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Closes #62. Closes #56.

With cache: true, every job saves a full copy of the store at the end, even when nothing changed. In an 11-job matrix with a 1-2 GB store, that costs 3-40s per job, about 130s of runner time per run. Every one of those copies is a duplicate that takes space in the repository's 10 GB cache quota and evicts other entries. Workflows also have no way to restore the store without saving it: cache: false turns off the restore too.

This PR adds two things:

  • save-cache input (default true). Set it to false to only restore the store, for example on pull requests or in all but one job of a matrix. It takes an expression, so save-cache: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }} works.
  • Skip saving an unchanged store. If the store was restored from an entry for the same lockfile and runtime versions, the action records the size and mtime of the store's index.db, index.db-wal and files/ directories before the install. At the end of the job it skips the prune and save if they haven't changed. A warm matrix then saves nothing.

Matching the key alone isn't enough, because it would break the guarantee from #43. The saved entry could be incomplete, for example after a cancelled install or a --filter install. With a key-only check, later runs would restore that incomplete store and never save a complete one until the lockfile changes. The fingerprint catches this, because the next install adds packages to the index.

pnpm writes every package it adds to index.db, or to its write-ahead log until SQLite copies it over. An install or prune that changes nothing doesn't write to either. The files/ directories (00 to ff) also catch package files added without an index write. Checking 258 entries costs the same for any store size. If there is no index, for example after a future store format change, the store is saved as before.

Validation:

  • 63 local tests pass, including new ones for the fingerprint and for skipping, or not skipping, the save. TypeScript check and bundle build pass. The 2 lockfile-directory tests that also fail on main on Windows still fail.
  • Tested by hand with pnpm 11: reinstalling, pnpm store prune and repeating pnpm runtime set on a warm store leave the index unchanged. Adding a dependency, or finishing an install that was killed partway, changes it, as does restoring deleted store files. pnpm 12 uses the same v11 store layout.

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Summary

  • New Features
    • Added a save-cache option, enabled by default, to control whether the pnpm store is saved when caching is enabled. Disable it to restore the store without saving it.
  • Improvements
    • Store-cache saves are skipped when the restored store is unchanged and the lockfile and runtime versions match. Changed stores and stores with different runtime versions are still saved.
    • The lockfile verification cache continues to be saved even when store-cache saving is disabled.

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The action adds a save-cache input, defaulting to true. It fingerprints eligible restored stores and skips saving when the restored store is unchanged. Disabling store saving leaves cache restoration enabled, and the lockfile verification cache is still saved.

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pnpm Store Cache

Layer / File(s) Summary
Store-saving input and configuration
action.yml, src/inputs/index.ts, run.sh, README.md, src/pnpm-commands.test.mjs
Adds and reads the save-cache input, passes it into the action, and documents restore-only use. The documentation describes when store saves are skipped and confirms that the lockfile verification cache is still saved.
Restored-store fingerprinting
src/cache-restore/keys.ts, src/cache-restore/run.ts, src/cache-restore/index.ts, src/index.ts, src/store-fingerprint/*, package.json
Adds store fingerprinting and records a fingerprint for eligible restored cache entries. Restore results include the cache path. Tests cover fingerprint changes, ignored tmp changes, and a missing index file.
Conditional store saving
src/cache-save/*, src/index.ts, src/cache-restore/run.test.mjs, README.md
Skips saving when the current fingerprint matches the recorded fingerprint. Otherwise, prunes the store before saving. The post step saves the verification cache before calling saveCache. Tests cover changed stores, runtime-version differences, and disabled saving.

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Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Workflow
  participant getInputs
  participant runMain
  participant fingerprintRestoredStore
  participant saveCache
  participant runSaveCache
  Workflow->>getInputs: provide save-cache input
  getInputs->>runMain: pass inputs
  runMain->>fingerprintRestoredStore: fingerprint eligible restored store
  saveCache->>runSaveCache: pass inputs when saving is enabled
  runSaveCache->>runSaveCache: compare restored and current fingerprints
  alt fingerprints match
    runSaveCache-->>saveCache: skip store save
  else fingerprints differ
    runSaveCache-->>saveCache: prune store and continue saving
  end
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The restore-only and conditional-save changes have no identified merge-blocking issue remaining after normal checks.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 39ba7

The new restore-only option and unchanged-store shortcut affect how cache entries are maintained across jobs. The reviewed paths preserve the existing save controls, but the shortcut depends on filesystem metadata as a proxy for store changes.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The relevant exposure is a store cache restored and potentially reused by later jobs with matching cache identity; the changed test helpers do not expand runtime reachability.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — A restored cache from another lockfile or runtime key family cannot supply the recorded fingerprint used to skip saving.
  • observed — The public save entrypoint enforces both cache and save-cache, while the lower-level save path declines publication without a finalized primary key.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • inferred — The metadata comparison detects ordinary changes to the sampled paths but cannot, on its own, prove identical contents or an atomic store generation across interruption or concurrent mutation. Whether this affects incomplete-store recovery remains unestablished.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Validate the unchanged-store shortcut against interrupted installs and store repairs, including changes made while metadata is sampled, before treating the fingerprint as a completeness guarantee.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes meet the coding requirements in #62 and #56. save-cache defaults to true and saveCache: false preserves store restore while skipping store save. The action retains store-path detecti…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed files support #62 and #56. The action input and README document restore-only behavior. Cache-key, restore, fingerprint, and save changes implement the linked objectives. Test and test-harn…
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A rabbit checks the store at dawn,
And notes which files have changed or gone.
If fingerprints match, no crate takes flight,
If not, prune first, then save it right.
With restore-only, the cache stays near,
The lockfile check still lands, my dear.

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RetriggerConfidence Score: 5/5

[Medium risk] Adds conditional cache-save logic and store fingerprinting.

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`save-cache: false` restores the store without saving it.

When the store was restored from an entry for the same lockfile and runtime
versions, the post step skips the prune and save if the job did not change
the store, judged by pnpm's `index.db` and its write-ahead log.

Closes pnpm#62
Closes pnpm#56
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Restore-only store caching and skip-save on exact hit Allow restoring the store cache without saving it (e.g. a save input)

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