From 76db223ff8cbcf3eea340ec7f99eb5200282847a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:51:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [3.13] GH-139596: Cease caching config.cache & ccache in GH
 Actions (GH-141429) (#141569)

(cherry picked from commit a2442fda6e04d2b7c34490e44000f4dd12daf962)

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/build.yml            | 43 --------------------------
 .github/workflows/reusable-context.yml |  9 ------
 .github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml   |  8 -----
 .github/workflows/reusable-san.yml     | 13 --------
 .github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml  | 13 --------
 .github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml    | 23 --------------
 .gitignore                             |  1 -
 7 files changed, 110 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 4afd4947c74a..04b0e23786bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -154,20 +154,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.x'
       - name: Runner image version
         run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: Restore config.cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: config.cache
-          # Include env.pythonLocation in key to avoid changes in environment when setup-python updates Python
-          key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}-${{ env.pythonLocation }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: sudo ./.github/workflows/posix-deps-apt.sh
       - name: Add ccache to PATH
         run: echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-      - name: Configure ccache action
-        uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-        with:
-          save: false
       - name: Configure CPython
         run: |
           # Build Python with the libpython dynamic library
@@ -268,7 +258,6 @@ jobs:
           free-threading: true
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
     with:
-      config_hash: ${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
       free-threading: ${{ matrix.free-threading }}
       os: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
@@ -286,7 +275,6 @@ jobs:
         - true
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
     with:
-      config_hash: ${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
       free-threading: ${{ matrix.free-threading }}
 
   build-ubuntu-ssltests:
@@ -314,11 +302,6 @@ jobs:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
     - name: Register gcc problem matcher
       run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/problem-matchers/gcc.json"
     - name: Install dependencies
@@ -340,10 +323,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: false
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: ./configure --config-cache --with-pydebug --with-openssl=$OPENSSL_DIR
     - name: Build CPython
@@ -380,8 +359,6 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-context
     if: needs.build-context.outputs.run-tests == 'true'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml
-    with:
-      config_hash: ${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
 
   test-hypothesis:
     name: "Hypothesis tests on Ubuntu"
@@ -417,10 +394,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: false
     - name: Setup directory envs for out-of-tree builds
       run: |
         echo "CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR=$(realpath -m "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/../cpython-ro-srcdir)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -431,11 +404,6 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo mount --bind -o ro "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" "$CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR"
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}/config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
     - name: Configure CPython out-of-tree
       working-directory: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}
       run: |
@@ -518,11 +486,6 @@ jobs:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
     - name: Register gcc problem matcher
       run: echo "::add-matcher::.github/problem-matchers/gcc.json"
     - name: Install dependencies
@@ -548,11 +511,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
-        max-size: "200M"
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: ./configure --config-cache --with-address-sanitizer --without-pymalloc
     - name: Build CPython
@@ -580,7 +538,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
     with:
       sanitizer: ${{ matrix.sanitizer }}
-      config_hash: ${{ needs.build-context.outputs.config-hash }}
       free-threading: ${{ matrix.free-threading }}
 
