_cache.rs
Update typo-check configuration for newly covered repository text.
  • Add ignore patterns for valid project terminology and formatting-related identifiers.
typos.toml

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@leynos leynos changed the title Give the sccache server a 60 s startup timeout and fail open Let setup-rust own the compiler cache Sep 30, 2026
sccache's 10 s server startup timeout intermittently expires on Ubicloud
while the server probes its cache backend, and the start step failed the
job. The step now writes an SCCACHE_CONF with a 60 s timeout, and a start
that still fails warns (title sccache-fallback, a stable contract for
estate-wide detectors), writes a FALLBACK line to the job summary, sets
status=fallback, and clears RUSTC_WRAPPER so the job compiles uncached. The
statistics step skips a report a dead server cannot give. A contract holds
each line.
CodeScene flagged compiler_cache.rs for overall code complexity. The single
long contract becomes a StartStep helper and two tests, one for the patient
start and one for the visible fallback, with unchanged assertions.
setup-rust at 6cec89ba installs sccache, selects the backend by runner,
starts the server with a 60 s startup timeout and falls back to an uncached
build, with a sccache-fallback warning, when the server will not start. The
inline start, the proxy export, the sccache install and the job-level
wrapper and backend variables are removed, and the statistics step reads
sccache-status and names the backend. The contract now requires setup-rust
to own sccache with its id and expect-cache, refuses each retired piece, and
holds setup-rust at the reviewed revision.
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- Around line 570-572: Update the “Cache location” diagnostic guidance to
distinguish runners: require the GitHub Actions backend (`ghac`) on Ubicloud
runs, and accept the selected local-disk backend on GitHub-hosted runs. Remove
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…ware diagnostic

The backend line now also reaches the job summary, as the guide says. The
contract refuses only the cache-specific uses of actions/github-script
(the proxy export) and taiki-e/install-action (sccache), so unrelated
steps stay possible. The guide's Cache location diagnostic distinguishes
Ubicloud, where ghac is required, from a GitHub-hosted runner, where local
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