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Circle CI cache mismatch

I'm wondering why Circle Ci saves the cache in a different key than it restores from despite the config.yml that has the same keys.

 steps:
  - checkout
  - restore_cache:
      keys:
        - node-v1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
  - run: npm install
  - save_cache:
      paths:
        - ~/usr/local/lib/node_modules
      key: node-v1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
  - run: npm run linter

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Is there something I should change in the configuration?

Solution

  • Somehow this got fixed. I've done some changes. First I've changed the config.yml so that restore & save cache come after each other.

    steps:
  - checkout
  - restore_cache:
      keys:
        - node-v1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
  - save_cache:
      paths:
        - ~/usr/local/lib/node_modules
      key: node-v1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
  - run: npm ci

    Then I've switched it back.

    steps:
  - checkout
  - restore_cache:
      keys:
        - node-v1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}
  - run: npm ci
  - save_cache:
      paths:
        - ~/usr/local/lib/node_modules
      key: node-v1-{{ .Branch }}-{{ checksum "package-lock.json" }}

    This might have reset the keys somehow.

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    I've also replaced npm install with npm ci.