   # CIFuzz job based on https://google.github.io/oss-fuzz/getting-started/continuous-integration/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-context.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-context.yml
index d2668ddcac1a..66c7cc47de03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-context.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-context.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
       #        || 'falsy-branch'
       #   }}
       #
-      config-hash:
-        description: Config hash value for use in cache keys
-        value: ${{ jobs.compute-changes.outputs.config-hash }}  # str
       run-docs:
         description: Whether to build the docs
         value: ${{ jobs.compute-changes.outputs.run-docs }}  # bool
@@ -42,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     outputs:
-      config-hash: ${{ steps.config-hash.outputs.hash }}
       run-ci-fuzz: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.run-ci-fuzz }}
       run-docs: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.run-docs }}
       run-tests: ${{ steps.changes.outputs.run-tests }}
@@ -100,8 +96,3 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
         CCF_TARGET_REF: ${{ github.base_ref || github.event.repository.default_branch }}
         CCF_HEAD_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
-
-    - name: Compute hash for config cache key
-      id: config-hash
-      run: |
-        echo "hash=${{ hashFiles('configure', 'configure.ac', '.github/workflows/build.yml') }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
index 82b14ef85498..34174ca41b4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ name: Reusable macOS
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      config_hash:
-        required: true
-        type: string
       free-threading:
         required: false
         type: boolean
@@ -36,11 +33,6 @@ jobs:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}
     - name: Install Homebrew dependencies
       run: |
         brew install pkg-config openssl@3.0 xz gdbm tcl-tk@8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
index 96ab5b4523d5..0329f1ea884e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ on:
       sanitizer:
         required: true
         type: string
-      config_hash:
-        required: true
-        type: string
       free-threading:
         description: Whether to use free-threaded mode
         required: false
@@ -34,11 +31,6 @@ jobs:
         persist-credentials: false
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.sanitizer }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo ./.github/workflows/posix-deps-apt.sh
@@ -77,11 +69,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
-        max-size: "200M"
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: >-
         ./configure
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
index 8d30809738bd..b037be2511ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ name: Reusable Ubuntu
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      config_hash:
-        required: true
-        type: string
       free-threading:
         description: Whether to use free-threaded mode
         required: false
@@ -53,11 +50,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Add ccache to PATH
       run: |
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Configure ccache action
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
-        max-size: "200M"
     - name: Setup directory envs for out-of-tree builds
       run: |
         echo "CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR=$(realpath -m "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/../cpython-ro-srcdir)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -68,11 +60,6 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo mount --bind -o ro "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" "$CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR"
     - name: Runner image version
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: Restore config.cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}/config.cache
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}
     - name: Configure CPython out-of-tree
       working-directory: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}
       run: >-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml
index 6beb91e66d40..4b2112da4944 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ name: Reusable WASI
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      config_hash:
-        required: true
-        type: string
 
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
@@ -42,11 +38,6 @@ jobs:
         mkdir "${WASI_SDK_PATH}" && \
         curl -s -S --location "https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasi-sdk/releases/download/wasi-sdk-${WASI_SDK_VERSION}/wasi-sdk-${WASI_SDK_VERSION}.0-x86_64-linux.tar.gz" | \
         tar --strip-components 1 --directory "${WASI_SDK_PATH}" --extract --gunzip
-    - name: "Configure ccache action"
-      uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-      with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
-        max-size: "200M"
     - name: "Add ccache to PATH"
       run: echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
     - name: "Install Python"
@@ -55,24 +46,10 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.x'
     - name: "Runner image version"
       run: echo "IMAGE_OS_VERSION=${ImageOS}-${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-    - name: "Restore Python build config.cache"
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: ${{ env.CROSS_BUILD_PYTHON }}/config.cache
-        # Include env.pythonLocation in key to avoid changes in environment when setup-python updates Python.
-        # Include the hash of `Tools/wasm/wasi.py` as it may change the environment variables.
-        # (Make sure to keep the key in sync with the other config.cache step below.)
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ env.WASI_SDK_VERSION }}-${{ env.WASMTIME_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}-${{ hashFiles('Tools/wasm/wasi.py') }}-${{ env.pythonLocation }}
     - name: "Configure build Python"
       run: python3 Tools/wasm/wasi.py configure-build-python -- --config-cache --with-pydebug
     - name: "Make build Python"
       run: python3 Tools/wasm/wasi.py make-build-python
-    - name: "Restore host config.cache"
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
-      with:
-        path: ${{ env.CROSS_BUILD_WASI }}/config.cache
-        # Should be kept in sync with the other config.cache step above.
-        key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.IMAGE_OS_VERSION }}-${{ env.WASI_SDK_VERSION }}-${{ env.WASMTIME_VERSION }}-${{ inputs.config_hash }}-${{ hashFiles('Tools/wasm/wasi.py') }}-${{ env.pythonLocation }}
     - name: "Configure host"
       # `--with-pydebug` inferred from configure-build-python
       run: python3 Tools/wasm/wasi.py configure-host -- --config-cache
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 275532f881df..9345fe95cd5e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ Tools/unicode/data/
 /config.log
 /config.status
 /config.status.lineno
-# hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1
 /.ccache
 /cross-build/
 /jit_stencils*.h
-- 
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