Cached node_modules

Version updated for https://github.com/AnnAngela/cached_node-modules to version v5.0.0.

  • This action is used across all versions by 16 repositories.

Action Type

This is a Node action using Node version 24.

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Action Summary

The AnnAngela/cached_node-modules GitHub Action provides a caching mechanism for node_modules to significantly reduce dependency installation time during CI/CD workflows, particularly on slower runners like GitHub-hosted Windows runners. By leveraging customizable cache keys and automated cache management, it ensures efficient dependency restoration and minimizes redundant installations, improving build times and consistency. It also supports features like retrying failed dependency installations and cleaning up broken caches to maintain workflow reliability.

Release notes

What’s Changed

BREAKING CHANGES

This action now requires actions: write permission for the following reasons, quoted from readme:

When this action creates a new cache entry and the workflow later fails, the action will attempt to delete that cache in its post step to avoid keeping a broken cache for subsequent runs.

Note: Deleting caches via the GitHub Actions API requires a token with actions: write permission. If your workflow does not grant this (for example, on pull requests from forks where ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} is more restricted), the post step will log a warning and the cache may not be deleted.

New Contributors

Full Changelog: https://github.com/AnnAngela/cached_node-modules/compare/v4.0.0...v5.0.0